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On an early morning run through my village I was highly amused to see an Agate Grey Cayman GTS. Reg G N1OLAN driving past the school at 20mph, with the spoiler raised, thus immediately confirming the points made on this thread.
No GTS number plate though, and I couldn't tell if PSE was on or not as I had the iPod plugged in, but still marked out as a bit of a knobber...
No GTS number plate though, and I couldn't tell if PSE was on or not as I had the iPod plugged in, but still marked out as a bit of a knobber...
JLZ78 said:
On an early morning run through my village I was highly amused to see an Agate Grey Cayman GTS. Reg G N1OLAN driving past the school at 20mph, with the spoiler raised, thus immediately confirming the points made on this thread.
No GTS number plate though, and I couldn't tell if PSE was on or not as I had the iPod plugged in, but still marked out as a bit of a knobber...
You were wearing ear phones in a car!? How very very dangerous and knobbish!No GTS number plate though, and I couldn't tell if PSE was on or not as I had the iPod plugged in, but still marked out as a bit of a knobber...
JLZ78 said:
Er, I was running....
RTFQ =1/2TFA
On a motoring forum, "run" would usually be used in relation to driving a car. RTFQ =1/2TFA
Go to: http://www.runnersworld.co.uk/forum/general-runnin...
I'd also stand firmly in the "spoiler up at rest=muppet" camp I'm afraid. Watched some piece on the local news a few months ago following different people in their daily lives and there was some bell end in an Audi A7 doing the same, and he was even interviewed leaning against the back of his parked car with his spoiler out. Knob. And on an A7 the mechanism is a right mess too! I do wonder if any pilots on here park their aircraft and then deploy the flaps and spoilers because it looks cool? Probably not.
Mind you...a cautionary tale...first time I gave my (at the time new to me) 986 a really good clean, I deployed the spoiler only to find that the black bit you can't see when it's not deployed was covered in yellow and orange high visibility chevron material...same sort of stuff you'd see on the back of a bin lorry! I was mortified...the only reason I could think of was a previous owner kept it on the road in an unlit spot and kept the spoiler up to stop other drivers running into it...but seriously, WTF?
Mind you...a cautionary tale...first time I gave my (at the time new to me) 986 a really good clean, I deployed the spoiler only to find that the black bit you can't see when it's not deployed was covered in yellow and orange high visibility chevron material...same sort of stuff you'd see on the back of a bin lorry! I was mortified...the only reason I could think of was a previous owner kept it on the road in an unlit spot and kept the spoiler up to stop other drivers running into it...but seriously, WTF?
Koln-RS said:
Don't particularly like spoilers or stripes on Porsches. They always look 'aftermarket'.
The 911R is nice. No rear spoiler, using a clever floor design for downforce, but then they put silly stripes on it - but not as bad as the ones people put on the lower doors - like a 1970s Ford
Wrong.The 911R is nice. No rear spoiler, using a clever floor design for downforce, but then they put silly stripes on it - but not as bad as the ones people put on the lower doors - like a 1970s Ford
Spoilers are good.
Stripes are good.
I do need more stripes though. Gonna stick some on the bonnet. No I don't mind looking a bit of a knob
Unfortunately the 911R has full bellend potential as can be seen in this shot. Although I agree a lack of fixed wing makes it a cleaner design. Won't stop people putting it up when completely unnecessary.
As for not being allowed to mention running on your legs on Pistonheads forums, that is simply the stupidest thing I've read on here today, and right up there with 'retractable spoiler extended while parked' muppetry.
As for not being allowed to mention running on your legs on Pistonheads forums, that is simply the stupidest thing I've read on here today, and right up there with 'retractable spoiler extended while parked' muppetry.
Koln-RS said:
The 911R is nice. No rear spoiler, using a clever floor design for downforce, but then they put silly stripes on it - but not as bad as the ones people put on the lower doors - like a 1970s Ford
can't stand the massive "Porsche" stickers on the side, "hey peasants I've got a Porsche, can you see? no? let me spell it out for you"Speaks volumes this...
I also agree on the R...the stripes don't work as the car is too big.
I detest the rear spoiler on my 997RS, and the silly stickers. It's very much an 'ip early mountain hooner', if I need to drive it through town on way back then balaclava and sunglasses are worn.
I also agree on the R...the stripes don't work as the car is too big.
I detest the rear spoiler on my 997RS, and the silly stickers. It's very much an 'ip early mountain hooner', if I need to drive it through town on way back then balaclava and sunglasses are worn.
fredt said:
Wrong.
Spoilers are good.
Stripes are good.
I do need more stripes though. Gonna stick some on the bonnet. No I don't mind looking a bit of a knob
But that's fine as it's a clean part of the car's design and the original shape is still there. What looks crap is when it appears that someone has taken an angle grinder to the back of the car and then propped up the bit they've cut out with bits of technical Lego and Meccano. And then locked it and walked away...Spoilers are good.
Stripes are good.
I do need more stripes though. Gonna stick some on the bonnet. No I don't mind looking a bit of a knob
And I dare say a GT2 is doing the kind of speeds that spoiler is making a difference. I really stuggle with my 986 spoiler...it looks s
te when it's up, seems to be more of an MPG sapping air brake than a downforce device, (er, Veyron in lunatic mode for example) and the bit in the handbook where it explains that if the warning light comes on drive slowly to a dealer as handling is compromised seems a bit optimistic at best...Adam B said:
Koln-RS said:
The 911R is nice. No rear spoiler, using a clever floor design for downforce, but then they put silly stripes on it - but not as bad as the ones people put on the lower doors - like a 1970s Ford
can't stand the massive "Porsche" stickers on the side, "hey peasants I've got a Porsche, can you see? no? let me spell it out for you"I quite like the rerto look they give; a lot of stuff like Singer and Magnus Walker's custom cars seem to use them to similar effect although, as you say, there is always an element of "look I've got a Porsche!".
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