Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

my mate and i have stopped sharing cars as 1/2 a day isn't quite enough. sharing a race car would mean alternate weekends.

if anyone wants to come along as a passenger in the world's slowest racing car, they are more than welcome. my next day is the GP circuit at brands! something that i have wanted to do since i was a boy. def bucket list track.

So spendy

325 - spendy, but not as bad as i've seen from other tdos. fancy popping down for a session?

I know Jemery Clarkson says this, but it's not actually true, it's just a fun soundbyte. All engine positions have their drawbacks, I'd say a rear engine in a sports car is much less a flawed starting point than one hanging out over the front axle.

I think the key argument would be that the Cayman never seems to be made (or at least not publicised) in a comparable spec to the 911. It's as if they can't afford for their mid-engined sports car to be faster than their signature rear-engined car because of all the effort put into arguing the rear-engine layout's case.

Assuming Porsche have actually never built a comparable pair, has anyone modified a Cayman to be comparable and testable against a 911?

Cayman 981 GTS: 3.8L, 385PS
911 991 GTS: 3.8L, 430PS

It's as if they can't afford for their mid-engined sports car to be faster than their signature rear-engined car because of all the effort put into arguing the rear-engine layout's case.

Mid engined, bit faster than a 911.

All manufacturers have a hierarchy, Porsche's isn't there to convince the world rear engined is faster than mid-engined, it's just there to sell a 911 for more money than a Cayman.

Even when they released the 911 they had a mid-engined car that was quicker :

And then there's this:

Anyway, point is, Porsche don't argue the rear engined layout is better than any other, it's just how they do the 911.

How many different engine/gearbox formats have you owned and driven and what is your favourite?

Carrera GT and the Le Mans cars don't count, they're in completely different price brackets.

What's the second one?

914!

note the page number:

904 It's in a different price bracket too, maybe a couple of mil.

Of course they count, they count more, they are Porsche saying 'we're going to build the fastest car we can and it's going to be mid-engined'. If they wanted to prove rear engined was faster they wouldn't do that, cos it proves the opposite.

Yesterday I saw this driving through London.

Rocking horse poop or what :O

Did it have a hipster in it?

Or this guy?

(In my IG feed, yesterday)

Didnt see who was driving it! Was just amazed to see it rolling down the street. Had a couple G-wagon bodyguards too lol

We're on what page?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkP5Svl16Qg

Oh, that page:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYIcc9IBZj4

I love the opening sequence.

I see what you did there...

This was in the in the car park of my apartment building the other day.

The noise is insane.

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Parking fail.

This guy can park how the fuck he likes.

Yup

Correction: This guy can park his re-skinned Enzo how the fuck he likes.

@jaw - This is Zonda guy, no?

Yup