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Old 04-20-2011, 06:38 PM
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^^^ ohhh. I'm not feeling so good .... So, do they put them in the 'crusher' then have 3 guy's with 3 red buttons in a side room behind glass all push their buttons at the same time and only one is 'live' ..?
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Originally Posted by timothymoffat

S-GO 1113
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these 'Test' units are destroyed by the factory afterward
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Almost certainly.
Oh, no ... S-GO 1113? Say it isn't so!

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^^^ I'd better do something, or there'll be several Speedster stuck in 'Middle Earth' ..:-)
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Originally Posted by JPP

So, do they put them in the 'crusher' then have 3 guy's with 3 red buttons in a side room behind glass all push their buttons at the same time and only one is 'live' ..?
Walter Röhrl deciding which of the two Speedsters gets to live through the day

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Originally Posted by JPP

I know that manufacturers create 'Test' units that don't carry real 'Vin' numbers because they are destroyed by the factory afterward
In this case, I hope they're just painted black & de-badged:

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^^ Re-painting the supposedly demolished demos is the perfect solution, since everyone knows the 997 Speedster isn't offered in black
Originally Posted by USA Today

The new $204,000 rear-wheel-drive roadster will come in that sky blue color, but if you insist, Porsche will make the 911 Speedster in white at no extra charge.

Want another color? Sorry.
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Originally Posted by curve lover

I hope they're just de-badged
...to pay homage to the only 993 born as Speedster:
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Butzi's NB beauty...

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Originally Posted by curve lover

the 997 Speedster isn't offered in black
Old 05-13-2011, 03:55 AM
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Originally Posted by curve lover
in the biggest german car magazine called "Auto Motor und Sport" is a private advertisment about a black 997 speedster for sale. Price is 245.000 EUR.

i don1t have the mag with me, but i will search it and scan
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^^^looks like the 'test lot' just down the street from the old museum in Stuttgart. It is a 'must see' when you're there, because it's where all of the test mules are parked between "evaluation runs". There's all kinds of prototype body modded GT series and Turbo cars just parked door handle to door handle, completely trashed from high-speed autobahn and track work ... It's HEAVEN!!
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Originally Posted by JPP

^^^looks like the 'test lot' just down the street from the old museum in Stuttgart.

It is a 'must see' when you're there, because it's where all of the test mules are parked between "evaluation runs".
It's HEAVEN!!
I was there visiting 'heaven' & saw an 'angel' (otherwise known as a lucky Porsche employee) who had just finished an 'evaluation run.' He sped up in a brand new Boxster S. Screeching to a halt, he kicked out his anonymous friend from the copilot seat, & then disappeared with his next buddy.

Each of their grins was as wide as the back of your C2S cab


It's my impression every Porsche employee can apply to test drive cars right off the assembly line for a year at a time.
There are stipulations, like maybe only getting the gig once a decade, but ... what a PERK!
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Originally Posted by curve lover
Can't see too much of a nice pair:


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