Sep 27, 2006 8:39:10 AM
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Sep 27, 2006 8:39:10 AM
Sep 27, 2006 9:39:47 AM
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adrift said:
...If most Porsche buyers were really enthusiasts, they would want the best Porsche they could get, whatever model that may be...
Sep 27, 2006 10:13:10 AM
Sep 27, 2006 12:30:16 PM
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Ronnie said:
well said Chef.
rear engined Porsches are no more doomed than petrol engined cars.
Sep 27, 2006 2:42:23 PM
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rhino said:
Porsche is going to have to raise the bar and figure out a way to increase (N.A.) H.P. #'s BIGTIME!!!
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rhino said:
I think the Cayman deserves it more!!!, but it would make me happiest in my cab
Sep 28, 2006 9:27:01 AM
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69bossnine said:
The 911 is like beer....
There are tons of newer, fruitier, arguably "better tasting" adult beverages being flung out into the market perpetually... and many of them become quite successful and established within certain demographics and markets...
But none of that means [censored], there will always be beer, and those who drink beer, who could care less about the fruitier and more palatable alternatives that, in purely objective terms, would seem to be a superior product to the virgin tongue.
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jcs said:
Yes, the rear engined car's days are numbered.
Nothing lasts forever.
But considering that the rear engined VW Beetle (which was designed by Porsche in the 1930's) turned out to be THE all time best selling car in world history and is STILL going strong , I would guess that it has a few days left .
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WC996 said:
I'm soon going to post photos and a review of my good friend's Cayman S project recently completed. He just completed a transplant of new from Porsche X-51 997 3.8 with custom, headers, exhaust, PSS9. Dyno/ECU tuning in the next week or so. The car is an absolute monster and the sound...unbelieveable. The PSS9's transformed the handling of an already great setup to something so many levels more it's truly hard to beleive. Too bad the factory will never allow this setup. http://www.mindovermotorsports.com/
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BC911J said:
But it wont be the sports car for that much longer
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BC911J said:
But it wont be the sports car for that much longer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qwxfnMJuqE
If you watch this clip to the end, you'll see a 996 GT3 clock up a better time in the soaking wet than a 4WD EVO MCMLXVIII can achieve in the dry. The 997 is quicker still. Look at Nurburgring lap times and the 997 GT3 is right up there. I think the competition has a lot of catching up to do, and they're shooting at a moving target. Show me a clip where a comparable mass produced road car beats a 911 around a circuit, wet or dry??? I've yet to see one.