Re: 997TT / Ferrari 430
it's 4qwd is the major aspect that makes it handle better than most super cars.
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W211 said:
Inferiority complex belongs to those who drive cars for the image (look at me silly colours hear my engine loud convertibles).
So, in short, Nick Berry, driving a bright yellow, very loud, convertible Ferrari F430 Spider.
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0two9 said:
So, the people that drive their M5's to where I work are nuts?... I don't think so. Or the 3 or 4 people that have the new vipers?.... they are driveable daily cars that give you the boest of both worlds. The TURBO is perfect for driving to work. It's 4wd...... tell me you wouldn't want that thing in the rain?.... tell me you wouldn't want that car in the snow?... it works better than a 200hp bmw z4 in the snow or rain.... anyone with a bmw knows this.
it's 4qwd is the major aspect that makes it handle better than most super cars.
Jun 18, 2006 8:11:40 PM
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nberry said:
Yes I deliberately choose a yellow Ferrari car because it is beautiful, desired by everyone on the planet and driven as a reward for my modicum of success. Like it or not a car in many ways describes you as a person.
Jun 18, 2006 8:35:16 PM
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Yes I deliberately choose a yellow Ferrari car because it is beautiful, desired by everyone on the planet and driven as a reward for my modicum of success. Like it or not a car in many ways describes you as a person.
So, you're yellow, loud, and over the top?
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However, anyone who would use a 480hp high performance sport car as a daily car is either insane, delusional (look at me I am a boy racer see tubo written on the back with wing ) or suffers from an inferiority complex (look at me I am someone important I drive a Porsche TT to work).
Jun 18, 2006 10:22:41 PM
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nberry said:
Yes I deliberately choose a yellow Ferrari car because it is beautiful, desired by everyone on the planet and driven as a reward for my modicum of success. Like it or not a car in many ways describes you as a person.
So, you're yellow, loud, and over the top?
Boy am I ever! I am headed out in about five minutes and engage is in some serious head turning.
I wonder if I bought a 997TT would that make me an enthusiast and not a poseur? What do people think when a person in a suit driving around in traffic in a car with a wing on its back scripted TURBO!
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0two9 said:
So, the people that drive their M5's to where I work are nuts?... I don't think so. Or the 3 or 4 people that have the new vipers?.... they are driveable daily cars that give you the boest of both worlds. The TURBO is perfect for driving to work. It's 4wd...... tell me you wouldn't want that thing in the rain?.... tell me you wouldn't want that car in the snow?... it works better than a 200hp bmw z4 in the snow or rain.... anyone with a bmw knows this.
it's 4qwd is the major aspect that makes it handle better than most super cars.
There are many AWD cars for a lot less money, more cost efficient and safer. None of which are high performance sport cars. Tell me with traffic congestion being what is in during peak hours where does one get the performance out of a high performance car? Playing with himself?
Yes I deliberately choose a yellow Ferrari car because it is beautiful, desired by everyone on the planet and driven as a reward for my modicum of success. Like it or not a car in many ways describes you as a person.
I cherish the moments I drive it (now 3800 miles) and do not consider it transportation. It is a haven away from the daily grind.
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Targa Tim said:
The reason they are not doing so is they don't want to pay more for a lesser car.
Well said Tim.
Sorry Tim that dog will not hunt. Many Porsche owners in the US would love to step up to a Ferrari and are unable to do so because of availablity and affordability.
The 997TT is a 911 with more power than other 911's. Nothing more. It is vanilla car on testosterone that buyers own to show other 911 owners their appendage is bigger than theirs.
David are you trying to be civil to me as opposed to trying to get me banned?
otwo9 good analysis. However, anyone who would use a 480hp high performance sport car as a daily car is either insane, delusional (look at me I am a boy racer see tubo written on the back with wing ) or suffers from an inferiority complex (look at me I am someone important I drive a Porsche TT to work).
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nberry said:
Great philospher once wrote " HELL IS TRUTH SEEN TO LATE."
Many Porsche owners have that problem. Also, I would not jump to conclusions regarding my personal life and what other think.
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trip said:
For someone with such a low opinion of Porsche owners you sure do spend a lot of time talking to them. Its interesting to see that whenever you post replies to RC's Mr. Turbo threads you praise him and his 997tt, yet everywhere else you bash on the car like its your job. Trying to keep from being banned again are we? Why don't you take your negativity elswhere?
Jun 19, 2006 6:11:18 AM
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Artistboy said:
Hey guys, I have been reading this stuff. It sounds like two kids arguing who they like more, their mother or their father. They are different. I have driven a Porsche Turbo as my daily driver since an '89 930 factory slantnose cab. I will keep my 996tts cab while picking up my 997tt in 3 weeks. When I drove my 360 yellow spider for the first drive (my third Ferrari), I felt like a rock star (I am not). I had to talk with everybody beside me at every red light. I couldn't come out to it a parking lot without being asked by an assemnbled group how fast it went, how much it cost, etc. I went home after 30 minutes exhausted from the attention. I now drive it only in the countryside to listen to the engine and feel the poetry. I get a buzz still everytime I fire up a Ferrari. Would I drive it as my daily driver? No. On a sunny day in the country side? Nothing better.
OK, I am fortunate to have both. But if you only have a mother or a father.....love him/her and don't try to say the one you have is better than the one you don't. It sounds a bit silly since they are so different and both world class in their own ways.
My opinion.
David
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W211 said:
Please don't ban Nick, he is entertaining!!
"Yes I deliberately choose a yellow Ferrari car because it is beautiful, desired by everyone on the planet and driven as a reward for my modicum of success. Like it or not a car in many ways describes you as a person."
Very interesting view points. I think the guy truly believes all Porsche owners do envy his 430 which is why he hangs out here.
We all have our different viewpoints. My Enzo friend thinks only the Dino, F40, Enzo are real Ferraris, the rest are only poor man's models. Each to his own I suppose.