My GT4 beats me up a bit on the street, and can be a chore to drive in many situations. I would absolutely not own it if it wasn’t going to be a regular track car. As for which Porsche I would get in that situation… Maybe a Cayman GTS? Or a 911 T? I’m not sure, I’d have to give that some thought. Not sure I’d even own a Porsche if not for the track… Just feels like too much car for the street to me, at least given the somewhat boring roads around here.

While the author doesn’t understand how cars work, I think there is a somewhat valid (or at least hard to ignore) point in there somewhere… And I can see this sort of tech eventually proliferating even in the US, probably.

Don’t get me wrong, I obviously love speed, and I don’t know how you implement ISA in a way that isn’t a nanny-state joke. Everyone knows posted speed limits are merely a suggestion, and the “actual” limit is like 5-20 over… And sometimes you may do the occasional short burst above even that because reasons.

But just a few more stories about some coked up idiot taking his 600 hp monster to places it was never meant to be, and killing the wrong little girl, and some kinda speed nanny feels inevitable in a tech dominated world.

I think the most interesting/surprising interaction was when I was at a stop light with the GT4, windows down on a nice day, and some teenagers in the car next to me had some words. “Bro is that a GT3?”, “No it’s a GT4”, “Flex on us!”. I paused for a second, then smiled as I realized what they were asking, and gave her a good couple revs.

On the whole, the most surprising thing to me, though, is contrary to that story, I get more attention in my Mach 1 than the Porsche. Maybe because of the color? (Grabber yellow vs blue)

What kind of annoys (and surprises) me more is the time element. A lot of Porsches, including mine, are low mileage vehicles, so we hit the time well before the mileage. Does a 10K mile Porsche really need new plugs after four years???

For the record, I didn’t replace them in my GT4 until a bit after the seven year mark and 10K miles… Never had any issues, and the last time I was at the track, power delivery still felt great, but I took the car in for another service, and the tech recommended I replace the plugs, so I did. Don’t judge me.