SOT: When did the hood badge change? |
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SOT: When did the hood badge change? |
bbrock |
Sep 24 2022, 09:02 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
This might get some knickers in a quibbley but I'm trying to figure out had the 914 design team's vote to badge the car been honored, which badge would have come on my car. Porsche Classics shows the orange badge used through MY 1973 and the red badge beginning in MY 1974, but there is also this graphic showing the switched occurred sometime in '73.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/images.summitmedia-digital.com-20845-1664031721.1.jpg) The best I can tell, the switch might have happened with the introduction of the 911 G-series in MY 1974 but I've had a hard time finding when actual production began. I did find this article saying it started in August, 1973 which might be a good clue. That may be all I need to know, but does anyone have anything to add? |
Superhawk996 |
Sep 29 2022, 12:41 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 6,469 Joined: 25-August 18 From: Woods of N. Idaho Member No.: 22,428 Region Association: Galt's Gulch |
@bbrock
“ However, the Swiss brand claims it can provide a full charge in less than five minutes, although precise details remain unclear at this stage.” (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bs.gif) The way you know he is lying is … if his start up could achieve this feat - he wouldn’t be starting a car company and begging for seed money. He would be an overnight Trillionaire selling said battery and charging technology. The whole thing is sort of sad to watch given the family legacy. Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times. Than man is at the fourth phase of the cycle. |
bbrock |
Sep 29 2022, 01:05 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,269 Joined: 17-February 17 From: Montana Member No.: 20,845 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
@bbrock “ However, the Swiss brand claims it can provide a full charge in less than five minutes, although precise details remain unclear at this stage.” (IMG:style_emoticons/default/bs.gif) The way you know he is lying is … if his start up could achieve this feat - he wouldn’t be starting a car company and begging for seed money. He would be an overnight Trillionaire selling said battery and charging technology. The whole thing is sort of sad to watch given the family legacy. Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times. Than man is at the fourth phase of the cycle. I share your skepticism but having read as many articles and watched as many vids as I can find on this car, they have apparently confirmed 80% charge in a little over 8 minutes without thermal issues. The five minutes is a bit more speculative and still under development. That said, 250 miles on an 8 minute charge in a $1.5M car using the most expensive bleeding edge tech is one thing. Doing it in a competitively priced car for a mass market without compromising battery life etc. is quite another. But that's how these things progress. Advances usually demonstrate the impossible is technically possible, but ridiculously expense or impractical because of unacceptable tradeoffs. Further development reduces cost and undesirable trade offs. I don't think Piech or anyone else thinks what they have done will revolutionize EVs over night, but more an agent for pushing things forward. The real question though is whether this is a real Piech, or just another NARP. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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