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thecat-inthehat · 4 years

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Well! This is actually the first year I’ve participated, and I managed to get all of the prompts done, with only 1 being submitted on a make up/free day. I’m still kinda shocked that I actually managed to pull through and do it all, especially with starting work back up again.

I will eventually be putting most of these up onto my Ao3 account, but for right now this is where they are.

Stats! Total word count: 30,965 words Total prompts completed: 29 (used a free day to catch up on one prompt) Shortest prompt: 11. Ultracrepidarian (408 words) Longest prompt: 30. Splinter (3,391 words) Average prompt length: ~1,067 words

Things that surprised me: -How much I wrote. I know I’m a wordy motherfucker but damn. Almost 31k? - The amount of WoL AU I wrote. I guess it’s been eating my brain more than I thought. - I wrote Nive/Y’shtola smut. I wrote 2.5k of it. -I also wrote predominantly Nive and Emet-Selch interacting. I was expecting to write more of Hel and Arbert, but I guess my brain refuses to write for those two. - I managed to actually write some stuff for G’raha, getting over my whining about him to crank out content that I didn’t hate. (He is not a character I personally enjoy, so anything for him is quite hard) -

Personal Favorites

8. Clamor -- a Magnai Oronir piece that I wrote out of spite and annoyance, featuring Steppe politics, Daidukul and Magnai friendship, and a look at how the 7th Umbral Calamity affected other parts of the world. 30. Splinter -- An event for the Final Days that I’ve been slowly puzzling out for the entire month, centering around the abdication of the Fourteenth, and what kind of person Daedalus was. I had the bare bones of this about a month after 5.0 dropped, but it wasn’t until 5.3 that most of this solidified. 23. Shuffle -- A look at my personal Astrologian headcanons, as well as an extended chance for the girls to interact on paper instead of my head. Also a chance to look at how Minfilia/Ryne interacts with my girls, instead of the generic options we have in game. 20. Novice -- Xylle is Sidurgu Orl’s reflection on the First and I am not taking criticism at this time. Do I ship her and Granson? Have I made an elaborate backstory for her and plotted out their slow burn? Mind your own business.

Masterpost

The Daedalus Project (WoL AU)

The Daedalus Project: Anacrusis (pre-sundering era)

10. Avail | 15. Ache | 30. Splinter

Magnai Oronir Propaganda

8. Clamor | 24. Beam

Tikhomir Ajuyn

5. Matter of Fact | 29. Paternal

Shining Comet

16. Lucubration

Xylle Needs a Drink

20. Novice | 22. Argy-Bargy

Pre-Dragonsong War

12. Tooth and Nail

Modern AU (Hel and Arbert centric)

6. Free day | 13. Free day

Ironworks Shenanigans

26. When Pigs Fly

Twinsouled

19. Where the Heart Is

#ffxivwrite2020 #creator writes

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in-this-light-on-this-evening · 5 years

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do all the evens on that unusual asks post from like 12 posts ago

Bitch, that's a LOT 👀

2. is your room messy or clean?

Messy for the most part of the week. Then I get into the Marie Kondo mode and swipe up everything to the point it looks like a fucking Ikea show room.

4. do you like your name? why

Nein. If it was with a C instead of a K maybe I would like it better. Also the meaning is ugly.

6. describe your personality in 3 words or less

vide noir

8. whar kind of car do you drive? color?

I'M BI, I CAN'T DRIVE AKDNSK (I have the license though, still don't know how did I make it lmao)

10. how would you describe your style?

Hmm a mix of simple vintage, basic with a hint of modernity.

12. what size bed do you have?

Big enough for me and my stack of books laying down next to me, not big enough for tall people 💀

14. if you can live anywhere in the world where would it be? why?

IRELAND. I've been obsessed with that country since high school (hello 10 years of crying). I just need a place in the countryside where it's not too hot and where I can enjoy nature and peace. Also Irish people seems to be on the same reckless wave as I am, so 😂

16. favourite makeup brand(s)

I don't care really. The cheaper and working, the better!

18. favourite tv show?

Random order: Russian Doll, Misfits, Breaking Bad, Queer Eye, Good Omens, Stranger Things, In The Flesh, Sense8.

