Dakar use

[Yellow491]

hunter 66 said:

Nice shots . but a bit like buying a Cayenne to do track days in , mate likes his just says a bit underpowered ... but fun anyway

Cayenne does a better job around here mate,goes where the Dakar wont.

[rkwm1]

Grantstown said:

It looks fantastic. Glad to see you’re enjoying it so much!

Thanks, yes lots of fun!

[rkwm1]

Yellow491 said:

Cayenne does a better job around here mate,goes where the Dakar wont.

You'd be suprised where a Dakar can go. Having just done 9K miles across a couple MY24 Cayenne S and many more miles in previous generations, yes the Cayenne has it beat on ground clearance. But some of the tracks i've been going down in the Dakar I wouldnt have felt comfortable going down in Cayenne for fearing of getting stuck! As for speed, the Cayenne would see which way the Dakar went.

[Jim300186]

Deansfield said:

guyvert1 said:

Drove up, took the shot and reversed back I'd imagine.

Actually my brother was driving made it to the top of it ,with some wheel spinning, but did make it.

[jh001]

This would be my dream!

[jh001]

Clearly AI doing its stuff!

Edited by jh001 on Wednesday 24th January 10:40

[GrahamPM]

rkwm1 said:

You'd be suprised where a Dakar can go……. As for speed, the Cayenne would see which way the Dakar went.

It depends which model Cayenne you’re comparing to - the turbo GT is an immense vehicle that belies its size.
Graham

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GrahamPM said:

It depends which model Cayenne you’re comparing to - the turbo GT is an immense vehicle that belies its size.
Graham

Yes. Driven a few Turbo GT's, its a great car. It would probably have the Dakar on the straights as the tyres hinder the performance of the Dakar, especially the braking. But ultimately you can't hide the extra 1000kg or so of the GT so on any road with a few bends on it, the Dakar would be long gone imo.

[rkwm1]

An early morning drive today, covering a couple of hundred miles along B roads in torrential rain. This car is amazing at handling the very worst conditions thrown at it. 6-8 inchs of standing water covering the whole road, dispatched at speed without breaking sweat. It tracked completey straight with no movement of the steering wheel at all.

Covered over 2.5k miles in last 7 weeks or so, using it as a daily and quite simply no other 911 can match it for daily use on UK roads and in UK weather. A very special car!!

Edited by rkwm1 on Sunday 18th February 18:36

[First Sea Lord]

Really wish they'd make a cooking one with rear seats. If so, my Macan would be consigned to history within moments

[992Dakar]

Have done 5000 miles in my one since September. Absolutely no better 911 for our bumpy potholed Scottish roads.

Had a mega trip in January when I drove it from Scotland to Rovaniemi in the Artic Circle for some fun on the ice.
The event was organised by some Estonian friends. We had 2 days at a rally school and a day on a frozen lake.
I carried a set of studded wheels and tyres with me on the roof basket and changed them over in Helsinki.
The Dakar was flawless and amazed everyone at how drivable it was on the ice.

Rally mode is very rear biased and was great for initial turn in and steering with the throttle but lacked traction out of the corner.
Off Road mode has a more even front/rear split and whilst it did require more work to get the front turned in the extra traction made it much faster.

With most modern cars the ABS gets too intrusive and they don't like it when you left foot brake whilst still on the power. In Rally and Off Road mode you could feel the ABS working to a degree but the Dakar still let you slide it about on the brakes. You could also steer the car on the throttle while using the brakes to tuck the nose in without the computers intervening.
There was a couple semi pro rally drivers who had a shot and they likened it in character to a 20 year old EVO!

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Sorry for the multiple posts I couldn't post more than one picture at a time

[SlimJim16v]

It's nice seeing them being used as intended. Thanks for the photos.

[PinkHouse]

992Dakar said:

Sorry for the multiple posts I couldn't post more than one picture at a time

Epic trip! What ferry and route did you take from Scotland to Finland?