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| rick 918-S |
 Mar 17 2006, 10:58 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette  Group: Members Posts: 20,519 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region 
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Nice work boys. 928 and 914 does it get any better? Cool glass top 911... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)
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| horizontally-opposed |
Mar 20 2006, 02:51 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,435 Joined: 12-May 04 From: San Francisco Member No.: 2,058 Region Association: None
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Just got back from Sebring... who's REALLY sweet silver 6 was that? Had a 914world.com sticker in the back!
In a corral full of overpriced iron (and carbon-fiber, including a C-GT with $64,000 in options -- $16,000 in stitching, $7700 for calipers in black, and $8000 for "paint-to-sample" white), that silver 914 was the only car getting the once-over in the paddock by a couple of guys. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) I hung with them for a while and they had both owned 914s and wanted one again. Of course I directed them here... Point of the column, for those who didn't read it, wasn't so much an immediate call for 2,500-pound Porsches (a well-sorted 914 is WAY nicer to live with than an Elise at roughly the same weight). I was just thinking how cool it would be if Porsche would take the lead and impress us with how much weight it shaves with each new car instead of how many horses (and "extra" features) it's added. Could they target, say, 50 pounds per iteration? If the years went by and the horsepower stayed roughly where it's at, we could end up with faster, more enviro-friendly sports cars that are more fun to drive, own, and race, too. pete |
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rick 918-S Anyone seen the new Exellence? Mar 17 2006, 10:58 PM
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