20. how tall are you?

5.2-5.3 or 159cm 😭

22. do you go to the gym?

Not right now. I used to go back in time, though. I did functional training and crossfit for a while.

24. how much money do you have in your wallet at the moment?

Not enough for chickin nuggets :(

26. how many pillows do you sleep with?

6. I sleep on 2, the other ones are for hugging because I'm the lonlies bitch on this planet.

28. how many friends do you have?

EHM. Irl maybe 2. Online a few more... maybe 3 😂

30. what's your favourite candle scent?

Berries, vanilla, sandalwood, cinnamon.

32. 3 favourite girl names

Juniper, Eden, Aoife

34. favourite actress

Hmm nobody in particular at the moment.

36. favourite movie

Dead Poets Society, the majority of Wes Anderson's movies, Being There, The Fall

38. money or brains?

Why can't I have both?

40. how many times have you been to the hospital?

For an operation, only once. In ER for minor thigs I guess 3 times.

42. do you take any medications daily?

Dumb bitch juice.

44. what is your bigger fear?

Not having financial stability.

46. what's your go to hair style?

Messy hay nest or a bun.

48. who is your role model?

I don't think I have any... I mean, there are some people that I really admire but I don't know if I could define them as my role models.

50. what was the last text you sent?

"I'M HORNY FOR THAT NECK"....... I'm-....

52. what is your dream car?

Maybe a Mini or the new Fiat 500. Idk, something small 'cause I fucking fear big cars.

54. do you go to college?

Not anymore.

56. would you rather live in rural or the suburbs?

RURAL

58. do you have freckles?

I wish. God didn't gave me freckles 'cause otherwise I'd be too powerful.

60. how many pictures do you have on your phone?

+1300

62. do you still watch cartoons?

Sometimes, yes!

64. favourite dipping sauce?

BBQ, I think.

66. have you ever win a spelling bee?

WE DON'T HAVE THESE IN EUROPE

68. can you draw?

Yes, or at least I think I can lol.

70. what was the last concert you saw?

The love of my life, mister Hozier 😭 I miss him so much, it's been almost exactly 7 months as we speak.

72. Starbucks or Dunkin Donuts?

Bitch, my maroccan breadmaker from the other side of the river.

74. what is your crush's first and last initial?

I have only one crush. I mean, we all know on this godamn clusterfuck of a blog that I love only one man that doesn't know I exists :')

76. what color looks best on you?

I don't know... I love wearing black, though 🖤

78. do you sleep with your door open or closed?

When I'm home alone - open. When people are around - closed.

80. what is your biggest pet peeve?

Lazy and disrespectful men.

82. favourite ice cream flavour?

vanilla, pistachio, cherry

84. chocolate or rainbow sprinkles?

BITCH BOTH

86. what is your phone background?

88. do you like it when people play with your hair?

Y E S

90. do you wash your face? at night? in the morning?

Both.

92. have you ever been drunk?

Yes, of course 💀

94. favourite lyrics right now

"You never loved me

I came all the way through time and space

To take you away and out of this place

You're an emerald in the sky

You light up the night by blinking you eyes

I'll cry and I'll cry if your light ever dies"

AND OF COURSE AND STILL:

"True that I saw her hair like the branch of a tree

A willow dancing on air before covering me

Under cotton and calicos over canopy dapple long ago

True that love in withdrawal was the weeping of me that the sound if the

Saw must be known by the tree must be felled for to fight the cold

I fretted fire but that was long ago."

AND

the whole "In The Woods Somewhere" song

96. day or night?

NIGHT

98. favourite month?

October, December but also March/April when it's still kinda crisp but you can enjoy the first warm sunlight and the nature that comes back to life 🖤

100. who was the last person you cried in front of?

Idk, I cry all the time when I'm alone.

#THAT WAS LONG #thank you so much 😭🖤#long post

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jerrytackettca · 6 years

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Can a Nap a Day Keep Blood Pressure at Bay?

Catching a quick nap midday may be a simple, no-cost way to lower your blood pressure, according to researchers from the Asklepieion General Hospital in Voula, Greece.1

The research, presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 68th Annual Scientific Session, suggests midday sleep could be as effective at slashing blood pressure levels as other lifestyle interventions, like reducing alcohol intake or taking low-dose blood pressure medication.

