How do you pronounce 928?
10-04-2015, 10:19 PM
#46
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Stranger: "Hey, is that a Porsche?"
Me: "Yup."
Stranger: "What kind?"
Me: "It's a nine twenty-eight"
Stranger: "A what?!"
Me: "It's the Risky Business car."
Stranger: "Right on!"
Now I tell people that it's a Porsche RB.
Me: "Yup."
Stranger: "What kind?"
Me: "It's a nine twenty-eight"
Stranger: "A what?!"
Me: "It's the Risky Business car."
Stranger: "Right on!"
Now I tell people that it's a Porsche RB.
10-06-2015, 12:08 PM
#49
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Anyone notice on the Holbert video how far the rear wheel was set in the wheel arch- I believe they ran with 205 sections front and rear to reduce drag thus why Holbert complained of the wheels slipping at 170 mph- just not enough grip- apparently he reckoned it might have gone faster with grippier tyres.
Oh and yes- it is a Nine Two Eight in the more refined parts of the world- that is what Top Gear called it as well so they must be right.
Rgds
Fred
Oh and yes- it is a Nine Two Eight in the more refined parts of the world- that is what Top Gear called it as well so they must be right.
Rgds
Fred
10-10-2015, 07:46 AM
#50
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I remember being on vacation in the UK back in 1983. On the campsite there wer a group of schoolkids from Germany. One of them said on a very relaxed tone: "Mein Muttie hat ein neun-zwo-acht". (My mom has a nine-two-eight)
This explains a lot:
- the 928 is a car for women with children
- It's totally normail to have a 928
- The german pronounciation translates into: nine-two-eigt
This explains a lot:
- the 928 is a car for women with children
- It's totally normail to have a 928
- The german pronounciation translates into: nine-two-eigt
10-10-2015, 08:32 AM
#51
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I remember being on vacation in the UK back in 1983. On the campsite there wer a group of schoolkids from Germany. One of them said on a very relaxed tone: "Mein Muttie hat ein neun-zwo-acht". (My mom has a nine-two-eight)
This explains a lot:
- the 928 is a car for women with children
- It's totally normail to have a 928
- The german pronounciation translates into: nine-two-eigt
This explains a lot:
- the 928 is a car for women with children
- It's totally normail to have a 928
- The german pronounciation translates into: nine-two-eigt
10-10-2015, 05:15 PM
#53
Drifting
I found this from clarksons twitter account, I have not seen it before
don't know every time but this time he said www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQzQp4JBi3I
10-10-2015, 09:04 PM
#55
das ist eine kleine schöne freuline
QUOTE=FredR;12648477]Anyone notice on the Holbert video how far the rear wheel was set in the wheel arch- I believe they ran with 205 sections front and rear to reduce drag thus why Holbert complained of the wheels slipping at 170 mph- just not enough grip- apparently he reckoned it might have gone faster with grippier tyres.
Oh and yes- it is a Nine Two Eight in the more refined parts of the world- that is what Top Gear called it as well so they must be right.
Rgds
Fred[/QUOTE]
QUOTE=FredR;12648477]Anyone notice on the Holbert video how far the rear wheel was set in the wheel arch- I believe they ran with 205 sections front and rear to reduce drag thus why Holbert complained of the wheels slipping at 170 mph- just not enough grip- apparently he reckoned it might have gone faster with grippier tyres.
Oh and yes- it is a Nine Two Eight in the more refined parts of the world- that is what Top Gear called it as well so they must be right.
Rgds
Fred[/QUOTE]
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01-12-2016, 12:23 PM
#58
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356 = Three Fifty-Six
550 = Five fifty
911 = Nine Eleven
912 = Nine Twelve
918 = Nine Eighteen
924 = Nine Twenty-Four
944 = Nine Forty-Four
968 = Nine Sixty-Eight
964 = Nine Sixty-four
And So Forth!
So how does 928 (Nine Twenty-Eight) become Nine Two Eight? Mostly, it appears only in places where they drive on the wrong side of the road and others commonly referred to as "Down Under."
550 = Five fifty
911 = Nine Eleven
912 = Nine Twelve
918 = Nine Eighteen
924 = Nine Twenty-Four
944 = Nine Forty-Four
968 = Nine Sixty-Eight
964 = Nine Sixty-four
And So Forth!
So how does 928 (Nine Twenty-Eight) become Nine Two Eight? Mostly, it appears only in places where they drive on the wrong side of the road and others commonly referred to as "Down Under."
01-12-2016, 03:51 PM
#59
Drifting
928,...nine-twenty-eight... It's like 911 or Nine-One-One. Depends who you ask....."What do I have? ..An '83 SHARK,Euro-S 5 speed." Says it all, no mistake.
