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Marquis Rex
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The Car I hankered after most since when I was 15 was The Porsche 911 Turbo. For years as a Kid I'd rememeber the comforting noise my fathers VW beetle/Bug made and when I found out about the link between the VW Beetle and the air cooled rear engines Porsche 911 I'd already fallen.
The 911 is TOTALLY WRONG from an engineering point of view, the engine is in the wrong place, its air cooled for Gods sake, but some how the stubborn engineers have transcended all this and managed to develop a world beater- there is NOTHING quite like it! Unlike Ferraris you can use a Porsche every day and they don't depreciate much. Anyway about a month ago I bought a very clean silver 1995 911 Turbo, four wheel drive, 450 Bhp, (my fathers VW Beetle was silver too) and even the engine thrum takes me back to my child hood a little bit. If anything the car is TOOO fast.....you're left hanging onto te steering wheel! The engine doesn't "Sing" like a BMW- but shouts and shriks agressively....makes its presence known.
The first car I ever did buy when I was 17 -way back in 1990- was a late 1970s BMW 323i, which I still own and have practically rebuilt and redeveloped myself. I am probably more sentimentally atttached to this car then the Porsche. While all the teenagers would drive around in awefully unreliable British budget stuff poking fun at me (BMWs - when unfashionably old- are very cheap over here)- now my car is probably the only car running....with no rust....
I've owned all sorts of cars, I usually take home one kind of Jaguar or another from work and i've also owned Italian cars ( usually terribly unreliable!) and even some American Muscle....
The 911 is TOTALLY WRONG from an engineering point of view, the engine is in the wrong place, its air cooled for Gods sake, but some how the stubborn engineers have transcended all this and managed to develop a world beater- there is NOTHING quite like it! Unlike Ferraris you can use a Porsche every day and they don't depreciate much. Anyway about a month ago I bought a very clean silver 1995 911 Turbo, four wheel drive, 450 Bhp, (my fathers VW Beetle was silver too) and even the engine thrum takes me back to my child hood a little bit. If anything the car is TOOO fast.....you're left hanging onto te steering wheel! The engine doesn't "Sing" like a BMW- but shouts and shriks agressively....makes its presence known.
The first car I ever did buy when I was 17 -way back in 1990- was a late 1970s BMW 323i, which I still own and have practically rebuilt and redeveloped myself. I am probably more sentimentally atttached to this car then the Porsche. While all the teenagers would drive around in awefully unreliable British budget stuff poking fun at me (BMWs - when unfashionably old- are very cheap over here)- now my car is probably the only car running....with no rust....
I've owned all sorts of cars, I usually take home one kind of Jaguar or another from work and i've also owned Italian cars ( usually terribly unreliable!) and even some American Muscle....
lahondas
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wow totally impressed! you had a great deal of power cars!Marquis Rex said:
ya know i once for only 9 months, owned a very beautiful deep wine colored Mazda Miata MX-5, ABS, A/C, manual 5 speed... uh great black leather interior...i think it was a 2000, now a friend traded it with my nissan mazda, it was a sweet 9 months baby! i gotta tell ya, i did not want to give it back. but he told me he wasnt used to the way my nissan handled so we retraded.
i think it had 12000 miles before we traded, it was a dream and pleasure to drive....
Marquis Rex
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Lahondas, yeah, well cars are about the only thing I have left in my life *L*
I once rememeber seeing an advert for Porsche
It read something like
" Some seek comfort in Religion,
Others in Drink,
Porsche Engineers find it in a rear axle"
I thought it was funny, but quite appropriate, as I tend to "Burrow" into cars and my work when things get gloomy, but the same could be said about my writing and Sci Fi I suppose...
I once rememeber seeing an advert for Porsche
It read something like
" Some seek comfort in Religion,
Others in Drink,
Porsche Engineers find it in a rear axle"
I thought it was funny, but quite appropriate, as I tend to "Burrow" into cars and my work when things get gloomy, but the same could be said about my writing and Sci Fi I suppose...
lahondas
New Member
nice quote: yeah i always go for a drive when im in a gloom, there aint nothin like a convertible top down ride with a perfect 78 degrees, a lil wind in my hair....you just feel better. i also tend to wax my car alot when i have alot on my mind, its calming, you buff you sigh, its all good/
Marquis Rex
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lahondas said:
The way the bloody industry is going they're probably going to be sharing the same platform and engine before long- so it shouldn't be too difficult! *sighes*
Better not continue else I'll become a cynic! *LOL*
VTChEwbecca
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I totally love my Ford Focus sedan.
Marquis Rex
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Martin said:
So you like bouncing around and listening to high frequeny gear whine before hanging out at the hard shoulder?
*hee hee*
Make sure you pack your overalls
When I was about 11, my best friends mum had a red mini. It was great, except I was invariably required to sit in the back thus developing the flexibility of a contortionist. Also the speakers were in the back of the car, so I was also deafened by radio 4 wherever we went. Aaaah fond mini memories. I quite like the interior of the new minis, although they look a bit... well... big - heh. And I don't like the ones with strange patterns on the roof. Beetles!
