almeena58

Hi,
I just want to share my opinion with all of you Guys,

GT3 Driver should be changed to GT3 Racer and there should be certain age to race this super car everyday. As all know that Porsche weight is in the rear like truck with load in its rear so you need to understand the weight distribution and learn how to deal with it. we can see many stupid crashes in youtube in corners while other brands going infront and behand porsche and they dont crash.

So, experience is the key here and it costs age. But what age is suitable to race it, for me i think he should be old enough to own it.

I am 34, so how old are you GT3 Racer?

CorsicanBB

Could not agree more

Experience and respect for the car are key to driving GT3s. Such an amazing car once you know how to drive it

On Pole

I have been instructing since 1994 and I'm 45 years young.

Leigh2

Positively ancient....mid 50's. Instructor since 1981....

texasviany

48. 15 years of professional racing. 3 National Championships, 2 North American Championships, stunt driving, etc. For me, the GT3 (2004) is the toughest car that I have driven by far if you want to go fast. My first twin turbo was tough as well until I spent 2-8 hour days on a wet skid pad figuring it out! My dad is 71 and can really toss a 911 around....but he grew up on those cars...going back to a '59 beetle.

WalkerInTN

Experience is what's needed, not age. a 20 year old kid that's been driving a rear engine VW beetle for 5 years has more experience in a rear engine car than a 50 year old who's never driven one.




I'm 40 BTW........

TRAKCAR

If you can write check, you are old enough. Easy car to drive also on limit.

Snowboarder54

I owned my first porsche in 1962, a 356A. Also worked at Vasek Polack's after school in Manhattan Beach Ca. for two years and used to go racing with him on the wekends. I'm 63 years old, drive an average of 12-15K Porsche miles a year(80% on backroads) and just treated myself to the Sharkwerks 3.9 conversion for my Christmas present!! I think I finaly figured this rear engine thing out last week!! I'm a blessed old man!!

bob_dallas

The reputation that Porsche got for the rear engine biting you was more of an 80's and early 90s thing. It was an issue before that but the awareness was not there. These new cars - even the new GT3 are engineered so well that it's not anywhere near the factor it was. I wouldn't say it's an easy car to drive at the limit but compared to my 73rs replica and my (former) '04GT3 it's a piece of cake.

I still love to drive the older cars. When you figure them out, it is one of the most rewarding driving experiences. The rear engine can be an asset if used properly...just don't snap off the throttle on corner entry or you will get a real quick physics lesson.

Gus F

I'm 43, I'm tracking my car for a year now, 18 track days more or less, and in my opinion this car is very easy to drive, much better balanced than older 911's, never the less you stil has to understand its behavior, since this car is my only experience on the track is becoming very natural to me, I love it!!

Somebody moving from another car to a GT3 probably will need some adaptation time.

Danger is there every time you really push any car at the track, thats part of the fun, isn't it?

Nugget

I just turned 39. I put about 3,000 track miles on my C2S before moving to the 997 GT3 and I'm a middle-of-the-pack intermediate (yellow run group) driver.

I've got 200 or so track miles on the GT3 so far and it's been a real challenge. So far I'm still quite a bit slower than I was in the C2S.

OmahaGT

I'm 23 with a gt3. Had her for 2 years.

If I had a kid, I wouldn't put him/her behind the wheel without experience. It will bite if you get stupid.

YearOne

The first 911 I drove in anger was our family 2.7RS when I was 25 and only know the theory behind the car and had read about 911s for years. I was in my first season of racing at the time in a Caterham and had been road driving for 6yrs in a Fiat Punto and then an Integra Type R although I had been messing around off road since I could reach the pedals! I was sensible(ish) and a little intimidated by the 2.7 and the "old 911s kill you" stories but once you figure it out they are easy to drive quickly they just need a little thought and perhaps an empty car park to play around in just to see what happens. Now I have done 5 seasons of racing, own my 993RS and driven most road cars and 911s out there on tricky twisty euro roads in all weather the GT3 is a biddable little puppy dog Actually I think it has too much grip and thats why i'll be selling it and getting something 'more fun' more of the time.

The biggest problem now is the advanced stability and traction control that cars come with which means that driver skill is becoming less and less important and less in evidence. Whether you are more likely to get it wrong in a GT3/F430/M3 seem to be the same chance when driven badly and beyond the drivers skill level. Every car can be crashed and I think the 997s are so planted compared to the older cars but the reason we love 911s is the unique way the drive and they way you use and exploit those characteristics.

stevecolletti

Even ABS. It's amazing to me, some of the things I see people do while driving. In an older car without these electronic nannies they'd find themselves off the road several times a trip.

I'm 51, this is my first 911. Everything else I've owned or own is mid-engine and I've been pretty cautious in my transition to rear-engine. That 80's reputation (and a near-spin, during a brief drive in a friend's '73 911 racer when I was 19) has stayed with me.

tcsracing1

im 32 and this is my first P-car.

it is so well designed that i have had no trouble adjusting to a rear engine vs. front engine.

that being said, yu put me in a 964 and i will probably go off the road