go on then - how much would I scare myself?
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sleep envy said:
Enough.I suspect Im one of the reasonably few ppl to have driven one of these, in something approaching anger, in the UK.
Looking at that price Im also kicking myself! Back in...er...04?, I had the chance to drive and purchase the Speed Yellow one that a well known Indie had up for sale at £60k I think it was and for some dumb reason turned the chance down.
It is the only car Ive ever driven that has scared the bollox off me. Not for being a beast to control, handle, etc, etc. but because the bloody thing just went so frigging hard as soon as you hit 3k rpm. I was changing up the gears as fast as I could purely out of fear of blowing the engine because the revs just went nuts so quickly! The mind went *melt* and all I was doing was just trying not to blow the car up. It never occured to me to lift my right foot because frankly I didnt get time to think anything coherent from the moment it exploded on me. By the time I got my head back, felt I was back in control of my senses, able to raise my right foot and back off a bit and bothered looking at the speedo, we were doing 120 leptons on a single carriageway road. Fortunately its a very straight one and I know it very well, but I never expected what happened to actually happen and I wasnt trying to be an idiot...the thing just *goes*.
A Sagaris is meant to be raw and explosive quick, mine was de-catted and a little quicker than most, but God I swear it never just *went* like that thing did. An X50 996 and the GT2 *should* be quicker, etc. but its all so civilised compared to that thing, its like linear power from 2k rpm whereas the 964 Turbo S lwt is just ... well...its friggin mental to be honest!
I need shooting for not buying the bloody car when I had the chance. No excuses about it, I should just be shot, castigated throughout the land of Porsche for being the idiot too dumb not to buy wheeled porn when he had the chance. Of course Im now married and have been told I have to buy wifey a house instead of silly cars, so my chance has gone. Shoot me now.
Is it worth £80K? Put it this way, it makes a GT2 feel boring, dull and predictable. Its the wheeled equivalent of Anjolina Jolie on a mix of speed and viagra.
Beautiful! The ex. Nick Faldo car (black with 12k miles) sold last year for £60k and went to Hong Kong. £85k seems reasonable - they were £120k back in 1992. If things don't go pop, I would bet you could get £100k+ for this in a year. If I had that sort of money I'd buy it so I could just look at it and perhaps sacre myself sh**less every so often...
The 0-62 claim is rather optimistic though at 2.6 secs! I believe officially it was 4.8 secs. I would bet the 0-100 time is comfortably less than 10 seconds...which is not bad for a 14 year old car.
The 0-62 claim is rather optimistic though at 2.6 secs! I believe officially it was 4.8 secs. I would bet the 0-100 time is comfortably less than 10 seconds...which is not bad for a 14 year old car.
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