I've got 3 of the V1.1 detectors and agree Phil. It was a hard decision not to buy a Uniden that has GPS built in that learns of the whereabouts of false alarms and negates them in the future. I love my V1's, incredible detectors. It looks in V1.2 to be the leader in distance for detecting so I stayed tried and true. I thought (and did for a bit) I'd slow down after tracking my car but the very reason I don't have crotch rockets any longer, the inability to control my lust for speed is gonna burn my ass so detector time!

 

That is from the on-board G meter. And after each series of rounds I'd take a pic and zero the reading. Ideally, some type of track monitoring would be far better to indicate where I am slow and fast. I wonder how accurate the Garmin Catalyst and other brands are?

 

custom made shift knob in the UK by sportshifters.com, came late yesterday. I'll get pics up of it installed later.

 

Also, where did you get your key plastic casing? Was it hard to swap?

 

Super easy to swap out, took 2 minutes. Got it at https://www.suncoastparts.com/product/sku992xkey.html

 

Mounted the shift knob and 911 emblem today, think they both look great. Was going to mount the emblem vertically on lower dash but mounted it "Heritage style" instead.




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thanks for the link, of course they don’t have the sweet race livery for my deprecated 991.2… maybe I’ll just get a color matching one. Suncoast is pretty close to me, my neighbor wants to go to a cars n coffee there next month so maybe I’ll stop by and pick it up then.

 

Yeah it is close to Clearwater, I stop in there every time I'm in SRQ.

 

Shift knob looks perfect

 

Thanks @Joneill44 and just like A-Zine was so detrimental to my wallet in my CLS years, Rennlist is just as bad only more expensive. I thought I was pretty educated when it came to car culture until I started hanging around with Porschephiles-these guys are full of knowledge for the marque, very cool to be a part of it.

 

Whole different ball game when it comes the porsche fandom. I'd argue they are the most educated on their brand

 

^^ sure seems that way. Hard-core enthusiasts for sure.

 

I might be biased but I certainly agree.

The Porsche 911 Is 2023's Most Satisfying Car To Drive

BYHENRY KELSALL
PUBLISHED 2 DAYS AGOWhile a bold statement, The 911 has taken that accolade for the second year in a row according to J.D. Power.

https://www.hotcars.com/porsche-911-...-car-to-drive/

 

I've only ever been a 911 passenger, once on the road (991 S, IIRC) & multiple time in autocross (997 GT3 on slicks)
But it was a blast even from the right seat.
Only P-cars I've driven were 944s

 

And while I or anyone else have not driven every other car on planet earth, I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and agree having just come off 2 days at MOSPORT. Not my first time and what a blast!

Unfortunately I was in a slightly slower group this year but still pulled 1.25Gs in the corners and just over a G braking. A bit less than last years 1.34G and this on performance street tires.

Then the instructor took each of us on a very hot lap around the track. A very different world and one I could do all day long. Talk about paradise!

The BEST MOD is driver training, then comes tires, brakes and suspension...not chips!

 

^^^ Agreed @Tech I'm signed up for another HPDE at the end of September at the Glen again-cannot wait.

 

I’m headed to Sebring in September too! Fun stuff

 

What's going on at Sebring @PhilB81 ? SCCA or Fanatec GT?

 

oh just PCA HPDE.
I am far from a pro driver.

I always liked cars as a kid, then in high school, my cousin and my uncle got into SCCA club racing. I was there at every event, helping out however I could. My cousin is pretty good at it, but even he had no illusions of making it a career. I was pretty hesitant about Sebring, my cousin had some SCCA races there and he said it’s pretty rough and bumpy. But a friend I made at PCA Autocross goes to every HPDE at Sebring and he said it’s not that bad. Plus I’m not trying to podium like my cousin, so I can avoid the worse of the bumps.
Id like to try Daytona at some point too, then one day I want to drive on COTA. I went there I’m 2012 (I think that’s the year) for the first f1 race there. It was nice and open, lots of runoff, the esses and the climb at the end of the front straight seems so fun.

 

Cool, what car will you be in?

 

I’m taking the 991.2 gt3. It’s been my Autocross car since summer 2018 after it got past the break-in miles.

here is a pic from the FIRM



btw, if you need something line up straight, painting on wall or numbers on your car, I’m your guy!

 

Nice GT3 duuuuuude! Looks like your graphic art skills are um, a little misaligned. lol

 

thanks!
and yeah those numbers… at least the 4 and the 1 are aligned in relation to each other. I have pics of it at aurocross that looks like I threw those magnets from across the parking lot.

