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Dec. 17, 2011 3:51 a.m. DaewooOfDeath HalfDork

carguy123 wrote:

forzav12 wrote:

candy azzes.

Porsches aren't about Ipods, where you store your coffee and a hermetically sealed environment. They require a driver-and a competent one at that. Some qualify, some don't.

That's the mystique talking.

"especially if you plan to take it to the track. ALL THE CONTROLS ARE IN THE WRONG PLACES. "

Have you taken one to the track?

I could never talk my wife into owning another, but if I did, it'd be a Boxster or whatever the hardtop version of the Boxster is called.

Never owned a Porsche but ...

There's never been a more successful racecar than the 911. Clearly they're doing something right.
Dec. 17, 2011 4:57 a.m. ScottRA21 Reader

Canoe necro-post, dredging old treads up back to the light of day.

On topic, belatedly: I don't like old Porsche 911s not for any practical/dynamic reason, or lack there of...

But rather because utterly dislike how they look. And the "glamour" that seems to surround them.

924/944 are fine in my book however.
Dec. 17, 2011 9:27 a.m. nderwater SuperDork

My biggest attaction to early 911's is that they are a great platform for making badass race/track cars:
Dec. 17, 2011 9:59 a.m. noddaz Reader

moTthediesel wrote:

Well, I've looked at those newfangled 911's, but I can't warm up to them, too big, too heavy, too powerful, -- and SIX cylinders? Who needs to add 50% to their spark plug budget?

I don't know about any mystique, but I bought my 356SC in March of '75 for the princely sum of $600, and 36 years later I'm still driving it. In fact I drove it to California and back in February this year, 8600 miles in 30 days. Why, those nasty old bottom hinged pedals hardly even bother me anymore --

I've thought about getting a different sports car, maybe something really distinctive and totally awesome, like a Mustang, but I'm kinda used to this one now, I reckon it will just have to see me out.

Thank you! This was a greatly needed injection of levity into this otherwise somewhat stale no-win conversation...

Nice car too...