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Old 12-20-08, 09:17 PM
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Do you buy a regular porsche and let them upgrade it or do you buy vehicles directly from them? Anyone know where I could find out prices for RUF Porsches? I plan on buying one when I win a poker tourney.
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http://www.rufautocentre.com/
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Old 12-20-08, 10:38 PM
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There is a Ruf North American center in Dallas.
 
Old 12-20-08, 10:55 PM
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I wonder if its done through authorized dealerships, shops, etc. Good question though. I remeber reading an article about a Ruf Porsce when I was a kid and the article was saying that you needed to watch how you down gear in this car, because if you drop a gear and hit it hard you can easily end up on top of the car in front of you. They are violently quick cars
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Originally Posted by NINEZeRO
Do you buy a regular porsche and let them upgrade it or do you buy vehicles directly from them? Anyone know where I could find out prices for RUF Porsches? I plan on buying one when I win a poker tourney.
The prefered method is to go see the owner Alois Ruf he will listen to what you want, take you on test drives in his demo, and build your personalized Ruf which is built from a bare 911 shell "body in white" just like most race cars. Ruf is a manufacturer not a tuner.

Phone # 004908265911911 www.rufautomobile.de if you still need it

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There is one in Bahrain :P
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What's the pot on that tourney? just curious
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Old 12-21-08, 05:05 PM
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RUF is in the December Road and Track a very interesting article.
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That Ruf car in road and track was based on the carera GT. It was a beast ,but the sticker ( as usual ) was astronomical. I would prefer to do mild cosmetic mods to a car like that and save the Ruf money for a cheap track car that I can beat on with no shame or guilt
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Originally Posted by SCboy
What's the pot on that tourney? just curious
Don't have one yet. I was planning to enter one in the $300k range.
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