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Old 08-18-2010 | 03:07 PM
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Love it. It could apply to 914 guys just as easy.
Hey! I resemble that!

Truth is, even in a far from stock older car, the new cars can beat up on you pretty easily.
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Old 08-18-2010 | 03:07 PM
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Her response: "I've had it floored for 10 seconds."
I know that feeling.
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Old 08-18-2010 | 03:39 PM
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Had the same conversation with my first instructor in my 90 HP 912. He kept telling me "More power" when I had the foot on the floor and it had been for some time.
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Old 08-18-2010 | 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by kurt M
Had the same conversation with my first instructor in my 90 HP 912. He kept telling me "More power" when I had the foot on the floor and it had been for some time.
As an instructor, I hate it when I'm nagging them to push the @#$@% gas pedal already, and they break that news to me :-)
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Old 08-18-2010 | 04:07 PM
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Originally Posted by jerome951
I had the opportunity to instruct the creator's spouse a few years ago in the same reddish 9... 44. I believe it was one of her first events.

Getting up to speed on the first couple of laps and onto the main straight, I told her it's OK to floor it.

Her response: "I've had it floored for 10 seconds."
I like the question, "when do you apply throttle in relation to the apex, in your 944"
Answer, "at corner entry!!!"
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Old 08-18-2010 | 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by chopperzz
I like the question, "when do you apply throttle in relation to the apex, in your 944"
Answer, "at corner entry!!!"
Pit out.
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Old 08-18-2010 | 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Robert Henriksen
Pit out.
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Old 08-18-2010 | 05:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt Romanowski
Hey! I resemble that!

Truth is, even in a far from stock older car, the new cars can beat up on you pretty easily.
Me too. I've had "slow 914's" and "not as slow 914's".
I did pass an F40 at Sebring one time in my 914 GT. You should've seen that guys face. I think he was flat out.
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Old 08-18-2010 | 05:46 PM
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And to think that when 944s came out they were at least mid-pack, acceleration-wise, with what showed up. I have pictures from time trials with an abundance of 356 Normals, 914 1.7s, and 924s. Hell, a good running 912 was considered kinda quick, and a 2.2T was really fast!
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Old 08-18-2010 | 08:02 PM
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LOLz!
bump that limit to 130 and I'm all for it!

-happiness is passing cars with twice the hp!
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Old 08-18-2010 | 08:16 PM
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This calls for a head-to-head shoot-out between Ricky's yellow GT2 and the faded red 944.
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Old 08-18-2010 | 09:09 PM
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Glad you guys liked the video.

Originally Posted by jerome951
I had the opportunity to instruct the creator's spouse a few years ago in the same reddish 9... 44. I believe it was one of her first events.

Getting up to speed on the first couple of laps and onto the main straight, I told her it's OK to floor it.

Her response: "I've had it floored for 10 seconds."
Be careful there Jerome, she's put a lot of work into the appearance of the 9....44. You can call the car slow, you can call her slow, but you have to admit our car is actually shiny and red.
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Old 08-18-2010 | 09:11 PM
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Pretty soon we will have to have separate DE's, we can call them Historic Performance Driver's Ed...
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Welcome to my life....Flat out.....
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