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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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| zymurgist |
Mar 20 2006, 03:08 PM
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"Ace" Mechanic Group: Members Posts: 7,411 Joined: 9-June 05 From: Hagerstown, MD Member No.: 4,238 Region Association: None |
I like the idea of an "elemental" sports car. My 911 was built by the PO as a street/track car. He started with a '70 no-sunroof coupe and added nothing but power. 190 horsepower at the wheels (dyno'd) in a car thatweighs in pretty close to 2000 pounds (never weighed it). Why do I like this car so much? No power steering, no power brakes, no electric motors to power the windows... it's almost as light as it can be and still be driven on the street. (OK, it does have an interior.) I feel more in touch with the machine when I hae to pay attention to everything myself.
The experience with Babydoll ('74 2.0) is much the same, only without the push-you-back-in-your-seat acceleration. That's OK, though, I love driving on curvy mountain roads without having to hit the brakes. Personally, I don't really see much of a point in buying current Porsche models... they weigh about as much as a Corvette with less power and presumably higher maintenance costs, and the sticker price is much higher. It seems to me that Porsche has decided that the only way it can sell sports cars is to sell luxurious cars that happen to be decent track cars. Oh well, Babydoll lives... maybe this coming weekend she'll go out on the road for the first time in a year! |
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rick 918-S Anyone seen the new Exellence? Mar 17 2006, 10:58 PM
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