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Date:         Fri, 28 May 2004 17:25:08 -0700
Reply-To:     Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
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From:         Jim Arnott <jrasite@EONI.COM>
Subject:      Re: no VW sports cars?
Comments: To: John Connolly <john@AIRCOOLED.NET>
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What I find amusing is that in Paul Frere's most excellent book "The Racing Porsches" the photo of the cars the Porsche considered to be "racing Porsches" includes not a single 911/912 body style and yet does include no less than two 914s parked amongst the 904, 906, 908, 910 and 917s.

Jim

On Friday, May 28, 2004, at 14:56 US/Pacific, John Connolly wrote:

> I find it humorous that a 914 will easily out-handle a 911, from stock > to > fully modified, if you spend the same amount of time in either case. > The 911 > snobs usually shut up when you point this out. > > John >


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