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Ooooh shiney. Can I have one of those and the Lambo too?
Nice car, awful colour ;)
Yeah but a well setup single supra would still beat it.
:D Only pulling ya leg Martin ;)
Yeah but a well setup single supra would still beat it.
Pffttt, an N/A could have that thing.
Prefer it in Silver :)
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Chris Wilson
11-09-07, 14:16
And the (sort of) triumph of development over design continues... They KNOW an engine shouldn't hang outside the wheelbase, they have shown they can build a sensible layout, but still they foist these things on a gullible public :)
And the (sort of) triumph of development over design continues... They KNOW an engine shouldn't hang outside the wheelbase, they have shown they can build a sensible layout, but still they foist these things on a gullible public :)
Chris have you ever driven a 911?
RobSheffield
11-09-07, 14:44
Any pics of them in black? :)
And the (sort of) triumph of development over design continues... They KNOW an engine shouldn't hang outside the wheelbase, they have shown they can build a sensible layout, but still they foist these things on a gullible public :)
dont those cars go around a track faster than the clap in a chav estate though? cant be that much of a problem?
Any pics of them in black? :)
nah, blacks a shit colour :p
RobSheffield
11-09-07, 14:49
nah, blacks a shit colour :p
Better than [-]orange[/-][-]yellow[/-]sunburst :innocent:
Dam fine car:cool: one day maybe.
Gaz Walker
11-09-07, 14:52
Better than [-]orange[/-][-]yellow[/-]sunburst :innocent:
:D
Black rocks. White would be pretty amazing too I reckon.
Gaz.
Chris Wilson
11-09-07, 16:07
Chris have you ever driven a 911?
Yes, young and old, air and water cooled, N/A and turbo, road and race spec ones. They can be made to go very well, but so could a bedstead, with enough time and money thrown at it :) I am biased though, I can't get my head around a car of this price with a major and basic design flaw!
Chris Wilson
11-09-07, 16:09
dont those cars go around a track faster than the clap in a chav estate though? cant be that much of a problem?
Pardon? :search:
I do believe a certain Lotus engineer around here has to cough "theenginesinthewrongplace" every time they are mentioned as well :D
Yes, young and old, air and water cooled, N/A and turbo, road and race spec ones. They can be made to go very well, but so could a bedstead, with enough time and money thrown at it :) I am biased though, I can't get my head around a car of this price with a major and basic design flaw!
Granted. How do they get the thing to stick so well coming out of corners? Although when they bite, they bite back hard. ;)
Wish they would stick the GT2 engine in a Cayman, seems they have the right idea about that car.
I've never had the desire to own a porsche, never liked the look of them or the sound :search: only supercar i'd have is a 355 or a lambo.
Chris Wilson
11-09-07, 16:31
Granted. How do they get the thing to stick so well coming out of corners? Although when they bite, they bite back hard. ;)
Wish they would stick the GT2 engine in a Cayman, seems they have the right idea about that car.
As I said, a triumph of years of development taming what is basically a far from ideal set up. Modern CAD suspension set ups can introduce passive rear wheel steer and similarly years of development have allowed Porsche to develop front and rear roll centres that move in a sympathetic way to help things. Quite why they don't develop the Cayman more I don't know. I won't go on about the lousy offset driving position, the ergonomically iffy floor hinged pedals and the dire ventilation and heating in the early cars, where a Ford Escort showed them the way on three counts for years and years :)
At least the swing axles have gone, and the things seem to hold their value quite well these days.
I've never had the desire to own a porsche, never liked the look of them or the sound :search: only sueprcar i'd have is a 355 or a lambo.
I'm sure if I had driven a GT2, GT3 etc I would say otherwise, but I'm with you - if I had the money it would be something like a ferrari, lambo etc.
It's still fookin fast though Chris, Sport Auto timed it at 7.29 for the N'ring. They also seem to be the endurance racers favourite too.
Chris Wilson
11-09-07, 16:34
The only Supercar to have is someone elses for the weekend, or if you MUST burn money, hire one until you get it out of your system, and let some other poor sap handle the running costs, depreciation and the good chance it will be modified by some temporally challenged scrote as soon as you park it up :)
I've loved every incarnation of GT2, never understood why everyone keeps banging on about the GT3 for (which is pants IMO).
I'd still have an F430 over it though, and I'd probably end up getting a few years old Diablo if I actually had that kind of money.
The whole reason they keep banging on with the 911 instead of developing the Cayman is the huge following that the 911 has after all these years.
The Cayman has been brought in as the mid-range car at a mid-range price with the 911 and all the stigma to go with it being Porsche's every-man supercar. If they made the Cayman 911 Turbo or GT2 quick then they honestly believe that they will do themselves out of a huge number of sales.
I suppose the man in the street likes to think that he can drive and tame something so 'wrong' and not realise that it's years of Porsche development and engineering that makes him able to go round corners.
Saying that, I drove a 996 Carerra recently and I thought the handling and balance was absolutely amazing compared to my Supra.. <ducks>
Nice, but..........I think i actually prefer the 996 GT2.:blink:
Rob Dublin
12-09-07, 18:15
Said it before on here and I'll say it again... those front indicators in the airdam would look really good on a Supra if done well/blended in properly (ie not stuck on Halfraud's style)
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