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Better order your manual now, Gary and Guenter Lawdevil & CURVN8R - Monday, 4 March, 2013, at 9:08:26 pm |
Re: Better order your manual now, Gary and Guenter Gary in SoFL - Tuesday, 5 March, 2013, at 9:31:58 am |
I have heard only 20% of sales have manual tranny's.....the end is coming soon! *NM* Harvey in FL - Tuesday, 5 March, 2013, at 4:50:45 pm |
Maybe it depends on where you are. Guenter in Ontario - Tuesday, 5 March, 2013, at 5:21:10 pm |
u are correct, globally, 78 percent of last-generation 911 models left the factory with a PDK *NM* Harvey in FL - Tuesday, 5 March, 2013, at 9:34:57 pm |
May be 20% in FL, but double that up north. Just what Porsche wants; very high PDK profit margins *NM* Gary in SoFL - Wednesday, 6 March, 2013, at 9:42:40 am |
Do you begrudge the company that makes the cars we love to drive a "very high" profit? *NM* Laz - Wednesday, 6 March, 2013, at 11:20:17 am |
Only for force feeding a girlie transmission on non racing buyers *NM* Gary in SoFL - Wednesday, 6 March, 2013, at 12:27:08 pm |
Face it Gary, it's a natural progression. Guenter in Ontario - Wednesday, 6 March, 2013, at 1:23:14 pm |
That's a metaphor for the Google car. *NM* Laz - Wednesday, 6 March, 2013, at 2:24:39 pm |
Exactly. *NM* Guenter in Ontario - Wednesday, 6 March, 2013, at 2:50:06 pm |
Re: Only for force feeding a girlie transmission on non racing buyers Laz - Wednesday, 6 March, 2013, at 2:27:58 pm |
Steerable rear wheels--wonder how Walter Röhrl feels about that one. *NM* MikenOH - Monday, 4 March, 2013, at 9:45:28 pm |
Gimmick. Bruce In Philly (2000 S Boxster, now '09 C2S) - Tuesday, 5 March, 2013, at 8:36:20 am |
Re: Gimmick. MikenOH - Tuesday, 5 March, 2013, at 9:38:42 am |
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Bruce In Philly (2000 S Boxster, now '09 C2S)
True, I have no clue what steerable rear wheels do in a track situation at the limits, but I had a Honda Prelude with 4-wheel steering and frankly, it is just a gimmick. Even Honda's marketing literature was grasping for straws when they said something like "effortless lane changes". Wha? Since when were lane changes difficult?
What the system was really good for was parking. I could parallel park that thing into unbelievably narrow spaces.... although when I did, I wondered how the people around me were going to get out of their spaces without crushing my bumpers (and yes they did).
The system worked in an interested way. Under a certain speed (15 MPH?) the wheels turned in opposite directions making turning incredibly tight. Over that speed, the wheels turned in parallel although not to the same degree of course. This aspect was completely undetectable to me.
On a related subject, now owning a 2009 C2S, I think Porsche may be straying from building sports cars, and building gimmicky GT cars..... I know I have heard that before, but my new experiences with my new-to-me C2S are really bringing these thoughts to me more and more.
Peace,
Bruce in Philly
Re: Gimmick. Guenter in Ontario - Tuesday, 5 March, 2013, at 9:56:46 am |
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Bruce In Philly (2000 S Boxster, now '09 C2S)
On a related subject, now owning a 2009 C2S, I think Porsche may be straying from building sports cars, and building gimmicky GT cars..... I know I have heard that before, but my new experiences with my new-to-me C2S are really bringing these thoughts to me more and more.
Peace,
Bruce in Philly
I'll write a beter review in a month or so when I have more seat time. Bruce In Philly (2000 S Boxster, now '09 C2S) - Tuesday, 5 March, 2013, at 9:05:23 pm |
Re: Gimmick. MikenOH - Wednesday, 6 March, 2013, at 10:07:21 am |
Re: Gimmick. Gary in SoFL - Wednesday, 6 March, 2013, at 12:33:58 pm |
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Bruce In Philly (2000 S Boxster, now '09 C2S)
.....I think Porsche may be straying from building sports cars, and building gimmicky GT cars..... I know I have heard that before, but my new experiences with my new-to-me C2S are really bringing these thoughts to me more and more.
Peace,
Bruce in Philly
Here's a video of an early prototype Boxsterra - Thursday, 7 March, 2013, at 6:42:45 pm |
Sounds like with a little caster adjustment it's a "go" for full production! *NM* Laz - Thursday, 7 March, 2013, at 7:11:01 pm |
an automatic with a TV set in the dash to lead you to the nearest Starbucks great *NM* old timer - Wednesday, 6 March, 2013, at 5:37:29 pm |
Re: an automatic with a TV set in the dash to lead you to the nearest Starbucks great Laz - Wednesday, 6 March, 2013, at 6:01:18 pm |
There's still lots of room for improvement there Guenter in Ontario - Wednesday, 6 March, 2013, at 6:36:30 pm |