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Old 02-06-2016, 06:21 PM
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Old 02-06-2016, 06:30 PM
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I drive something like that when Im late for work
Old 02-06-2016, 07:22 PM
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Me too.
Old 02-06-2016, 08:33 PM
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I have bought bicycle seats from one of his sponsors.
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I wonder if that voids the warranty.
Old 02-06-2016, 09:51 PM
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Do you think he got any over-revs?
Old 02-06-2016, 10:11 PM
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Does he use Mobil 1 0w-40?
Old 02-06-2016, 10:16 PM
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Sounds like the Gundo hack. Do you think he has a bespoke interior?
Old 02-06-2016, 10:25 PM
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He messed with the stock aero the way that Porsche engineers perfectly balanced it. His car is probably unstable at speed.
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nicht schlecht herr specht

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Only Walter Röhrl could have done better
Old 02-06-2016, 10:42 PM
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So far I see no evidence of this car ever being tracked.
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Why would he do that ? Doesn't he know all gt3s belong in a garage so they can appreciate ten percent over 10 years ? Gosh.
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Cool, but it sounds to me like that car has a PDK automatic transmission. Didn't think the 997 GT3 was ever equipped as such.
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Originally Posted by 911grizzly
Cool, but it sounds to me like that car has a PDK automatic transmission. Didn't think the 997 GT3 was ever equipped as such.
It probably has a sequential transmission.
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I bet it gets sold as a CPO one day as it was owned by an old man who only drove it on clear weekends and kept it garaged, covered, and waxed it every Sunday.


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