Anybody get their new Car and Driver?
01-13-2005, 05:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Cupcar
If anyone is laughing on the way to the bank it's Porsche with the highest per unit profit of any car manufacturer.
Thanks to a forex bet on the declining dollar.
01-13-2005, 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by quartermile
I am dressed in shorts and a Polo shirt and I could tell he was eyeing the Ford Escort for me. “OMFG you want the Ford GT !!!!” and I was surprised he actually took this seriously. Within 10 seconds there are five other people including the sales manager, and she is trying to a shove the GT down my throat to the tune of $200K.
Did they match? if so...did you pick them out?
They had an Escort in the showroom? How did you know what the overweight salesperson picked out for you? Do you usually let people pick out your cars for you?
01-13-2005, 09:41 PM
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True story.
When I was in college in 1967 (am I aging myself here or what) I took a trip to Yosemite with a friend during spring break. We were on the road for a few days with no shower, no shave, no change of clothes, sleeping on the ground in our clothes. We smelled and looked like what we were.
On the way back to school, smelling and looking like grubs, we decided to stop at Estes-Zipper motorcars in Beverly hills where a nice yellow Ferrari 275 GTB/4 was parked for sale. I took the liberty to open the door and sit in the car. A salesman came up to me and asked if I was in the Ferrari market and would I like to test drive the car!!
That salesman probably had many grubby rock stars and movie stars come in and pay for a Ferrari with cash they had on them, so he didn't take anything for granted as far as what a sales prospect might look like.
I wish I had taken him up on the test drive!!!!
When I was in college in 1967 (am I aging myself here or what) I took a trip to Yosemite with a friend during spring break. We were on the road for a few days with no shower, no shave, no change of clothes, sleeping on the ground in our clothes. We smelled and looked like what we were.
On the way back to school, smelling and looking like grubs, we decided to stop at Estes-Zipper motorcars in Beverly hills where a nice yellow Ferrari 275 GTB/4 was parked for sale. I took the liberty to open the door and sit in the car. A salesman came up to me and asked if I was in the Ferrari market and would I like to test drive the car!!
That salesman probably had many grubby rock stars and movie stars come in and pay for a Ferrari with cash they had on them, so he didn't take anything for granted as far as what a sales prospect might look like.
I wish I had taken him up on the test drive!!!!
01-14-2005, 12:11 AM
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As a long time porsche lover/owner, I really never seriously considered vettes. But the newer direction that porsche has gone in the last 10 yrs and for the forsee-able future I'm very disappointed with their focus.
They really are resting on the laurels of the past racing glory days and exploiting the marque's cache in selling their products just as other brands are getting involved heavily in racing. Porsche's, superficial changes, minute increases in performance, cost containment in important parts, etc all in the name of maximum corporate profitability makes them no different now than any other auto company in their vision. Their soul is lost, passion gone.
That being the case, their reliance on blue sky with people like me to drive their sales is fast eroding and I view this corvette z06 with far more enthusiasm than any other product porsche has currently or in the near future.
They really are resting on the laurels of the past racing glory days and exploiting the marque's cache in selling their products just as other brands are getting involved heavily in racing. Porsche's, superficial changes, minute increases in performance, cost containment in important parts, etc all in the name of maximum corporate profitability makes them no different now than any other auto company in their vision. Their soul is lost, passion gone.
That being the case, their reliance on blue sky with people like me to drive their sales is fast eroding and I view this corvette z06 with far more enthusiasm than any other product porsche has currently or in the near future.
So much for German build quality, eh?
01-19-2005, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by mucor
As a long time porsche lover/owner, I really never seriously considered vettes. But the newer direction that porsche has gone in the last 10 yrs and for the forsee-able future I'm very disappointed with their focus.
They really are resting on the laurels of the past racing glory days and exploiting the marque's cache in selling their products just as other brands are getting involved heavily in racing. Porsche's, superficial changes, minute increases in performance, cost containment in important parts, etc all in the name of maximum corporate profitability makes them no different now than any other auto company in their vision. Their soul is lost, passion gone.
That being the case, their reliance on blue sky with people like me to drive their sales is fast eroding and I view this corvette z06 with far more enthusiasm than any other product porsche has currently or in the near future.
They really are resting on the laurels of the past racing glory days and exploiting the marque's cache in selling their products just as other brands are getting involved heavily in racing. Porsche's, superficial changes, minute increases in performance, cost containment in important parts, etc all in the name of maximum corporate profitability makes them no different now than any other auto company in their vision. Their soul is lost, passion gone.
That being the case, their reliance on blue sky with people like me to drive their sales is fast eroding and I view this corvette z06 with far more enthusiasm than any other product porsche has currently or in the near future.
01-19-2005, 03:10 PM
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Quote:
"agreed... but i still ordered a 997 gt3 - we'll see what it weighs before finalizing the order"
Watt, I love it. We need more of this before Porsche gets off the butt of their past laurels.
"agreed... but i still ordered a 997 gt3 - we'll see what it weighs before finalizing the order"
Watt, I love it. We need more of this before Porsche gets off the butt of their past laurels.
