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Old 07-19-2004, 05:39 AM   #1336
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A porsche for real men.

With handlebar moustaches and a fondness for pickled cabbage.

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Old 07-19-2004, 05:56 AM   #1337
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Me too. That's a proper Porsche.
Uh,..that's a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe on the back of the 1955 Mercedes-Benz High Speed Transporter.
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Old 07-19-2004, 07:09 AM   #1338
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Didn't look very porchey to me...
merc logo is visible in a few shots.
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Old 07-19-2004, 07:43 AM   #1339
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I think she was being ironic...

It's a proper Porsche.

Not like those crappy Boxsters.
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Old 07-19-2004, 07:53 AM   #1340
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Boxsters are for people that can't afford porsches.
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Old 07-19-2004, 07:58 AM   #1341
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Nah, you're thinking of the Lotus Elise or the low-end TVR range. They're sporty and cheap - ideal for the "911-but-can't-afford-it" crowd.

Boxsters are for people who want a Porsche badge on their keys but don't care about looks, handling or performance.
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Old 07-19-2004, 08:05 AM   #1342
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Doh!

I wasn't being ironic.
Very tempted to say I was though.

Look I've had 3 hours sleep all weekend all right? Happens to the best of us.

Doh again! My client walked in just as I was writing this. I may as well give today up, complete and utter waste of time.

All modern Porsches are rubbish apart from the GT2. Love some of the older ones though, although whether what I am thinking of were Porsches at all is now contestable.

Sighs at disastrous attempt to prove some women know something about cars
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Old 07-19-2004, 08:18 AM   #1343
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An elise has a look and a style that is fairly unique, it's also about the same price as a boxster. A boxster on the other hand has poor styling and as you say, poor handling and peformance to boot. You'll at least get a nice whirl out of the Elise.

Stuffem both and gimme an Aston Martin or a Maserati anyday. Once you've driven a Maserati you can't go back.
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Old 07-19-2004, 08:59 AM   #1344
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Old 07-19-2004, 09:12 AM   #1345
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Ye gods, I expect to see that next to the dictionary definition of 'ugly as sin'.
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Old 07-19-2004, 09:17 AM   #1346
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Who said Maserati? I want one. Now. Beautiful boisterous beasts.
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Old 07-19-2004, 09:31 AM   #1347
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Get a US-spec BMW M3.

And then get anything at all made in Europe to European spec, and it'll feel wonderful.

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Old 07-19-2004, 10:07 AM   #1348
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Ye gods, I expect to see that next to the dictionary definition of 'ugly as sin'.
sigh.

yet more evidence that all of your taste is between the wrong cheeks
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Old 07-19-2004, 10:08 AM   #1349
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Who said Maserati? I want one. Now. Beautiful boisterous beasts.
speaking of beautiful boisterous beasts. let's have a friggin picture of you already, Cat. you can't be that atrocious looking. we wont make fun ,i promise!

and dont give me any shit about you not having a digicam. it's 2004. you have the technology.
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Old 07-19-2004, 10:11 AM   #1350
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Look at it! Clashing colours (what is WITH the white windshielf edge?), gaudy silver bits hanging off..It looks the aborted fetus of a perfectly fine sedan and a 50s racecar.

Taste is things like this.
Saw the Bugatti at the Gevena car show, most beautiful car I'v ever seen.
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