1pcarnut

Seemed to be doing pretty well to me. Why do you say so?

ironimages

Why is the check engine light on?

AOW162435

A little trick by 9M to make the owner pop the decklid and admire that nice engine!


Andreas

ironimages

Oh, silly me! What was I thinking That is one gorgeous car!

NineMeister

Just watched the video again. Driver with glove on is owner. Driver with bare hands is Calum.

cgfen

i love listening to him laugh near the beginning of the viddy.

Craig

oMenRC51

I love that porno ****. Gut gemacht 9M!

wtdoom

i was the driver it was the cars first run and my first ever session in it . please come to a track day and show me how to drive . you can choose the place and time

Nickmysta

wtdoom - could you please elaborate on your experience driving this car? Specifically:

1- How does it relate to modern high-end sport cars you have tried in terms of performance and feel; and

2- How challenging would it be to use this car as a weekend street car + street car?

Thanks!

wtdoom

Of course sir .

I have quite a lot of experience on track so have a lot to compare it to . I regularly use a GT3rs 997 on track as well as an FIA spec Tuthil 911st . I am lucky enough to have some good friends who are nice / stupid enough to let me loose in very exotic track machinery ( 430 scuderia , gallardo superlegover , 997 gt2 etc etc ).

The Nine m RSR is a fantastic drive . It sounds really great and goes even better . I prefer it to all the modern stuff mentioned above . It is damped very well ( even though I specced it for the track ) it has great control and reasonable comfort . It can hold a great line and accelerates very well indeed ( up with a 997 gt3rs easily until very high speeds when the rsr seems to hit a bit of an aerodynamic wall ) .
It can change direction much better than a modern tin top car car , chicanes and pif pafs are dispatched with ease due to the light weight , suspension and huge grip levels . I also prefer the brakes , they are much more mechanical and have so much better feel than PCCB'S ( obviously the weight and lack there of make a huge difference here ).
The car can hit very low 50's at brands indy in traffic and has never , ever been passed at spa francorchamps by any similar ( ie tin top road legal ) car . At Eau Rouge and Pouhon it has to be seen to be believed .
I havent had it on track this year but it will be at spa again in september against some 997rs.2's , gt2's , a scuderia , a 458 and several 997rs.1's . Ill keep you posted if you are interested .
If i can hire a camera Ill show some video now that I have done more than 2 laps ( the previous footage with my apparently terrible driving ,was literally my first ever track session in the car and it was still by far the fastest out there ) .

The car could easily be used as a weekend or fun time car , you could even make it very comfortable with less extreme geo and softer suspension settings .
No problems .

In short the performance is up there with the best modern equivalents , the feel is far far superior and rewarding . Also yes you could drive it regularly .

The only Porsche that feels more special to drive ( for me at least ) is a Carrera Gt , as far as im concerned the best , purest , most challenging supercar of the modern era possibly ever . I rate the CGT higher than f40 , f50 , zonda etc . Even macca f1 's .

I think 9M ( Mark and Colin in Particular ) really outdid themselves with that car
its performance , quality/ depth of engineering and beauty speak volumes about the quality of 9m's work .

Thanks for the interest and I hope I havent bored you too much with my babbling

SheepHerder

When I was debating between purchasing a 997 or 993, this video put the final vote in what I was going to get. You have a fantastic car.

nskd3

Cool video and AWESOME car! I wish that was in my stable.

wtdoom

thanks for the kind words

MarkD

I think the driving looked less than smooth due to the uncooperative lap traffic... some rather frustrating looking moments there just my .02c

Was fun to watch. Great car.

wtdoom

the whole day was a little infuriating tbh . there was a huge difference in experience , the on off rain didnt help . lots of red flags due to offs also .
still good fun though