Regarding the cars, a combination of factors combined to allowed me to justify it. First, my dad has a 2012 carreraS which has been solid and he still really likes it. Then my cousin has a 997 gt3 which is a track queen and it’s been really reliable too. And finally in 2018 they brought the manual back. They also hold value well, so it didn’t feel like I was just throwing money away.
Main thing I need to resolve is the bucket seats are too upright. It’s fine normally, but terrible with a helmet on. I need to look at getting the bracket to tilt the whole seat back.

 

Download the Porsche Track Precision App and use it to log your track data. There are plenty of tracks from around the globe.

I can't tell you how good it works as it won't work on my 2015 GTS with the PCM3.1, but hey, it is free.

We had to do threshold and ABS braking. Sure enough, I had higher Gs during threshold braking (1.37 G) than with ABS (1.22 G).

 

My car FINALLY goes in tomorrow for the driver's side window to be replaced. It is right on schedule as the Service Mgr. said it would arrive 8/8. Glass broke July 9th. Porsche is replacing at their cost, doesn't matter, I have full glass coverage regardless.

 

I just returned from the dealership and asked the Service Mgr. ("Mark") if one of the glass protection films would help and he said "I have not heard it would. I did hear if you tint these windows, you can end up with cracks and it would seem if tint would do that, so would the glass protection films." Hmmmmmm . . . . . need a definitive answer here for sure. I waited 4 weeks for the side window, Mark added it took him 6 months to get a windshield for a S last year while it took 3 days to get one for a GT3. Ridiculous, no rhyme or reason. They gave me a Macan, nice ride actually; quick and quiet. When I got home I lifted the hood to take a look underneath. Porsche probably found the most expensive way to make a hood, check out the pics.


Whole front end of wheel wheels up, lifts. Crazy.


$4K for these wheels-ridiculous.

 

Big clamshell hood. Always wondered how they looked with the hood up.
Reminds me of the first gen 'BMW' Minis, but I think those had the headlights attached to the hood.

 

Why is that expensive? It's just two huge stamped sheets of aluminum welded/glued together, really wouldn't be any different if the holes weren't there.

 

You don't think the Macan hood costs more to manufacture than say a Dodge hood?

 

Doubtful, especially when you consider that hood also has two holes punched out of it too.

The biggest cost driver for a hood like that is material, not holes cut out. All of the holes and shapes are formed in one stamping operation and then welded/glued (depending on company/design) to the inner piece (also stamped) for rigidity.

I believe the Challenger hood is steel and likely the Macan hood is aluminum so it would be more expensive because of that, not because of the headlight holes.

 

Chief, you have some beautiful rides.

 

So the service mgr, Mark, said he suspects the attachment points for the window were too tight. There's two mechanisms to attach the window at the bottom of it which are only able to be hand-tightened but apparently can still be done improperly.

 

I think the gt3 windshield is a lot simpler, I had to get mine swapped and it didn’t take long to get one in stock and they said it’s because it doesn’t have openings for all the sensors. I’ll be honest, I don’t know why that makes so much of a difference, I would expect the curve of the glass is the hard part not little openings in the tinted areas for a camera to peek through.

im glad you got the glass sorted on your 992. And LOL 73k for the macan, I would absolutely not pay that.

 

You would think that the Porsche factory who does this all the time would do it right if that is the reason for the failure. Personally, I do not trust dealerships and independents. I am sure some are good, but its not like it is tatooed on their forehead. Of course this was an expensive warranty repair, so why not. In my case, it was a few coolant O-rings so I did the job myself even though I was on CPO.

By the way, have you noticed that the NHTSA and IIHS do not perform crash tests on these cars or any like it. I was curious after seeing some deadly C8 accidents and looked up our cars. I know they are good and I was curious, but nothing showing on their sites.

 

Exactly! As if that car didn't come with nice factory alloys to start with. Hell, for $3790 the owner can buy a nice set of alloy winter wheels and the best tires a few times over and keep the factory originals.

 

Yeah that Macan drove nice but sounded like ass when it started off and the engine was vastly underpowered it seemed.

 

I also had one with an awful vibration at idle when stopped at a light.
the Macan GTS that I drove didn’t have this issue, just base model.

 

Car is in for driver window #2.

 

Again? These "light weight" windows, how many are installed in the vehicle? All of them? Just the driver and passenger doors?

And you need to stop pulling more than 2Gs lateral, the windows just can't take it.

 

I wish the doors on the 911 had a frame. I understand frameless on convertible though.