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The thing is, driving on the road is not supposed to be fun. One should go to a racetrack (or simulator) to have fun. Unless you live in a really remote and de

The thing is, driving on the road is not supposed to be fun. One should go to a racetrack (or simulator) to have fun. Unless you live in a really remote and desertic place, there are just too much people on the road nowadays.

PunchyHamster 9mo ago
okay but why would you get Porsche in the first place then? Luxury sport cars are sold on 2 basis, a status symbol, and being driver's car. If you don't have the second and it's just another EV why bother ?
- prmoustache 9mo ago
  That is my point actually? I am modtly getting my racing dose/fun from simulators these days but go-karts are cheap and fun in comparison of a road homologated luxury sportscar.
- NetMageSCW 9mo ago
  Because it’s fun just commuting to work in a car that is one of the best handling cars ever made?
embedding-shape 9mo ago
> driving on the road is not supposed to be fun. Who says it's supposed to boring? It's supposed to be safe and you're supposed to drive with the consideration of others, but I don't think it's supposed to be either fun or boring, that's up to you. I'm having a blast rolling down the highway in the middle of the night blasting music and singing, am I not allowed to do this because driving is supposed to not be fun?
- prmoustache 9mo ago
  I meant it shouldn't be the main purpose, that's it. Way too many people treat the roads as a playground disregarding the safety of others. I am saying this as a pistonhead in remission.
  - NetMageSCW 9mo ago
    Do you hate your job? Gun is where you find it and what you make of it. Everything you do should be fun or why do it?
- anentropic 9mo ago
  If the process of driving itself is fun for you then great - have fun! But what people usually mean by 'fun' driving is mostly just antisocial behaviour - too fast, loud brrm-brrm noises etc
  - NetMageSCW 9mo ago
    Citation needed. Plenty of sports car drivers have fun every day without being antisocial at all.
randerson 9mo ago
You can have plenty of fun without putting other drivers in danger. I used to drive a NA Miata that took 9 seconds to get to 60 mph and it was the most fun car I've ever owned. But I'm a slow-car-fast person. Most people can safely wring out their cars in 1st and 2nd on a highway on-ramp, or from a traffic light on an empty 55 mph country road. I own a fun weekend car that I take out at dawn on a Saturday to carve up a mountain pass - which is fun even at the speed limit. In a lightweight sports car with excellent brakes, I am safer than all the trucks I see on these roads.
carlgreene 9mo ago
I agree with this for the most part, though there are times and with specific cars that you can have a blast. I can have a lot of fun in an old M Coupe, or Miata. I used to have a GT3...it was a dream car of mine and I finally got it. The sad reality was that in order to have fun with it on public roads I was either going to kill myself/someone else, or go to jail. The only way to really experience that car in a responsible way was to go to the track. Which I just flat out didn't have the time to do with young kids. Things were very different 20-30 years ago. Roads were less crowded and people were much more respectful on the road. Now, especially where I live, it's a free for all Mad Max cosplay.
NetMageSCW 9mo ago
That you believe that is just sad. One doesn’t need to break the law to have fun in the right car.

PunchyHamster 9mo ago

okay but why would you get Porsche in the first place then? Luxury sport cars are sold on 2 basis, a status symbol, and being driver's car. If you don't have the second and it's just another EV why bother ?

prmoustache 9mo ago
That is my point actually? I am modtly getting my racing dose/fun from simulators these days but go-karts are cheap and fun in comparison of a road homologated luxury sportscar.
NetMageSCW 9mo ago
Because it’s fun just commuting to work in a car that is one of the best handling cars ever made?

embedding-shape 9mo ago

> driving on the road is not supposed to be fun. Who says it's supposed to boring? It's supposed to be safe and you're supposed to drive with the consideration of others, but I don't think it's supposed to be either fun or boring, that's up to you. I'm having a blast rolling down the highway in the middle of the night blasting music and singing, am I not allowed to do this because driving is supposed to not be fun?

prmoustache 9mo ago
I meant it shouldn't be the main purpose, that's it. Way too many people treat the roads as a playground disregarding the safety of others. I am saying this as a pistonhead in remission.
- NetMageSCW 9mo ago
  Do you hate your job? Gun is where you find it and what you make of it. Everything you do should be fun or why do it?
anentropic 9mo ago
If the process of driving itself is fun for you then great - have fun! But what people usually mean by 'fun' driving is mostly just antisocial behaviour - too fast, loud brrm-brrm noises etc
- NetMageSCW 9mo ago
  Citation needed. Plenty of sports car drivers have fun every day without being antisocial at all.

randerson 9mo ago

You can have plenty of fun without putting other drivers in danger. I used to drive a NA Miata that took 9 seconds to get to 60 mph and it was the most fun car I've ever owned. But I'm a slow-car-fast person. Most people can safely wring out their cars in 1st and 2nd on a highway on-ramp, or from a traffic light on an empty 55 mph country road. I own a fun weekend car that I take out at dawn on a Saturday to carve up a mountain pass - which is fun even at the speed limit. In a lightweight sports car with excellent brakes, I am safer than all the trucks I see on these roads.

carlgreene 9mo ago

I agree with this for the most part, though there are times and with specific cars that you can have a blast. I can have a lot of fun in an old M Coupe, or Miata. I used to have a GT3...it was a dream car of mine and I finally got it. The sad reality was that in order to have fun with it on public roads I was either going to kill myself/someone else, or go to jail. The only way to really experience that car in a responsible way was to go to the track. Which I just flat out didn't have the time to do with young kids. Things were very different 20-30 years ago. Roads were less crowded and people were much more respectful on the road. Now, especially where I live, it's a free for all Mad Max cosplay.

NetMageSCW 9mo ago

That you believe that is just sad. One doesn’t need to break the law to have fun in the right car.