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I know when driving my 911 I feel better when I am in gear. If I can apply power to come out of a corner it is more fun, and I can control how much power. And never shift gears in a hard corner.
There is an off ramp the I take to get my area of town that has a large fun sweeper and comes to a traffic light where I turn right. I have to come to a stop 80% of the time. I enter the off ramp at 70, and usually just kick it into neutral and coast to a stop. I am still rolling at a decent speed as I hit the curve, but I know the corner very well after taking it for 15 years. Since I will be stopping, or at least slowing to 15 MPH I just let the speed bleed off.
On the street I never corner very hard, lots of unknowns are out there. I learned that lesson long ago (1970s) when turning through a corner and all of a sudden I smelled diesel fuel, and I was sliding sideways towards a tall curb. I made the corner with inches to spare. Evidently some semi dumped fuel from his fuel tank with a bad fuel cap right in the corner.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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