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I am curios 
, what does it feel like driving a 700 whp+ ? does it just pull hard ? or you can feel the gforce more ? how does it compare to exotics ? and a question for owners , is it really worth ? or your just happy with you 911 gt3 for example 
, what does it feel like driving a 700 whp+ ? does it just pull hard ? or you can feel the gforce more ? how does it compare to exotics ? and a question for owners , is it really worth ? or your just happy with you 911 gt3 for example
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I test-drove a 458 , 5.0 v10 gallardo , a california and they were fast but not that much , and I was just curious how does a 900 hp Porsche compare to them ? is is so ****ing difficult to answer ? or is this an american attitude ?
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Also I am asking this because I have rented a lot of exotics , I have also been a passenger , and when you are a passenger you get that feel in the pants and the torque , but as a driver perspective I dont feel anything , and I am curious if a highly power car can change that? Sorry about my poor english vocabulary ....
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There is an adjustment period for sure. When I first picked up my car it was already modified and the boost used to come on like crazy and would make the car lose traction and etc. exhilarating and scary to drive. Had the whole drive train modified from a turbo, tune, intake and etc., making more power (about 650 on pump gas and 750 on race gas). The boost comes on really nice all the way to about 20 lbs and the car just pulls like a freight train. With race gas I can pretty much scare myself.
But you do get used it after a while and the car feels slower to me now, but it still pushes the same power and etc. and it still pull away from traffic like it did before, it's just that my perception has changed. I have talked to a few of the funny car, top fuel drivers and they say the same thing driving their dragsters, that their perception of speed and acceleration has slowed down. I guess it's the nature of our bodies to adapt.
Having said all this, every time I drive that car and go full throttle, it just puts a big grin on my face :-)
But you do get used it after a while and the car feels slower to me now, but it still pushes the same power and etc. and it still pull away from traffic like it did before, it's just that my perception has changed. I have talked to a few of the funny car, top fuel drivers and they say the same thing driving their dragsters, that their perception of speed and acceleration has slowed down. I guess it's the nature of our bodies to adapt.
Having said all this, every time I drive that car and go full throttle, it just puts a big grin on my face :-)
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There is an adjustment period for sure. When I first picked up my car it was already modified and the boost used to come on like crazy and would make the car lose traction and etc. exhilarating and scary to drive. Had the whole drive train modified from a turbo, tune, intake and etc., making more power (about 650 on pump gas and 750 on race gas). The boost comes on really nice all the way to about 20 lbs and the car just pulls like a freight train. With race gas I can pretty much scare myself.
But you do get used it after a while and the car feels slower to me now, but it still pushes the same power and etc. and it still pull away from traffic like it did before, it's just that my perception has changed. I have talked to a few of the funny car, top fuel drivers and they say the same thing driving their dragsters, that their perception of speed and acceleration has slowed down. I guess it's the nature of our bodies to adapt.
Having said all this, every time I drive that car and go full throttle, it just puts a big grin on my face :-)
But you do get used it after a while and the car feels slower to me now, but it still pushes the same power and etc. and it still pull away from traffic like it did before, it's just that my perception has changed. I have talked to a few of the funny car, top fuel drivers and they say the same thing driving their dragsters, that their perception of speed and acceleration has slowed down. I guess it's the nature of our bodies to adapt.
Having said all this, every time I drive that car and go full throttle, it just puts a big grin on my face :-)
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