What is the most hideous abomination on a 911?
 

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What? No "all of the above" option?

I actually like the whale tail, probably because I grew up with posters of them on my walls in the '80s. The ducktail is growing on me though.

Man, you left out several choices.

I don't know what sugar scoops and wire wheels have to do with each other or why they are on the same list. One was never a factory option that I've heard of and the other was a mandate.

Anyway, I hope "All non-functional, cosmetic parts" doesn't prevail. ;) :)

'Cause that's what I like to do!

hey - post what I left out

not limited to factory options

your stuff always looked functional to me - if it reduces the wt. it is functional...

Well, I never liked the slope nose, factory or otherwise. I mean, if they were going to go slope, why in the world did they keep the same bumper? At least on the continent they could have changed it.

Cabs with all manor of wings don't make a lot of sense to me. What's more, I just don't like them (with tails). So add that.

Now that brings me to a cab slope. Nope. Mobey Dick don't belong on the street. (Sorry to the guys that have these, it's only an opinion.)

One more: there are a lot of aftermarket wheels that are just nothing more than bling. Take a real nice 911, clean lines and all that and muck it up with some ghetto wheels and I'm lookin' the other way. A way outta there.

Yeah, Playa, I'm talkin' to you.

this may be it.


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I want to vomit

Remember those Testa Rossa side strakes that were around for a few years?http://images29.fotki.com/v1014/phot...005_jpg-vi.jpg

What the hell are sugar scoops?

The poll should have been a multiple select poll instead of single option.

I'm not completely anti-aesthetic mods, but lots of them are bad. Anything that reduces the performance from the factory baseline like anything that adds weight (without some other compensation, like a roll bar/cage, at least there's a tangible benefit despite the extra weight), heavy wheels, bad body kits. A nice stereo is fine, but an over the top stereo that adds 100 pounds or more, no, no good at all.

I'm ok with tails and aero aids on the front as long as they are functional and useful. A huge dual level tail on an early "T" would be ridiculous. The same tail on an early car with a huge engine and tires that sees the track, well, that would be ok.

Isn't that one of those Gembala Avalanches, like Vanilla Ice had? Those things are beyond horrible.

There are 2 near Seattle that have been for sale for many weeks:

The first - for $20,000 - that's right, $20,000 - a 1979 Porsche 911 with a unique color and body. Apologies if a Pelican ownes either of these:

1979 Porsche 911 slant nose wide body

and this one - a 1974 for $9500

http://seattle.craigslist.org/see/cto/1717831167.html

I just can't understand why these haven't sold yet?????

My 70 S had a whale tail on it when I found it. I took it off as soon as I got it home. It was an embarassing drive home. I felt so....dirty.

That just might be the worst car I have ever seen.

That car used to be burgundy. :rolleyes:

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Ok now it's the most hideous red car I have ever seen too.

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Those headlights look like Eagle Talon or Mitsu Eclipse pieces. Sweeeet.

Edit: Or T-Bird?

It sure looks like it.

How about 993 quarters on an early car. Yuck! What idiot would do that?

So did my 72 S. Took me a bit longer to get it off but off she came!

I luv the fade paint job... ;)

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I'll get no sleep tonight with that image in my brain. Stop. please I beg you.

Dude, the convertible top is wicked!

Sadly it was prolly a nice coupe in it's day.

Lots of "Carol Doda" cars were created back during the Miami Vice days...:rolleyes:

Off topic I know, but what is it about the 911 that invites such revolting modifications? I have been wondering this for years.

Larry

Sugar scoops are US required sealed headlight beam abominations, give me H4's or preferably H1's any day!

This hurts my eyes as well....

22.000 euros he's asking.... (that's like 28k USD...) supposedly it has a 3.6 in the back, with 310 HP, but still... YUK!!!




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1989 Eclipse or Talon (take your pick). Looks a whole lot better on that one than the 911.
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Any sort of "bling". Especially wheels.

This was recently discussed on the 911 forum. Personally I don't hate the sugar scoops, but I think they're far less pleasing than the Euro/H4 look.

The U.S. spec cars with all of the associated Nanny-State mandated pieces always look like afterthoughts compared to their European bretheren. Big azz chunky, ugly rear bumpers, the U.S.-spec taillights, no fog lights (especially in the rear where it makes sense), the sealed beam lamps, "thermal reactors", detuned engines, etc. It's all a big pile of stupid, IMHO.

(for the record all that crap has been changed on my 911 and I only need a gauge/speedo for it to be true "Euro spec", I've got everything else, so you can tell perhaps I have a bias here).

Porsche-O-Phile

I agree with most of what your saying but I always liked the US spec rear bumper pads on the impact cars.
I know they're heavy but somehow they look "right". It's a proportion thing.
The Euro ones look too small IMO.

Ehh I dunno. I can kinda' see what you're saying about the bumpers' proportionality but to me they just look too heavy. Everything else on the car is about lightness and a certain degree of minimalism - it just looks "wrong" to me, proportional though it may be.

Then again, I could just be overthinking these sorts of aesthetic/design aspectws - I've been known to do that from time to time. ;)

Somebody already did....all over the interior, and they forgot to clean it up...

PWD's 1972 911S?

An "R Gruppe" member...

I am surprised that no one included R Gruppe DUCT TAPE as an option in the poll.

i had no idea sugar scoops were not part of the original design..they look very natural to me. i love them.

i dont like colored gauges or twist rims

to me, the best looking porsche is a 100% stock car. about the biggest mod i can tolerate is prototipo steering wheel

window tint.

ok who are the 10 people that have seen wire wheels?
thats a new one on me.