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    2 juin 2005 22:25:05

    Carlos from SpainM
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    A day at the track

    Twas a beautiful sunny day in the high 20's *C today. Porsche Iberica and my dealer held a DE at the Braga track for customers.

    First here is a snap on the fly of the tax collectors... errrr, I mean traffic law enforcement, looking after our wallets... errr I mean safety
    The car inocently parked on the edge of this downhill starigh stretch of the highway (with the arrow) was a camouflaged cop car with a built in french-made Multanova 6F radar which made my "copilot" sing the Ka-band melody

    2 juin 2005 22:28:33

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    Re: A day at the track

    Here is yours truly's next to a beautiful GT3RS with slicks

    2 juin 2005 22:29:40

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    Re: A day at the track

    Here is a 911 2.7RS that made the ground rumble with the exhaust, its was louuuud!! and belonged to the same owner of the GT3RS, an old racing driver.

    2 juin 2005 22:30:47

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    Re: A day at the track

    Here is another shot getting ready to go into the track

    2 juin 2005 22:32:04

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    Re: A day at the track

    Here is a CGT

    2 juin 2005 22:33:52

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    Re: A day at the track

    Here is a wider shot at the parking lot... can you pick out the "intruder"

    2 juin 2005 22:35:38

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    Re: A day at the track

    Here is a very strange Boxster on display. It had slicks on! and full racecar interior, very much like a GT3Cup car.

    2 juin 2005 22:36:25

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    Re: A day at the track

    rear,

    2 juin 2005 22:48:28

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    Re: A day at the track

    they had several of them

    2 juin 2005 22:48:44

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    Re: A day at the track

    Thank you Carlito!
    Very nice pictures hombre!
    Can't wait for your impressions of the 997S sport chassis on the track!

    2 juin 2005 22:49:06

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    Re: A day at the track

    The event consisted in slaloms runs, grabbed a Boxster S for this one myself.

    Also PSM-on PSM-off tests on iced curves of the smaller track (that one was funny: PSM-off= caos until the grass off the track stops you , PSM-on= easily controlled understeer)

    And and then grabbed a 997 for the laps at the big track. Even with PASM the car was so nice to drive at the track, playing at the borderline of traction around the bends. The car did not understeer at all, and had mild oversteer at mid corner onwards easily balanced with the throttle input. I love this car, the steering, the brakes, the gearbox, the balance and character of its handling...

    Sorry I didn't take more pictures but I was busy and then had to leave quickly after the end of the event because I was in a hurry.

    Its a good thing they gave us hats because I would have burt under the sun otherwise, and here is cool little gift, a key chain with the big reds calipers

    2 juin 2005 22:52:55

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    Thank you Carlito!
    Very nice pictures hombre!
    Can't wait for your impressions of the 997S sport chassis on the track!



    I ended up not taking mine into the track since I only managed 1500km of the brake-in and they had cars of their own available to use instead. Afterwards at the end some took their own cars into the track, I just had enough time to listen to the 911 2.7RS roar at the track before I had to leave

    2 juin 2005 23:02:11

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    Very nice! Sounds like a great day! I think it's a great idea to drive the official 997 and not have to waste your own brakes and tires

    2 juin 2005 23:20:46

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    Re: A day at the track

    Thank you Carlos! Great shots. Makes you want to be there

    3 juin 2005 00:31:46

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    Re: A day at the track

    Carlos, how do you think the PASM might compare to your suspension - personal opinion (unbiased of course!)?

    3 juin 2005 02:24:40

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    Thanks for the great pics Carlos Rennteam could use more posted PICS!!!

    3 juin 2005 05:22:20

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    Thanks for the pics Carlos!!

    3 juin 2005 05:34:50

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    Very very very nice Pics my good man... surely made my day! thanks

    3 juin 2005 05:55:34

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    Re: A day at the track

    Yes, thx 2

    3 juin 2005 06:40:28

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    great pix carlos!! i want one of those key chains too and you say you're on 1500km's already?! I'm sitting on 900km on mine and i've had mine for half a month longer than u

    3 juin 2005 07:16:19

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    Re: A day at the track

    Glad you guys liked the pics

    Silver Bullet, the PASM is a very capable suspension, even on the track as I found out, in terms opf lap times I don't think the differences would be very noticeable in the hands of non-profesional drivers. But the "feel" is different, the -20mm feels like a sportier car, more direct, more fun, more GT3-like. But the PASM is not bad at all, and like i said, its very capable, and gives you that compromise for confort that the -20mm doesn't. For me, I prefer the -20mm hands down, but I can understand why for other people it may not be worth it and the PASM may be a better option.