It's unclear whether the results vary depending on whether a person is sleep-deprived or typically gets a good night's sleep, but it could be that a nap may be particularly useful for people lacking in high-quality sleep.

High blood pressure affects more than 1.13 billion people worldwide,2 including 1 in 3 U.S. adults. Another 1 in 3 have prehypertension, but many are unaware that their health is at risk from this "silent killer."3

Fortunately, beyond napping there are other powerful strategies to lower your blood pressure as well, such as improving nitric oxide levels, which I’ll discuss later. But first, it does appear that for some people a nap a day may help keep high blood pressure away.

Napping May Lower Your Blood Pressure Levels

The study followed more than 200 people with high blood pressure, monitoring their blood pressure levels, midday sleep time, lifestyle habits and pulse wave velocity, which is a measure of arterial stiffness.

Those who napped had an average systolic 24-hour blood pressure reading that was 5.3 mm Hg lower than those who did not, while both blood pressure numbers were also more favorable among nappers compared to non-nappers. It appeared that, for each hour of napping, 24-hour systolic blood pressure was lowered by 3 mm Hg.

"We obviously don't want to encourage people to sleep for hours on end during the day, but on the other hand, they shouldn’t feel guilty if they can take a short nap, given the potential health benefits,” Dr. Manolis Kallistratos told the American College of Cardiology (ACC). “Even though both groups were receiving the same number of medications and blood pressure was well controlled, there was still a significant decrease in blood pressure among those who slept during midday."4

The study may be a good representation of napping benefits, as those included in the study had well-controlled blood pressure. Whereas those with high, uncontrolled blood pressure levels may have more pronounced drops from interventions, by using a group with controlled levels "we can feel more confident that any significant differences in blood pressure readings are likely due to napping," Kallistratos said.5

The study also monitored the natural dips in blood pressure that occur during sleep, finding that the natural drops were similar across the participants. This suggests the reductions noted in the study could be due to the napping intervention. Kallistratos told ACC:6

"These findings are important because a drop in blood pressure as small as 2 mm Hg can reduce the risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attack by up to 10 percent. Based on our findings, if someone has the luxury to take a nap during the day, it may also have benefits for high blood pressure. Napping can be easily adopted and typically doesn't cost anything."

Napping May Improve Function, Thinking and Memory

Aside from lowering blood pressure, taking naps offers other health benefits, including to people over 60 years, who typically have shorter periods of deep sleep and more frequent waking at night. Taken together, older adults may sleep for nearly two hours less on average than young adults.

It used to be believed that older adults didn't need as much sleep, but now it's thought that most people thrive on seven to eight hours of sleep a night. When researchers started a napping regimen among men aged 50 to 88, it turned out that midday sleep helped the men significantly increase their sleep over a 24-hour period, leading to enhanced cognitive performance.7

What's more, the naps — even up to two hours a day — did not negatively affect the men's nighttime sleep, but the researchers suggested one-hour naps may be easier for most people to accommodate. Napping has also been shown to facilitate memory consolidation and learning and support emotional processing.8

Napping Isn't Always a Good Thing

Paradoxically, there's also some research showing napping is associated with negative outcomes, even including an increased risk of high blood pressure,9 and the following, especially in older adults:10

Microvascular disease

Depression

Diabetes

Osteoporosis

Functional limitations

General medical morbidity

Increased mortality

Cognitive decline

While it’s unlikely that naps are directly causing these health problems, the association exists nonetheless, and more research is needed to determine who benefits from naps, who doesn’t and why. “An emerging hypothesis,” researchers wrote in Sleep Medicine, “suggests inflammation is a mediator between midday naps and poor health outcomes, yet further research is necessary."11

It’s also been suggested that the length of the nap may make all the difference, with those less than 30 minutes promoting wakefulness and enhanced performance and learning ability, and those longer being associated with health problems, including higher mortality in the elderly.

"The benefits of napping could be best obtained by training the body and mind to awaken after a short nap," according to researchers in the journal Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine.12

The Most Profound Way to Lower Your Blood Pressure

While the jury's still out on whether naps are ultimately beneficial or harmful, it's quite clear that improving your nitric oxide (NO) is the most profound thing you can do to lower your blood pressure because it relaxes your blood vessels.

