Where's the 911? Who Cares?
02-23-2006, 09:12 PM
#16
Banned
Originally Posted by Coochas
Ben, shouldn't it be LEBen - we don't want to confuse out French friends about your identity.
02-23-2006, 09:17 PM
#17
Rennlist Member
Originally Posted by OCBen
But then wouldn't Le Ben confuse our French friends still since it would connote an inanimate object, as in Le Car? Hmmm.
02-24-2006, 01:43 AM
#19
Nordschleife Master
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Canada
Posts: 6,322
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
hahaha my friend had a lecar in highschool
after about a year it bit the dust and was totalled in an accident
he came to school and we stared at his new focus
and I said "well wow, that's the end of an era. the last Le Car is finally gone"
after about a year it bit the dust and was totalled in an accident
he came to school and we stared at his new focus
and I said "well wow, that's the end of an era. the last Le Car is finally gone"
02-24-2006, 02:19 AM
#20
Rennlist Member
The Cayman's nice looking car and having the mid-engine thing going on is great for handling. I once owned a mid-engine Ferrari and loved to chunk it around corners in Ireland before the advent of speed-cameras and the era of too many cars on the roads. But having driven rear-engined 911s for the last decade and a half, I honestly think that I prefer the feeling of driving a rear-engined car. Sure it's potentially more dangerous, but it can also be a heck of a lot more fun, too.
02-24-2006, 02:59 AM
#22
Three Wheelin'
Originally Posted by pcar964
If you're looking to the LA Times for information on sportscars, you are an absolute moron.
02-24-2006, 03:00 AM
#23
Three Wheelin'
Originally Posted by OCBen
It might have been on more not les steroids. 
R5? Never heard of that one.
R5? Never heard of that one.
02-24-2006, 03:03 AM
#24
Three Wheelin'
porsche planned to do away with the 911 years ago but gave up when it kept out selling everything else they came up with
02-24-2006, 04:09 AM
#26
Miserable Old Bastard
Rennlist Member
Rennlist Member
I'm on my fourth 911 but had a Boxster S for a couple years in between 911's 2 and 3. Boxster S was a quick and great handling little car. Cayman undoubtedly is a step up in power and perhaps a little in handling. Great stuff. But they ain't a 911. For me, there's something magical about 911's and I'm sure most of you will agree.
02-24-2006, 04:20 AM
#27
Saw a rear mid-engine Turbo R5 on the Harbor Freeway here in L.A., just last month.
Respect demanded here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_5_Turbo
tino (Former '79 Leaker Owner)
Respect demanded here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_5_Turbo
tino (Former '79 Leaker Owner)
02-24-2006, 02:04 PM
#29
Originally Posted by OCBen
I'm an avid reader of the LA Times and know a few people there including an editor. Not that I needed connections to make that assessment. But like Leader stated, Highway 1 articles run on Wednesdays and so I became suspect of the date.
No thanks, I like my OC connection. If I move to LA I may seek out the help to make the changeover to LABen.
No thanks, I like my OC connection. If I move to LA I may seek out the help to make the changeover to LABen.