No more 996TT cabriolet bashing
No more 996TT cabriolet bashing
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vipergreen

Original Poster:

340 posts

259 months

Monday 26th March 2007
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Now I went from a coupe to a cabriolet and I think its superb.

Why all the cabriolet bashing its got all the power only slightly more weight and offers open air fun.
There's little or no skuttle shake and the handleing is no different to the coupe.

Outside of an RS or carrera Gt there's nothing better

Title should have said "Cabriolet"

Edited by vipergreen on Monday 26th March 22:23

gixxer1000

786 posts

282 months

Monday 26th March 2007
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vipergreen said:
Now I went from a coupe to a cabriolet and I think its superb.

Why all the cabriolet bashing its got all the power only slightly more weight and offers open air fun.
There's little or no skuttle shake and the handleing is no different to the coupe.

Outside of an RS or carrera Gt there's nothing better

Title should have said "Cabriolet"

Edited by vipergreen on Monday 26th March 22:23


Here here! (I have a 996tt cab too )

floordoc

457 posts

237 months

Monday 26th March 2007
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Porsche should do away with the rear seats in the open top models and see if they could make a metal hard top simlar to the merc. Now that would be perfect

softinthehead

1,550 posts

269 months

Monday 26th March 2007
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floordoc said:
Porsche should do away with the rear seats in the open top models and see if they could make a metal hard top simlar to the merc. Now that would be perfect


no, then it would be a merc



and dull

dazren

22,612 posts

291 months

Monday 26th March 2007
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vipergreen said:
Title should have said "Cabriolet"

sorted.

MaKSiNG

382 posts

256 months

Monday 26th March 2007
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floordoc said:
Porsche should do away with the rear seats in the open top models and see if they could make a metal hard top simlar to the merc. Now that would be perfect


No, then it would weigh more than a barge .... just like a Merc then!

loach

3,357 posts

246 months

Monday 26th March 2007
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floordoc said:
Porsche should do away with the rear seats in the open top models and see if they could make a metal hard top simlar to the merc. Now that would be perfect



Indeed. Because what Porsche 911s need, is a bit more weight over the rear axle such as you'd get with a clunky folding tin-top. Slap an autobox in it, rack up the price another 6k or so. Bosh. Sporting nirvana.

jonlwright

1,825 posts

269 months

Tuesday 27th March 2007
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loach said:
floordoc said:
Porsche should do away with the rear seats in the open top models and see if they could make a metal hard top simlar to the merc. Now that would be perfect



Indeed. Because what Porsche 911s need, is a bit more weight over the rear axle such as you'd get with a clunky folding tin-top. Slap an autobox in it, rack up the price another 6k or so. Bosh. Sporting nirvana.


What it needs then is a clever mechanism to fold a metal roof into the front luggage compartment :-)

BliarOut

72,863 posts

269 months

Tuesday 27th March 2007
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floordoc said:
Porsche should do away with the rear seats in the open top models and see if they could make a metal hard top simlar to the merc. Now that would be perfect

Two seats? You mean a Boxster?


I've been driving around with the top down the last couple of mornings and evenings with the mist rolling about. Reminded me why I can't have tin tops on the fleet yes

sleep envy

62,260 posts

279 months

Tuesday 27th March 2007
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BliarOut said:
Reminded me why I can't have tin tops on the fleet


so you can hear people shouting 'gayer' at you whilst you drive down the road?

BliarOut

72,863 posts

269 months

Tuesday 27th March 2007
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sleep envy said:
BliarOut said:
Reminded me why I can't have tin tops on the fleet


so you can hear people shouting 'gayer' at you whilst you drive down the road?

Orange cars are gay, not blue ones


:laladontcareconvertiblesrock:

sleep envy

62,260 posts

279 months

Tuesday 27th March 2007
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BliarOut said:
Orange cars are gay, not blue ones



shout VIC!!!!

The Londoner

3,964 posts

268 months

Tuesday 27th March 2007
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BliarOut said:
Reminded me why I can't have tin tops on the fleet yes


Fleet? New business must be booming then!