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That said I do have my boxer watercooled, up front, and driving all four wheels.
Ed
Bob: remember how many of us had a Boxster on our $100k wish list?! ;-)
Point is, the "aura" of Porsche exists because enthusiasts aspire to own them.
We don't aspire to own Navigators and Escalades with 21" bling-bling wheels and chrome grilles, is that what Porsche wants to become? We laugh at those vehicles used a jewelry.
Sadly, I think you hit the bulls' eye:
5) Porsche wannabes: Celebrities, professional athletes, drug lords, those who just won the lottery, those moving upmarket from Volvos and the like, and anybody else who wants to part with a large sum of cash
Next thing you know Kelsey Grammar is gonna wrap one around a tree. Wait, he already did that with a Viper! )
-juice
Then there is Seinfeld who's driving an STi
-mike
but cars are an extension of who we are, or who we want to be, just like clothing and/or jewelry.
Sadly, I think you hit the bulls' eye:
5) Porsche wannabes: Celebrities, professional athletes, drug lords, those who just won the lottery, those moving upmarket from Volvos and the like, and anybody else who wants to part with a large sum of cash.
But it's number 5 as I see it in terms of their priorities. I really think their main priority is keeping current Porsche owners in the Porsche camp. Anybody in sales knows that the easiest "sell" is to current customers, so it's absolutely imperative to keep those customers happy. The next priority is to expand you client base, which items 2 – 5 address.
Bob
-juice
As mentioned elsewhere I've recently become, umm, 'available for work'. I'm a techie, with experience in industrial control systems and computers in general. Most recently I've been doing applications engineering for an ASP. I don't think I share my email address in my profile here so I'll put it in this message, in case anyone has any ideas for me.
wdb@pobox.com
Cheers,
-wdb
Bob
FWIW, Paul Hansen thinks the Legacy will be the better driving car. He's driven the new Legacy (check out latest reports from apexjapan.com) and G35s; not sure if he driven the G35 AWD, however. He thinks the new G35 AWD will be expensive and heavy, and as we know the new Legacy will be lighter than the current model. As to price, let's keep our fingers crossed...
BTW, Paul thinks the new Legacy is every bit the "Ultimate Driving Machine" as the BMW 3-Series, but will be cheaper.
Bob
While at Annapolis Subaru yesterday, the sales guy showed me two pre-sold STis they had: one white and the other black, and both with silver wheels. Apparently the wheel color, gold or silver, can be had with any body color.
One thing the silver wheels do visually, is really accent the gold w/red lettering on the huge Brembro brake calibers. With the gold wheels, the gold Brembros blend in, and you don't see them.
So those of you who want those brake calibers to stand out, silver wheels is the way to go.
Bob
If so, fire off an e-mail to de_juice_man@hotmail.com.
I hope Paul is right!
BTW, I really like the G35, especially the coupe, AWD makes it even more appealing. Price will be an issue, though, they break $30k easily already.
-juice
Ken
-mike
-juice
-mike
-Colin
Serge was also still looking for a job, last I heard.
-juice
-Brian
Bob
Bob
Sadly, the TT this year lived up to its reputation as the most dangerous motorcycle race in the world when David Jefferies was killed when his 1000cc factory Suzuki crashed at over 160 mph in an earlier practice race. Jefferies held the absolute lap record for the 37+ mile mountain circuit, with an average speed of just over 125 mph.
More on David Jefferies:
http://www.suzuki-gb.co.uk/
The Isle of Man course is unforgiving. When you come off a bike, you come off hard—very hard. Chances are you won't slide to an easy stop; instead you'll likely hit a curb and then be thrown into a stone wall, tree, hedge, fence or a building. It is one nasty place to make a mistake on a motorcycle.
Bob
-mike
Ed
Still at work, working the 10-8shift this week.
-mike
Thanks for the link.
-Dennis
I believe the review was written by Trey Cobb himself. And yes -- it was more informative than the Edmund's review.
Ken
-Colin
STi detonation, eh? I wonder if its a fuel issue, don't they ask for 93 octane?
-juice
"my friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends..."
My wife got an invite, don't know why or how.
-juice
9am
-mike
http://just-auto.com/nd.asp?art=41245&dm=yes
Bob
See ya there 9:00am
-Dave
-juice
-mike
We can go, but they don't guarantee a test drive. Lame.
-juice
Competition for the XT?
Bob
-Colin
I sampled a Vue V6, though the Redline is not out yet. Very disappointing. Coarse engine, with not a lot of output. 181hp is 4 cylinder power in some cases.
Seats are awful, worst I can recall. Spongy and unsupportive. Without the arm rests I think I'd fall off. The interior has a bizarre two-tone, too. The top is beige and the bottom, gray. I asked and the salesman said the beige interior looks better, it's all beige. Strange cost cutting.
The interior is roomy. Plastics look and feel cheap but I'm sure they're durable. The rear seat cushion is way too low, also. Doors open wide, I liked that.
But overall, an also-ran in this class.
-juice
Bob
-juice
-juice
-Ty
http://www.subdriven.com/
Apparently VWvortex.com & Subdriven.com are done by the same folks! The cover story on both sites features the same cars. Also listed on the left are other car sites they do.
More info on these guys and their other car sites:
http://www.vortexmediagroup.com/about.html
Bob
I'm more of a grassroots type of guy personally.
-mike
Trooper = 1
Lexus LS430 = 0
Coming to work today a lady in a brand new lexus on the phone is behind me goes to drive around me and clips my right rear bumper. She smacked right into the bumper protector. Pulls up next to me and say "I think I bumped you" I said "It's ok I'm sure it's ok" The front of her car was a tweaked, she'll need a new $700 bumper, once I got to work I checked it out, paint wasn't even taken off the trooper's bumper protector
Yippie!
-mike
A special pleasure for Paisan
I used to get the same joy from BMW's in snow drifts.
Cheers
Graham