    3 juin 2005 09:20:44

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    Re: A day at the track

    Carlos, at what time did you attend the meeting? I was there with the 12:00 to 14:00 group but there was no CGT or RS cars at the time. And what they offered me was the hat and a silly cd-holder, not the key chain :/

    I left my digital camera on the car so I only took some pictures with my cell phone. I'll post them here when I transfer them.

    4 juin 2005 01:29:36

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    Re: A day at the track

    Here are the images I look at the track day.





























    4 juin 2005 07:44:25

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    Re: A day at the track

    Hi Steve, looks like we were there in diferent days. Your event was held Wednesday and mine was the day after on Thursday The CGT and RS were from private owners from my dealership.

    4 juin 2005 09:59:22

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    Re: A day at the track

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    Hi Steve, looks like we were there in diferent days. Your event was held Wednesday and mine was the day after on Thursday The CGT and RS were from private owners from my dealership.



    Yes, I was there on Wednesday, June 1. The event was organized by the Braga Porsche Center. Yours was probably organized by a different dealer.

    As a side note, the track day was a very nice event and I'm looking forward to meet other Porsche owners by going to the Porsche Clube Portugal events. I'm a member since 2004 but never went to any event yet :/

    4 juin 2005 11:39:48

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    Re: A day at the track

    STEVE WHAT ARE THESE PICTURES?


    In one pic with the laptop there is a brochure with Carlos name on it!

    Is Carlos selling Porsche Parts?

    4 juin 2005 13:56:21

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    LOL, that is funny... In Holland we have a saying: "Er zijn meer honden die Fikkie heten", "There are more dogs that are called Buster" or something like that. Carlos is quite a common name in Spain.
    -Joost-

    4 juin 2005 15:12:42

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    Re: A day at the track

    Joost he has the same name and surname!!


    Carlos name IS Carlos Silva

    4 juin 2005 18:01:13

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    Re: A day at the track

    LOL!
    The owner of the Braga dealership has the same name, but its not me, its a good thing we use "two" last names here


    Steve, Wednesday was for Portuguese dealers, and Thursday was for the spanish across the border. As to the Porsche Clube Portugal, they have an event at the Braga track every year, I did not go this years (back in April) but member J.Seven goes every year, he says its a lot of fun.

    4 juin 2005 19:06:11

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    Re: A day at the track

    Hi all.

    I went to the correspondent event that took place in Estoril circuit, but on the May 11, with the good old 911 SC Targa. Awesome day.

    Contrasting to the beautiful day in Braga, in Estoril it was dreadful, so the monitors kept the pace rather slow. It had some advantages however, since the tire tread was spared and the slipery surface allowed some nice thrills.

    Like in Braga, we were able to test the new Boxster in some slipery conditions, slalom, brake, PSM and no PSM, etc...

    In the end, they also gave a key chain like that (being using ever since )

    I was somehow disaponted cause i was hoping to see more classic Porsches and not just the "new" ones. It made my day since i saw a great GT3 RS!

    Some photos:




    The awesome GT3 RS:


    My (fathers...) little 911 at the backgound:



    Finaly, a one lap onboard video (go to the bottom of the page and click free, and then wait for the download to begin).

    Some considerations:
    - Excuse the comments on the movie. Concentrate on the engine sound.
    - As i said, it was most of the time on a slow pace, and i rarely pushed the car hard.
    I don't have any kind of "hands" to drive the car properly. The 911 really is better than 99.999% of the drivers out there.
    - The slide shown in the video was the first i made in that car. Loved it!
    - I'm still trying to figure out how to heal-&-toe on that car without braking my ankle, so i didn't even bother.

    All in all, it was really an amazing day.

    Cheers
     
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