Hi Rob
It was worth mentioning about cars going off on the marbled (and approach to marbled area) surfaces. I was at Silvo yesterday having a GT3 GenII test drive plus and the track was picking up a fair bit of mud due to several events taking place and the surrounding grass being waterlogged so any incursions or clipping of bends brought some brown stuff onto the track, although it was all managed very well and it didn't restrict anything we were doing with the red howling GT3 beast. I myself restricted the mud flinging to the chin spoiler after a quick spin (induced I might add to demonstrate what a GT3 does with all aids off and transferring the balance of the car at the wrong moment). I'm still recalling everything I did during my session - grip in damp conditions from cup tyres, 8000plus red line and a wail from the exhaust like no other 911. To end the session Jeremy (driving consultant) demonstrated how the GT3 should be driven, I lost count of the number of bends on the outer handling circuit that were taken in a drift at @x~ speeds fantastic.
Will a GT3 be adorning my drive ? I doubt it as it would be a waste of a car that needs to be tracked for at least some of its life but I am not alone in thinking Porsche are missing a model in the line up that should sit between the turbo and GT3, a model with engine and soundtrack of GT3 and switchable settings to give Turbo comfort cruising and levels of grip afforded by 4 wheel drive.
Those just receiving the new GT3 Gen IIs have a very special Porsche beast indeed, but on my way home in the turbo in the rain I had no thoughts of backing off my driving style from when I drove over in the dry and that's possibly the difference.
Thanks to Patsy at Cambridge OPC for arranging this excellent session at Silverstone and looking after me.
Oh! and VBH was there with channel 5 filming so should have some good footage when its screened.
Enjoy your day
Paul
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