NO is a soluble gas stored in the lining of your blood vessels, called the endothelium. NO is produced inside your endothelial cells from the amino acid L-arginine, where it acts as an important signaling molecule throughout your body.

Along with promoting healthy endothelial function and heart health, NO supports healthy blood flow by helping your veins and arteries dilate. This, in turn, allows vital oxygen and nutrients to flow freely throughout your body — beneficial for your circulation and brain health.

NO also improves your immune function, stimulates the thinning of your blood and decreases blood viscosity, which in turn decreases platelet aggregation — ultimately reducing your risk of developing a life-threatening blood clot.

Callisthenic exercises, such as the Nitric Oxide Dump, can help increase NO production. It involves just four movements — squats, alternating arm raises, non-jumping jacks and shoulder presses — which are done in repetitions of 10, with four sets each.

The workout takes just three or four minutes and should be repeated three times a day, with a minimum of two hours between sessions. I typically do a modified version of the one developed by Dr. Zach Bush, which you can view below. In addition, a comprehensive exercise program is essential to keep your blood pressure levels healthy.

Research shows inactive individuals have a 30 to 50 percent greater risk for high blood pressure than their active counterparts, and "An evidence based literature analysis by the American College of Sports Medicine indicates that an isolated exercise session (acute effect) lowers BP [blood pressure] an average of 5-7 mmHg."13

Using Your Diet to Improve Blood Pressure

Leafy greens and beets are important dietary components if you have high blood pressure, as they're good sources of naturally occurring nitrates that are converted into NO in your body. Because beets are high in sugar, fermented beet juice, also known as beet kvass, may be a far preferable option, as virtually all of the sugar is eliminated during the fermentation process.

I often include about 1 to 2 ounces of raw beets in my daily smoothie, in addition to taking a fermented beet root powder supplement. Eating garlic may also help, as although it’s low in nitrates, it helps boost NO production by increasing nitric oxide synthase (NOS), which converts L-arginine to NO in the presence of cofactors such as vitamins B2 and B3.14

Fennel seeds are another healthy food that increases your body's production of NO. Potassium also works in your body to relax the walls of your arteries, keep your muscles from cramping and lower your blood pressure.15 An analysis of over 29 trials demonstrated low levels of potassium resulted in higher systolic blood pressure readings.16 Leafy greens and avocado are examples of potassium-rich foods.

On a larger scale, however, high blood pressure is often the result of too much insulin and leptin in response to a high-carbohydrate and processed food diet. A cyclical ketogenic, low net-carb, high-fat diet is the solution, as it will allow your body to burn fat rather than glucose as its primary fuel. Fasting is a natural partner to a ketogenic diet and is one of the most effective ways to normalize your insulin/leptin sensitivity.

In one three-month study, the participants were allowed to eat whatever they wanted in any quantity between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. For the remaining 16 hours, they were only permitted water or calorie-free drinks.

The outcomes were then compared to a nonintervention control group from a previous fasting trial. Overall, participants not only consumed about 350 fewer calories per day and lost just under 3 percent of their body weight, but systolic blood pressure also dropped about 7 mmHg.17

Healthy Lifestyle Is the Secret to Optimal Blood Pressure

Your blood pressure is one of many biological functions affected by your lifestyle, and leading a healthy one is the key to keeping your level in the optimal range. Sleep is definitely part of this equation, and for some people it may be that napping helps them to increase their sleep and results in overall health benefits.

A strong link between sleep quality and a type of high blood pressure known as resistant hypertension, which does not respond to typical drug-based treatments, has previously been found, for instance.18

Women who had resistant hypertension were five times as likely to also have poor sleep quality. While the average length of sleep in this study was only 6.4 hours a night (and nearly half slept fewer than six hours each night), it was sleep quality, not quantity, that appeared to influence hypertension risk.

So, getting a good night’s sleep is essential to healthy blood pressure, but so is eating right, exercising, addressing stress and even avoiding environmental toxins, like air pollution. For more details, you can find more information to normalize high blood pressure here.

from http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2019/03/28/napping-may-lower-blood-pressure.aspx

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paullassiterca · 6 years

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Can a Nap a Day Keep Blood Pressure at Bay?

