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    Inheritance: Indie Short Features Nissan GT-R Beating Porsche 911

    Help The Environment And Ditch The Prius, Get A 911

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    Image of that ain't the way to have fun, son that ain't the way to have fun, son
    11/17/09

    In reply to Inheritance: Indie Short Features Nissan GT-R Beating Porsche 911
    Needs more PIT maneuver.

    Oh, and Geländewagen chick needs to better understand just how good that vehicle is, off-road, if driven by someone with half a clue. #nissangtr
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    11/17/09

    In reply to Inheritance: Indie Short Features Nissan GT-R Beating Porsche 911
    Meh, the whole premise is ridiculous. New York has a spousal right of election. :/

    Seriously though, it's a very nicely done short, and I'm impressed that they were able to get such a great lineup of cars and match them so well to the characters. Seems like someone involved in this production knew where to find some well heeled friends, and in exchange for letting them borrow their cars, promised to write them in to the script. #nissangtr
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    Image of snapoversteer 'bout to get told snapoversteer 'bout to get told
    11/17/09

    In reply to Inheritance: Indie Short Features Nissan GT-R Beating Porsche 911
    DWTFM. Any tits? #nissangtr
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    Image of Pessimippopotamus Pessimippopotamus
    11/17/09

    In reply to Inheritance: Indie Short Features Nissan GT-R Beating Porsche 911
    I'd naturally assume that the GT-R can beat a 9 year old 911 with less power and a Morgan with cross eyes and a Geländewagen of all things. #nissangtr
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    11/17/09

    In reply to Inheritance: Indie Short Features Nissan GT-R Beating Porsche 911
    GT-R is the Kimbo Slice of supercars. #nissangtr
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    Image of eggwich del fiero eggwich del fiero
    10/29/09

    In reply to Help The Environment And Ditch The Prius, Get A 911
    I live in San Francisco, and walk to work each day and bought a car just for driving for fun on the weekends. And camping. And buying groceries. But you get my point. Plus, considering I may never be able to afford a house/condo in the city, I figured what the hell, I'd buy the Veyron and street park it.

    *She's not really a Veyron, truth be told. #porsche911
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    Image of ozyran ozyran
    10/29/09

    In reply to Help The Environment And Ditch The Prius, Get A 911
    I prefer the two-wheeled method of saving gas. Most motorcycles get the equivalent of a Prius for gas mileage and perform like a late-model C4 Corvette. #porsche911
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    Image of Unregular Unregular
    10/29/09

    In reply to Help The Environment And Ditch The Prius, Get A 911
    it is WIN WIN WIN WIN WIN.

    Read a good book on the train—then drive that 911 like you stole it. Or that Superlight Miata. You get the idea.

    how many times have i said this, only to be shouted down? wtf. #porsche911
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    Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet promoted this comment Unregular was starred Unregular was unstarred
    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    10/30/09

    @Unregular: but...I need a car to GET to public transportation. Meaning, we REALLY need better public transportation.

    Or I move to Europe or Japan. #porsche911
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    10/29/09

    In reply to Help The Environment And Ditch The Prius, Get A 911
    Right. Most people's commutes suck. You can hardly call it driving.

    And it's also true that there aren't that many places in the country with the density to justify mass transit, or the economy to support that investment, or the political will to create routes in developed areas and go through the pain of building transit lines.

    Which means that people who have the talent and income to choose where they live, will continue to make quality of life decisions, where a short, pleasant commute might figure quite highly. And it means that communities that can't supply better commuting options will stop attracting the more profitable and dynamic residents and businesses, and enter downward death spirals as dropping population and declining investment removes the resources to improve life and transit options. #porsche911
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    Image of Six Flags Over Tomsk Six Flags Over Tomsk
    10/29/09

    In reply to Help The Environment And Ditch The Prius, Get A 911
    I love this theory, but it just won't work for most of us Americans, because in all but the biggest metropolises, a car really is the only viable mobility option. #porsche911
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    Image of Racingindrag Racingindrag
    10/29/09

    In reply to Help The Environment And Ditch The Prius, Get A 911
    I luv c@rz, no doubt. But owning one in the Netherlands is like paying taxes twice...

    And getting a performance vehicle is completely out of the question. I'm still saving money though, because I need to haul around my windsurfing stuff.

    I estimate two thirds of the cars my peers drive are leased by their employers. I take the train and the bus to work, everyday...

    Thing is... I do enjoy reading the papers onroute, and the traffic jams over here are like some sick additional ring of hell Dante couldn't think of. So I guess not driving to work is okay... #porsche911
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    Image of RS2North RS2North
    10/29/09

    In reply to Help The Environment And Ditch The Prius, Get A 911
    I live in the center of Helsinki, Finland. I walk to work or take public transport around the city for work. My car sits in a heated garage most of the time, and I drive the car when I have enjoyable trips out of the city or country, or a nice fast ride for fun on the weekend. I put about 300km on my car every month and that is about it. I don´t need the car, but I love taking care of it and enjoying a fast drive every once in a while. And keeping the kilometers low increases the value as time goes on as it is an unmolested original. I fully approve of the article! #porsche911
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    Image of theeastbaykid theeastbaykid
    10/29/09

    In reply to Help The Environment And Ditch The Prius, Get A 911
    How many times do you need to ride the bus to pay for those 993 valve guides you'll soon need? #porsche911
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    Image of 666speed 666speed
    10/29/09

    In reply to Help The Environment And Ditch The Prius, Get A 911
    If that 911 is indeed stuck in traffic, as it appears to be, there are two possible explanations for why the rear spoiler is up:

    A) The driver has put it up manually to flaunt his Bruce-ocity.

    B) It's broken.

    Having previously owned (and commuted daily in) a used 911, I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say it's broken. The $300-$500 it's gonna cost to fix would have bought an awful lot of train tickets, but who cares? #porsche911
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    Image of HoubaHouba! HoubaHouba!
    10/29/09

    @666speed: Raising the spoiler helps my 993 drop a couple degrees in traffic. #porsche911
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    Image of ThreeLitre ThreeLitre
    10/29/09

    In reply to Help The Environment And Ditch The Prius, Get A 911
    This really is a completely valid theory. And the other point to note about this future reality as that we are likely to see a massive influx of urban dwelling in the next decades as people bring themselves closer to cities where more than just transportation costs will be less and less.

    I am all for this outlook. It means gasoline powered fun won't go the way of the dodo completely for a lot longer. Which ultimately means I have longer to save up for my dream sports, which, coincidentally, is almost a mirror image of the car shown in the pic of this thread - make it midnight blue metallic and we're good to roll.

    Here's to government-funded public transport paying for my sports car! #porsche911
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