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Back in 2024 I did the two day Porsche driving experience at Barber Motorsports. Driving their brand new 911 GTS, Cayman GTS, 911 Turbo S, and a Tycan Turbo S on track. We got to drive a Boxter GTS on an autocross course.
Anyway, obviously the Turbo S was insane fast. I expected to see the Star Wars type of stars moving past as they jump into hyperspace. Wow is all I can say. Mostly we drove the 911 GTS but we had two 20 minute sessions on the track in the Cayman GTS. The handling was phenomenal. It just needs the 911 engine lever of power. All of the cars were insane fast compared to my antique 85 911 with a whopping 200 HP at the rear tires.
I did drive my car on track at a HPDE, and I was the rolling roadblock and saw a lot of blue flags. I had more fun on track in my antique, 100% manual no computers driving the car. The 911 GTS was just amazing with the PDK just shifting at the perfect point in milliseconds. Come into a corner hard on the brakes, and the PDK downshifts three gears, and I could feel the rear traction control correcting my over exuberance.
I still had more fun driving my antique 911 on the track.
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Glen
50 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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