Who said 911's "don't handle"?

[BRoadGhost]

Dar I don't think that car "handles like a pig" at all.

If oversteer at the limit doesn't equal "great handling" then does that mean understeer does? From what I'm seeing the car is balanced enough to zero counter through many corners. Fact is you wont see understeer in such a video as much as oversteer.

His style is not "SLOW" driving in that way and in fact it's recently been proved through time trials; 98-100% grip driving VS 100-102% racing drift and there was virtually nothing in it.

I don't think the driver is having any confidence issues. The car is behaving in such a way BECAUSE he's on the power earlier AND holding more into, than any pure grip driving would allow.

[Dar]

I 110% disagree with you

[Keif]

I 110% disagree with you

+Rep

[mowgli]

from my viewing of this vid, its a classic track day & this bloke is a racer, whereas most of the other track users are absolute amateurs

from what i can tell, early 911's did get understeer, and with all that weight over the back axle, they had good traction, so to combat the understeer, they needed to get the back end out. the cars got a reputation at the time of being tail happy cos the amount of welly needed to get the back end out was almost enough to get it to spin, and drivers of the day were more used to their fast cars having engines in the front & light back ends.. nearly 50 years of development has helped a lot too.

[Alex J]

than any pure grip driving would allow.

so it dont handle then

[turbojolt]

thats me driving the caddy

[Keif]

This handles the same as the first video (back end steps out and needs correcting).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXOV7w_1lKI
Start watching around the 2:30 mark.

Note the video title!

[BRoadGhost]

Doesn't look like a classic track day to me at all. Seems way more like some sort of historic test day / race regulations and there's no way to prove / disprove who's giving it 100% or not.

I think people are misunderstanding a great handling car; something that is predictable at and just above the limit irrespective of grip.

[krobinson]

Modern 911's are of the best handling cars avaliable. Porsche have been perfecting the formula for years.

Love my 996 Gen 2 911 and although i'm aware of the weight of the engine, it's never been an issue so far.

[Southie]

Tbh Porsche must of perfected the handling by now, they've been making the dam thing for decades