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Old 05-13-2010, 02:35 AM
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Good stuff, public roads are great, just don't overcook it.
Old 05-14-2010, 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Dave!
I ran it once last spring. It's a great drive but the 996 has far, far too much power for that kind of road. Unless you're being reckless (I wasn't, not only would I not push it 9/10 on that road due to safety, it was also raining) you'll never pick up any real speed--more like an autocross than anything else.

It was fun though, just felt robbed seeing as I never got out of 2nd gear in there, definitely better roads for the 996 in that area.
Agreed. The Z3 1.9 was a lot of fun because there was a need to keep changing gears to keep the car in the power band. Also, I don't think we ever got going overly fast.

The worst thing we had to deal with was motorcycles coming around blind corners across the center line.



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