911 handling explained for a newbie
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Hello everyone first poster here! 
Quick intro is in order I suppose. Cars are my first love in life really...to the extent that I used to sit in the cars my dad used to buy and sell when I was a kid and eat my dinner in them while pretending to drive! haha. Currently, I'm doing an Msc in Economics, Finance and Management in the University of Bristol...and that's pretty much it for now I reckon!
Anyway, I've kind of always had a love/hate relationship with the 911 due to its rear engined nature, although admittedly I will fully admit I have never driven one which is why I'm asking people who will have far more experience with the rear engined beast!
Anyway this Youtube video (at around the 3:55 mark) kind of scared me about potentially owning a 911 in the future as it seems borderline uncontrollable with the PSM turned off in the wet!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZv8-m4DfyU
My question to any Porsche 911 people on here would be...was the presenter simply inexperienced, or is the 911 really THAT hairy in the wet?
Thanks in advance as any advice would really help me make my car buying choices in the future!
Quick intro is in order I suppose. Cars are my first love in life really...to the extent that I used to sit in the cars my dad used to buy and sell when I was a kid and eat my dinner in them while pretending to drive! haha. Currently, I'm doing an Msc in Economics, Finance and Management in the University of Bristol...and that's pretty much it for now I reckon!
Anyway, I've kind of always had a love/hate relationship with the 911 due to its rear engined nature, although admittedly I will fully admit I have never driven one which is why I'm asking people who will have far more experience with the rear engined beast!
Anyway this Youtube video (at around the 3:55 mark) kind of scared me about potentially owning a 911 in the future as it seems borderline uncontrollable with the PSM turned off in the wet!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZv8-m4DfyU
My question to any Porsche 911 people on here would be...was the presenter simply inexperienced, or is the 911 really THAT hairy in the wet?
Thanks in advance as any advice would really help me make my car buying choices in the future!
Thanks for the input guys! Some great points. I already know about the purpose of the kick plate, but was just curious as to the nature of the 911 with the PSM turned off.
So would you guys consider mastering sliding a 911, in the wet with no PSM to be a challenge, but something that can be learnt given practise?
So would you guys consider mastering sliding a 911, in the wet with no PSM to be a challenge, but something that can be learnt given practise?
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