Mine is Official Too - FS 2004 C4S
02-01-2008, 09:55 PM
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Good to hear something positive about Barrier Porsche. My friend, fellow dentist. Went in, told them he wanted to buy a cab, guy wouldn't give him the time of day, wouldn't unlock a car to see the interior. They made him sign an info card, he did not list his occupation. He gets pissed at the 30 something salesman for his horrible customer service, leaves.... next day, they call him "Hi Dr. " They googled his name, found out he was a dentist, and tried to get him back in. Short story long, he did end up buying a new 997 cab there, because he had a patient who was affiliated with Barrier and they smoothed things out. At 12k miles, clutch goes. They wouldn't give him any break on it. This is a guy who paid cash for the first car, and let them know he wanted a turbo. On principal, he went up the chain at porsche and got some compensation for the clutch job. He says it drives completely different, something wrong with first clutch, wasn't him screwing it up. He did order the turbo from them....
I'm scared to go there in fear that I'm gonna get treated that way because I don't show up in a suit and I look young. Dealerships stink, plain and simple. Don't care what kind of car they sell. I had a land rover D90 and a RR, same treatment at the dealerships there.
Greta is correct in the that things are priced too high here in seattle. It's only $1200 to transport a car from Atlanta to Seattle, I'm not gonna let proximity be a factor in determining where I buy the car.
Mike
I'm scared to go there in fear that I'm gonna get treated that way because I don't show up in a suit and I look young. Dealerships stink, plain and simple. Don't care what kind of car they sell. I had a land rover D90 and a RR, same treatment at the dealerships there.
Greta is correct in the that things are priced too high here in seattle. It's only $1200 to transport a car from Atlanta to Seattle, I'm not gonna let proximity be a factor in determining where I buy the car.
Mike
02-01-2008, 10:30 PM
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young and in a suit to get attn when an older gent likely has the real cash.
no one wears a suit in tech casual seattle.
just an odd scenario u put up there. i had no trouble getting a test drive on that 997 turbo and i dressed like a punk **** rapper wannabe bellevue 20-something. LOL
sorry to hear man and you are good to go with your strategy. i'll look at the west coast all over for the right car (and i did - SF and drove it up what a marvelous experience).
02-02-2008, 01:35 AM
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Good to hear something positive about Barrier Porsche. My friend, fellow dentist. Went in, told them he wanted to buy a cab, guy wouldn't give him the time of day, wouldn't unlock a car to see the interior. They made him sign an info card, he did not list his occupation. He gets pissed at the 30 something salesman for his horrible customer service, leaves.... next day, they call him "Hi Dr. " They googled his name, found out he was a dentist, and tried to get him back in. Short story long, he did end up buying a new 997 cab there, because he had a patient who was affiliated with Barrier and they smoothed things out. At 12k miles, clutch goes. They wouldn't give him any break on it. This is a guy who paid cash for the first car, and let them know he wanted a turbo. On principal, he went up the chain at porsche and got some compensation for the clutch job. He says it drives completely different, something wrong with first clutch, wasn't him screwing it up. He did order the turbo from them....
I'm scared to go there in fear that I'm gonna get treated that way because I don't show up in a suit and I look young. Dealerships stink, plain and simple. Don't care what kind of car they sell. I had a land rover D90 and a RR, same treatment at the dealerships there.
Greta is correct in the that things are priced too high here in seattle. It's only $1200 to transport a car from Atlanta to Seattle, I'm not gonna let proximity be a factor in determining where I buy the car.
Mike
I'm scared to go there in fear that I'm gonna get treated that way because I don't show up in a suit and I look young. Dealerships stink, plain and simple. Don't care what kind of car they sell. I had a land rover D90 and a RR, same treatment at the dealerships there.
Greta is correct in the that things are priced too high here in seattle. It's only $1200 to transport a car from Atlanta to Seattle, I'm not gonna let proximity be a factor in determining where I buy the car.
Mike
Thanks for telling these guys that our prices are high here! I knew sooner or later someone from the NW would verify what I have been trying to say.
