Porsche pertinent: Speedster revival.
09-21-2010, 06:28 PM
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Hold your breath: Porsche unveils new 911 Speedster
Editor's note: [Miss y'all ... I've seen random posts on other threads where friends are trying to get in touch.
Apologies that I disappeared "off the grid" so suddently ... wrapping up night school. My 993, "Speedy" has been featured in at least one more car show since I was last on-line, but I've had to forego sharing on RL. I'm not very good at being an adult; I'm in serious withdrawal from my 993 & Speedster passions & RL friends.
... Luckily, fellow enthusiast just e-mailed with the one update worthy of getting me back back on-line briefly.
Related: while enthusing over Speedy at Gordon McCall's Motorworks Revival last month in Monterey, CA, a Porsche PCNA friend generously & unexpectedly said I'd be the first he'd contact regarding this, but only after Porsche made an official announcement
...standing by!]
^^ OK, enough preamble
Back to what you're here for:
USA Today's "Hold your breath: Porsche unveils new 911 Speedster"
Apologies that I disappeared "off the grid" so suddently ... wrapping up night school. My 993, "Speedy" has been featured in at least one more car show since I was last on-line, but I've had to forego sharing on RL. I'm not very good at being an adult; I'm in serious withdrawal from my 993 & Speedster passions & RL friends.
... Luckily, fellow enthusiast just e-mailed with the one update worthy of getting me back back on-line briefly.
Related: while enthusing over Speedy at Gordon McCall's Motorworks Revival last month in Monterey, CA, a Porsche PCNA friend generously & unexpectedly said I'd be the first he'd contact regarding this, but only after Porsche made an official announcement
...standing by!]^^ OK, enough preamble
Back to what you're here for:USA Today's "Hold your breath: Porsche unveils new 911 Speedster"
Originally Posted by USA Today
The new $204,000 rear-wheel-drive roadster is two inches lower than the rest of the 911s, has a more raked windshield and has a rag top.
Besides stirring souls, Porsche hopes to whip up nostalgia. It says:
It 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.
Besides stirring souls, Porsche hopes to whip up nostalgia. It says:
Originally Posted by Porsche Auto Group
In 1953, the Speedster series was launched as purist sports car based on the Porsche 356. New York Porsche importer Max Hoffman envisioned a lightweight 356 cabriolet that would look and perform in America like no other sports car. The car Porsche created had two sports bucket seats, doors with slide-in plastic windows and a shortened, elegantly curved windscreen and proved to be quite popular, especially in southern California.
In 1988, the second Speedster, this time based on the 911 Carrera, celebrated its revival with an added feature: the characteristic double bubbles. In 1993/1994, the next evolutionary stage of the 911 Carrera was ushered in with the third Speedster edition.
In 1988, the second Speedster, this time based on the 911 Carrera, celebrated its revival with an added feature: the characteristic double bubbles. In 1993/1994, the next evolutionary stage of the 911 Carrera was ushered in with the third Speedster edition.
09-21-2010, 06:49 PM
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2011 "Speedster" in a nutshell: For an extra $100K over a "regular" Carrera 2S, you get it lowered a little, a different windshield, a lid for the top, and a few parts from the bin, like different carpeting, badging, sills and headlights".
What does this thing weigh? Speedster, indeed.
I'd rather have a 993, or even a 964 Speedster over this.
What does this thing weigh? Speedster, indeed.
I'd rather have a 993, or even a 964 Speedster over this.
09-21-2010, 08:10 PM
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Me? I'd like 2 89 Speedsters (1 NB, 1 WB), a 964 Speedster, a 993 Speedster, and one of the new ones. I'm dreaming.......might as well dream big.
I LOVE the new car.
I LOVE the new car.
09-21-2010, 08:25 PM
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black '930' stone guards
^^ I know, right? I keep looking for life's "pause" button 'til this darn degree's done
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09-21-2010, 08:31 PM
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Food for thought for RLer kjr914 (Keith)...
From MarkD's "Stone Guards, before and after pix" thread:
Has anyone ever put black stone guards on a non-black 993, ala the original 911 Turbos (~1976 to ~1989)? That look still blows me away every time I see it. Pic of a 993 with black stone guards?
From MarkD's "Stone Guards, before and after pix" thread:
Has anyone ever put black stone guards on a non-black 993, ala the original 911 Turbos (~1976 to ~1989)? That look still blows me away every time I see it. Pic of a 993 with black stone guards?
Keith-- Hope this helps. More where it came from, if ya like.
Not only kinda what you're asking for, but ...
Cactizz-colored: Can-Can with white!
Not only kinda what you're asking for, but ...
Cactizz-colored: Can-Can with white!
