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Heel n' Toe nailed it...not only the aesthetics of the car, which is only a matter of opinion, but I had some pretty serious ergometric doubts as well.
Undoubtedly many of them a result of me being 6' 3".

The vision out the mirror was horrible...like trying to see everything through a tiny slit. No over the shoulder vision as well. Side mirrors okay, but they don't cover everything.

headrests not adjustable, and they forced me into a "head down" posture.

Vision out the front was horrible as well...in order to see a traffic light change, I would have to move my head forward and down, a lot. Roofline forbids merely glancing up.

Miss the 911, I do...miss a few of the people connected with these early 911's?
NOT AT ALL! No more "gruppes" for me. It only takes one arrogant egomaniac to spoil things for all.

Miss the hassles of driving to Portland & back to get serious work done on the car? First a two car convoy up, then a drive back in one car. Then another drive up, then another 2 car convoy back? 90-100 miles each trip? NOT missed AT ALL...Portland traffic is a Kamikaze zoo these days.

So, back to square 1...maybe the next month's car mags will contain a car worth checking out.

Yeah, I was disappointed. This was the first one to get me to even look at a car for months.
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