Drove the boss's '96 911 today.

[mazex]

Originally Posted by ElAurens

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.

I have driven the Carrera GT quite a lot and I think that's the Porsche you should look for... That car makes you think twice before flooring at the end of a fast corner - no doubt about it... And no hush button for the engine, thank god for that!

I do agree that modern sports cars are getting too good. The latest Ferrari's like the 430 and the 458 are really like computer games to drive if you don't go beyond sport on the Manettino. Took a spin with an 18 year old nephew in a 430 that had gotten his driving license three weeks earlier and no problems for him driving it without any problems at all.

Mazex