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Originally Posted by epbrown
There’s subjective, and then there’s arbitrary.
Even with a subjective opinion, the intelligent person has criteria. For their version of fun, they may want the car to be a ragtop, or lightweight, or have a low 0-60 time, or a certain top speed, a certain engine type, etc. That’s reasonable.
Announcing a car can’t be fun because it’s German? That’s arbitrary. (VW Bus? Thing? Beetle?)
My subjective take is the Porsches that are the most fun are the so-called entry-level cars: the original Speedster, the 914-6, the 944 (the most fun Porsche ever), the Boxster. When the Porsche engineers are freed from the constraint of forcing their ideas into a 911 shape, you get something special.
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what is arbitrary about german?
we are talking about the personality of a car, and german is a very good description of the personality of a car like a 911. modern 911s are too german to be fun.
like, you watch a bunch of car youtubers or top gear all day make pronouncements like this (clarkson did **** like this all the time), and then can't wrap your head around someone else. calm down, un bunch your panties and you'll be fine. we arnt in the "every gear shift is like handy cuase its a porsche" part of the internet. its just a car.