captainkirk

Hey guys,

Lately, I have to drive to DC like everday, and I am seeing few 911s during lunch time, and I am wondering, how are these guys/gals not having flats, the roads are so bad these days. My entire drive is filled with insane number of potholes and one part of the road, there is a worn out metal post coming from the ground. All cars dodge that abomination by driving exactly in the middle of the lane so the metal obstruction doesn't touch the tires (Near the Smithsonian area)

That metal post has been on that road as long as I can remember. Porsche SUVs are fine for NOVA-DC roads, but 911s

I dunno why Porsche doesn't offer rims smaller than 19inch for GTS 4, and Turbo models. I need to be able to use tires with bigger sidewalls.

daberlin

Saw a nice clean 991 pull into Washington Navy Yard yesterday and thought to myself how difficult it must be to drive it in and around DC. Wouldn't cross the Potomac if I had it here.

chuck911

Well, you drive like a 911 driver: eyes peeled, perpetually scanning, eternally vigilant, and seldom if ever in the middle of the lane. That last one alone will save you most of the time by keeping your tires out of the rutted, pot-holed and sometimes water-filled path worn down by all the rut-following drones. Not that I imagine this is what very many 911 drivers actually do. Most I think drive like Nick Murray, straight down the middle of the road making a bee-line for even the biggest deepest wheel-swallowing pot-holes visible far ahead. (Which I do not exaggerate- you can watch him do it on his YouTube channel!) Tires and wheels are tough, but not that tough!

I know my ability to see and avoid all kinds of things like this improved immensely after a couple seasons of autocross. I would go for that a million times over before even thinking about higher profile tires.

subshooter

Was is it a white 991.2 with black wheels? I'm in NOVA right now accompanying my wife at one of her conferences and I was just passing the Navy Yard yesterday.

To the OP: I just remember to take my radar detector off before I cross this border and keep the car no more than 7mph above the speed limit. It sucks.

stealthboy

I drive very defensively and, unlike every other idiot driver around here, driving is my 100% concern while in the vehicle.