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The model in the article is slow for a 911, but I can tell you as a 911 (992) owner the acceleration is plenty fast enough, well, it’s borderline terrifying fo

by louthy 3y ago

The model in the article is slow for a 911, but I can tell you as a 911 (992) owner the acceleration is plenty fast enough, well, it’s borderline terrifying for public roads (mine’s around 3.2s). It may not be at the level of the best EVs, but honestly I think off-the-line acceleration is a massively overrated stat because it’s not something you can really leverage, safely, most of the time - I hardly ever use launch control (it’s not even particularly useful for the track). Once you get sub 4 seconds, any faster is just shredding tyres. My last car, a Maserati, was 4.5s and that felt plenty fast enough too (and I still shredded tyres!) Everything else is important: handling, steering responsiveness, brake responsiveness, mid-range ‘grunt’, and depending where you are in the world: top speed and how quickly you can get there. A 911 will leave a Tesla in the dirt at high speeds [1] - on a clear road I could sail up to 200 mph without any drama [2] (seriously, watch that video to see how utterly drama free 200mph is in a 911 on a public road). It’s impossible to communicate how much confidence the car gives you, it’s utterly planted at speed and in corners. The 911 has a long history of being one of the best driving experiences, it is a true supercar with 50+ years of engineering refinement, that’s hard to beat. Along with the badge and elegant design, that’s what you pay for. [1] https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38453459/tesla-model-s-plaid-top-speed-200-mph/ https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38453459/tesla-model-s-pl... [2] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bXRyy-RBuzc&pp=ygUecG9yc2NoZSA5OTIgY2FycmVyYSBzIGF1dG9iYWhu https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bXRyy-RBuzc&pp=ygUecG9yc2NoZSA...

jacquesm 3y ago
A 911 feels planted right up to the point where it isn't and then you better be ready for it. It can go from 'drama free' to 'lots of drama' pretty quickly especially on roads with trash or uneven moisture on them. I accidentally put one ass-backwards on the Berlin ring at night and it wasn't even over the limit. Pre-traction control though, so probably these days that would go a little better. Learned a good lesson there and fortunately no damage or injury other than to my ego.
- louthy 3y ago
  > Pre-traction control though You’d find it hard to do that now. I’ve had a few moments where I’ve been in Sport Mode and gone to overtake someone on a damp road, accelerated a bit too hard, and then the backend has gone out. Even then it’s trivial to bring under control because of the traction control. It’ll let go a bit, but to spin it you’d have to be quite aggressive. Not that you don’t have to be careful with all that power, but I’d rather be in a (modern) 911 with that power than probably any other powerful car. It’s a much more refined car these days, its past reputation as a yuppie killer are pretty much done. It even tells you to switch to Wet Mode when it’s raining :D
  - jacquesm 3y ago
    A friend of mine crashed a 911 pretty badly, he rolled out of a parking garage and got hit by a bus that had zero time to brake. He walked away from that without a scratch and I'm still amazed by it two decades later, by rights he should have been hamburger. That chassis is impressive, to say the least.

by louthy 3y ago

jacquesm 3y ago

A 911 feels planted right up to the point where it isn't and then you better be ready for it. It can go from 'drama free' to 'lots of drama' pretty quickly especially on roads with trash or uneven moisture on them. I accidentally put one ass-backwards on the Berlin ring at night and it wasn't even over the limit. Pre-traction control though, so probably these days that would go a little better. Learned a good lesson there and fortunately no damage or injury other than to my ego.

louthy 3y ago
> Pre-traction control though You’d find it hard to do that now. I’ve had a few moments where I’ve been in Sport Mode and gone to overtake someone on a damp road, accelerated a bit too hard, and then the backend has gone out. Even then it’s trivial to bring under control because of the traction control. It’ll let go a bit, but to spin it you’d have to be quite aggressive. Not that you don’t have to be careful with all that power, but I’d rather be in a (modern) 911 with that power than probably any other powerful car. It’s a much more refined car these days, its past reputation as a yuppie killer are pretty much done. It even tells you to switch to Wet Mode when it’s raining :D
- jacquesm 3y ago
  A friend of mine crashed a 911 pretty badly, he rolled out of a parking garage and got hit by a bus that had zero time to brake. He walked away from that without a scratch and I'm still amazed by it two decades later, by rights he should have been hamburger. That chassis is impressive, to say the least.