Took client for spin - nearly caused heart faliure...
01-20-2006, 04:49 AM
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Took client for spin - nearly caused heart faliure...
One of my clients has been teasing me about the 928. He's known me for a few years now, but has never seen the car (I don't take it to visit clients) -- so he kept saying that I did not really have one, just made this up, etc...
Today, the weather was nice and I decided to take the 928 out. I stopped at his office and told him I had the car for him to see. After [jokingly] asking where I borrowed it, he did not refuse my offer for a ride...
So we get in the car, and start driving out of the parking lot - and he starts teasing me that it's an automatic. So me thinks 'I'm going to show you what automatic this is'... Shifter in 2 [for 1st gear sstart] I exit the parking lot and floor it.
He gets that "endless rubber band" feeling and freaks out before I step off in second gear. So I go slow over the train tracks and head towards the freeway. Unfortunately there is a lot of traffic, so we can't do anything crazy.
Off at the next exit I brake really late, giving him another scare. No problem for a 928, though. 90 Degree right turn at the next light; I just tap the brake and step back on the gas. HE panics -- the car responds with "how boring"! Not even a hint of tire squeak... you know how much margin was left here.
One more light before we're back at the office, and it turns red just as we approach. Great - another chance to get his adrenalin pumping. Shifter again on 2 and full throttle launch until about 45mph, then we have to slow for the parking.
He is all worked up, gasping for air, studies the interior and then the exterior in a certain disbelief. Somehow the poor man looks a bit shaken to me... Hope he did not suffer any lasting damage!
Just two weeks ago I did this with a software developer I have been working with in the past. He had never been in a sports car, let alone a Porsche. Took him on a rather empty freeway, but this time we got to hit 125 really quick. He was very calm, but when we came back he said "Now I understand why people love Porsches". Right on!
Today, the weather was nice and I decided to take the 928 out. I stopped at his office and told him I had the car for him to see. After [jokingly] asking where I borrowed it, he did not refuse my offer for a ride...
So we get in the car, and start driving out of the parking lot - and he starts teasing me that it's an automatic. So me thinks 'I'm going to show you what automatic this is'... Shifter in 2 [for 1st gear sstart] I exit the parking lot and floor it.
He gets that "endless rubber band" feeling and freaks out before I step off in second gear. So I go slow over the train tracks and head towards the freeway. Unfortunately there is a lot of traffic, so we can't do anything crazy.
Off at the next exit I brake really late, giving him another scare. No problem for a 928, though. 90 Degree right turn at the next light; I just tap the brake and step back on the gas. HE panics -- the car responds with "how boring"! Not even a hint of tire squeak... you know how much margin was left here.
One more light before we're back at the office, and it turns red just as we approach. Great - another chance to get his adrenalin pumping. Shifter again on 2 and full throttle launch until about 45mph, then we have to slow for the parking.
He is all worked up, gasping for air, studies the interior and then the exterior in a certain disbelief. Somehow the poor man looks a bit shaken to me... Hope he did not suffer any lasting damage!
Just two weeks ago I did this with a software developer I have been working with in the past. He had never been in a sports car, let alone a Porsche. Took him on a rather empty freeway, but this time we got to hit 125 really quick. He was very calm, but when we came back he said "Now I understand why people love Porsches". Right on!
01-20-2006, 04:58 AM
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Thanks for sharing Nicole,
I really enjoyed your colourful description of his reaction.
Either you gave him the Porsche bug and he will want one.
Or he will never ride with you again
Cheers/Ppeter
I really enjoyed your colourful description of his reaction.
Either you gave him the Porsche bug and he will want one.
Or he will never ride with you again
Cheers/Ppeter
01-20-2006, 05:38 AM
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I once had a friend who asked me how fast my GT was while we were out driving, I calmly said that I don't know and started accelerating. I believe that we hit an indicated 274 km/h on that little run and had to slow down for traffic ahead. He now talks about it every time we meet. 
01-20-2006, 08:53 AM
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Yeah, if Anders would have been the driver today, I'd have one less client for my business and a lawsulit for wrongful death... 
Nah, just kidding!
Bill: I doubt he would ride with you - at least not, if we tell him beforehand what's under the hood.
Nah, just kidding!
Bill: I doubt he would ride with you - at least not, if we tell him beforehand what's under the hood.
01-20-2006, 09:01 AM
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Either you gave him the Porsche bug and he will want one.
Or he will never ride with you again
Cheers/Ppeter
Or he will never ride with you again
Cheers/Ppeter
Great Story Nicole!
