I am not on top of the story but I presume you were not in the car? Glad you avoided this one. I thought, having seen the photo, this ended badly for someone...

 

The ONLY thing a 6-2 has is ABS...
and a driver's quick right foor and ..hopefully very fast hands.

I used to think the widow makers stuff was way overblown and related to unskilled drivers. I have had a lot of [skill have one] modded 930s and I thought they were the wildest ones.
I have never-ever driven anything [this includes stupid cars like early Cobras] that tried to put me a ditch like a 6-2 has.

And Porsche saved the "respect" advertising for the 997 GT2 with the safety add-ons.

JR

 

Personally i saw a 930 turbo fully upgraded to 500hp but i avoided to buy cause i realized that was too much for me

 

All I am going to say, it's not fun driving 750whp in RWD form....

 

God help me if my wife reads this thread. During dinner the 17yo blurted out that my new GT2 is referred to as the "widow maker". I shot a glance at him and after dinner used it as a learning lesson about what it means to be in the Little Rascals "He Man Woman Hater" club and the code of silence that goes along with membership. I think he got it.

 

The only True way to turn it off is unplug the charge pump. It's under the master cyl. As pointed out by another member here...and I thank him.

Tim

 

GT2 is an amazing car to drive. Before I bought mine, a lot of people told me the same thing.
Well first time out with the car at Sebring was raining. No big deal, I thought to myself, maybe I can't drive ... and I'm driving really slow (no traqmate) second day out on toyo Ra-1, I did a 2:21.1, I thought to myself, the car is really good to drive and fun.
Just have it set up right.
My car had 465WHP - 2:15 at Sebring with slicks...
Second best car I ever owned in my life. Now I regret selling it. I should enjoyed it more, needed more seat time.

 

I agree, the car has a amazing amount of grip, really not a widowmaker at all. Try driving a 930 with 450 or more...a bit touchy