Let us all know when you get your turbo. We have a group of northwesterners on 6speedonline.com and we will be doing some turbo get togethers this spring and summer. There is also Cars & Coffee tours for all makes of cars on the weekends. Look forward to meeting you Doc.
02-02-2008, 07:44 PM
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Great to hear about the clover. I hope it makes it to NYC!
Roast actually has nothing to do with how "mild" the coffee is. That should do with the flavor profile of the bean...say Costa Rican Dota versus Ethopian Harar. Roasting just masks the bean flavor by adding that over carmelized, burnt taste to any bean - the way using new toasted oak barrels masks the flavor profile of wine. A properly roasted (city +) Yirgacheffe is very bright and flavorful. Those flavors go away as the coffee is over roasted.
Anyway...honestly best of luck with your car. I would love to trade up on mine but just hate the idea of the beating I would take on value...maybe a few more years.
Roast actually has nothing to do with how "mild" the coffee is. That should do with the flavor profile of the bean...say Costa Rican Dota versus Ethopian Harar. Roasting just masks the bean flavor by adding that over carmelized, burnt taste to any bean - the way using new toasted oak barrels masks the flavor profile of wine. A properly roasted (city +) Yirgacheffe is very bright and flavorful. Those flavors go away as the coffee is over roasted.
Anyway...honestly best of luck with your car. I would love to trade up on mine but just hate the idea of the beating I would take on value...maybe a few more years.
02-02-2008, 07:48 PM
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Well yes and no. You are talking to an official "Coffee Master" here! You are correct in that every variant of coffee bean carries its own distinctive taste. For example, our Latin American beans have great balance, medium bodied, and have a clean finish. An African/Arabian bean will be more floral aroma, citrus or exoctic flavors. Asia Pacific bean produce a full bodied coffee with herbal undertones. THEN, we have our dark roast blends. These are typically carmally-sweey and smokey (Italian blend, French or Espresso) and produce a potent, bold cup of coffee. As you know, Starbucks also has a big line of multi-region blends. The ROASTING process, which is different for each bean and blend (we have specific number of minutes for each) is to bring our the flavor of that bean to its perfect potential. A milder coffee is due to the variety of the bean and the roasting process (which is number of minutes) to produce that mild cup of coffee. What is your favorite coffee? If you are ever in Seattle, perhaps I can take you on a tour of our TOP SECRET roasting plant. It is quite the experience to go see our process - as precisioned as watching a Porsche get built (OK, no, not really). Hope to see you at a Cars & Coffee tour someday.
cuz at this point, i don't know how you can be a credible coffee person if you're trying to sell us on the taste and quality of sbux coffee. it's like say mcdonald's sells good burgers. they don't and sbux does not sell good coffee for us coffee snobs.
u know what i'm saying?
02-02-2008, 08:45 PM
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I gotta disagree on this one Ben. I am a bit of a coffee snob, and I thinkSbux is pretty dang good for some things. Not so much at others. McDonalds sucks at everything including that new ad with that little kid with the big *** boom box. I want to break something expensive every time I see that.
02-02-2008, 08:52 PM
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I gotta disagree on this one Ben. I am a bit of a coffee snob, and I thinkSbux is pretty dang good for some things. Not so much at others. McDonalds sucks at everything including that new ad with that little kid with the big *** boom box. I want to break something expensive every time I see that.
we'll just have to agree to disagree. the only thing i like about it and this may well give credit to ms. greta... is how convenient it is to find since there are so many of them and the decor is clean and spacious. their coffee is high volume, low quality.
ms. greta, i actually used to work at the sbux at uvill for about 2 weeks.
02-02-2008, 09:09 PM
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ms. greta could i take u up on that tour?
cuz at this point, i don't know how you can be a credible coffee person if you're trying to sell us on the taste and quality of sbux coffee. it's like say mcdonald's sells good burgers. they don't and sbux does not sell good coffee for us coffee snobs.
u know what i'm saying?
cuz at this point, i don't know how you can be a credible coffee person if you're trying to sell us on the taste and quality of sbux coffee. it's like say mcdonald's sells good burgers. they don't and sbux does not sell good coffee for us coffee snobs.
u know what i'm saying?
