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Featured on BIMMERPOST.com Past weekend was the last DE with the Porsche club. The weather was just perfect both days for being on track. Social atmosphere was as good as it gets with many friends around. Unfortunately, there were more than just a few incidents on track as well that, unluckily, impacted my run group more than others I think, I lost some track time. Thankfully, none of the incidents were major ones over the weekend; mostly P-cars spilling oil or coolant, minor off-track excursions pushing dirt on track, one old and track prepped E36 broke a front suspension. A friend's 992 T model ran out of its rear brake pads in a single day, and he had to hang his helmet and go home not running the second day, which sucked of course. I had about 40% pad left before the event, and now down to about 25%. Still the RSL29s were great all year, never showed any sign of getting weak. A major contributor to such good performance is the brake cooling I had put on - by Speed Engineering - and I am so glad I did. I had full confidence in the brakes all year. The G80 handled the entire season with flying colors. it never had an issue, ran at top performance and returned home without a single creek or rattle in the car. I really cannot ask for more from a car, multiple personalities and all performed exemplary. My brake pads and tires lasted the season; 8 track days, 4 autoxes and just shy of 500 track miles. The PS4S tires performed okay, certainly not the fastest but handled the duty. This last event, I had run through the entire thread, and although they still handled the high-speed corners well, it lacked serious grip in slower corner interestingly. Also, I had trouble getting heat into them, as hard as I ran them, the tire temps never went above 170 degF. Overall had great time with this car on and off the track, it is probably one of the best I have ever owned.
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10-22-2024, 12:30 AM | #2 |
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Great video and that you enjoyed the car to the fullest! That's what gets me the most about these cars, it does so many things so well.
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10-22-2024, 09:09 AM | #3 |
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Awesome and agree! After owning two 911's and multiple other performance cars, this car's breadth of ability is really, really amazing. Not many other cars can touch it's entire performance envelope!
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OP cool video. Have you ever thought about naming your car? Sybil comes to mind.
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I have similar experiences to your's. I owned two P-cars (981.1 Cayman S and 997.2 GT3) and driven countless of them, including GT3 Cup at Barber. I will and do take this M3 over all of them. The main reason is that this car is jack of all trades, not singular purpose, it is such a hoot to drive slow and fast and utilitarian at the same time. Just amazing Quote:
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Thanks for sharing!
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The CS is seriously underrated. What a machine. Glad you enjoyed your laps!
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Nice write up. Thanks mate!
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10-22-2024, 03:37 PM | #11 |
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Excellent video and interesting report on brake and tire life.
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I’m sure I’m in the minority but I had the G80 on the track and tracks that involve a lot of gear changes I just can’t get over how bad this trans is. Sure, all the numbers say it’s great but honestly it’s a far cry from the old DCT or PDK when it comes to Track performance.
Getting a car to be sick on the track is not that hard. Aftermarket suspension availability paired with a great platform will convert any recent ///m to a monster. Trans has to come great from the factory. Both from a performance standpoint and experience. But it’s just one man’s .02. Not hating, sick car and wish I could get over the trans issue because my e92 track car won’t last forever and pcars are so expensive😩😩😩😩. Cheers, e46e92
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Nice driving and awesome weather! Drove there several times with RTR, great group and chill folks. A bit surprised you didn’t use better track rubber.
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Great video. For a 4-door sedan they are pretty bloody good
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Great to hear from someone regularly tracking their G80. I have an FL5 Type R that I’ve tracked on PS4S as well. Surprisingly versatile tire. I’d like to try out some RE71s next though. Hoping to get a G80 in a few years!
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I recognize the his-and-hers 991 cup cars in the picture. Is this PCA Potomac? I ran with them at Pitt Race in June. Excellent organization! Glad your event went well. BTW 170 degrees into a PS4S is a lot of the that tire. It falls off pretty quick above 150 from my experience with it. You sound like your ready for a more heat tolerant tire next year!
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