Catching a quick nap midday may be a simple, no-cost way to lower your blood pressure, according to researchers from the Asklepieion General Hospital in Voula, Greece.1

It’s unclear whether the results vary depending on whether a person is sleep-deprived or typically gets a good night’s sleep, but it could be that a nap may be particularly useful for people lacking in high-quality sleep.

Napping May Lower Your Blood Pressure Levels

“We obviously don’t want to encourage people to sleep for hours on end during the day, but on the other hand, they shouldn’t feel guilty if they can take a short nap, given the potential health benefits,” Dr. Manolis Kallistratos told the American College of Cardiology (ACC). “Even though both groups were receiving the same number of medications and blood pressure was well controlled, there was still a significant decrease in blood pressure among those who slept during midday.”4

The study may be a good representation of napping benefits, as those included in the study had well-controlled blood pressure. Whereas those with high, uncontrolled blood pressure levels may have more pronounced drops from interventions, by using a group with controlled levels “we can feel more confident that any significant differences in blood pressure readings are likely due to napping,” Kallistratos said.5

“These findings are important because a drop in blood pressure as small as 2 mm Hg can reduce the risk of cardiovascular events such as heart attack by up to 10 percent. Based on our findings, if someone has the luxury to take a nap during the day, it may also have benefits for high blood pressure. Napping can be easily adopted and typically doesn’t cost anything.”

Napping May Improve Function, Thinking and Memory

It used to be believed that older adults didn’t need as much sleep, but now it’s thought that most people thrive on seven to eight hours of sleep a night. When researchers started a napping regimen among men aged 50 to 88, it turned out that midday sleep helped the men significantly increase their sleep over a 24-hour period, leading to enhanced cognitive performance.7

What’s more, the naps — even up to two hours a day — did not negatively affect the men’s nighttime sleep, but the researchers suggested one-hour naps may be easier for most people to accommodate. Napping has also been shown to facilitate memory consolidation and learning and support emotional processing.8

Napping Isn’t Always a Good Thing

Paradoxically, there’s also some research showing napping is associated with negative outcomes, even including an increased risk of high blood pressure,9 and the following, especially in older adults:10

Microvascular disease

Depression

Diabetes

Osteoporosis

Functional limitations

General medical morbidity

Increased mortality

Cognitive decline

"The benefits of napping could be best obtained by training the body and mind to awaken after a short nap,” according to researchers in the journal Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine.12

The Most Profound Way to Lower Your Blood Pressure

While the jury’s still out on whether naps are ultimately beneficial or harmful, it’s quite clear that improving your nitric oxide (NO) is the most profound thing you can do to lower your blood pressure because it relaxes your blood vessels.

Research shows inactive individuals have a 30 to 50 percent greater risk for high blood pressure than their active counterparts, and “An evidence based literature analysis by the American College of Sports Medicine indicates that an isolated exercise session (acute effect) lowers BP [blood pressure] an average of 5-7 mmHg.”13

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Using Your Diet to Improve Blood Pressure

Leafy greens and beets are important dietary components if you have high blood pressure, as they’re good sources of naturally occurring nitrates that are converted into NO in your body. Because beets are high in sugar, fermented beet juice, also known as beet kvass, may be a far preferable option, as virtually all of the sugar is eliminated during the fermentation process.

Fennel seeds are another healthy food that increases your body’s production of NO. Potassium also works in your body to relax the walls of your arteries, keep your muscles from cramping and lower your blood pressure.15 An analysis of over 29 trials demonstrated low levels of potassium resulted in higher systolic blood pressure readings.16 Leafy greens and avocado are examples of potassium-rich foods.

Healthy Lifestyle Is the Secret to Optimal Blood Pressure

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robertkstone · 7 years

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Porsche 718 Cayman S: 2nd Place – 2017 Motor Trend Best Driver’s Car

As the Porsche 911 roars deeper into supercar territory, the 718 Cayman S assumes the mantle of a pure sports car. The latest iteration is a midcycle update so big Porsche gave it a new generational designation.