09-21-2010, 08:36 PM
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(thanks Shaun ...;-) ... but you better honk first, or those peeps in the window are gonna be REAL SURPRISED ...
09-21-2010, 09:27 PM
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Always great to see Shaun's shots, especially when it reminds me of the blast we had together with other RLers, PCA, & friends at PCNA's "invitation only" viewing in Monterey last month.
[Speedy saved a space for you ... but the "WB 993 cab" parking spot went unfilled
]Hilarious that you titled Shaun's photo "Jäger's Button"
As long as I have the 918 Spyder prototype it's attached to, RLers can 'push my button' anytime (so to speak)
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09-21-2010, 10:33 PM
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...wait, what?!
Never guessed you as a fan of blue cars
09-21-2010, 11:05 PM
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+1
I saw the Speedster add on my email from PCA and immediately thought to myself I would not trade the 993 or older 911's for any of the latter designs. I wonder when those guys/gals at Porsche design will finally get it right again.
I saw the Speedster add on my email from PCA and immediately thought to myself I would not trade the 993 or older 911's for any of the latter designs. I wonder when those guys/gals at Porsche design will finally get it right again.
09-21-2010, 11:06 PM
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I tries ... I tries ....
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09-22-2010, 12:17 AM
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Not that there's anything wrong with that, as Jerry would say...
DISCLAIMER: the following is only to be read knowing it is to be preceded by 1,000 & icons...
"Him"?! Gender confusion? Like your Hilde, Speedy's a SHE ... see above post #70, & dozens more on this lil' diddy.
With her wide curves, nobody said your Hilde had a man's rumpus...
Good call, or perhaps "Off Topic Forum" for discussing sensitive operations like gender reassignment surgery
Suddenly not thrilled to have you addressing my A**
Now talk of pushing my button ... in the same sentence as wanting my meat at the BBQ
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who was warned in above page-starting post that I'm not good at being an adult
& icons..."Him"?! Gender confusion? Like your Hilde, Speedy's a SHE ... see above post #70, & dozens more on this lil' diddy.
With her wide curves, nobody said your Hilde had a man's rumpus...
Now talk of pushing my button ... in the same sentence as wanting my meat at the BBQ
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All due apologies to JP
who was warned in above page-starting post that I'm not good at being an adult
09-22-2010, 12:38 AM
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In all seriousness, I'd love to. Plus, I hink I owe MarkD & friends some beverages 
However, Speedy's already been invited by RLers to Los Gatos, CA's "Autos on the Ave" this weekend.
Sadly, the reality's that I have aforementioned "passing grade" to worry about toward advanced degree.
With your literary diversion, you almost got me to fall for your smoke screen, though, trying to shift the focus to me, the one who shipped Speedy to Monterey the last two years + Dana Point, San Francisco, etc.
Nice try from a dude that couldn't make it down from his CA home of Hilde to Monterey to meet the kid from CO
Oh, wait, back to the seriousness & away from the sarcasm (sorry, I easily relapse):
The only way my CA trek would have been better last month is if I'd been able to meet up with you & Hilde (+ MarkD, DCDude, RJT, race911, etc.; barely missed TimM's US excursion, too).
No worries, I'm definitely the one to understand that life can get in the way.
However, next year during Monterey's Aug 2011 Car Week, let's either meet in Thomas, WV, or in CO, waddyasay?
However, Speedy's already been invited by RLers to Los Gatos, CA's "Autos on the Ave" this weekend.
Sadly, the reality's that I have aforementioned "passing grade" to worry about toward advanced degree.
With your literary diversion, you almost got me to fall for your smoke screen, though, trying to shift the focus to me, the one who shipped Speedy to Monterey the last two years + Dana Point, San Francisco, etc.
Nice try from a dude that couldn't make it down from his CA home of Hilde to Monterey to meet the kid from CO
Oh, wait, back to the seriousness & away from the sarcasm (sorry, I easily relapse):
The only way my CA trek would have been better last month is if I'd been able to meet up with you & Hilde (+ MarkD, DCDude, RJT, race911, etc.;
barely missed TimM's US excursion, too).No worries, I'm definitely the one to understand that life can get in the way.
However, next year during Monterey's Aug 2011 Car Week, let's either meet in Thomas, WV, or in CO, waddyasay?
09-22-2010, 12:44 AM
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"Him"?! Gender confusion? Like your Hilde, Speedy's a SHE ... see above post #70, & dozens more on this lil' diddy.
(Thanks Andreas)
(Thanks Jason)
(Thanks Rennlist person ...)Hm. Colorado in the summertime .... (Janis' cover of 'Summertime' kicks in faintly in the background ....)
.... and now, back to our original programming ...