| Re: Monday Chat 04.04.11 |
Subject: Re: Monday Chat 04.04.11 by BillH on 2011/4/4 12:35:58 Wow, Pete's not on an airplane.  Over the winter, I forgot how much fun it is to be on the racetrack. Yesterday was a training day for new instructors and thet was cool because I put a bunch of laps in driving the C4. I also drove the most clapped out 911 in the U.S. The guy told me it was a "work in process" then later told me he's owned it 10 years. The first session while he was driving, I noticed (really noticed) that the passenger seat would slide forward an inch and a half under braking. And that the floorboard that my feet were on kinda moved around.  Then I got to drive, the steering wheel had almost a half turn of play, the shifter had 4 inches of play left to right when it was in gear! The shocks probably had zero oil left in them. But it still had the Porsche brakes which (even on this car) where phenomenal. On the way to & from the track, the C4 let me know it wants some attention, it was running 5 degrees high on water temp @ 75. Finally threw a SES (H64, lean on one oxy sensor) but decided it would turn the light off if I dropped down to 65. So, I guess I can diagnos or just drive it slower.  |