The major change: a turbo flat-four replaces the flat-six Caymans have had since birth. Displacing just 2.5 liters, it pumps out a flat-six-beating 350 hp and 309 lb-ft of torque. Both manual and automatic transmissions are available; we went with the PDK dual-clutch automatic. With it comes a Sport Response button, which unleashes 20 seconds of sharper throttle response. Lift, and the throttle stays open with the fuel off to keep the turbo spinning. In addition to new chassis tuning, the rear suspension is wider, and the steering rack has been lifted from the 911 Turbo.

It’s Best Driver’s Car week! Don’t miss the incredible story of how we chose the 2017 Best Driver’s Car right here, and stay tuned for the World’s Greatest Drag Race, coming soon.

The Cayman’s boosted four is more than enough to get 3,190 pounds hustling. Zero to 60 mph happens in 3.6 seconds, and the quarter mile passes in 12 seconds flat at 114.9 mph. Braking from 60 mph requires only 99 feet. It’ll rip off a 23.7-second figure-eight lap at 0.89 average g and pulls 1.01 average g on the skidpad. SE

We Say

“Is this a four-cylinder engine? ‘Cause it sure has a lot of power. Good push from the turbo at the start and great handling in the corners. Those tires stick to the ground, and the 718 feels natural. The body roll feeling is very small. The 718 gave me the confidence to keep going and push for more. The suspension is just what you want to feel in a car like this—stiff, sporty, rigid. You get a very good sense of what is happening on the road. That’s a great sound coming from the engine, as well.” – Miguel Cortina

“It’s a fantastic chassis and can use every single horsepower back there. Just the right amount of power. Steering is excellent. Among the best here. Talkative and light, quick enough but not too much. It’s a great sports car, very much in the same vein as the Corvette. It doesn’t set my hair on fire, but then, most people aren’t as jaded to quick cars as I am. I could see this being a real dark horse.

Problem: it sounds like someone put a muffler on my garbage disposal.” – Scott Evans

Read about other 2017 Best Driver’s Car contenders:

Ferrari 488 GTB

Porsche 911 Turbo S

Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE

Lexus LC 500

Mercedes-AMG GT R

Alfa Romeo Giulia Quadrifoglio

Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport

Aston Martin DB11

Nissan GT-R NISMO

Mazda MX-5 Miata RF

McLaren 570GT

“There is something really spirited and sweet about this car. It is so well balanced and smooth. It’s so seamless in its power delivery and responsive to the slightest steering input. It handles speed with ease. It is light and nimble, generating a fast, enjoyable, comfortable, and balanced ride. There are those who miss the sound of the old throaty engine, but the tradeoff for a nice wide powerband is worth it. The car was not hurting for power, even going uphill. You just feel good in this car. It makes you feel like you are a better driver than you are.” – Alisa Priddle

“The 718 Cayman S feels like one of those cars that needs no introduction. Probably because the chassis is so beautifully balanced, probably because the handling is so predictable, probably because each movement is connected directly to the brain’s synapses. Nothing requires a second thought. The Cayman does everything right, and it never feels like it’s trying too hard. This is a car that’s best explained by simply driving it.” – Derek Powell

“I’m blown away with how good this car is to drive. It manages to be approachable and yet so good on the edge. I know the Cayman is helping me out in ways that I can’t even begin to understand, but I don’t care. It’s so good that it lets me focus on driving. It’ll let me know when I screw up or do something wrong, but it doesn’t hold it against me. Even when the car intervenes, like traction control pulling power, it’s so subtle that it makes me think that I did it. It’s an exceptionally balanced car. Driving this car feels like using a broken-in baseball mitt—it just fits. Feels right. Under-braked, though. Real mushy pedal at the end of the downhill run. This car is so fast that I want more brakes from it.” – Christian Seabaugh

Randy Says

“The car is one of those rare kinds of cars where from the first time I turn the wheel I get a smile on my face. The steering response is relatively quick, and it’s easy, with the polar moment of a mid-engine design, it makes the chassis not work very hard to change direction. That’s part of the advantage of it. The other advantage of the mid-engine design is you get the majority of the weight over the drive wheels, which is really good for traction under acceleration and for braking but without the tricky polar moment of having the engine all the way out in the back.