01-20-2006, 09:41 AM
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That's a super story Nicole. 
I had a similar situation with a neighbor of mine who had heard a 928 can go 0-60 and back to 0 in 9 seconds. He didn't beleive it. (This was on my old '82 with the NOS setup )
We went over to a back road where there wasn't any traffic. Came to a complete stop. I confirmed that he had his setbelt on TIGHT! Then I punched it (with the NOS, of course). 10, 20, 30, 50, 60! BRRAAAAKkkkkeee! [Dead stop] Total elapsed time, about 8 or 9 seconds!
He said, "Holy crap! I think I just sharted (half sh!+/half fart) my pants! That was awesome!"
You should add that to your arrsenal of tricks to freak people out in the 928! Plus it only takes 9 seconds or less.
I had a similar situation with a neighbor of mine who had heard a 928 can go 0-60 and back to 0 in 9 seconds. He didn't beleive it. (This was on my old '82 with the NOS setup
)We went over to a back road where there wasn't any traffic. Came to a complete stop. I confirmed that he had his setbelt on TIGHT! Then I punched it (with the NOS, of course). 10, 20, 30, 50, 60! BRRAAAAKkkkkeee! [Dead stop] Total elapsed time, about 8 or 9 seconds!
He said, "Holy crap! I think I just sharted (half sh!+/half fart) my pants! That was awesome!"
You should add that to your arrsenal of tricks to freak people out in the 928! Plus it only takes 9 seconds or less.
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01-20-2006, 10:13 AM
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You are damn lucky he didn't "mess up" the interior.
01-20-2006, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill Ball
Good one, Nicole! If you decide you need to finish him off, I'll be glad to give him a ride, too.
that exactly what i was thinking.
01-20-2006, 12:49 PM
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Bite thy tounge...
Heresy!
Blasphemy in print.
Alas, I was but one of the few who saw this corruption coming.
The fair madchen from Deutchland has fallen.
From the commanding heigths of rightiousness it was only two years ago
that we listened to Nicoles' soft but strong voice of reason castigate the wicked.
Many was the post/reply where she scolded the evil forces of horsepower...
monster audio systems... and crass exhaust and body modifications.
Those who would violate the laws of man (speed limits), and those who would dare
endanger the genteel, innocent bystander or, traveling public would feel the pain of
her crushing six inch spiked heels after being leveled by her politically correct dragons breath of driving responsibilities.
Where has the fair voice of reason gone, I ask you? Was it one too many frenzy's?
The quiet corruption by association, perhaps? What has brought Nicole to this land of debauchery. How was her resolve weakened?
Heartbroken, we now see Nicole making offerings at the Dark Alter to the God's of HP, Brakes, and Handling. Terrorizing hapless victims to the point of soiling their breeches, what next?
Where will this sad tale end?
Heal thyself Nicole! Otherwise, I have visions of you skittering on the downhill, curvy, cobble stone road to the Stuttgart Stadplatz... water spraying from the oversized tires of a Harlot Red S-4, Wagner blaring -heavy on the bass-.
Rushing to the Mikey Dee's for a viertlefunder mit kasse und ein grossen pomme frites und bier.
And then on to the Platz to chalk in a rather gothic looking rendition of a pillaging SC'd 928.
Envision that, young lady!
Oh my God!
I just noticed ... if you turn the N in Nicole's name to the right 90 degrees it's a ... Z....
Not to be mistaken for Zorro... but, dare I say it?
Zuffenhausen
I was wrong ... Nicole has been corrupted since birth - and a Schwabe babe to boot-.
Good to hear that you are having fun Nicole.
Und now for your listening pleasure...
The Ride of the Valkrie
Heresy!
Blasphemy in print.
Alas, I was but one of the few who saw this corruption coming.
The fair madchen from Deutchland has fallen.
From the commanding heigths of rightiousness it was only two years ago
that we listened to Nicoles' soft but strong voice of reason castigate the wicked.
Many was the post/reply where she scolded the evil forces of horsepower...
monster audio systems... and crass exhaust and body modifications.
Those who would violate the laws of man (speed limits), and those who would dare
endanger the genteel, innocent bystander or, traveling public would feel the pain of
her crushing six inch spiked heels after being leveled by her politically correct dragons breath of driving responsibilities.
Where has the fair voice of reason gone, I ask you? Was it one too many frenzy's?
The quiet corruption by association, perhaps? What has brought Nicole to this land of debauchery. How was her resolve weakened?
Heartbroken, we now see Nicole making offerings at the Dark Alter to the God's of HP, Brakes, and Handling. Terrorizing hapless victims to the point of soiling their breeches, what next?
