RE: Porsche unveils 911 Speedster in New York

RE: Porsche unveils 911 Speedster in New York

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daveco

4,122 posts

206 months

Wednesday 17th April 2019
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Wow, just wow.

It's rare to see a '10' on a tachometer, along with a manual shifter and a bodyweight less than 1500kg.

This has to be the most desirable 911 in recent memory!

Rumblestripe

2,916 posts

161 months

Wednesday 17th April 2019
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Good job I bought that wipe clean keyboard.

Neil G60

692 posts

223 months

Wednesday 17th April 2019
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It's Tyrion Lannister's Porsche. Fitting, given how much it costs!

Oily76

186 posts

110 months

Wednesday 17th April 2019
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Absolutely fantastic thing. I can't wait for 5 years time when the price will have reduced to, er... about a million frown

Pericoloso

44,044 posts

162 months

Wednesday 17th April 2019
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mersontheperson said:
But not in red
What's wrong with red ?....way better than grey and other depressing shades.....frown

High Roller

110 posts

172 months

Wednesday 17th April 2019
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Ditto to the "How much?" comment. Nice looking car but the price is a joke. This or a Mclaren? Hmm... let me think (for a nanosecond). Nope, Mclaren it is!

GM182

1,263 posts

224 months

Wednesday 17th April 2019
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I have been a bit meh about the new 911 and 911s in general over recent years but that hits the spot for me. Definitely buying a lottery ticket this weekend!

Raudus42

163 posts

132 months

Wednesday 17th April 2019
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Welcome to today's new limited edition Porsche...and don't forget to tune in tomorrow to see the next one!

f1ten

2,161 posts

152 months

Wednesday 17th April 2019
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1948 is a big production run for a supposed limited car ...

Nerdherder

1,773 posts

96 months

Wednesday 17th April 2019
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I'm a porka fanboy. But somehow the speedster shape has always left me cold. There. I've said it.

RSchneider

215 posts

163 months

Wednesday 17th April 2019
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What's in the void where the rear seats were?

RDMcG

19,096 posts

206 months

Wednesday 17th April 2019
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I admire it without wanting it.

Nice looking car, but I have always found that open cars are not much fun to drive hard, so defeats the
purpose for me - I understand slower cars like a Morgan, and have an SL I bought 15 years ago new I use for touring. At legal speeds it is perfectly serene and not at all sporty.

For performance I have always preferred closed cars.

The original 356 Speedster was a stripper that the American importer, Max Hoffman requested as a low-cost entry model to Porsche.
The name had evolved to be a limited-edition very expensive runout model. To me, it has less function than the convertible, which has less function than the coupé.

Very few will be tracked or even driven much which is a shame.

I completely understand that it is perfectly legitimate to buy a car for appearance..more people do that than will admit it. There is nothing wrong with it at all.Sometimes it is nice just to own a beautiful object.


va1o

16,029 posts

206 months

Wednesday 17th April 2019
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Crazy expensive but it looks amazing, absolutely love this! I think I've found my new favourite Porsche to aspire for cloud9

av185

18,433 posts

126 months

Wednesday 17th April 2019
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How unfair to include the £10k watch as a freebie with the car.

Most GT3RS owners have to pay for the £10k watch as a condition of securing an allocation.

BadBull

1,924 posts

71 months

Wednesday 17th April 2019
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Is it £275k or £211k?

Proof reading doesn't exist on here anymore.

davidc1

1,544 posts

161 months

Wednesday 17th April 2019
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Love it. I also love the 997 version .
Would like to see a pic hood up as well.
Dream car right there.
I will have to settle for my 981 spyder , a poors mans version of this car!

Kolbenkopp

2,343 posts

150 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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RDMcG said:
I completely understand that it is perfectly legitimate to buy a car for appearance..more people do that than will admit it. There is nothing wrong with it at all.Sometimes it is nice just to own a beautiful object.
If I had the means to buy one I'd line up asap. If only to have _the_ ideal running gear for the Singer crew to play with in say 20 years time smile.

But fully agree with your points. Somehow I think this is (beautifully) wrong. Gem of an engine that will never be repeated into body that can't make it work and has no raison d'être outside of styling.

topboss

352 posts

252 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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av185 said:
How unfair to include the £10k watch as a freebie with the car.

Most GT3RS owners have to pay for the £10k watch as a condition of securing an allocation.
Out of 5 3RS owners (3 batch 1 and 2 batch 2) not a single one has had to buy the watch.....not sure where that rumour came from lol

topboss

352 posts

252 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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av185 said:
How unfair to include the £10k watch as a freebie with the car.

Most GT3RS owners have to pay for the £10k watch as a condition of securing an allocation.
Out of 5 3RS owners (3 batch 1 and 2 batch 2) not a single one has had to buy the watch.....not sure where that rumour came from lol

av185

18,433 posts

126 months

Thursday 18th April 2019
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topboss said:
av185 said:
How unfair to include the £10k watch as a freebie with the car.

Most GT3RS owners have to pay for the £10k watch as a condition of securing an allocation.
Out of 5 3RS owners (3 batch 1 and 2 batch 2) not a single one has had to buy the watch.....not sure where that rumour came from lol
Guess it depends on the OPC franchise but I know of at least 2 who have made it a condition.