Sweet blue and white R at dealer today
05-11-2017, 09:08 PM
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Drifting
05-11-2017, 09:14 PM
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Addict
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WestBank (12-05-2023)
05-11-2017, 09:15 PM
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Drifting
This was at my dealer today going in for PP film. Spec'd by our local billionaire. Get this, the paint is a very pearlescent white but the blue stripes are painted too. According to dealer Porsche only painted the stripes on 4 cars. He bought 3 of them. This is just one of his. MSRP north of $400k. Insane CXX. Wish I would have got more shots. Maybe at the next C&C.
Alec
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Brian Himmelman (12-05-2023)
05-11-2017, 09:18 PM
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Blue wheels? My eyes are still blinking in discomfort.
05-11-2017, 10:43 PM
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05-11-2017, 10:58 PM
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Banned
If I had F you money I would rock that all day long.
05-11-2017, 11:18 PM
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05-11-2017, 11:35 PM
#25
Burning Brakes
Hey, he has three to choose from, so he has choices. Good for him!
Personally, I think it's a bit of a waste to make an R look like a GT3 or a GT3 RS look-a-like. I think the car deserves a slightly more subtle treatment.
Walter Rohrl's R is a great example
Personally, I think it's a bit of a waste to make an R look like a GT3 or a GT3 RS look-a-like. I think the car deserves a slightly more subtle treatment.
Walter Rohrl's R is a great example
05-12-2017, 12:13 AM
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Drifting
This was at my dealer today going in for PP film. Spec'd by our local billionaire. Get this, the paint is a very pearlescent white but the blue stripes are painted too. According to dealer Porsche only painted the stripes on 4 cars. He bought 3 of them. This is just one of his. MSRP north of $400k. Insane CXX. Wish I would have got more shots. Maybe at the next C&C.
Alec
Alec
) Just needs a wash and some tire shine..
05-12-2017, 02:58 AM
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05-12-2017, 02:25 PM
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'Local Hero'...
At that time he had just three 918's that he ordered
from new. And thus his 3 911R's make sense (3 918s,
3 VIP allocations & voila...3 911 R's!). And he was quite
the gentleman too...and a very kind hearted spirit!
Here is a post I wrote on the 918 forum after that
encounter, just before he let me drive his 918 back
to where he had it parked by the PCA hospitality tent:
I had an interesting conversation at Rennsport V with the gentleman from Minnesota that owns this
...and a few other 918s. He had just driven his 'Hippie' livery 918 at Laguna Seca, where each 918
in attendance (around 14) were invited to do a few laps during the lunch time break. I was standing
by Turn 5, which is where the lap cars were going in & out. I saw him exit the track after his laps.
But instead of returning immediately to the PCA island where he was parked all weekend, he just
stopped next to where I was standing and helped his passenger get out of the car. The passenger
was a young man that was a paraplegic. The 918 owner/driver helped the man into his wheelchair,
which his friends had brought to where the car was now standing. He briefly talked to his passenger,
exchanged contact information & then the young paraplegic man & his friends left.
As the owner was getting ready to get back into his 918 to leave, I approach him and introduced
myself. I told him that I had seen pictures of this particular 918 posted at Rennlist by 162435 on
this thread and I had myself written a thread on Rennlist about the special treatment given to a
few final 918s, which went into great detail about the color scheme used on his car:
https://rennlist.com/forums/porsche-...r-stories.html
We talked for a few minutes on that subject and then I asked him about the paraplegic passenger
who had just gotten out of his car. It turned out he was a 'Wounded Warrior', a US military veteran
from either Iraq or Afghanistan, whom he had just been introduced & decided to offer him an e-ticket
ride around Laguna Seca on his 918 super car. It was a memorable ride which I am sure the young
veteran will never forget! And it gives you glimpse of the kind heart & generosity of this particular
918 owner that hails from the state of Minnesota.
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Saludos,
Eduardo
Scottsdale