[s-cars] more mindless dribble and pointless banter...

[Paul Krasusky]

Morning-

Yes, another non-technical post from the mind of the warped and twisted.
But I HAVE to share (gloat?) 8-), remember, I have issues... major
car-issues...

My buddy Brian scored a new toy yesterday, and I just happened to be
'available' to follow him home after work.  Me in the //S6, following him
in, oh, a geeeeeeeeeorgous '97 993 C4S.  Mit 14k.  Black on black. 18's.
NICE!

DAMN does that thing burble burble burble, sounds great.  Raspy, lumpy, and
much more audible than I expected.  OK, MAC:  how was the commute and how
did my //Shoar compare?  Both of us did mild 1st gear starts (read: bogged).
1st thru 3rd, I was right on him (I see about 103 in 3rd), by 4th he was
inching on me, more like centimetering(?).  Highway jaunts were same thing,
dead even 1st-3rd, 4th it's legs picked up a notch and it gained a C-hair
ever so slightly.

Gets better.

"Paul, wanna come over later tonight and flog the living piss out of the 993
C4S?"

OOOOOoooooooooooooooooKay...

"How about we follow you in Jeff's (another Jeff) neu ///M3 (another neu
///M3)?"

OOOOOoooooooooooooooooKay...

MAN that car is FUN.  While not the fastest hoar out there, 282 hp / 250tq
in 3,197 lbs. tain't bad.  But, oh, that sound.  That feel.  That beckoning
to be beaten.  Yes indeed.  Fun.  I'd get in trouble with this.  It's sooooo
dynamic, everything works so well together in harmony.

Thought it would be fun driving with window down to hear the raspy boxer
ramble away.  Heh, until I rolled the window up, HOLY CRAP!!!
MUWAHahahahahahahaha...  that thing is simply awesome sounding inside!

I thought it sounded good through the revs.  Until I hit *exactly* 5,000.
WHOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!!!!!  At 5k, the thing is SONOROUS!!!  Evil sounding.  The
giant throttle body just barks in right your ear behind you, must be at
point where the VarioCam hits the 3.6(?).  Whatever it is, it's just silly.
Hehehehehehehehehehe (the sound of laughing like a little schoolgirl).  I
was doing this often, and uncontrollably whilst piloting.  This car wails
the 964 C4 I'd previously flogged, in every aspect.  Jim in the passenger
seat was majorly wowed by the thing's brakes.

The ///M3 was pretty much right there in all aspects, probably quicker off
the line (we got right on the highway), but relatively equal @ highway
4th-6th blasts.  1st in the C4S is sillyfun, the thing takes off and screws
with the AWD scrambling to tame it.  Odd, 2nd didn't seem spaced right, it
bogs a bit after shift.  But rowing 3rd-6th on the highway is downright
addictive.  And simply effortless.  Well, effortless in that it's begs for
it.  Brains kicked in about 130.  You *DO* need to pay attention, MAN that
steering is just light, and darty!  Like, my increasing pulse beating
through my palms was being transmitted through the wheel enough that the
headlights twitched.  OK, not that bad, but responsive isn't close enough a
word.

Jim and I concluded that, yes, we could EASILY don "that set of loafers".
They fit well...

For those who are wondering (including myself), yes, I do wear "knee pads"
and carry a "napkin" handy, daily, as a just-in-case-measure that someone
offers me a chance to flog his 993, 355, etc.  And I'm proud of it.

Paul "will hoar for testdrive" K.
CT
'95 //S6 not embarrassed by a C4S
'58 TR3A embarrassed by itself