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YOUR RESEARCHthird gear pulls great
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redline comes too fast
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a bit of highway, a clear shot, third to fourth, run for a bit, throttle off, back it down.
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might as well run thru 4th "while you are in there"
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i had the c4s out to visit/help inlaws with chores around the house. great backroad drive. just love the way third gear pulls. makes me smile every time! oh, even better on the ride home.
well, i was looking at the trees on the side of the road, and as best i can tell the manual says third is good for 101 or so..... maybe it was only 99! beautiful sound. so much fun.
3rd is a great gear. Try it in a turbo. The only problem is the redline comes too fast. Woooo Hoooo!
Actually, 4th isn't half bad either. Anywhere between 45 and 115 is just awsome when you put your foot in it.
I really like how 3rd gear sounds during shifts also, both from 2nd and into 4th. That said, I remember driving a 600hp Corvette and going back into a 996, I literally thought something was wrong w/the car. :/
On the other hand, I used to have a Subaru WRX which fell on it's face in 3rd gear, 996s are a lot more linear and feel like they're still pulling OK up there.
I find myself enjoying 2nd gear more especially when driving on the streets. For the track 3rd is more fun but it's tough to find a road that lets you wind out 3rd gear completely to redline.
I concur, 3rd is a great gear to open the car up in. But, I was just noticing how the car pulls in ALL gears, including 5th! As long as you are over 3k on the big gauge in the center of the dash, all is good!
Ferd....I did a DE at Road America....4 miles of fun with 2 very long straights. On the front straight I was in 4th about 128 MPH and more road to go and went to 5th. Holy geebus! The car went to a different level and I got hypnotized watching the speedo. 131, 135, 139 and than a quick brake and downshift to make the turn. Just WOW! I have to agree with you.
well i suppose one cannot complain with any gear. agreed it is difficult to pull to the top of even third on the open road without risk... on the other hand it apears that squirts of throttle can move you rather quickly. a bit of highway, a clear shot, third to fourth, run for a bit, throttle off, back it down. dont you love it?
Fernando, you don't feel like the car wants to "get out" of second as fast as it can? I'm new at this, but I definitely like 3rd better than 2nd even at low mph, and I would agree that 4th/5th gear are equally enjoyable and back-to-the-seat inducing.
Absolutely but what I like is that I can take it all the way to redline and feel the car pushing all the way through it's RPM range. With 3rd I have to let up towards the end because of the speed I'm carrying.
But you are right, 2nd gear blows by pretty quickly so the fun doesn't last quite as long as 3rd gear does.
