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Old 01-28-05, 03:44 PM
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Default 2004 Porsche Carrera GT

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Old 01-28-05, 04:11 PM
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Not shiny enough .. (sarcasm)



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"Makes a great gift for Any Occasion"

hint hint nudge nudge....birthday's next month...
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that focker is bad!

do they make that in a non-convertable?
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It's an awesome car, but I've heard some owners have major issues with its clutch engagement ,& that it's too low to be driven on regular roads at all, so it's entirely impractical except on tracks. I've read about a new owner already wanting to sell it after only a couple weeks of ownership because of the disappointment with the above issues, which he did not have with the other dozen or so exotic cars he has owned/driven, including the Enzo.(that article is in Robb Report I think)

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Where do you put the Pizza Hut or Domino's sign?
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Old 01-28-05, 07:23 PM
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Wow!! Looks like a highly modded MR-S!!
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pshh.... 2004.

Who wants a 1 year old car?! Get with the times!!
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....like whoaa....
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Originally Posted by RA40
Where do you put the Pizza Hut or Domino's sign?

On the rear spoiler!
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new 911 Turbo pics?

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nice find lexusluver...but you sure its not a modified 996? the front headlights, non-aero mirros along with the exhaust look like a 996 modified.
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Originally Posted by tetra7
nice find lexusluver...but you sure its not a modified 996? the front headlights, non-aero mirros along with the exhaust look like a 996 modified.
test-mules are usually clad with body pieces of different cars... that way the car being tested isn't so easily given away. I like the wheels on that car...
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man the GT, what a beauty.... i know i can never own that car, so guess i will just drool over it

and the new turbo huh? i really want to see the performance figures on it
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Originally Posted by SexySC
It's an awesome car, but I've heard some owners have major issues with its clutch engagement ,& that it's too low to be driven on regular roads at all, so it's entirely impractical except on tracks. I've read about a new owner already wanting to sell it after only a couple weeks of ownership because of the disappointment with the above issues, which he did not have with the other dozen or so exotic cars he has owned/driven, including the Enzo.(that article is in Robb Report I think)
I wonder if the clutch engagement has anything to do with their all-new ceramic clutch plate that is only with the GT (for now).

That picture posted of the possible turbo..well if you take a closer look at the new Boxster coupe; it has the same profile lines but with a whale fin to it. I think that picture is just a possible Boxster turbo.. I don't have a clue what this is going to say about the new Turbo S.

Actually, if you guys could truly afford a supercar; wht would it be? I'm rehashing this question because I started to think about it, and most of these cars are VERY HIGH maintenance vehicles. So, I would think you would want authorized shops to work on them, but in many places such as where I live, those shops don't exist. I don't even think we can get Aston Martin's latest creations here in Texas w/out having to go out of state. So that leaves me to believe that the Porsches make a pretty much daily driver / track car that can be easily taken care of. What say you?

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