993Panzer wrote:I think Paul is relaxed now that the Parade is over. He was releasing all of that tension into his driving. This is probably not true but it seemed like a good idea when I started this response.
Well, it's true I'm more relaxed, but that's not the reason.
Otherwise, how could I explain two miserable fourth-place
in class showings in my first two Autocross events after
the Parade? Mind you, the others drove really well, but
I sucked!
As much as I don't prefer the SouthEast lot, I seem to
do better there. And for the August 11th event, I put
on new tires - big difference!
Back to topic, I have driven just about every model of
Porsche on autocross and larger tracks, in stock form,
and with improvements. While I have my favorites, they
are all wonderful. For my own cars, I have also had a
variety of Porsches, and again, bone-stock to fairly
modified. Most of the time, I have driven the car for
years without doing anything special to it. Sure, it's
tempting to do all the modifications. The 911SC that
I presently own, we drove for two years without any
modifications from stock other than fire extinguisher
and a pair of harnesses. It's fun to build a car, but
it's more fun to be driving any Porsche.
My motto is "Give me any Porsche and a track, and let
me see how much I can get out of it". I have had lots
of fun with 1.8 Liter 914s and 911 Turbos. Every car
has its personal ideal, the best time that car can do
on a given track on that day. I like to see how close
I can get to the optimum that Porsche is capable of.
Many of the skills I try to learn will apply to ANY
Porsche, on ANY track.
My advice? Drive your car as it is for a while. Get
to know it, improve your driving, have fun. At the
same time, talk to PCA members. Ask them about their
car experiences, ride with different instructors,
gather information, try to sort it out objectively.
You might decide you've had enough, and you haven't
sunk everything into your nice car. Or you might be
hooked, and you'll have a much better idea of where
to go.
All the skills you learn driving your Porsche - any
Porsche for that matter - will be with you forever.
All the modifications you make to your car will
probably only last a short time, and might be wrong.
Paul.
