My 964C2, which had been in summer sleep with the battery disconnected during the midsummer, was awakened by my husband after the Obon season, and he wrote about his impressions after driving it for the first time in a long time. Please take a look if you like.

Wake up, 964.

Around Obon this year, air-cooled Porsches have been haunting my dreams, and my withdrawal symptoms have reached their limit. Just recently, the heat has been abating.It's time to wake up 964 from its summer sleep.The first is the "I" in "I".(Quick!)

My cousin's air-cooled Porsche, which had been put into summer sleep since the first half of July, was quietly waiting for its moment in the tower parking lot.

He opens the hood and fearfully turns on the main battery switch. Then the lights in the trunk come on and the 911 quietly opens its eyes.

Sit back in the seat and turn on the ignition. Turn the key slowly while checking the sound of the fuel pump operating and the electrical system.

This guy... he's moving!

I no longer feel like Amuro Rey.
The cell turned briskly, and after a little longer cranking, the horizontally opposed six-cylinder woke up as if nothing had happened.

Dollo...The sound and the feeling of air vibration like a large displacement motorcycle, and the unique aroma of an air-cooled Porsche's interior.is calledAhhh, here it is!It's a strange feeling, as if I hadn't been riding for a longer period of time. It is a strange feeling as if I had not ridden for a longer period of time, although I had not ridden for only a month and a half.

Running 964

The Tiptronic is put in D range and the car drives off quietly.As usual, the seat position of this car does not fit comfortably.However, the solid body and the sense of NVH that is transmitted to the driver over large bumps and uneven surfaces make the driver aware that he or she is "in control" of the car.

After a long time, I tried the handling of the car and found that if you just drive it normally at town speed, the steering wheel is heavy, the front end entry is mild, and the car does not feel agile to turn. If driven by someone with no knowledge of sports driving, it would probably seem like just a dull car.

However, theThe 964 can be driven in any way you want, depending on how subtly you open and close the accelerator pedal and how hard you step on the brake.Driving skill is directly proportional to the car's dynamic performance, and if you are properly aware of the load, it is a lot of fun.

Even when changing lanes, there is a clear difference between changing lanes without thinking while keeping the accelerator pedal on a constant level and suddenly letting off the accelerator pedal just before changing lanes and then turning the wheel.

I drive a GT3 a lot these days, so I feel it even more strongly.Compared to the Porsches of this era, today's 911 is like a midshipOf course, if you drive it in a sporty way, you will know that it is RR. Of course, if you drive sporty, you will know that the car is RR, but when you drive normally, you will hardly be aware of the fact that it is RR. If you just turn the steering wheel without being conscious of anything, the car will turn beautifully.

around here.I would like to write a detailed article comparing water-cooled 911 and air-cooled 911 at some other time.I think.

Air-cooled for touring in the fall.

After waking up from summer sleep, it has been raining for a while and I have not been able to ride, but today the rain is over and it has been a while since I went to work with an air-cooled engine. I dare to open the window a little and let the car run slowly while listening to the sound of the engine. I always think, "What's the point of having an air-cooled engine if you can't hear the sound of it?Another feature of air-cooled Porsche is that it makes you feel different ride quality and ride feel different day by day.I think it is a good idea.

If we took accurate data, nothing might have changed, but for some reason, the ride and other aspects often seem slightly different from one day to the next.

On this day, for example, the ride is very mild, and on a well-paved surface, the car runs smoothly as if rolling. We drove east on the Hanshin Expressway Kobe line, soaking up the morning sun. At the merge, I set the Tiptronic to manual mode and accelerated in 2nd and 3rd gears, and the engine sound, which was full of throbbing in town, changed from "thud, thud, thud" to "boom, boom, boom" and then to "boom, boom, boom" and then to "boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom.Shaan!"The sound changes to a continuous "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

Air-cooled engine sound after a long time, very multiple soundI think it is. In general, the engine sound is a polyphony, with a variety of sounds, from very low to very high, continuously changing their proportions in accordance with the rpm range. Among them, the engine sound of an air-cooled Porsche has a wider range, and various sounds such as explosion, exhaust, tappet, intake, and gear sounds are directly mixed together to produce that unique sound.

As the office approached, "I guess it's over now....I parked my cousin's air-cooled Porsche in the parking lot, regretting the end of my commute drive from the bottom of my heart, as usual.

I would like to do some maintenance before fall and go touring with her in the best possible condition.