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Old Jun 6, 2012 | 12:57 PM
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I want one...
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Old Jun 6, 2012 | 01:21 PM
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Love it. What do we suppose the turbine exhaust looking things are on the engine cover?
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Old Jun 6, 2012 | 01:23 PM
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^^^ Agreed! I was drooling all over it this morning and thinking .. How do credit default swaps work again? leveraged buy-out and sell off the assets? Italian Job? heh ...

Hey .. did they dump the 'gullwing' doors already?
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Old Jun 6, 2012 | 01:58 PM
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Does it come in a color besides flat black?

Or does it have stealth technology, too?
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Old Jun 6, 2012 | 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Falcondrivr
Love it. What do we suppose the turbine exhaust looking things are on the engine cover?
That's where they routed the exhaust to exit from the good ole internal combustion motor. Very cool!
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Old Jun 6, 2012 | 02:14 PM
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I love it... I love every aspect of it! I want to hear it! I get goosebumps at the thought!
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Old Jun 6, 2012 | 02:21 PM
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The proportions are gorgeous. Love that front end and the haunches. I'll never be in a position to own one, but nothing to stop one dreaming..... I now have a new dream car.
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Old Jun 6, 2012 | 02:23 PM
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Pool our resources .. 12 owners .. one month each!
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Old Jun 6, 2012 | 02:23 PM
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^^^ I'd like to reserve July .. It's my birthday month :-)
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Old Jun 6, 2012 | 02:25 PM
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Looking at the first pic, if I squint, I can see the next Cayman.

Try it yourself...
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Old Jun 6, 2012 | 02:27 PM
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^^^ I'd like to reserve July .. It's my birthday month :-)
Do you want to own a car that will have 50,000 miles on it before you get to drive it.

I'll take January
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Old Jun 6, 2012 | 02:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Mike in Chi
Do you want to own a car that will have 50,000 miles on it before you get to drive it.

I'll take January
Huh .. well, yes, I see your point, but doesn't it depend on when it's delivered? I'll take my chances ..
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Old Jun 6, 2012 | 02:52 PM
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love the matte black - don't care for the white - other then that —> DROOL
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Old Jun 6, 2012 | 03:24 PM
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Great engineering effort, but I'm the contrarian (as usual) who wonders what the hell you do with the thing since we can't even drive what we've got to 70% of its potential with the state of roads, traffic, and law enforcement.

(It's just on my mind this week as we went for a "drive" up in the hills with the Targa last Sunday. A couple of the roads I probably haven't been on in 20 years. But all I can think about is that here's this near-30 year old car I'm pony trotting, in comparison to how crazy I seemed to drive my Scirocco on these same roads back in the late '70s.)
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Old Jun 6, 2012 | 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by jo-hans
love the matte black - don't care for the white - other then that —> DROOL
I am guessing if your are purchasing a car like that Porsche will paint it any color you want.

I remember reading a story years ago about a cattle rancher that sent his own hides to the factory to have the interior done with leather from his own cows.
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