Oct 15, 2005 11:21:23 PM
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Carlos from Spain
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The 997S sits for 3 weeks and starts on first turn of key
I just thought I'd share that since I was away, the 997S sat in the garage for exactly 3 weeks, with the alarm on and door locked as usual. Since I have heard about the car not starting becuase battery goes dead after a while if not started, I was worried it wouldn't start. Well I turned the key and inmediately heard the initial PSE growl and started to pur. My 996 has been maybe a month without use and also had no problems. I wonder why some people's car won't start after 2-3 weeks 
Anyway, I'd thought I'd mention it here, I got to see the traffic situation over the pond, specifically in Orlando... it was a sportcar enthusiast's nightmare!! There were no curves, no hills, no nothing! just flat straights with 90* intersections with stoplights. Several lanes but all occupied with vehicles doing the same speed like a herd. And most surprisingly the trucks (SUV's, minivans, pickup, etc) outnumbered the cars (compacts, sedans, etc)!!! its crazy. Definately no sportcar's heaven...
I also noticed that drivers keep much better the safe distance than we do in europe, but drivers are doing everything but driving; talking on the celphone!! eating breafast, or drinking a soda... bikes don't wear helmets! and most bikes are harley types, no sportbikes but I don't blame them, a sportbike there is like a jet-ski on the desert
Very interesting that in the TV car comertials, there is always a mention to the low milage of the car now. And mentioning "V8" is sinonimous with "power". The average that american drivers spend on the car is generally of lower average cost that the average european car driver invests, at least I got that impresion.
Driving simply = transport, nothing else. Very disturbing.
A lot has to do in that the driving population is radically diferent than in Europe. In US you have to use the car for literally everything, and therefore a bigger aspect of the population has to be alowed to drive (16 yoa kids, geriatric drivers, handicapped, 1st gen inmigrants, etc). Its logical. Wereas in Europe there is no way many of those people would be driving, they would walk, use public transport, or be given a ride, since traffic is much much more demanding and would not allow those drivers.
And those Pontiacs, Lincolns, Buicks, etc are so ugly! I can see now the influence Bangle is putting on BMW's lets just hope the BMW's don't get all those moronic senseless warnings... visor airbag sticker warnings, stickers on the other side of the visor that warn you to read the airbak stikers on the other side, warning in the mirrors about objects appearing closer, etc... ridiculous, who gets paid to come up with these ideas?
And finally, I saw one of these cars at Seaworld. I had to take a pic for you guys. I belive is a racecar, but seems that is just goes around in circles over and over again, I couldn't believe it, whats the point of that?
... but that what I have been told and assured they do 
Anyway, I'd thought I'd mention it here, I got to see the traffic situation over the pond, specifically in Orlando... it was a sportcar enthusiast's nightmare!! There were no curves, no hills, no nothing! just flat straights with 90* intersections with stoplights. Several lanes but all occupied with vehicles doing the same speed like a herd. And most surprisingly the trucks (SUV's, minivans, pickup, etc) outnumbered the cars (compacts, sedans, etc)!!! its crazy. Definately no sportcar's heaven...
I also noticed that drivers keep much better the safe distance than we do in europe, but drivers are doing everything but driving; talking on the celphone!! eating breafast, or drinking a soda... bikes don't wear helmets! and most bikes are harley types, no sportbikes but I don't blame them, a sportbike there is like a jet-ski on the desert
Very interesting that in the TV car comertials, there is always a mention to the low milage of the car now. And mentioning "V8" is sinonimous with "power". The average that american drivers spend on the car is generally of lower average cost that the average european car driver invests, at least I got that impresion.
Driving simply = transport, nothing else. Very disturbing.
A lot has to do in that the driving population is radically diferent than in Europe. In US you have to use the car for literally everything, and therefore a bigger aspect of the population has to be alowed to drive (16 yoa kids, geriatric drivers, handicapped, 1st gen inmigrants, etc). Its logical. Wereas in Europe there is no way many of those people would be driving, they would walk, use public transport, or be given a ride, since traffic is much much more demanding and would not allow those drivers.
And those Pontiacs, Lincolns, Buicks, etc are so ugly! I can see now the influence Bangle is putting on BMW's
lets just hope the BMW's don't get all those moronic senseless warnings... visor airbag sticker warnings, stickers on the other side of the visor that warn you to read the airbak stikers on the other side, warning in the mirrors about objects appearing closer, etc... ridiculous, who gets paid to come up with these ideas?
And finally, I saw one of these cars at Seaworld. I had to take a pic for you guys. I belive is a racecar, but seems that is just goes around in circles over and over again, I couldn't believe it, whats the point of that?
... but that what I have been told and assured they do
At least where I reside (around the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York, more than 300 miles away from New York City), excellent rolling hills for sporty driving with few crowds are 20 minutes away. 
