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fritz said:
For anyone who does not drive his Porsche on a race circuit on so-called racing "slick" tires, it is not relevant.
To put this situation into proportion, you need to know that:
a) no informed consumer would expect any car manufacturer other than Porsche to equip its series-production road cars with an engine which could unconditionally run on a circuit on racing tires without any changes being made to that car first.
b) only a small proportion of Porsche sports cars are ever run on a circuit on
slicks during their lifetime. A larger proportion might be run on circuits with road tires, which would not involve any risks of the engine lubrication system possibly failing to maintain an acceptable pressure.
c) for those who do want to run their cars on circuits, with or without slicks, Porsche makes special models like the GT2 and GT3, which are specifically specced to better suit them for track use, including the fitting of a roll-cage and one-piece racing shell seats (where local laws allow), and more track-biased suspension set-ups. By definition, these cars are not quite as well-adapted to everyday use as the "standard" models, as they make fewer concessions to practicality and comfort.
However, this does not stop some people complaining that Porsche products do not fulfil all their expectations perfectly.
They expect what in German would be described as an egg-laying, wool-bearing, milk-giving, bacon hog.
Naturally, this product should also be sold a whole lot cheaper than Porsche currently sells its sports cars at.
Does this mean DOT street legal track tire like Michilin Club Sports?