I'm not 100% sure this guy was using launch control or just reached down to put the 911 in idiot sport mode and disengage PSM (Please Save Me would have helped in this case). For that matter, other than knowing for sure if he was in launch mode, I'm not sure if sound would make this video better or worse? There's part of me that wants to see and …
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5 Everyday Ways to Use Launch Control
I don't know what it is about this video that made me laugh so hard, but it did. Perhaps its the look on the cop's face. Maybe it's the idea of just trying something like this in a drive-thru. At a funeral? Maybe not so much. But, you could! Unsere Helden von The Grand Tour, Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond und James May beweisen, dass die …
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130 MPH. So said the digital speedometer in a 996 GT2 as I braked for Turn 1 at Thunderhill Raceway in early 2002. Pro driver Johannes van Overbeek, on hand to set lap times during that test for Excellence magazine, was getting off the last turn harder and braking later on his way into T1. In doing so, he was seeing 135 mph. Today, a 2017 911 …
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At the end of March Porsche invited a select group of journalists to the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, TX to spend some quality time with the production version of the 918 Spyder. Among the activities enjoyed by all was a game of lead/follow involving Patrick Long in a 911 Turbo S and the media in the 918s. While track time in the 918 was …
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