01-11-2007, 06:34 PM
I know that the statistics on my 996tt show the insurance companies that these aids are decreasing the amount of these cars that get wadded up. It cost me less to insure my 996tt than to insure my 92 911 turbo even though the 996tt makes 100 more hp. These statistics gathered by the insurance companies staff of pocket protector wearing, propeller heads, prove the value of PSM in the real world. Not to mention many of the people who buy these cars do not have a clue how to drive them and properly utilize their performance. These owners are what I call polishers We that are involved in the de program may be perceived to be punishers. But weather you own one of these cars to drive and impress on lookers or to beat like a rental at the track, all of these aids are here to stay and the body shops hate it. As swh said better drivers would go faster than less skilled drivers regardless of whom has driving aids.
Problem is that many drivers without these driving aids want the people with these aids to some how feel like they are less skilled, and that the driving aids are magically getting them around the track. Well sorry to break it to you. You are not magical drivers because you can drive without these technologies.
We who drive Porsches are very fortunate because the driving aids that are incorporated into our cars require very very aggressive driving to activate, and the systems functions better than any other in the industry. I have driven cars that had driving aids that worked so poorly that I would never own one (E55 AMGJUNK)It was pretty fast though.
By the way Minkin what the F%&* is a cookie