Mike,
It's a whole new world from a driving standpoint. Be careful learning. I drove Ash's 40thAE in an autocross in Atlanta last fall, and the feedback is soooo different from what I've been used to driving for the past zillion years (mid-to-high power front engine RWD) that it subtly but strongly "sucks you in." The good thing about the 40AE car is that it has an LSD, and this car really needs one. Sad that Porsche didn't have that as an option for after the 1999 model year for regular 996s.
Jackie was riding with me on my first run, and I told her it had been 35 years since I drove a Porsche in an autocross event, so my first run would simply be a "reconnaissance" run to feel out the car and course.
It was so responsive, enticing, feedback so high, it was like stepping into a different realm. I just let loose without really realizing it. Sort of like jumping on a wild horse with the intention to be very careful, and you end up encouraging the thing while it encourages you to just go crazy.
Through the fastest section of the course (which was bumpy, downhill) I spun the car. At this point I hear Jackie laughing hysterically through her helmet and saying with sarcasm "reconnaissance run."
It's not like the car is a tail happy monster like the Porsche I drove so many years ago in the 70s, but my "internal clues" to its responsiveness plus the catch, pause, recover programming of my brain wasn't ready for the wild horse response that thing threw when it was time for the tail to meet the direction of travel.
I'm now subject to much ribbing and no longer use the phrase reconnaissance run.
Be mindful of the suck in, be mindful of missing or incorrect internal programming waiting to be loaded in your brain.
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