Kids these days! *sigh*
02-12-2012, 02:21 AM
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It's been a while...but I was all those kids. In the 70's I would bring a cassette tape with me to the race track (Laguna Seca) tape the cars, and then for weeks after listen to the thing with a tape player all over the house. No ear buds or iPods in those days...even one got to "share" in teh experience. My mom would laugh. I still have the tape...it's actually in my car now. 935s are a wonderful sounding car...even on a 30 year old cassette tape.
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02-12-2012, 02:29 AM
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He'd been looking at everything including details I hadn't noticed him noticing: "Is that your class ring?"
Oh. "Yes," I said.
"You went to Stanford, huh?"
"Yep," and I smiled as I added: "Math class paid off," with a pat on the shift lever.
I don't know which impression will be longer lasting: the love of a good car or the value of higher education.
Gary
02-12-2012, 03:54 AM
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A few weeks after I got my 997 I pulled into a restaurant parking lot and hear this approximately 7 year old boy yell to his brother, "It's a Porsche!" and as I let my two year old son out of his seat, "...with a baby!"
02-12-2012, 07:47 AM
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Recently, on my way to work one morning, I was stopped at a red light and had my window rolled down. I hear someone say "I like your car!" I look to my left and see a boy about 14 years old sitting in the passenger's seat of a SUV, smiling at me. I say "Thanks!" Then I look over at the driver, it is apparently his Mom, and I notice she was really HOT! I wanted to say, "... and I like your Mom!" but decided to keep that part to myself. 
02-12-2012, 05:36 PM
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One day a week or so ago, as I was leaving the daycare with my two year old grandson, a lady in a beat up mini van who had parked nearby said ...."that sure is a nice car to be carrying a young'un in...what is it anyway...a Mazda?" Before I could answer my grandson piped up..it's a Porsche (pronounced properly).
I love my grandson and his budding enthusiam for cars.
I love my grandson and his budding enthusiam for cars.
02-12-2012, 06:50 PM
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Early 996/Boxster headlights had the distinct amber bottom portion, hence the white and yellow sections which resemble a fried egg.
For the 911, only the early 1999 models have the amber section in the headlights and thus the "fried egg" look.
However it doesn't surprise me that you and others here use the term without knowing its real meaning. After all, it's simply meant as a disparaging slam on the 996 that's what's really important, who cares about the real meaning of the reference.
For the 911, only the early 1999 models have the amber section in the headlights and thus the "fried egg" look.
However it doesn't surprise me that you and others here use the term without knowing its real meaning. After all, it's simply meant as a disparaging slam on the 996 that's what's really important, who cares about the real meaning of the reference.
02-12-2012, 09:45 PM
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Early 996/Boxster headlights had the distinct amber bottom portion, hence the white and yellow sections which resemble a fried egg.
For the 911, only the early 1999 models have the amber section in the headlights and thus the "fried egg" look.
However it doesn't surprise me that you and others here use the term without knowing its real meaning. After all, it's simply meant as a disparaging slam on the 996 that's what's really important, who cares about the real meaning of the reference.
For the 911, only the early 1999 models have the amber section in the headlights and thus the "fried egg" look.
However it doesn't surprise me that you and others here use the term without knowing its real meaning. After all, it's simply meant as a disparaging slam on the 996 that's what's really important, who cares about the real meaning of the reference.
Gary
