Sep 25, 2005 6:47:27 PM
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Christophorus Makes Me Want to Puke
Is it just me or is the writing in Christophorus just completely intolerable? I mean, I get this magazine every month and I usually get excited about seeing the latest pics. But then I get to actually reading the articles and find myself wanting to puke at every sentence. How can writing be this banal? Here's an example from Christophorus No. 313 in an article about the 997 Cab:
"Porsche purists love the Eleven coupe with a passion and smirk with condenscension at those fellow Porsche animals who've raised convertible driving to cult status, and who thank the sports car builder for having raised the option strategy to an art with such virtuoso-like dedication. Enthusiasts of automobile nudism can share the Porsche fascination--that's the moral of the story of a trip along the plains below the Sierra, where the proud Spanish vaqueros heard their gigantic heards of cattle, vagabonds of liberty and adventures."
Come on! Putting the run-on sentences aside, who are these "fellow Porsche animals" and what the hell is an "Enthusiast of automobile nudism"? Really, I would prefer if they just filled up the magazine with more pictures perhaps of different color and option combinations for the various cars. Then a little techical data or information about new options would be nice. Perhaps the latest testing information wouldn't be bad as well. As it is, this magazine has the usefullness of a Playboy or Penthouse . . . look at the pics but forget about the articles.
I don't know why Porsche even bothers. It's not like the Christophorus articles make me want to buy another Porsche. In fact, it may be just the opposite. If they really want to sell more cars, just include a bunch of sweet looking pics of the cars, perhaps with some of those Playboy models, and that ought to do the trick for me.
"Porsche purists love the Eleven coupe with a passion and smirk with condenscension at those fellow Porsche animals who've raised convertible driving to cult status, and who thank the sports car builder for having raised the option strategy to an art with such virtuoso-like dedication. Enthusiasts of automobile nudism can share the Porsche fascination--that's the moral of the story of a trip along the plains below the Sierra, where the proud Spanish vaqueros heard their gigantic heards of cattle, vagabonds of liberty and adventures."
Come on! Putting the run-on sentences aside, who are these "fellow Porsche animals" and what the hell is an "Enthusiast of automobile nudism"? Really, I would prefer if they just filled up the magazine with more pictures perhaps of different color and option combinations for the various cars. Then a little techical data or information about new options would be nice. Perhaps the latest testing information wouldn't be bad as well. As it is, this magazine has the usefullness of a Playboy or Penthouse . . . look at the pics but forget about the articles.
I don't know why Porsche even bothers. It's not like the Christophorus articles make me want to buy another Porsche. In fact, it may be just the opposite. If they really want to sell more cars, just include a bunch of sweet looking pics of the cars, perhaps with some of those Playboy models, and that ought to do the trick for me.
