phil996cab99

Surprising result today on one of my test turns. This turn is a 35 mph street turning onto a 25 mph street, slightly downhill on both, tight turn with raised curbs.

Downshifting to 2nd has proven to be the only way to avoid 1st gear on this turn in the past few weeks. 21 mph is the fastest I've been able to take this turn, but it still feels luggy on the trackout, so I'm trying for better.

Great conditions today, zero traffic, great visibility, 75 degrees ambient, windows down, tires hot. Downshift to 2nd as always, 26 mph this time (instead of my usual 21), but tires giving insufficient grip and higher friction noises than before.

Conclusion: 26 mph is too fast for this turn, at least today. I'm going to chalk it up to all season tires (Conti DWS 5 months old, 2k miles on them).

Edit: will be attending the next autocross as travel permits.

Slakker

Try adding a set of coil overs, dropping it an inch, and going with r-compound tires. 26 should be a breeze. If it's still getting loose, try upgrading the sway bars and you should be good. Good luck, let us know how it goes.

Sneaky Pete

Just get to a controlled event....DE or Autox. For the love of god stop testing your skills or lack of on the street.

phil996cab99

Dude (Pete) - I've owned and driven my 996 for 18 years. Come on.

Sneaky Pete

And that quote just proved my point.

phil996cab99

GTFO and stop harassing my driving techniques thread.

Sneaky Pete

Phil, no disrespect meant. The driving technique is learned on the track or Autox. What is learned there can be brought to every day driving.

phil996cab99

Thanks Pete.

JayG

lighten the F up and stop driving like an asshat on the street

phil996cab99

Go crawl back in your hole and stop harassing my driving techniques thread.

kromdom

serious question and just to be clear, no disrespect intended.......any reason why after all these years, you are just now doing "test turns?"

phil996cab99

Busy professional required to move a lot, and lack of written resources from PAG re: driving techniques.

Edit: But why ask why? Is it so shameful to discuss driving? "What's it worth" and "how cheap can I go" threads get old after awhile.

Triple Black

PCA car control clinics and DE are highly recommended. You will learn a ton about driving technique in a safe environment away from public roads.

David993S

Take it to the track. If you can afford a nice 996, you can afford a weekend DE with PCA or one of the many other organizations that put on DE's. Even an autocross will give you the experience you seem to be seeking. Public streets are simply not the place for this kind of behavior.

JayG

Your driving techniques deserve harassing!

What the hell is wrong with you?

You have admitted you are driving like a dangerous asshat trying to do high performance turns on the street and even though virtually everyone has said that's a dumbass move, you insist it is Ok?

You post a thread in a public forum and then give people crap about polluting your precious thread with comments that tell you how much of an asshat you are acting like. What did you expect? People praising you for driving in an unsafe manner?

Maybe you should post the thread in the racing forum. I bet I know what the response would be.......

If you want to do high performance turns, do it on the track, run an autocross, or do a car control clinic, but keep it off of the streets

STAY THE HECK OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD!!!