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First Drive: Porsche Carrera GT (Autoweek: 16-Oct-2003)

Mr.IncrediblyBored

Mr.IncrediblyBored

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The Carrera GT is like a GT1 ALMS car with nicer seats and a nav system</a>

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The manual is good, if a little vague in the middle of the double-H pattern. It needs stronger springs to convey better feel. One ?journalist? the week before us tried to go from fifth gear to fourth and went instead from fifth to second. That might have been because the shifter was vague or it might have been because he was a moron. The engine to which his transmission was attached recorded a top speed of 14,500 rpm before blowing to pieces. So be careful.
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All right already, enough with the numbers. What was it like to drive the dang thing? Well, it was promising. Our actual drive time was a little restricted. Just before we got to Gross D&ouml;lln in the Brandenburg forest north of Berlin where the GTs waited, several other members of the worldwide press had driven the cars. And the guy who blew the engine wasn?t the only idiot. Another guy flew through a small town with a posted speed limit of 50 km/h going 200 km/h. The Polizei let Porsche know about that one. A third guy (a Frenchman) ran out of talent at 150 km/h on a curve in the rain and stuffed his half-million-dollar GT into a lamppost.
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:Q Absolutely unvelievable. Why the hell would Porsche give these vehicles to dumbasses to drive around town? Set them loose through a road course for a few laps and be done with it.
 
lol... "ran out of talent"... hahaha... there goes any chance of him driving again. i remember when another media driver crashed a CLK-GTR... whooops. 😱
 
Originally posted by: boyRacer
Originally posted by: TechnoKid
I wonder if that one european driver dude who tested the McLarenF1 will test this car....
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You mean Tiff Needell? Either him or Jeremy Clarkson probably.
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He's got that voice...and gets to drive the coolest cars in the world.
 
Tiff Needell? Well... he better get a shot at it... at least he is a good driver that can truly show off the capabilities of a car.

Most european journalists have a tendency to crash cars... they're idiots who want to get the cars to oversteer but really have no motorsports or car control experience so... no wonder why some idiot slammed the car into the wrong gear. The spacing is prolly very close...

I'm wondering if TopGear will get the car so that the Stig can drive it. 😀😀😀😀
 
Originally posted by: KokomoGST
Tiff Needell? Well... he better get a shot at it... at least he is a good driver that can truly show off the capabilities of a car.

Most european journalists have a tendency to crash cars... they're idiots who want to get the cars to oversteer but really have no motorsports or car control experience so... no wonder why some idiot slammed the car into the wrong gear. The spacing is prolly very close...

I'm wondering if TopGear will get the car so that the Stig can drive it. 😀😀😀😀
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Well Tiff had a brief run in F1... if you reach that far... even if you sucked at it... you must be damn good. 😀
 
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