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Re: Can you drive like this????
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imcarnuts said:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/770181/driving_skils/
Curious... what mistake did you make with your first TT?
Aug 18, 2007 2:48:00 PM
- neunhundertelf
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Re: Can you drive like this????
My guess is he was one of those fellows who flipped his early-allocation TT to make a quick buck. Then, having realized (too late) what a great car it is, put his name down for a replacement. Please pardon my butting in. 
Additionally, no, I can't drive like that. Fast corners and rev-matched downshifts, yes; 180-degree handbrake-induced parallel parking and two-wheel cruising, no. Well, actually, a cop pulled me over before after I had taken a turn at something north of the legal limit and said (disdainfully) "You were on two wheels back there!" Does that count?
P.S. I should mention that the car I was driving at the time was not a Porsche, and therefore looked less composed than my 944 would have.
Additionally, no, I can't drive like that. Fast corners and rev-matched downshifts, yes; 180-degree handbrake-induced parallel parking and two-wheel cruising, no. Well, actually, a cop pulled me over before after I had taken a turn at something north of the legal limit and said (disdainfully) "You were on two wheels back there!" Does that count?
P.S. I should mention that the car I was driving at the time was not a Porsche, and therefore looked less composed than my 944 would have.
Aug 18, 2007 3:30:21 PM
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Re: Can you drive like this????
devo:
The mistake was selling it. I have not been Porscheless since I bought my first one new in 1978. I've had a half dozen or so NA 911's, a 928, a Cayenne Turbo, 993, 996 & the 997 Turbos. My wife has had a couple of Boxsters. I just thought, with the other cars I owned, that Porsches were out of my system.
neunhundertelf;
I don't call paying my deposit in FEB of 2005, waiting until May of 2006 to get the car at a MSRP of 144,000 & then selling it for 131,000 in November and now ordering another one "making a quick buck." I call that stupid. At least I am getting a discount on this one.
The mistake was selling it. I have not been Porscheless since I bought my first one new in 1978. I've had a half dozen or so NA 911's, a 928, a Cayenne Turbo, 993, 996 & the 997 Turbos. My wife has had a couple of Boxsters. I just thought, with the other cars I owned, that Porsches were out of my system.
neunhundertelf;
I don't call paying my deposit in FEB of 2005, waiting until May of 2006 to get the car at a MSRP of 144,000 & then selling it for 131,000 in November and now ordering another one "making a quick buck." I call that stupid. At least I am getting a discount on this one.
Aug 18, 2007 7:30:30 PM
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Aug 19, 2007 1:06:26 PM
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Re: Can you drive like this????
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neunhundertelf said:
My apologies.
I didn't mean to attach the flipper stigma to you, but I suppose I did. Porsches are investments in the soul.
I'm glad to hear you're getting another (with discount)!
No problem - Flipper NO. Stupid in thinking that, after 28 years of Porsche ownership, I wouldn't miss them - YES. I guess you're right. They become part or you soul.
Aug 19, 2007 6:00:53 PM
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Re: Can you drive like this????
I watched a similar LIVE show here in Germany, it was the same stunt men team which participated in a couple of James Bond movies. Apparently there is a very good stunt school for drivers in France.
Anyway: on that day me and my kids watched the show, everything was running smoothly, no problems, perfect show. A couple of days later, one car crashed into a crowd at the same show, hurting some people very bad. I was already wondering when this is going to happen because between the cars and monster trucks and the crowd was only a light barrier made of wood.
What I actually wanted to say: it may work most of the time but one tiny little mistake and this doesn't look that cool anymore.
Anyway: on that day me and my kids watched the show, everything was running smoothly, no problems, perfect show. A couple of days later, one car crashed into a crowd at the same show, hurting some people very bad. I was already wondering when this is going to happen because between the cars and monster trucks and the crowd was only a light barrier made of wood.
What I actually wanted to say: it may work most of the time but one tiny little mistake and this doesn't look that cool anymore.
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