Those that are underwhelmed on Amazon expect too much from a book; I've read through about 2\3rds and Vic does cover all his bases. In doing so, its obvious that he can't go into too much detail. The book isn't an instruction manual to high performance driving, but it goes in depth into explaining the concepts and technologies that are crucial to enthusiast driving, and he includes some great tips to help you achieve proper balance, smoothness, etc. Obviously he can't teach you how to heel and toe in a book or tell you what to do in every situation in a track, that kind of stuff requires hands-on, live instruction.

Also, thus far, I'm on chapter 9 out of 14, and there hasn't been any direct focus on the Cayman. He mentions that he drove one recently and was impressed and he writes that recent technological advances by Porsche have made this a viable platform for racing by defeating the jittery handling caused by a light front and rear. He briefly discusses all platforms and their strengths and weaknesses.

The chapters each begin and are interlaced with personal, historical accounts that help make the technical stuff more interesting and make the book much more readable than just an instruction manual. I think overall it's a good, interesting book but you can't go into it thinking, "this book will teach me how to drive my Cayman on the track."

I mean, take into account this review...

"I bought this book because in 2 months I am going to drive my rear engined 993 on a F1 circuit. I have no circuit experience, and cannot get any coaching or any circuit experience in the country I live in..."

You can just see this guy had some unreal expectations for a book...

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