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Old 09-21-2011, 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by frisbee91
LOL.


(but they paint it first )
Your right, the body does go to paint first, the cars color is determined before it's built: unless your talking about steering above average motors to black cars.
Old 09-21-2011, 08:31 PM
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Oh, I thought you said mid-wife crisis.
Old 09-21-2011, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Sue Esponte

I think the ads are meant to be tongue in cheek but, that said, haven't 911s always been marketed as bullet proof drivers' cars? They've competed in the Paris to Dakar rally!

-Eric
Um, that was the 953 and 959, but ok I guess 911 variants. and they won didn't just compete.
Touareg has done well....the Cayenne however.....
Old 09-21-2011, 09:18 PM
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Originally Posted by Shamus
Um, that was the 953 and 959, but ok I guess 911 variants. and they won didn't just compete.
Technicalities but, yes, 953 and 959.

-Eric (and my daughter Samantha, who also wants to be on the signature line)
Old 09-22-2011, 12:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Zurichgnome
Not sure if doing the higher priced cars is a badge of honor -- but I have heard rumors that when a car is particularly good coming off the line, they single it out to be painted black.

The borderline ones are painted silver. The worst ones -- the real lemons -- are red and, appropriately, yellow. The rationale for doing this is much the same as the person who orders a steak well done in a nice restaurant. He is likely to get a lesser cut because he is incapable of discerning the quality difference anyway.

It's just a subtle and simple way for the people who work on the line to differentiate the quality of their handiwork.
Old 09-22-2011, 02:10 PM
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You were in a crises to obtain one of the best sports cars in the world, woe is you..

Originally Posted by buddy911t
I think what irritates me the most is the use of the word crisis. I hate to admit how much my car means to me and has done for my quality of life, to call it a crisis of any kind is absurd.



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