f8vr993

I'm not sure how many of us have read already but may I encourage all Rennlisters to buy one and keep this issue forever. (No affiliation what so ever!)
Though I don't like their new format, (too much like autoweek, too many stuff but no real content) but this issue is indeed specially dedicated to all things PORSCHE!
Especially this article on pg.55 hit me in that inner core.
Enjoy!

http://www.roadandtrack.com/features...th-porsche-911

porschemikeandnancy

The fact that Road & Track devoted almost an entire issue to the 911 says something. I've always thought there are but two types of auto people in the world:
-those that own a 911 and
-those who for one reason or another never managed to own one.

ble2011

Awesome story posted from the OP and great response above. I have nothing...

curve lover

Priceless.
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Another current R&T short story worth the quick read:
Previous PAG CEO Peter Shutz' "How an American saved the Porsche 911 from extinction."

Quadcammer

honestly, sounds to me like a guy whose got his priorities far outta whack.

"I loved and cared for that car perhaps more than anyone or anything else I knew."

"When the first two-syllable word he spoke was "Por-sha,"

Those two quotes are sad.

Norske

Sorry i must interject.

It's "Those that have one" and "those that want one".

Mark in Baltimore

Awesome article!

vaujot

That's Jack Baruth, who writes for Thetruthaboutcars.com and a few other places. He did a review of his 993 there some time ago. I think, I posted it here back then. My 1995 Carrera
Baruth also wrote a series on what he considers Porsche's deadly sins that is worthwhile to read.

PecosBill

It's called "hyperbole".

Falcondrivr

Love it.

nile13

From http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/200...e-911-carrera/ :"The magic and deadly mystery of the Porsche 911 is simply this: take a wooden baseball bat, preferably one of those thirty-five-ounce Louisville Sluggers like McGwire might have swung, hold your palm out, place the thin end of the bat there, and balance it vertically by moving your hand back and forth. See how you have to move your hand quite a bit, at unpredictable and rapid intervals, to keep the heavy end from falling? The heavy end of the bat is the 911’s engine. The thin end, where you are working, is the steering. Got it? Now run."

Ummm... no. In a pre-996 911 it's not the "steering". It's your damn right foot that does balancing. An autocross pic in that article is pretty telling (and pretty horrible).

nile13

And later: "On dry roads, it’s possible to exit a turn in second gear, floor the throttle, and drift the exit for hundreds of feet sideways, bouncing off the limiter. When you’re ready to straighten out, take your hands off the wheel, let it self-center, modulate the throttle, find the rear grip, shift to third, take the wheel again. Great fun. I’ve done it dozens of times."

Stay away from this man's advise and stay as far away from him on the road as you possibly can. If he was my student at an autocross course I'd use a tire iron to make sure he doesn't do this, ever.

This, of course, is followed by: "The last time I did it, it was raining, the road had too much standing water, there wasn’t enough road friction to center the steering wheel, and when I relaxed the throttle I abruptly exited the road surface to stage right, bouncing up a curb and past a telephone pole at sixty-three miles per hour.". Well, duh! think this man's middle name is Archie, no?

Quadcammer

call it whatever you want...a car should not be the focal point of anyone's life.

kjr914

^^^Says the guy with 6,314 posts in a Porsche car forum...

PecosBill

Hobbies can be a huge part of one's identity, much like one's occupation. That does not mean that the hobbies are really more important than people. But, take away your toys, are you the same guy? Gearheads love their cars, and it is not unusual to hear one express his passion in the same way as the writer. Of course, you are way too cool to ever do that. These cars are just a simple distraction for you, I guess. But then, that begs the question, why do you spend so much tome posting here?