Where will this sad tale end?
Heal thyself Nicole! Otherwise, I have visions of you skittering on the downhill, curvy, cobble stone road to the Stuttgart Stadplatz... water spraying from the oversized tires of a Harlot Red S-4, Wagner blaring -heavy on the bass-.
Rushing to the Mikey Dee's for a viertlefunder mit kasse und ein grossen pomme frites und bier.
And then on to the Platz to chalk in a rather gothic looking rendition of a pillaging SC'd 928.
Envision that, young lady!
Oh my God!
I just noticed ... if you turn the N in Nicole's name to the right 90 degrees it's a ... Z....
Not to be mistaken for Zorro... but, dare I say it?
Zuffenhausen
I was wrong ... Nicole has been corrupted since birth - and a Schwabe babe to boot-.
Good to hear that you are having fun Nicole.
Und now for your listening pleasure...
The Ride of the Valkrie
01-20-2006, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by John Struthers
Bite thy tounge...
Heresy!
Blasphemy in print.
Alas, I was but one of the few who saw this corruption coming.
The fair madchen from Deutchland has fallen.
From the commanding heigths of rightiousness it was only two years ago
that we listened to Nicoles' soft but strong voice of reason castigate the wicked.
Many was the post/reply where she scolded the evil forces of horsepower...
monster audio systems... and crass exhaust and body modifications.
Those who would violate the laws of man (speed limits), and those who would dare
endanger the genteel, innocent bystander or, traveling public would feel the pain of
her crushing six inch spiked heels after being leveled by her politically correct dragons breath of driving responsibilities.
Where has the fair voice of reason gone, I ask you? Was it one too many frenzy's?
The quiet corruption by association, perhaps? What has brought Nicole to this land of debauchery. How was her resolve weakened?
Heartbroken, we now see Nicole making offerings at the Dark Alter to the God's of HP, Brakes, and Handling. Terrorizing hapless victims to the point of soiling their breeches, what next?
Where will this sad tale end?
Heal thyself Nicole!
Heresy!
Blasphemy in print.
Alas, I was but one of the few who saw this corruption coming.
The fair madchen from Deutchland has fallen.
From the commanding heigths of rightiousness it was only two years ago
that we listened to Nicoles' soft but strong voice of reason castigate the wicked.
Many was the post/reply where she scolded the evil forces of horsepower...
monster audio systems... and crass exhaust and body modifications.
Those who would violate the laws of man (speed limits), and those who would dare
endanger the genteel, innocent bystander or, traveling public would feel the pain of
her crushing six inch spiked heels after being leveled by her politically correct dragons breath of driving responsibilities.
Where has the fair voice of reason gone, I ask you? Was it one too many frenzy's?
The quiet corruption by association, perhaps? What has brought Nicole to this land of debauchery. How was her resolve weakened?
Heartbroken, we now see Nicole making offerings at the Dark Alter to the God's of HP, Brakes, and Handling. Terrorizing hapless victims to the point of soiling their breeches, what next?
Where will this sad tale end?
Heal thyself Nicole!
BINGO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
01-20-2006, 01:12 PM
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Nicole
Good thing you have new front brake rotors!!!!! Great story.....
I took my brother-in-law to be for a ride a couple weeks ago....90 degree left hander after a stop....did a Bill-Ball one legger burnout that was SWEET....solid track for about ....70ft or so....huge cloud of smoke...it was awesome....needless to say B-I-L is impressed!
Good thing you have new front brake rotors!!!!! Great story.....
I took my brother-in-law to be for a ride a couple weeks ago....90 degree left hander after a stop....did a Bill-Ball one legger burnout that was SWEET....solid track for about ....70ft or so....huge cloud of smoke...it was awesome....needless to say B-I-L is impressed!
01-20-2006, 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by John Struthers
Bite thy tounge...
That was by far the funniest thing I have ever read on this forum!
My two scare-stories from my (ex) 928S:
1) Chatty coworker - he was merrily babbling away about something when we hit the open stretch of road and I stomped it. The roar and thrust shut him up in mid-sentence and he clenched the doorhandle as we saw 120 come and go. He was quieter after that.
2) Coworker bragging about his cousin's hot '89 Mustang. As we approached a nice wet slight-downhill right turn, he said his cousin could drive sideways at will. "Like this?" I replied and eased some extra throttle in the turn and executed a perfect Dukes Of Hazzard drift exiting it. After a minute he regained his composure and said "I need new shorts!" in a kind of strangled voice.
