K&N Issue
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You can't take him seriously. He'd rather be pimpin' in a GMC Syclone. No really. I know a few track instructors that have new ones and they rave about them. Sub 3K lbs and 375 bhp sounds like a good start.
If you ever get the chance to do some laps at Wild Horse Motorsport park, let me know. Old school instructor manages it and still instructs. Bondurant runs out there. John did the original Cannonball too - in a Volvo Amazon with a 100 gallon fuel tank in the back seat. Good shit.
911 owners say they drive a 911. Boxter owners say they drive a Porsche. Range Rover owners say they drive a Range Rover. Range Rover Evoque owners say they drive a Range Rover.
Discovery Sport owners say they drive a Discovery.
Jeep Compass owners say they drive a Jeep.
That said, Cayman is one bitchin' ride. 911 is for the old farts.
I dated a lady with a 91 Syclone. That truck rocked. She sold it near 100k miles, the turbo was shot and could probably use an engine rebuild too.
Same lady got me a gift certificate for Bondurant. It was back when they were running the square Mustang 5.0s. I took a one day road course class. I wish I could have gone later when they had the g35s. I could have used that experience for my own g35.
Buying a Boxster is like buying a 100-series BMW, only the BMW would not have a fogged up rear window.
If I was going to buy a Mustang tomorrow, I'd look no further than the four cylinder. I've tossed around the idea of picking one up many times, but I'm just not a Mustang guy; well, not past the original coupes, anyway. Those I like. Never did like the old fast-backs, for some reason.
If the one in these pictures wasn't so clean and mostly original, I'd have ditched the V8 and dropped something interesting under the hood. I'd originally thought about going RV8, but then I sold it. Just wasn't my color, in the end.
If I ever buy another, it'll get an in-line four from Toyota or a straight six from Nissan. It's just such a light and balanced vehicle... It was always begging for something else in the engine bay.
As for Porsche...
1: The Boxter is a good car, it's just ugly. I wouldn't really consider it a discerning purchase. There's nothing really wrong with it that a body kit, wheels, and a custom interior can't fix, though.
2: The Cayman is a great car, and it's not ugly. It's a great vehicle for someone who wants plenty of performance, but doesn't want to buy into an entire lifestyle full of hats, golfing accessories, and options that should be standard.
3: The 911 is pig-headed engineering that's been hammered until it worked properly, and eventually turned into an annoyingly practical sporting choice for anyone with the cash to pay for options like fucking gravity... Even Porsche wanted to replace it, resulting in...
4: The 928: One of the best damned cars ever made.
That wasn't the answer, though, so Porsche cheated with the 911... Let just one of those Germans sneeze, and the damned engine will be where it is in the Cayman. A good case of allergies, and they'll end up with a 926.
Cheers,
Kennith
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Hideous to boot. Atleast the 944 designers were polite enough to hide them. Think we can all agree the 944 is the $2,000 Disco of Porsches.
There's a 959 a few miles from here: http://blog.dupontregistry.com/celebrity-cars/bill-gates-americas-richest-porsche-959/
I've never seen it, but he supposedly takes it out early in the mornings on the weekend.
I had two posters over my bed as a kid. One was a black Lamborghini Countach and a silver Porsche 959..
The 959 was an actual super car for its time, even by today's standards. The Countach was just cool to look at.