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Words: Jethro Bovingdon Pictures/Video: Gus Gregory<br />
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for people with super unleaded running<br />
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‘The GT2 has<br />
outgrown the<br />
limits imposed<br />
on our roads’<a title="porsche 911, 997, GT2, isle of man, bovingdon, drivers republic page 1" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=frdww&pageid=1"> QUICK SILVER </a> Speed limits and the new 204mph Porsche
<a title="porsche 911, 997, GT2, isle of man, bovingdon, drivers republic page 2" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=frdww&pageid=2"> 001 </a> Words: Jethro Bovingdon Pictures/Video: Gus Gregory
<a title="porsche 911, 997, GT2, isle of man, bovingdon, drivers republic page 3" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=frdww&pageid=3"> F reedom. What an incredible an</a>d scarce commodity, especially for people with super unleaded running through their veins. Freedom to drive bound only by
<a title="porsche 911, 997, GT2, isle of man, bovingdon, drivers republic page 4" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=frdww&pageid=4"> 001 ‘The GT2 has out</a>grown the limits imposed on our roads’
<a title="porsche 911, 997, GT2, isle of man, bovingdon, drivers republic page 5" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=frdww&pageid=5"> by now, but they’re worth revisiting. And don’t j</a>ust glaze over as your eyes roll across the numbers –try to put them into some sort of perspective. I’ll try to help. The GT2’s big draw is that engin
<a title="porsche 911, 997, GT2, isle of man, bovingdon, drivers republic page 6" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=frdww&pageid=6"> 001 ‘The mountain funnels down into a narrow </a>rollercoaster at speed . nd at at’s re Even o’s ims 3.7 on its way to 204mph. It costs £131,070. In supercar terms
<a title="porsche 911, 997, GT2, isle of man, bovingdon, drivers republic page 7" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=frdww&pageid=7"> 001 bubbling up inside me i</a>s tempered by a very real fear that the GT2 might grow tired of my clumsy efforts and throw me into the scenery with the force of a plane crash. A
<a title="porsche 911, 997, GT2, isle of man, bovingdon, drivers republic page 8" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=frdww&pageid=8"> GT2 lives up to its billing as the ‘fastest</a> 911 ever’ on the straights. Twin- turbo ?at-six is awe-inspiring tting out towards ide and frequently her, the
<a title="porsche 911, 997, GT2, isle of man, bovingdon, drivers republic page 9" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=frdww&pageid=9"> </a> – a left-hander – is s 30mph zone but the gently
<a title="porsche 911, 997, GT2, isle of man, bovingdon, drivers republic page 10" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=frdww&pageid=10"> till just inside the the road sweeps ck sla</a>sh across e signal that you rything. The breath and just o enjoy the old- e engine starts to e barely-there- road, the steering y in your hands
<a title="porsche 911, 997, GT2, isle of man, bovingdon, drivers republic page 11" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=frdww&pageid=11"> quite supple. You feel the bumps of course, but t</a>hey don’t jolt through the seat and the driven wheels are always firmly in contact with the road. On an unpredictable and fast road this is a huge adv
<a title="porsche 911, 997, GT2, isle of man, bovingdon, drivers republic page 12" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=frdww&pageid=12"> er traffic. If you’ve ver by a wave up just a</a>s another , and another you’ll st how relentless g the GT2’s you climb the earbox. Sixty miles 0mph, becomes lunge. ountain is relentlessly fast
<a title="porsche 911, 997, GT2, isle of man, bovingdon, drivers republic page 13" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=frdww&pageid=13"> 001 in total safety, what turbo lag there is </a>doesn’t surface as long as the engine is spinning past 2500rpm, and the sheer grip, braking power and agility is breathtaking. Perhaps a GT3 RS would
<a title="porsche 911, 997, GT2, isle of man, bovingdon, drivers republic page 14" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=frdww&pageid=14"> e steep climb hat follows is red as if it’s a m</a>eting drop’
<a title="porsche 911, 997, GT2, isle of man, bovingdon, drivers republic page 15" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=frdww&pageid=15"> doesn’t feel as comfortable, weaving with the rut</a>s in the road, tyres skipping SPECIFICATION over the bigger crests. It’s a relief to brake for Creg-ny-Baa, an opening right with a textured gri
<a title="porsche 911, 997, GT2, isle of man, bovingdon, drivers republic page 16" href="http://www.zmag.dk/showmag.php?mid=frdww&pageid=16"> 001 ’</a>
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