It's true what they say....

[BliarOut]

So there I was giving Sally a damn good spanking today and I discovered something first hand about 911's.

If you're on your favourite road AND you crest a slight hill carrying a LOT of speed AND you need to scrub it off WHILE making a turn in downhill watch that arse... For the first time I felt a slight pendulum effect starting to break out from the rear. Sensitive use of the steering and backing off on the braking slightly cured it but I can see how 911's usually head towards the scene of the accident backwards


That said, I just love the smell of fried Pork in the mornings

[loach]

Try it in a 964 for the full "This Is Your Life" experience. With cars like that, who needs enemas?




Still - isn't it great to get away with it and learn new respect for the beast?

[sprint355]

Aah, the full buttock squeeze.

Try it in a 964 with shall we say "track tyres"

Overcook the entry speed, small lift, brakes and go pedal together, watching the way forward through the side window. Buttocks squeeze, and drive on, generally slower.

Especially in the dartford tunnel,

[flemke]

A massive % of accidents happen because someone gets caught out by a Z-axis change.
It can happen to any car; it's just that, the farther back the engine is, the more likely it is to occur with your foot off the throttle.

Golden rule in a Porsche: when the rear of the car starts to go light, although your instinct is to lift (or to brake harder), you MUST add a bit of throttle (or reduce brake effort).
Then you sort out the direction of travel after you've sorted out which end is facing forwards.

[sprint355]

I defer to the porsche meister.

I agree that a press of the go pedal sorts most air cooled, rear engined problems, sometimes a tweak on the brakes sets the chassis up from natural understeer to slight oversteer.

(If you say so boss.)

Still learning,

sprint355

[markomah]

sprint355 said:

Buttocks squeeze, and drive on, generally slower.

Especially in the dartford tunnel,

[slippydiff]

loach said:

Try it in a 964 for the full "This Is Your Life" experience. With cars like that, who needs enemas?




Still - isn't it great to get away with it and learn new respect for the beast?

Indeed the full "This is your life experience" gained thus : - 964 RS, my first ever track day (a Prodrive Subaru affair) the first lap, and the last corner at Prodrives Warwickshire test track (strewn with loose gravel) result ?

A perfect 360 spin at rather high velocity.

Black flagged by the "clerk of the course" and told "Take it steady sir, you've got the only real drivers car here today, enjoy it. Off you go and try again!"