how fast d'yall drive?
05-01-2007, 03:19 PM
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So far.... 146mph up hill. An idiot in a Golf R32 (?) was on my *** at 85mph, I know the road and that there would be no cops....so I let rip and gout up to 146 before reaching other slower traffic. Of course the Golf shrank in my rear view mirror very quickly !!!
05-01-2007, 03:27 PM
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You asked us to tell you to grow up... So... Grow up!
This post goes to show why we Porsche drivers have a bad reputation... I don't know the circumstances that you drive 90, but I'll assume it's blowing by those doing 65-75 on the highway. And those you pass are thinking to themselves "What a Jerk... going to kill himself or worse somebody else..." You may feel in control, but when that deer jumps the guardrail and ends up in your path at 90, good luck. If you are going 70 it's not going to be that much better, but the difference in speed could mean avoiding an accident or braking in time. Consider that at 90 MPH you are traveling 132' in each second.
Want to really drive fast - like our cars were meant to be driven? Spend $200 (or so) and attend a PCA DE. There's nothing like going 130 down the main straight at LRP, threshold braking - heel/toe downshift - trail braking into Big Bend... And the uphill is a hoot - when the rear end of the car breaks loose when you go "airborne". How about flat out of turn 1, through the Esses, 145 down the back straight, and then hammer the brakes into the Bus Stop at Watkins Glen. Now that's what I call fun!
This post goes to show why we Porsche drivers have a bad reputation... I don't know the circumstances that you drive 90, but I'll assume it's blowing by those doing 65-75 on the highway. And those you pass are thinking to themselves "What a Jerk... going to kill himself or worse somebody else..." You may feel in control, but when that deer jumps the guardrail and ends up in your path at 90, good luck. If you are going 70 it's not going to be that much better, but the difference in speed could mean avoiding an accident or braking in time. Consider that at 90 MPH you are traveling 132' in each second.
Want to really drive fast - like our cars were meant to be driven? Spend $200 (or so) and attend a PCA DE. There's nothing like going 130 down the main straight at LRP, threshold braking - heel/toe downshift - trail braking into Big Bend... And the uphill is a hoot - when the rear end of the car breaks loose when you go "airborne". How about flat out of turn 1, through the Esses, 145 down the back straight, and then hammer the brakes into the Bus Stop at Watkins Glen. Now that's what I call fun!
05-01-2007, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by RonCT
You asked us to tell you to grow up... So... Grow up!
This post goes to show why we Porsche drivers have a bad reputation... I don't know the circumstances that you drive 90, but I'll assume it's blowing by those doing 65-75 on the highway. And those you pass are thinking to themselves "What a Jerk... going to kill himself or worse somebody else..." You may feel in control, but when that deer jumps the guardrail and ends up in your path at 90, good luck. If you are going 70 it's not going to be that much better, but the difference in speed could mean avoiding an accident or braking in time. Consider that at 90 MPH you are traveling 132' in each second.
Want to really drive fast - like our cars were meant to be driven? Spend $200 (or so) and attend a PCA DE. There's nothing like going 130 down the main straight at LRP, threshold braking - heel/toe downshift - trail braking into Big Bend... And the uphill is a hoot - when the rear end of the car breaks loose when you go "airborne". How about flat out of turn 1, through the Esses, 145 down the back straight, and then hammer the brakes into the Bus Stop at Watkins Glen. Now that's what I call fun!
This post goes to show why we Porsche drivers have a bad reputation... I don't know the circumstances that you drive 90, but I'll assume it's blowing by those doing 65-75 on the highway. And those you pass are thinking to themselves "What a Jerk... going to kill himself or worse somebody else..." You may feel in control, but when that deer jumps the guardrail and ends up in your path at 90, good luck. If you are going 70 it's not going to be that much better, but the difference in speed could mean avoiding an accident or braking in time. Consider that at 90 MPH you are traveling 132' in each second.
Want to really drive fast - like our cars were meant to be driven? Spend $200 (or so) and attend a PCA DE. There's nothing like going 130 down the main straight at LRP, threshold braking - heel/toe downshift - trail braking into Big Bend... And the uphill is a hoot - when the rear end of the car breaks loose when you go "airborne". How about flat out of turn 1, through the Esses, 145 down the back straight, and then hammer the brakes into the Bus Stop at Watkins Glen. Now that's what I call fun!
05-01-2007, 03:56 PM
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Originally Posted by RonCT
You asked us to tell you to grow up... So... Grow up!
