RE: Porsche 918 Spyder: leaked details
Discussion
DonkeyApple said:
The greatest thing about this rather beautiful car is that it very, very clearly makes a total and utter mockery of the Eurocrats and their pathetic rules. I sincerely hope that the Tefals at Porsche pissed themselves laughing over their grotesque and comedic abuse of the rules laid down by a collection of fools. 
50k is fifty thousand.blackwoo said:
Looks fantastic but at 1660kg what's the point offering an option to save 35kg?!?
Imagine how good this could have been with a Turbo V8, a manual box and weighing half a ton less.
Absolutely agree. 1660kg is a bad joke. Wonder if they'll offer a vanilla versions without all the hybrid bits ...Imagine how good this could have been with a Turbo V8, a manual box and weighing half a ton less.
This. Well said. Epic effort Porsche!
DonkeyApple said:
The greatest thing about this rather beautiful car is that it very, very clearly makes a total and utter mockery of the Eurocrats and their pathetic rules.
I sincerely hope that the Tefals at Porsche pissed themselves laughing over their grotesque and comedic abuse of the rules laid down by a collection of fools.
I sincerely hope that the Tefals at Porsche pissed themselves laughing over their grotesque and comedic abuse of the rules laid down by a collection of fools.
Denorth said:
I haven't read through all the posts, but I read in other news today that this Porsche drove The Ring in 7 min 14 sec.
It had 'Weissach package' and all this makes it the quickest road legal car on The Ring apart from track models and Radical
An incredible time considering it's weight. You can say all you want about how the weight might blunt "driver feedback" and "steering feel", this car is an absolute missile, no doubt about it.It had 'Weissach package' and all this makes it the quickest road legal car on The Ring apart from track models and Radical
RichB said:
DonkeyApple said:
The greatest thing about this rather beautiful car is that it very, very clearly makes a total and utter mockery of the Eurocrats and their pathetic rules. I sincerely hope that the Tefals at Porsche pissed themselves laughing over their grotesque and comedic abuse of the rules laid down by a collection of fools.
DonkeyApple said:
The greatest thing about this rather beautiful car is that it very, very clearly makes a total and utter mockery of the Eurocrats and their pathetic rules.
I sincerely hope that the Tefals at Porsche pissed themselves laughing over their grotesque and comedic abuse of the rules laid down by a collection of fools.
Playing devils advocate you could say that the 'pathetic rules' have functioned as intended and got car makers developing vehicles that both perform well and are more efficient. Well done the forward thinking Eurocrats! Shame on the car industry for being so lazy before. (or something like that).I sincerely hope that the Tefals at Porsche pissed themselves laughing over their grotesque and comedic abuse of the rules laid down by a collection of fools.
AnotherClarkey said:
Playing devils advocate you could say that the 'pathetic rules' have functioned as intended and got car makers developing vehicles that both perform well and are more efficient. Well done the forward thinking Eurocrats! Shame on the car industry for being so lazy before. (or something like that).
That's what they'd like the Eurocrats to think. 
Look at all the CO2 emissions the EU has saved........................... on paper.
DonkeyApple said:
The greatest thing about this rather beautiful car is that it very, very clearly makes a total and utter mockery of the Eurocrats and their pathetic rules.
I sincerely hope that the Tefals at Porsche pissed themselves laughing over their grotesque and comedic abuse of the rules laid down by a collection of fools.
Can you imagine how satisfying it would be to park outside the Post Office in your 918 once a year for Mrs Goggins to issue you with your free tax disc. I sincerely hope that the Tefals at Porsche pissed themselves laughing over their grotesque and comedic abuse of the rules laid down by a collection of fools.
AnotherClarkey said:
Playing devils advocate you could say that the 'pathetic rules' have functioned as intended and got car makers developing vehicles that both perform well and are more efficient. Well done the forward thinking Eurocrats! Shame on the car industry for being so lazy before. (or something like that).
Except that we have a legion of cars which are programmed to give high mpg figures when following a static legal test but in reality use far more fuel etc. Besides which, the free market forces of oil pricing (although this is a rigged market) does more to impact a manufacturers desire for efficiency.
Sadly, whatever red tape a group of wieners and meddlers can ever come up with the far smarter people in the free economy will work around and the people stuck in between will pay for.
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