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Originally posted by zumwoll
Jeeze lighten up.
Are you suggesting that people (like me) on this board over react? Nawwwwww.......you must have us mistaken for another board.

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Old 08-28-2006, 10:58 PM
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I think I struck a nerve. I never said that the boxter is not a fine car., just that in my experience a lot of the folks who drive them it is their first porsche and there is little brand loyality, or appreciation for the mystique.
You've pretty much described most new Porsche owners for the last ~20 years. I sold them new in '86, and there were plenty of dikfores buying them then. I suppose it's gotten even worse.

When I see someone driving one of those new 997s, all I can usually think is "gay guy going for a pedicure". If he's driving fast, I figure he's late for the appointment. Oddly enough, the only new Porsches I like are turbo Cayennes. I have a few friends w/ them, they are badass. Ridiculous, but no more so than other $100k sedans. YMMV, as they say.
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Old 08-28-2006, 11:14 PM
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You've pretty much described most new Porsche owners for the last ~20 years. I sold them new in '86, and there were plenty of dikfores buying them then. I suppose it's gotten even worse.

When I see someone driving one of those new 997s, all I can usually think is "gay guy going for a pedicure".
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THere just is no allure to a boxter for me. and I guess I am ticked that the drivers look at me as if to feel sorry for me cause I can;t afford a newer vehicle. HA!



lol. ....It's funny to see insecure air-coolers hate on owners with nice new shiny Porsches.
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Old 09-15-2006, 04:59 PM
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I'm putting a 997 3.6 engine in a Boxster right now. That's all I have to say...

-Wayne
That's 'cause your words will be lost due to the doppler effect when you hit second gear in that car.
Old 09-16-2006, 04:34 AM
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Porcupines and Porsches??? Pricks are on the outside of Porcupines

To the defense of MG owners, You can blindfold an MG owner, and he can operate, and identify everything under the bonnet or the boot. The majority of the MGs at a show are driven there and cost less than a 3.0 rebuild to complete the entire car. Plus they are classic and fun...even with their demons!
If I had the space? A '62 MGA...the last of the good ones, IMHO...
Loved the inset grille, the horizontal taillights....I'd like mine with the removable hardtop, please... (edit) And it wouldn't bother me one iota that the Boxster would be faster. I just love the lines of the MGA...the Healy of the era as well, and damn... Bugeye Sprites are so cute... In my mind, these are pure "sports cars", my '72 911S is a G.T. car...
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Old 09-16-2006, 12:02 PM
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I like old MG's.

...and Triumph's.

...and Healy's

pretty much anything British from the early 60's and back...
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Old 09-16-2006, 12:08 PM
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Drago,

This is what's great about going to Lime Rock. How many other places can you be driving home from the track, and look back in your rearview mirror to see a vintage racecar tailing you through the beautiful countryside?

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Old 09-16-2006, 12:15 PM
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Come on Zach, that's because WE have the secret 930 handshake..( oops I wasn't supposed to tell was I ?)

pff, you guys just ripped off the secret early S shake and simplified it so at least some of the boostmonkeys could remember it
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Old 09-16-2006, 01:23 PM
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Old 09-16-2006, 01:59 PM
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who are you, Jimmy Buffet?

No fru fru drinks allowed. Just blue label vodka and maybe some MD20-20. Men's drinks.

When I go to Silicone Valley, all I see are boobie. Big, big boobies.

Oh wait, that's when I go to see my shrink in Beverly Hills. NM. Wrong "valley."
Old 09-16-2006, 02:09 PM
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