small town exotics

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by speeder

With all due respect, who gives a schit about impressing farmers?

John Deere does

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

One thing a farmer friend pointed out to me, no farmer is ever is impressed with a $250,000 sports car that is only used to get attention. They have a $200,000 combine next to the $200,000 tractor pulling a $60,000 plow or disc and a bunch of other equipment needed to make a living in a barn that cost more than the house.

A guy down the road bought a new Case IH tractor last week. We all know because he has it parked in his front yard. I've been meaning to get pics.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by speeder

With all due respect, who gives a schit about impressing farmers?

I don't have my $250,000 sports car to get attention from anyone, so - not me.

[pavulon]

The CaseIH dude here knows his stuff.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by speeder

With all due respect, who gives a schit about impressing farmers?

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

I don't have my $250,000 sports car to get attention from anyone, so - not me.

Impressive.

[speeder]

I have nothing against farmers but someone made a strange statement about farmers not being impressed w sports cars. Who gives a schit?

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by speeder

I have nothing against farmers but someone made a strange statement about farmers not being impressed w sports cars. Who gives a schit?

Anyone that likes to eat?

Never complain about a farmer with your mouth full.

And no farmers give a rats ass what anyone else thinks.

[pete3799]

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by speeder

I have nothing against farmers but someone made a strange statement about farmers not being impressed w sports cars. Who gives a schit?

If you live in farm country and you want to get along with your neighbors it’s good to know what they respect. Sports cars don’t cut it with most of the ones around here. An airplane, a truck, a combine, or a tractor will get a conversation started.
At the diner last fall I sat next to a guy at breakfast who said during harvest months he usually ate in the “International Cafe” - his IHC combine.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

And no farmers give a rats ass what anyone else thinks.

Oh, I don’t know about that. When your work product is out there for everyone to see there is a lot of pressure to make it look good. They don’t work in the fields until 3 AM just to make more money. Working hard enough to get a crop planted under the weather gets huge props, as well as jealously and all the ugliness that entails. The low talk at the breakfast cafe can sound like a bunch of seventh grade girls gossiping and cutting the “others” down. The goal is to be the “other” that they all gossip about. It can get pretty vicious.

[epbrown]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

It’s great for a car guy who enjoys driving his cars. Very, very light traffic except at planting and harvest time.

This is the biggie for me, though more for motorcycle riding than driving. In Chicago, I either went for a ride at 3 a.m. or rode in traffic for over an hour to hit a patch of open road. Now, by the time the bike's warmed up I'm on empty country roads.

That said, the longer I'm back here the more I remember why teen-aged me wanted out so bad.

[pmax]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

If you live in farm country and you want to get along with your neighbors it’s good to know what they respect. Sports cars don’t cut it with most of the ones around here.

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[svandamme]

Originally Posted by pavulon

I live in a town of fewer than 5K people. There is a 914 (automatic)

914 automatic?? there is no such thing.
At least not by Porsche.


EDIT , Byron mentions sportomatic, but they are not automatics at all.
They still require shifting. But I'll admit , never heard of Sporto 914's before.

Was that even by Porsche or did somebody in the US convert a regular 914 with a 911 Sporto matic gearbox?? because it's not even in PET.

[BeyGon]

When I bought my 911 my wife said, oh you just want to impress people, I said on a drive from Dana Point to New Port Beach we will pass 50 other Porsches, some Ferrari's and Lambos, how is this impressing anyone.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by svandamme

914 automatic?? there is no such thing.
At least not by Porsche.


EDIT , Byron mentions sportomatic, but they are not automatics at all.
They still require shifting. But I'll admit , never heard of Sporto 914's before.

Was that even by Porsche or did somebody in the US convert a regular 914 with a 911 Sporto matic gearbox?? because it's not even in PET.

If you look at the Factory workshop repair manual for the 914. The transmission section has a complete write up on the R&R of the sportomatic unit. They thought hard about making it. Evidently they made a few prototypes and then pulled the plug. So since it was never sold as a production car, no spare parts were made. No PET listing.

[svandamme]

tx

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by BeyGon

When I bought my 911 my wife said, oh you just want to impress people,

When I bought my Speedster I was working at a FIAT dealer, my boss said,
THREE thousand dollars for a 15 year old car? I'll sell you a NEW 850 Spider for less than that!"

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by speeder

With all due respect, who gives a schit about impressing farmers?

I’ll take the respect of farmers over most other people. As for impressing anyone, I don’t give a schit about that.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

I’ll take the respect of farmers over most other people. As for impressing anyone, I don’t give a schit about that.

Not me. If they are nice people, great. If not, fk them. From what people in the sticks seem to be saying, a lot of them are pricks who you need to jump through hoops to be accepted by. People like that can kiss my ass. I'll take city folks any day.

Cue the "Green Acres" theme...

[rcooled]

Originally Posted by svandamme

914 automatic?? there is no such thing. At least not by Porsche.

I think you might be mistaken. I once lived next door to a couple with two 914s. His was a 5-speed (license plate: STICKO) and hers was a Sportomatic (license plate: SPORTO). Both purchased new from the dealer.

I live in a small city and am fortunate to see exotics and other interesting cars on a fairly regular basis. I was just following a Ferrari Teatarosa across town the other day and I’ve seen stuff like a 289 Cobra, a Porsche 959, a Ferrari 250GT Lusso, a Mercedes 300SL, a Bugatti Veyron, a Ferrari 275GTB, a Lotus Europa, XKEs and various late-model Lambos, Porsches and Ferraris cruising around on local roads.

And as far as the farmer/exotic car thing goes, I certainly wouldn’t expect a farmer to be impressed by an exotic or sports car any more than I would expect a classic/sports/exotic car guy to be impressed by a combine. Two complete different worlds for the most part and to each his own.