mjr wrote:Audax67 wrote:What in the name of Puff's Holy Garters is anyone doing driving a Porsche in a country with a 70 mph blanket speed limit?
Its acceleration is probably still quite thrilling, even if it cannot get near the top speed legally. I recently changed from a car that could do 0-60 in about 10 seconds (when new - probably much much longer when we sold it) to one that could do it in 8 (with a better driver than me at the wheel) and it's quite noticeable. Some Porsches can do it in 4, but they lose out in fuel economy, emissions and depreciation.
Of course, one still should drive cars safely and never ever use them to run people over. So I hope the driver in this story is removed from the roads!
Mark1978 wrote:Acceleration, and indeed handling. The Porsche will stick to the road far better than your average Ford Fiesta and hence be more fun to drive, even well within the speed limits.
The acceleration is indeed thrilling, the handling is excellent and the stopping power is better than most cars on the road. I've taken people out in my cars and had exactly the same comments from them "Oh, now I understand why people drive fast cars".
Plenty of thrills to be had under the speed limit, and there's always IOM and Germany to go faster legally.
You'd be surprised at the fuel economy though, driven gently mine manages 32MPG (cruise set at 50), even though it can also do 0-62 in 4.1 seconds.