Wellardmac

I love it!

I've owned 1 SUV - sold a few years back, but when I was shopping I really wanted to buy a RR. The reliability was what stopped me from buying. No matter how hard they try it seems like they're always playing whack-a-mole one some issue or another.

htny

out of warranty they can be just straight up disastrous to your peace of mind

salayc

PCNA event and focus group. I have been inside each model. Lots of metal detectors and searching on the way in.

Wellardmac

I hadn't seen those images yet. It's still pretty heavily padded out with camouflage - if you look closely you'll see all the crap that they have taped onto the car to disguise the lines. Very little of what you're looking at is real... the door lines are hidden, as are the lines around the front and rear quarters. It's amazing that they can do that without throwing out the weight distribution and handling.

It's funny because you can see all the parts that they've cannibalized from earlier models to put on the car... my favorite is always the MK1 sport design wheels.

Wellardmac

I can imagine. I'm perfectionist, so it would have driven me nuts to have to keep working to fix it.


Well, that makes you one lucky dog.

Why would they change anything on the console from the ones that they're using on the 911 and the Cayman? - that doesn't make a lot of sense.

salayc

It appears they are going for the Luxury sedan crowd / cockpit interior. There are way too many ***** and buttons. It doesn't seem to be directed at the sports car crowd although the tach is still predominant in the cluster.

Wellardmac

yuck! I didn't want to hear that. I want a 4 door sports car I can enjoy with the kids.

Hmmm. I hope they revise that before the car is released.

salayc

Who knows the performance? I have just sat in them and played with all the stuff. There's a turbo which they are pitting against an AMG Mercedes so there's going to be something in it for a sportscar fan.

Wellardmac

Yeah, but if I wanted turbo performance it would be in a 911 and not a Panamera. I figure a base, or an S should be fine performance.

Nicolaasdb

cayenne looks great in the turbo version and the GTS version...Porsche should just stop making cheaper versions of the different models...and stick to the top of the line versions!! But I understand they need to make money

On another note....if the stretched 4 door 911 was spottted in 1991..this means that the 996 was already 10 years old before going into production.....

Wellardmac

...well, at least the exterior design was.

NNH

So if the 10 year old 3.4s are actually 20 years old, is that why EVERY SINGLE ONE is going to blow up?

NNH

What was a nice girl like that doing in a place like Bradford? She was at grave risk of meeting dodgy characters like me and my MBA class

Wellardmac

No way! You graduated from Bratfut?!?! Which year?

She was there for a year on a study abroad program. I was there doing my undergrad degree. We met through Ramair... I was the Bratfut version of Alan Freeman.... not arf!

Wellardmac

Hey, don't start - it's bad enough that people are going ape over on the other thread.