Had some (strange) fun with a 997 Turbo today
There was pretty packed traffic, so we just stayed in the fast lane behind slow moving traffic for about 25 miles. The guy in the Turbo seemed very eager to move forward and kept pushing the car in front of him to get ahead.
I kept a good distance cuz Ive seen too many accidents happen that way.
I noticed that he really fired up the car whenever a small gap opened up, and the car growled like it was working hard.
When finally the road was clear I pulled up behind the TT, knowing for sure that he would leave me in the dust the moment he floored it.
(I tried it once with a 996 GT3 and I had no chance in hell).
Then I could both see (smoke from exhaust) and hear (big growl) the guy fire up the TT and he put some distance between the two of us until he hit the next pile of traffic. Strangely enough the distance was very small, and I had no problem following him and keeping his pace.
2 miles later, the traffic cleared once again, and this time I gave the Boxey full revs and basically placed myself in his slipstream. He fired it up again, and what really, really puzzled me was this: I was pretty well into my 5th gear and he couldnt shake me at all.
After 2 miles or so, he pulled over and slowed down to let me pass.
I dont need a reality check here, cuz I know the 997TT is way faster than any Boxster, but I was wondering if he might have picked the wrong gear or somehow gone easy because he was breaking in the engine.
Or pehaps it wasn't his car and didnt wanna risk totalling it....or perhaps he simply couldnt drive?
Just seemed strange that he floored it several times and then suddenly couldnt shake me...
My Boxey has been going really well lately, but naturally it doesnt suddenly dig up 200 BHP extra out of nowhere....I'm just puzzled by this incident.
Btw the car was on danish provisory plates, which are used for a short period of time by people living outside Denmark when they buy a car in Denmark.
Not really an important question, I know but any theories would be welcome.