This post goes to show why we Porsche drivers have a bad reputation... I don't know the circumstances that you drive 90, but I'll assume it's blowing by those doing 65-75 on the highway. And those you pass are thinking to themselves "What a Jerk... going to kill himself or worse somebody else..." You may feel in control, but when that deer jumps the guardrail and ends up in your path at 90, good luck. If you are going 70 it's not going to be that much better, but the difference in speed could mean avoiding an accident or braking in time. Consider that at 90 MPH you are traveling 132' in each second.
Want to really drive fast - like our cars were meant to be driven? Spend $200 (or so) and attend a PCA DE. There's nothing like going 130 down the main straight at LRP, threshold braking - heel/toe downshift - trail braking into Big Bend... And the uphill is a hoot - when the rear end of the car breaks loose when you go "airborne". How about flat out of turn 1, through the Esses, 145 down the back straight, and then hammer the brakes into the Bus Stop at Watkins Glen. Now that's what I call fun!
This post goes to show why we Porsche drivers have a bad reputation... I don't know the circumstances that you drive 90, but I'll assume it's blowing by those doing 65-75 on the highway. And those you pass are thinking to themselves "What a Jerk... going to kill himself or worse somebody else..." You may feel in control, but when that deer jumps the guardrail and ends up in your path at 90, good luck. If you are going 70 it's not going to be that much better, but the difference in speed could mean avoiding an accident or braking in time. Consider that at 90 MPH you are traveling 132' in each second.
Want to really drive fast - like our cars were meant to be driven? Spend $200 (or so) and attend a PCA DE. There's nothing like going 130 down the main straight at LRP, threshold braking - heel/toe downshift - trail braking into Big Bend... And the uphill is a hoot - when the rear end of the car breaks loose when you go "airborne". How about flat out of turn 1, through the Esses, 145 down the back straight, and then hammer the brakes into the Bus Stop at Watkins Glen. Now that's what I call fun!
that sounds like so much fun, i want to do it!
05-01-2007, 04:05 PM
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Ive found that with the 964 cab and now the 997TT that i actually average a slower speed then driving my SUV. Odd i know, maybe its that i know cops are looking for me to be speeding or that i want to spend more time in the 911 and enjoy the ride.
but like spiderv6 said, dont overdrive yourself, always consider yourself a basic driver, not the expert.
but like spiderv6 said, dont overdrive yourself, always consider yourself a basic driver, not the expert.
05-01-2007, 04:13 PM
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In my other life I am 'the man' so I have to be more cautious than I would wish!
But we have a few relatively quiet freeways close by and I occasionally wander out and give it a blast; funnily enough, there's another guy lives a few blocks away with a Turbo and he does the same.
But we have a few relatively quiet freeways close by and I occasionally wander out and give it a blast; funnily enough, there's another guy lives a few blocks away with a Turbo and he does the same.
05-01-2007, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by draxa
In my other life I am 'the man' so I have to be more cautious than I would wish!
Who knew?!
05-01-2007, 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by draxa
In my other life I am 'the man' so I have to be more cautious than I would wish!
05-01-2007, 04:22 PM
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A couple have already mentioned it, but DEs really get the go-fast bug out of my system. I don't get my kicks driving 30 over on the street; I get my kicks trying to pare my laptimes at Sebring.
In the 997, in all seriousness, I'm rarely more than 10% over the limit. I used to have an F-150 that I often drove BELOW the limit. I'd just sit in the right lane, cruise, listen to the radio, kind of zone out.
In the 997, in all seriousness, I'm rarely more than 10% over the limit. I used to have an F-150 that I often drove BELOW the limit. I'd just sit in the right lane, cruise, listen to the radio, kind of zone out.
05-01-2007, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Nine9Sixer
man, and i thought that would be offical, fully-sanctioned license to blow red lights, speed, and otherwise wreck havoc!
I'm just a sitting-in-the-courtroom-sending-them-DOWN 'man'.
05-01-2007, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by draxa
No, no, no, no....that would be a blue-lights-and-sirens 'man'.
I'm just a sitting-in-the-courtroom-sending-them-DOWN 'man'.
I'm just a sitting-in-the-courtroom-sending-them-DOWN 'man'.
Da Judge
05-01-2007, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by OCBen
Ohhhhhh . You're the man man....better known as
Da Judge
Da Judge
Well a magistrate actually.
(Cue sound of closet door creaking closed behind me.....)
05-01-2007, 05:05 PM
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Originally Posted by draxa
No, no, no, no....that would be a blue-lights-and-sirens 'man'.
I'm just a sitting-in-the-courtroom-sending-them-DOWN 'man'.
I'm just a sitting-in-the-courtroom-sending-them-DOWN 'man'.