Is this what i have to look forward to?

[Sonic dB]

Whether the "challenges" truly happened or not...
you need to learn to ignore people and things that simply
do not matter in your life.

and drive the 911 like helll too

[KFC911]

Originally posted by onebad911
.... Within the first hour i must have been challenged 4 times... twice by corvettes, one by a 5.0 mustang and 1 by some ugly-ass subaru. Held my own against all of them....

It's a good thing the other cars weren't pushing it ! Your 911 is no match for any of the above in straight line acceleration and you're fooling yourself if you think otherwise. These cars are ALL about handling imo...

[kach22i]

Avoid eye contact with owners of lesser cars, unless they are female and hot of course.

[KFC911]

Originally posted by kach22i
Avoid eye contact with owners of lesser cars...

In other words, don't look at ANY other cars (no matter how much faster they are than you) !

[kach22i]

Originally posted by KC911
In other words, don't look at ANY other cars (no matter how much faster they are than you) !

Yes, all the more reason to ignore them.

[Z-man]

Originally posted by onebad911
Within the first hour i must have been challenged 4 times... twice by corvettes, one by a 5.0 mustang and 1 by some ugly-ass subaru. Held my own against all of them , in a safe manner,didn't really push it too hard since i don't really know the car yet

Ok, so what do you have to prove?
- That you're faster than a hairy chested guy wearing gold chains and driving a Vette?
- That you're faster than a mullet head in a 5.0?
- That you're faster than a pimple faced, techno-thumping kiddie in an import?

Like stated before, sign up for a track day with Porsche Club at a local track. Trust me, it is an eye opening experience.

Originally posted by Buckterrier
I said, maybe I'll see you at Limerock, were brakes, driver and handling matter.

Just like there is no crying in baseball, there is no braking at Lime Rock!

Ok, maybe there is a little braking, but not a whole lot if you want to turn a quick lap....

-Z-man, headin' up to Lime Rock in about 2 weeks...

[Mr_Wizard]

I was coming back from lunch yesterday, had the top down (beautiful 80 degree day), stopped at a light. Some kid pulled up next to me is some POS civic with a fart pipe. The only thing that was holding the car together was the rust. He kept gunning the engine, sounded like a weed wacker, and as soon as the light turned green, he tears ass down the road. I just left the light normally, as he is looking back at me through his back hatch. Well about a quarter mile down the road is an overpass where the cops sit all day, apparently he did not know this. Lights flash he is pulled over. I just drive by and wave. HA HA HA HA!!!!

Realistically it happens to me all the time. I work in a military town where 75% of the population is between the age of 19-24. They all drive ricers and all want to challenge a 16 year old car because it says Porsche.

[masraum]

Originally posted by KC911
It's a good thing the other cars weren't pushing it ! Your 911 is no match for any of the above in straight line acceleration and you're fooling yourself if you think otherwise. These cars are ALL about handling imo...

so he mentioned "twice by corvettes, one by a 5.0 mustang and 1 by some ugly-ass subaru" and you think a 3.2L car is too slow to handle any of those?

I suggest that with a decent driver and a 3.2L car that's in good shape it should be able to handle mustang GTs from all years except the last 3-5. Especially if they really were 5.0L mustangs since those are quite old now. Mustangs have mostly been coming with 4.6L engines for probably 10 years now.

If the corvettes were from the late 80's or early 90s then I'd expect them to be pretty even. Anything past that, I don't know.

Ugly subaru, it's possible, that he wasn't racing an XTI.

3.2L cars are not slow at all. all of the mags tested them at anywhere from 5.2-6.1 0-60. Most people probably don't hammer them like that, but they are still not slow by any means.

[the]

I think some people have an overactive imagination.

[masraum]

Originally posted by KC911
It's a good thing the other cars weren't pushing it ! Your 911 is no match for any of the above in straight line acceleration and you're fooling yourself if you think otherwise. These cars are ALL about handling imo...

Maybe you are confusing a 911 with my miata that does 0-60 in 8 or 9 seconds, but it is all about the handling.

[KFC911]

Originally posted by masraum
so he mentioned "twice by corvettes, one by a 5.0 mustang and 1 by some ugly-ass subaru" and you think a 3.2L car is too slow to handle any of those?.....

It's not that a 3.2 is too slow...it's just the other cars mentioned (with the 'possible' exception of the unnamed subaru) are without a doubt faster in "drag race". Now the twisties are a whole 'nuther matter .

[Overpaid Slacker]

I rarely get challenged in the 930... but it does have a very aggressive exhaust and a "turbo" badge.

Strangely, friends of mine who have piloted the car w/o me on board say that they get challenged frequently.

Some of it is in the eye of the beholder.

JP

[Aerkuld]

It does seem that driving the 911 brings out the inner racer in other people on the road. It isn't as bad in the 944 but it still happens. Must be the PORSCHE name that does it.
I find that just driving at normal speed you will pass cars who's drivers then feel they need to speed up to blast pass you a mile down the road.

Like others have said, it's best to ignore them.

I regularly get comment on the 911 from neighbors and people out and about. The kid outside Autozone who commented "Nice! I love Old School" was the funniest, like 1987 is old? I guess it's older than the kids that are driving now...

[911boost]

I raced everybody I could in the Subaru. Its even worse now, I get in the turbo and turn the key, and cars materialize in my driveway that I get to race.

In truth, it happens some where some retards wants to race, but mostly I get thumbs up, hell I even had a Cayenne flash their lights on Sunday and wave to me. I usually just smile and let the other person be a dumbass.

On a related note though, these threads pop up probably a couple of times a month, and I get pretty damn tired of all the "go to track comments". I don't know why it annoys me, but it does. I don't have a problem with the track, I think its cool if you have the time and $. I don't have the time, I have a 4 year and a 1 year old. Someday I'll have the time, but for now I limit excessive use of the loud pedal to when I am merging onto the interstate where its safes to use some of the power these car make.

Rant off.

Bill

By no means am I endorsing any type of stop to stop light racing or street racing of any type with my comments above.