Car Porn.......beauty meets speed (SFW)

[bushman]

My Ferrari F136R engine has logged over 12,000 miles and never missed a beat. Thats reliable. Knock on wood.

[Bobby Stainless]

Every car can break down. You're not really trying to say that those anecdotes justify claiming that Ferrari and Porsche reliability are generally equivalent, right?

No. Porsche makes a more reliable car.

Just not a fun, and the disparity in reliability is not nearly as great.

[stfu&gbtw]

No. Porsche makes a more reliable car.

Just not a fun, and the disparity in reliability is not nearly as great.

Well, we can agree they're both better than a Corvette, right?

[Bobby Stainless]

Totally. The new Z06, while fast, looks like a matchbox car.

My take, is most folks will take a little moodiness and being temperamental to fuck a hot chick.

[stompinlines]

Jon's back at it with his other lambo.

[Alaskan Rover]

That was great.

Seeing that 718 and then looking at the redesigned 718 Boxster you have to say, "yeah, they nailed it".

Errr....no. No, they didn't. Look again.




Not to mention the spyder is right around 1300 lbs in race trim....vs well over 3000 lbs for the Boxster. But most significantly, you can't replicate the feeling that manifests around you when you drive a piece of history.

Granted...with all the safety laws in effect today, there is really no way Porsche COULD replicate the spyder in its original form, nor its gutteral simplicity.

But there is really no need to replicate it..." nail it", in other words. What companies like Porsche do best is continue a lineage and let that lineage multiply in the future, but they never forget their past.

In every Porsche, even in models I don't like, there are strains of cars like the 550, the spyder, the 917 and 962, the somewhat ugly but very likable 356. Whether road or race, Porsche cars have a certain genetics to them, one not about transportation....but about being TRANSPORTED. And I think Porsche is one of the few that pays homage to that genetics with every vehicle they make.

As for me, I'm still saving up my quarters for that Dauer 962 Le Mans that's for sale above.

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[Bobby Stainless]

But most significantly, you can't replicate the feeling that manifests around you when you drive a piece of history.

That is some pretty cliched shit right there.

Porsche cars have a certain genetics to them, one not about transportation....but about being TRANSPORTED. And I think Porsche is one of the few that pays homage to that genetics with every vehicle they make.

Yeah... Winding up all 300hp in a Cayenne is fucking sweet... Porsche is becoming a volume brand.

You really have no clue what you are talking about.

[Timberridge]

[Buster Highmen]

1953 A6GCS Fantuzzi Maserati.

[schindlerpiste]

Newest stablemate

[BmillsSkier]

Errr....no. No, they didn't. Look again.


Granted...with all the safety laws in effect today, there is really no way Porsche COULD replicate the spyder in its original form, nor its gutteral simplicity.

But there is really no need to replicate it..." nail it", in other words. What companies like Porsche do best is continue a lineage and let that lineage multiply in the future, but they never forget their past.



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So you start out by saying they didn't do a good job of keeping the lineage because as you say, it's literally not the same car. Then you go on and say it's impossible to create the same car, but that Porsche does a great job of keeping that bloodline in all their cars - tradable back to their ancestors.

Exactly what I said by "they nailed it."

#facepalm.

Sometimes I think you just type to type man.

[The Suit]

That guttural simplicity is never coming back.

[Bromontana]

Newest stablemate[]

Dayumn looks fun. What displacement/power?

@BD- on volume ansolutely. These days you could argue the same trend only delayed a decade or two with Ferrari.

[schindlerpiste]

500bhp at flywheel, 450 at rear axle 3.8L 2800lbs.
Basically a suped up GT3 RS

[BmillsSkier]

That guttural simplicity is never coming back.

Nope. One reason my I still miss my old e90 330. No drive by wire, no forced induction, just simple. Light years beyond that 917 and in that respect not "simple"? Yes but the days of mechanical cars are long gone.

[PNWbrit]

de-thrunting the dentist's Porsche bitchfest

[Timberridge]

^^^The steering wheel is on the wrong side.

[stfu&gbtw]

^^^The steering wheel is on the wrong side.

A little sawzall and bondo and you could totally fix that...

[Bobby Stainless]

Dayumn looks fun. What displacement/power?

@BD- on volume ansolutely. These days you could argue the same trend only delayed a decade or two with Ferrari.

That's why my favorite car company right now is Pagani.

Ferrari hasn't started making CUVs... Yet.

Newest stablemate

looks like a RUF.

[Timberridge]

looks like a RUF.

Or a Hot Wheels.

[stfu&gbtw]

Or a Hot Wheels.

A little sawzall and bondo and you could totally fix that...

[Bromontana]

Or a Hot Wheels.

Meh, wraps are ea$ier to install than a 500hp wailing n/a flat6. With that power, layout and downforce you could get to St George in 2.5hrs :O.

Schindler- you racing that in a UT league or elsewhere? Incredible machine.

[Buster Highmen]

Elemental: Alfa TZ2

[PNWbrit]

^ Sublime.





One of the six 'continuation' Jaguar Lightweight E-Types has been bought by premium car dealer Stratstone - and the company's petrolhead boss Trevor Finn tells us this one's NOT going to be gathering dust in a museum. Indeed, even at its central London reveal, grimy evidence of its inaugural run at Shelsley Walsh for video was evident beneath the surface...

Stratstone intends to use its Lightweight E-Type - car number 15 from the now-finally-reached total of 18 - in as many events as possible, both traditional automotive gatherings like the Festival of Speed but also those that reach beyond regular car enthusiasts. "We want to use technology and new media to push the car out there and create a celebrity out of it", says Finn.
Apparently it can be justified as a rational purchase too. "There's sound commercial logic behind it; we hope the car will become an ambassador for us and for Jaguar," he says. "It won't just be about driving it - the car will be the star. And the more places and events we can get it out to, the more people will discover it and learn the story behind it."

There's even the possibility of racing it: just like the period Lightweight E-Types, the continuation cars have full FIA homologation for historic motorsport.

[Buster Highmen]

1952 Disco Volante Spyder. Fundamental.