Drove the boss's '96 911 today.

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Yes, it's fast.

Yes, it has fantastic brakes.

Yes, it is incredibly well balanced.

Yes, it's so easy to drive a grandmother could take it to the grocery store.

And yes, it's totally boring. Too refined. Too civilized. Too much like everycar...

The older 911s (like the 356 before them) were all tingly and alive. The steering wheel directly connected your finger tips to the contact patch of the tire and pavement. That beautiful boxer six in the back was always at your ear. The feel and sound of machinery working in harmony was in your face. It demanded that you pay attention.

It was visceral.

It was Steve McQueen blasting through Arnage at LeMans.

It was a real sports car.


These newer 911s are too refined, too good, too removed from the act of driving.

They are Roger Penske on his way to a board meeting.