Date:         Sun, 6 Oct 2002 20:55:57 -0700
Reply-To:     Jason Weisberger <jweis@WHY.BOTHER.COM>
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From:         Jason Weisberger <jweis@WHY.BOTHER.COM>
Subject:      Re: Porsche's SUV
Comments: To: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <20021006.185604.284.14.wilden1@juno.com>
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I've got a '55 Speedster and I have to say for around town driving its the
worlds slowest sportscar - as well as the worlds most expensive
kharmanghia.

Once you get on the road its amazing. It bites into corners, lets you pop
in and out of traffic like you're on a motorcycle and will make near 90deg
turns if you can handle the oversteer and rear end weight (because it is a
motorcycle with 2 seats and no low end torque.)

However, one mistake with the oversteer and you've just damaged 75-100k of
auto that you can never replace or really repair - so mostly it sits in my
garage.


On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Stan Wilder wrote:

> I've only made a few around the neighborhood drives in this 356c sitting
> in my driveway (friends car) but with just a few trips I can see that the
> sound of the engine, the way it grabs corners and the great acceleration
> it just encourages you to drive fast.
> I'd have to put it in the real sports car category.
> It makes me wonder just how fast James Dean's Porsches were.
> The 356c claims to be 109 top end but even the one in my drive has been
> up-cc-ed and farther modified to put out about 90 hp. That isn't a lot
> unless your ride only weighs 1900 pounds.
> I've been told that they were one of his real things that he used to
> escape the Hollywood crowd.
>
> Stan
>
> On Sun, 6 Oct 2002 16:25:44 -0600 Bob Stevens <mtbiker62@HOTMAIL.COM>
> writes:
> > "If you have never driven a 1960-1980 Porsche, you must before you
> > pass
> > on; it is kind of like the 'first time' all over again; gritty,
> > messy,
> > clumsy, exhilarating, unpredictable, fun, noisy, addictive."
> >
> > ...1970 914-6 with 2.4L, bigger pistons/barrels/ '67S cam, 2
> > rejetted
> > triple-throat Webers. Ya, telephone poles looking like picket fence
> > at 140
> > mph. Noisy, stiffly-sprung critter. Fond memories.
> >
> > Bob
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > http://groups.msn.com/BobsPhotoShare
> >
> >
> >
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