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Red = Steve's P85+. Very quick for 2200kg car. He showed a clean pair of heels to a Ferrari 458 at Ruapuna, on the strip, with a 12.5 second quarter mile.
I drove a standard 85 and saw this Porsche off with a 13.7s.
The Porsche was in it's element in the short course sprints though.
Firstly I was trying not to wreck someone else's $100K car. Secondly a Targa race car against a 2 ton luxury sedan is not a real contest.
They are not a track car and I had difficulty on one very tight corner to get it to turn in.
The P85+ might have gone better as the P means performance and the + means sports suspension. But it did not do the sprints.
On the open road they are great. Smooth and quite. They do handle extremely well for such a big car, at highway speeds.
I drove a standard 85 and saw this Porsche off with a 13.7s.
The Porsche was in it's element in the short course sprints though.
Firstly I was trying not to wreck someone else's $100K car. Secondly a Targa race car against a 2 ton luxury sedan is not a real contest.
They are not a track car and I had difficulty on one very tight corner to get it to turn in.
The P85+ might have gone better as the P means performance and the + means sports suspension. But it did not do the sprints.
On the open road they are great. Smooth and quite. They do handle extremely well for such a big car, at highway speeds.
There must be a lot of weight in the batteries, I must google it to see what they weigh. I bet they've put a lot of work into getting them to handle well.
There's been a lot of nice metal rolling around Rangiora this week, mostly American. But I did see a very cool metallic burgundy-ish Fiat Topolino, and a bright orange McLaren 12c today.
There's been a lot of nice metal rolling around Rangiora this week, mostly American. But I did see a very cool metallic burgundy-ish Fiat Topolino, and a bright orange McLaren 12c today.
Seen a number of nice cars in Dunedin lately, but can't remember most.
- Ferrari 550 Maranello, red
- Ferrari F458 Italia, red
- Aston Martin Virage? (80's/90's box shaped one)
- 2x TVR Chimaera's (one green, one silver)
- Lexus LFA (Christchurch, early this year)
- Maserati GranTurismo (black)
- Audi R8, red (local car)
- Four R35 GT-R's (black, gunmetal, silver and white)
- Yummy new Porsche 911 GT3 (pity it no longer comes in manual......)
- new Porsche 911 Turbo (?), matte black
Plus more.
Hurry up Lotto...
- Ferrari 550 Maranello, red
- Ferrari F458 Italia, red
- Aston Martin Virage? (80's/90's box shaped one)
- 2x TVR Chimaera's (one green, one silver)
- Lexus LFA (Christchurch, early this year)
- Maserati GranTurismo (black)
- Audi R8, red (local car)
- Four R35 GT-R's (black, gunmetal, silver and white)
- Yummy new Porsche 911 GT3 (pity it no longer comes in manual......)
- new Porsche 911 Turbo (?), matte black
Plus more.
Hurry up Lotto...
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