“The advantage of the four cylinder turbo here is the midrange torque. There’s a big punch in the midrange. And I’m not waiting for the revs to build for the power to build. It’s already here now. And the transmission knows it. PDK is just so smart on track. It holds the gear at a relatively low rpm like in the low 5,000s. With the six cylinder, I bet it would have down shifted in those situations, and this car doesn’t. And the shifts are really quick and accurate.

“The brakes are really good. They’re not oh-my-God downforce R-compound carbon-ceramic good, but they’re very good. And they didn’t change. There’s a little more pedal travel than I would want in a perfect world. But the braking force was good. The car has a little bit of push. Enter the corner with a little bit of patience. Don’t go to power early. If you go to power early, you can create understeer with the Cayman S because it’s a mid-engine. The front end is light. Keep weight on the nose or even trail-brake it a little to get it to come into the corner. The advantage of that little bit extra understeer is the stability that comes with it. And I found that this is a car that I could drive harder and harder.

“The car rewards aggressive driving, for me anyway. And I was never in a position where the power broke the rear tires loose. I don’t slam the gas down, anyway. But it puts power to the ground really, really well.

“Marry this car. This is the kind of car you marry because it’s so fun to be around and it’s good-looking and shows you a good time and never tries to stab you in the back. And it might not have the extremes of the 600 horsepower sports car, but it is so rewarding to drive and hang around with and have with you for long periods of time.”

2017 Porsche 718 Cayman S POWERTRAIN/CHASSIS DRIVETRAIN LAYOUT Mid-engine, RWD ENGINE TYPE Turbocharged flat-4, alum block/heads VALVETRAIN DOHC, 4 valves/cyl DISPLACEMENT 152.4 cu in/2,497 cc COMPRESSION RATIO 9.5:1 POWER (SAE NET) 350 hp @ 6,500 rpm TORQUE (SAE NET) 309 lb-ft @ 1,900 rpm REDLINE 7,300 rpm WEIGHT TO POWER 9.1 lb/hp TRANSMISSION 7-speed twin-clutch auto AXLE/FINAL-DRIVE RATIO 3.62:1/2.24:1 SUSPENSION, FRONT; REAR Struts, coil springs, adj shocks, anti-roll bar; struts, coil springs, adj shocks, anti-roll bar STEERING RATIO 12.5:1-15.0:1 TURNS LOCK-TO-LOCK 2.5 BRAKES, F; R 13.0-in vented, drilled disc; 11.8-in vented, drilled disc, ABS WHEELS 8.0 x 20-in; 10.0 x 20-in, forged aluminum TIRES 235/35R20 88Y; 265/35R20 95Y Pirelli P Zero N1 (Tread 220) DIMENSIONS WHEELBASE 97.4 in TRACK, F/R 59.6/60.6 in LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT 172.4 x 70.9 x 51.0 in TURNING CIRCLE 36.0 ft CURB WEIGHT 3,190 lb WEIGHT DIST, F/R 44/56% SEATING CAPACITY 2 HEADROOM, F/R 39.1/— in LEGROOM, F/R 42.2/— in SHOULDER ROOM, F/R 51.3/— in CARGO VOLUME 5.3 (front), 9.7 (rear) cu ft TEST DATA ACCELERATION TO MPH 0-30 1.3 sec 0-40 1.9 0-50 2.7 0-60 3.6 0-70 4.7 0-80 5.9 0-90 7.3 0-100 9.0 0-100-0 12.7 PASSING, 45-65 MPH 1.8 QUARTER MILE 12.0 sec @ 114.9 mph BRAKING, 60-0 MPH 99 ft LATERAL ACCELERATION 1.01 g (avg) MT FIGURE EIGHT 23.7 sec @ 0.89 g (avg) 2.2-MI ROAD COURSE LAP 1:40.05 sec TOP-GEAR REVS @ 60 MPH 1,600 rpm CONSUMER INFO BASE PRICE $67,350 PRICE AS TESTED $95,475 STABILITY/TRACTION CONTROL Yes/Yes from PerformanceJunk WP Feed 3 http://ift.tt/2fimRsm via IFTTT

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