[speeder]

Thanks for the review, it's always nice to hear first-hand from a disinterested party. The newer generation of Porsches are nowhere near as fun to drive at semi-legal speeds on public roads, that's for sure. They are too smooth and isolated, and the chassis are so stiff and over-competent that it's hard to get squirrelly and have a little grin when no one is looking. At the track in competent hands, I think it's another story.

I was going to post this on my original 996 thread, but I have not been really driving my 1999 911 much here in MN. Part of it is because of work, (need truck), but also it is just not a big grin to drive slowly in. It's an OK city car, (turning circle is fantastic/unbelievable), but I've barely been able to get the tires to squeak w/o driving like a maniac.

That all changed in the last couple days w/ some steady rain. I've always loved limited-traction driving, (I learned to drive on a frozen lake), I honestly think that I could beat some *better drivers* from around here on a wet track. I've owned some phenomenal wet-driving cars, including an AWD Volvo V-70R, but I've never driven anything like this. It has Goodyear F1(?) tires w/ that "V" type rain tread, and I'm not kidding when I say that it is hard to get the ABS brakes to kick-in. You would need to stand on the pedal @ 60mph, and it might pulse once before you are stopped. You can drive at absolutely stupid speeds in that car in the wet, I had a grin that you could not wipe off. What a car! Can't wait to get it on a track, or at least a good canyon.

Ferry Porsche, when asked about the *not legal* performance capabilities of some of his road cars replied that a sports car should "be fun to drive around the block", (or something similar). If you think about it, the early 356s were probably the most fun to go around the block in, and everything since has been a steady progression away from this.