Used Supercar edition

Guys, page one, engine BEHIND the driver. It's a very important arbitrary rule for this discussion. If we could go front engine we'd all pick C5 Z06 and call it a day. Behind the driver makes this whole thing more fun.

mazdeuce wrote: Guys, page one, engine BEHIND the driver. It's a very important arbitrary rule for this discussion. If we could go front engine we'd all pick C5 Z06 and call it a day. Behind the driver makes this whole thing more fun.

Drive it in reverse then You'll still have eleventy billion more cool '007' points than driving a squashed VW Beetle
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Note I am a massive 911 fan, but an Aston out cools a Porker any day of the week, and 'out cooling' the next guy is approx.100.5% of what a 'Super car' is about. I also love the Z06, but it will never be a supercar. There has to be a certain amount of exclucivity with super cars, as great as Z06's are, they will never have it.

It was actually decided tonight by Ms. Flight Service.

We were on an evening drive and this pulled up to us in traffic.

(911 40th anniversary package from the local Subie/Lincoln dealers personal collection. He has the car for sale there. It is in very good condition and he has the bible from the Porsche dealer in NOLA)

She says, out of the blue, "You would look good driving one of those. Are they two seaters?" I said "Really? You think I would look good in that? It is a 2+2. Two adult seats and two kids seats."

She says, "Yes how much are they?" I explain "that one is in Black Book at $30K or the cost of a loaded Fusion."

She says "You should get one once we get settled."

Yup, you read that right, my wife just told me to get a little beetle!

I am a very lucky man.

mazdeuce wrote: Guys, page one, engine BEHIND the driver. It's a very important arbitrary rule for this discussion. If we could go front engine we'd all pick C5 Z06 and call it a day. Behind the driver makes this whole thing more fun.

Yup this right here. I think I posted on Page 2 that the C5 Z06 would be my Class A street legal track list. The whole list. Nothing else on the list but that one.

The Pantera I can't find in the 20's Caterham Engine in the wrong spot Aston also has the engine in the wrong spot and frankly, other than looks, scare the hell out of me on maintenance. I would buy a Jag XK-8R first. Merak is one of the few Maseratis I would own. I actually do own one right now. My 5 year old uses it as the car that flips other cars in on coming traffic. Tomica die cast. Very nicely detailed.

Ms Flight Service wins, as always. My future has a silver 911 in it.

Good choice. They are remarkable practical cars.

mazdeuce wrote: Good choice. They are remarkable practical cars.

my wife wants one - we have zero dollars saved towards... well, anything. When you buy it, post up a thread, I'll look good in it vicariously.

So who at Porsche NA reads the boards and knows how many of us own/want to own P cars? I'm starting to think that two page ad was pretty well thought out.

In reply to mazdeuce:

I never got my copy of this months mag

In reply to Flight Service:

It's really good. You would have liked it.

Just asked for a replacement copy

Elise for me! Or a 911

I'm late, don't care. If I had 20-ish to blow it would be on one of these and probably in this order"

In reply to m4ff3w:

That looks almost like a Top Gear episode.

Does a 928 count as a supercar? If so a 928s would be cool.

Engine wrong end

In reply to Flight Service:

I don't mind that era 911 at all. Sure, they don't have the "coolness" of the air-colled cars, but it seems they're better for everyday use.

The local Lotus dealer had a '99 C4 in black with the aero package and very low miles (under 30K, IIRC). I thought the asking price was a bit steep (book was ~$20K, they were asking ~$29K), but I sure did drool over it for awhile as I passed by every morning...

Are these down into the 20s yet

Storz wrote: Are these down into the 20s yet

There are half a dozen ini ebay right now under $30k. Good thing about them is once you'r fed up with it you jsut wait for it to self combust and claim the insurance $$'s for something else

Adrian_Thompson wrote:

Storz wrote: Are these down into the 20s yet

There are half a dozen ini ebay right now under $30k. Good thing about them is once you'r fed up with it you jsut wait for it to self combust and claim the insurance $$'s for something else

haha awesome

Adrian_Thompson wrote:

Storz wrote: Are these down into the 20s yet

There are half a dozen ini ebay right now under $30k. Good thing about them is once you'r fed up with it you jsut wait for it to self combust and claim the insurance $$'s for something else

I never actually proved - not that it matters - it but believe that was the actual car I owned. That's a promo pic from the lotus track at Hethel. The Essex livery wasn't selling (gaudy as hell), they cut the production of 100 of them short and promoted the Turbo with the above car, number 70 or 71 iirc. I think it was the first non Essex built. Rhd, the interior was insane with Connoly leather and the roof stereo. It is actually painful to see a pic of it and the pics of it are everywhere. It's on the cover of a Lotus book and I keep it face down.