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When my brother in town once I asked if he wanted to drive it. His daily driver is the 1954 VW bug with 60 HP, and a 1974 Westfallia camper with 65 HP. He kept shifting my 911 at 4,000 RPM and I told him to let it wind up to red line in second gear and he just could not floor it. The cams really come on at 4,000 so it is just getting going and he would shift.
We went to get on the interstate and the on ramp is a fun curve to opens up into to a straight with a 70 MPH legal limit, but most traffic is rolling at 75 to 80. He finally did floor it in 2nd and shifted to third and was rolling along at 70 in 3rd. I told him there are two more gears! He shifted to 4th and then realized he had accelerated to 90. He shifted to 5th and started slowing down.
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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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