She's a keeper!!
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Ok, a few months ago I started looking for a 911.. it was only ever ging to be a 964 or a 993. The plan was to move on the 924GT and the 968CS before having just the one pork chop in the garage.
But just as I was settling in for the long game waiting for 'the' car to turn up... it did in almost my first week of searching.
The 924GT left a few days before the 993 arrived so I just about manged to get it past the OH without her going biblical on my ass..
So my Porsches to date have all been front engined track cars..The 993 was only allowed in as long as I kept it as a road car ( for a bit ). My first impressions were 'its amazing' I was seduced by its lines and its engine note, but as the weeks went on I started to think that maybe I'd made a mistake... prehaps I wasnt cut out for a 911. Ten years of perfectly balanced well chuckable cars had spoiled me...
I just wasnt as comfortable with it as I have been with the 44/68's I was seriously considering putting it back on sale and just being happy that I'd ticked the 911 box and move back to the track cars. But I decided to give it one more chance.
Clearly I was getting nowhere with it on my own so a differnt approach was needed. The opportunity to have a proper play with the car presented itself with the HPC IYDD. So to Milbrook we went...
What a day!! The HPC had access to the high speed bowl, the outer handling circuit, the alpine route and the wet pad.
The bowl wasnt anything I was interested in, and I remember the alpine route being hard work from my last IYDD, so I tried it it but not with any real commitment. So I spent most of my time on the wet pad and the hadling circuit.
The aim of the day was to come away with a clear direction, keep it or sell it.
Well Im happy to say that after some wise words from some fellow 911 owners and an enlightening session with Don Palmer I have no plans to get rid of my 993. She's a Keeper!!
excuse the crap iphone pics and yes i know there's wax in the stone gaurd line... but its nothing that a family free weekend and some decent cleaning products wont fix. ( dont worry... Im not going to go all 'Jackal' on you )
So if there's anyone else out there toying with the idea of moving to a 993.. Dont believe the hype... They wont try and kill you at every bend... Just do it!
But just as I was settling in for the long game waiting for 'the' car to turn up... it did in almost my first week of searching.
The 924GT left a few days before the 993 arrived so I just about manged to get it past the OH without her going biblical on my ass..
So my Porsches to date have all been front engined track cars..The 993 was only allowed in as long as I kept it as a road car ( for a bit ). My first impressions were 'its amazing' I was seduced by its lines and its engine note, but as the weeks went on I started to think that maybe I'd made a mistake... prehaps I wasnt cut out for a 911. Ten years of perfectly balanced well chuckable cars had spoiled me...
I just wasnt as comfortable with it as I have been with the 44/68's I was seriously considering putting it back on sale and just being happy that I'd ticked the 911 box and move back to the track cars. But I decided to give it one more chance.
Clearly I was getting nowhere with it on my own so a differnt approach was needed. The opportunity to have a proper play with the car presented itself with the HPC IYDD. So to Milbrook we went...
What a day!! The HPC had access to the high speed bowl, the outer handling circuit, the alpine route and the wet pad.
The bowl wasnt anything I was interested in, and I remember the alpine route being hard work from my last IYDD, so I tried it it but not with any real commitment. So I spent most of my time on the wet pad and the hadling circuit.
The aim of the day was to come away with a clear direction, keep it or sell it.
Well Im happy to say that after some wise words from some fellow 911 owners and an enlightening session with Don Palmer I have no plans to get rid of my 993. She's a Keeper!!
excuse the crap iphone pics and yes i know there's wax in the stone gaurd line... but its nothing that a family free weekend and some decent cleaning products wont fix. ( dont worry... Im not going to go all 'Jackal' on you )
So if there's anyone else out there toying with the idea of moving to a 993.. Dont believe the hype... They wont try and kill you at every bend... Just do it!
Nurburgsingh said:
excuse the crap iphone pics and yes i know there's wax in the stone gaurd line...
Haha! I love the way you've covered yourself when posting that. Can't be too careful round these parts eh?
You can hear the
s already. "Oh my god there's wax on the edge of his stoneguard! What else hasn't been done properly. The car's a death trap, it's probably a ringer too!"Nice car Nurburg.
Just out of interest. Would you be the Nurburgsingh that had a feature in one of the porsche mags a few months back? I remember a trackday addict into front engined stuff, with a name similar to that.
There were lots of wise words, most rang around the theme of 911's aren't widow makers, there is more rear end grip than you'll ever need, but there is sod all front end grip.
So the upshot of it all was that it won't steer as fast as the 968 bu once the front end is turning the rear will follow.
Words added by Don.... You'd have to drive like a moron to get it wrong in a 993, and you don't drive like A moron so stop worrying and start enjoying....
So the upshot of it all was that it won't steer as fast as the 968 bu once the front end is turning the rear will follow.
Words added by Don.... You'd have to drive like a moron to get it wrong in a 993, and you don't drive like A moron so stop worrying and start enjoying....
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