lucky kid...
03-03-2017, 07:56 AM
#1
Instructor
Thread Starter
03-03-2017, 08:37 AM
#2
Rennlist Member
awesome article. Thanks for sharing!
03-03-2017, 11:49 AM
#3
Three Wheelin'
And to think...
What I paid for my '83 928s last October is just $100 more than I paid for my '82 Scirocco back in 1989 when I was in HS...
So...Comparing the window stickers...$10,800 new for the 'roc in 1982 versus $43,000 for the 928s in 1983.
Just randomness -
What I paid for my '83 928s last October is just $100 more than I paid for my '82 Scirocco back in 1989 when I was in HS...
So...Comparing the window stickers...$10,800 new for the 'roc in 1982 versus $43,000 for the 928s in 1983.
Just randomness -
03-03-2017, 03:12 PM
#5
Nice article. Good for her going after a car of her dreams. I wish I had the gumption to do that when I was her age but my dad was preaching 401Ks and bonds, not driving me around in a sweet 928 when I was a kid!
Not sure how to interpret this quote from the article, "The 928 was first unveiled in 1977 at the Geneva Motor Show, and its profile at the time can be compared to how the Panamera is viewed today" If it's trying to say that public reaction to the aesthetics was the same, I have to disagree. I wasn't old enough to remember the release of the 928 nor remember seeing them on the road when I was growing up in Pittsburgh. But when the Panamera was released, me and all my car buds were pretty much in agreement that the car was...well...ugly. Not sure the 928 was every widely viewed that way.
Not sure how to interpret this quote from the article, "The 928 was first unveiled in 1977 at the Geneva Motor Show, and its profile at the time can be compared to how the Panamera is viewed today" If it's trying to say that public reaction to the aesthetics was the same, I have to disagree. I wasn't old enough to remember the release of the 928 nor remember seeing them on the road when I was growing up in Pittsburgh. But when the Panamera was released, me and all my car buds were pretty much in agreement that the car was...well...ugly. Not sure the 928 was every widely viewed that way.
03-03-2017, 04:34 PM
#6
Nordschleife Master
Look who wrote it.
They want to make the Panamara seem as cool as possible.
And I think that it was more of "Wow, it's different. Is it really a Porsche?" that they were thinking was the reaction.
And I absolutely hate the statement that the 928 was intended to replace the 911. Implying that they wanted to replace the 911.
The 928 was designed and built out of the fear that the 911 would not be able to pass pending safety and emissions laws that had been proposed in the US.
There was a very real fear that the 911 would be basically outlawed in their biggest market.
They want to make the Panamara seem as cool as possible.
And I think that it was more of "Wow, it's different. Is it really a Porsche?" that they were thinking was the reaction.
And I absolutely hate the statement that the 928 was intended to replace the 911. Implying that they wanted to replace the 911.
The 928 was designed and built out of the fear that the 911 would not be able to pass pending safety and emissions laws that had been proposed in the US.
There was a very real fear that the 911 would be basically outlawed in their biggest market.
03-03-2017, 05:09 PM
#7
Instructor
Thread Starter
I think they meant that Porsche meant to sell them to upper social crust... Hence the moniker "A dentist's [and/or] wife's Porsche."
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03-03-2017, 05:12 PM
#8
Instructor
Thread Starter
Nice article. Good for her going after a car of her dreams. I wish I had the gumption to do that when I was her age but my dad was preaching 401Ks and bonds, not driving me around in a sweet 928 when I was a kid!
Not sure how to interpret this quote from the article, "The 928 was first unveiled in 1977 at the Geneva Motor Show, and its profile at the time can be compared to how the Panamera is viewed today" If it's trying to say that public reaction to the aesthetics was the same, I have to disagree. I wasn't old enough to remember the release of the 928 nor remember seeing them on the road when I was growing up in Pittsburgh. But when the Panamera was released, me and all my car buds were pretty much in agreement that the car was...well...ugly. Not sure the 928 was every widely viewed that way.
Not sure how to interpret this quote from the article, "The 928 was first unveiled in 1977 at the Geneva Motor Show, and its profile at the time can be compared to how the Panamera is viewed today" If it's trying to say that public reaction to the aesthetics was the same, I have to disagree. I wasn't old enough to remember the release of the 928 nor remember seeing them on the road when I was growing up in Pittsburgh. But when the Panamera was released, me and all my car buds were pretty much in agreement that the car was...well...ugly. Not sure the 928 was every widely viewed that way.
Look who wrote it.
They want to make the Panamara seem as cool as possible.
And I think that it was more of "Wow, it's different. Is it really a Porsche?" that they were thinking was the reaction.
And I absolutely hate the statement that the 928 was intended to replace the 911. Implying that they wanted to replace the 911.
The 928 was designed and built out of the fear that the 911 would not be able to pass pending safety and emissions laws that had been proposed in the US.
There was a very real fear that the 911 would be basically outlawed in their biggest market.
They want to make the Panamara seem as cool as possible.
And I think that it was more of "Wow, it's different. Is it really a Porsche?" that they were thinking was the reaction.
And I absolutely hate the statement that the 928 was intended to replace the 911. Implying that they wanted to replace the 911.
The 928 was designed and built out of the fear that the 911 would not be able to pass pending safety and emissions laws that had been proposed in the US.
There was a very real fear that the 911 would be basically outlawed in their biggest market.
03-03-2017, 10:47 PM
#9
Rennlist Member
Entertaining article; thanks for posting it.
I had to read the whole thing to see that she got the MT. Good girl!
I had to read the whole thing to see that she got the MT. Good girl!
03-07-2017, 08:16 AM
#11
Rennlist Member
Fighting off all the attention from men just took on a whole new level.
