[Normy]

I was hanging out over barbecue grills with the neighbor, and we were talking cars. Tim owns an '87 635CSI, and wants to get rid of it, he now owns a Hyundai Genesis 4.6.

[OMG is that car fast! I bet my 928S2 would show its tail-lights to that car, but just barely-! What is going on, a full sized Hyundai four-door that can run with Porsche's?

-And do it for $33k brand new?]

The question came up when I was talking about the Subaru Outback that I keep up in Memphis as an "airport car", or simple work vehicle. It has a 3.0 liter 24 valve flat 6 engine; Instantly Tim pointed out that since Porsche went to water-cooling on their flat 6 engines, they have steadfastly avoided the 3.0 liter displacement. I was like "What?" Yes, I think that is true. The Boxster had a 2.5 liter engine originally, and then 2.7 and 3.2. The 911 had a 3.4, then a 3.6, 3.8....and now a 4.0. I don't think Porsche ever actually sold the water cooled flat six with 3.0 liters of displacement, which is strange, because 3.0 liters was the threshold where higher taxation takes place in many countries, so most cars that are called "3.0" are actually 2995 cc, or something like that.

Hmm....

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