Johnny Five

2019 GT3RS here, transitioning away from liter bikes as I get a little older and wiser.

The strategy remains the same whether S1000RR or GT3RS. I keep them hidden in the garage like the bat mobile for weeks on end. The fewer people who know I have these machines the better. Every few weeks or so the urge strikes me to go blast. Usually midnight or later - grab a friend or go solo - hit my makeshift circuit for a few laps hard, keep it at the speed limit for long straights, never open it up around blind curves, hills, or too many other witnesses - find the desolate turns or the ones where you can see any potential cops and go ***** to the wall. Rip through a few gears, 4th is plenty, hit the next turn, rinse, repeat.

After about 30 minutes I treat it like a bank robbery, I assume the police are on their way, helicopter possibly in the air, and I park it and hide it away until the next blast.

1900 miles that’s literally the only way I drive it - no trips, few cruises, no errands. Just rip it and hide it.

Whats your hoon strategy?

groundhog

Honestly, I take it out at the track and various other events. In some of the closed road events I do its possible to reach speeds of 270 kmh on narrow roads slicing between trees and rocky cuttings - you know you're alive.

After that and having seen what happens when someone hits a tree at ~ 200kmh - one never feels the need to "hoon"

Give it a go I think you'll find its more fun and more challenging and you'll appreciate the benign speed limits of public roads with a different perspective.

pitt911

I'll give it to you , you have great imagination,
reading your post , i started visualizing the scene of the crime,
this kind of thing never even crossed my mind

Johnny Five

I did a lot of track days on bikes - in fact I quit riding on the street because of track days - way too much risk for way too crappy corners on the street.

But sometimes you just need to jump in real quick and set up a few corners. Nothing crazy, no top speed runs - that’s how you goto jail - often. You can have a blast in this car with a good corner exit and rip through 2nd, maybe halfway through 3rd. “I swear I was under 100 officer”

Used to ride late nights with a group in Chicago - common joke was, “let’s take it easy tonight keep it under 160”. Tons of close calls on a liter bike - for me and most everyone else who rides one. High risk, I’ve chilled out.

Speed kills! Everyone be safe out there.

bluehorseshoe

Hey Johnny, I like your style!

Johnny Five

hey hey

Jbravo23

I’ve been playing real life “GT”A 19 😏
swear I have ghetto birds on me.
When I pull in garage I can finally unclench my cheeks.

Domer911

my new Touring is my new daily driver. I don't know if that's "hoon" (mostly because I don't know what that means), but that's my strategy.

Vetch

At the one-lane bridge
I leave the giants stranded
At the riverside
Race back to the farm
To dream with my uncle
At the fireside.
(then awesome drum fill)

Johnny Five

“Hoon” - verb, Australian in origin, “to hoon” - operation of a high horsepower car, bike, or other motorized vehicle in a hooligan or raucous fashion. Examples include burnouts, launches, wheelies, drifts, and power slides. Hoon. It’s a state of existence.

Perimeter

It is a contraction for "Hooligan"

chance6

this thread --- I'm pondering a GT3RS but I've hooned in a 911 Turbo and a GT3. Both satisfying.

wru

let's be honest the hooning started with bigwheel slides.

groundhog

This thread just goes to show - why Porsche owners are seen the way they are. In my experience, those that like to "hoon" are always poor drivers. If you can afford a Porsche, you can afford to take it the track and do it for real, you'll have more fun and minimise the risk to you and others. Porsche + hoon = dick + head. Moreover, it tars the vast majority of us that do the right thing with the same brush. Try and remember that

montoya

I race my race cars on the track not my street cars.

I too limit my exposure on the street with my GT3 to just a few open view turns and unpopulated areas and keep the speed down everywhere else. I just did it today. I enjoy my street cars on the street this way. His use of 'hoon' is tongue in cheek.

Are you telling me you've never exceeded the speed limit in your GT3? "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone" and all that good stuff...