<ALL> BMW vs. Porsche Auto-X

[Sam Choi <choi.192@xxxxxxx>]

> Very short notice, but I just found out about it  Let's have a good showing
> to defend our marque.  My Porsche friends have been talking trash since we
> found out about this event.

Just a comment about auto-x from a relative newbie . . .

It seemed a lot of the older porsches had a huge problem with the auto-x
I attended because it seemed like they could never stay in a gear.

It's not like I ripped up the track, but I never felt like I needed
to shift in my E36 M3.  I got into 2nd as soon as I got out of the
blocks and just stayed there all the way through.

There was one section where I might conceivably have downshifted to
1st, but even there the car seemed to have enough pull at about 2000
rpms that my mediocre shifting probably would have slowed more than
1st gear would have helped me.

I had heard the 944s were very good for auto-x, but when I was doing
the cone work on the track I noticed them constantly shifting . . .
1st, turn, 2nd, 3rd, 2nd, slolom, 3rd, 1st, hairpin, 2nd, 3rd, 2nd,
slolom, etc.

Cheers,
Sam
97 M3

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