OWNER GT3 Touring 911SPY By James Vellacott
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y quest for the ultimate analogue drivers car has been a long one. Back in 1987 virtually all affordable cars were analogue. Rev matching and rowing the gears was part and parcel of car ownership for all us young enthusiasts keen to impress our mates at the bus stop.
mid engined Fiat X19 and telling the barmaid that it was a Lamborghini. I also remember heading off to Butlins with said barmaid and shortening the X19 by a couple of feet after losing the back end on a damp road. Only my ego was damaged thankfully.
At 17 I remember rocking up at the local Rugby Social Club in a deteriorating
After an assortment of hot hatches and an all too brief spell in a superb Honda
At that point I decided that conspicuous Italian cars of any kind were not likely to be a part of my petrolhead future.
S2000, in 2004 I owned my first Porsche 911. It was a 4WD manual 997.1 4S. After trying to drift it, I ended up fishtailing and pointing the wrong way on a roundabout. At that point it was concluded that Porsche had designed the 911 to retain as much traction as possible as the alternative was often an undesirable outcome. With this in mind I followed on with a 2 wheel drive 997.2 2S version with the Porsche double clutch auto gearbox (PDK). Just Wow! After using the
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