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    Image of Steve_in_NC Steve_in_NC
    12/09/09

    In reply to Porsche Charging $1,700 For One Fucking Battery!
    This is the first lithium ion battery available in a car. So what do you price compare it to?

    Porsche owners are rarely badge chasers, they spend the money to drive arguably the best performing cars in the world.
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    Image of Scaramanga Scaramanga
    01:37 AM

    @Steve_in_NC:

    First, this isn't the first lithium-ion battery in a car. We have everything from the Tesla to Toyota's JDM Vitz Hybrid that had a lithium-ion battery since 2003.

    Second, If we are going to compare then we should compare it to Braille batteries. They offer high-performance batteries ranging from light weight carbon fiber batteries to li-ion batteries like this Porsche's.

    At $1,700 its not insanely expensive. Lithium-ion Brailles are closer to $2,000.

    The Braille's battery however is even lighter at a mere 8lbs for the li-ion 12V battery compared to Porsche's 13 lbs.

    The better deal is likely Braillle's Carbon-Fiber batteries which offer lightweight batteries that come in 6.6lbs, 11.5lbs, and 15lbs and cost only $200-250.

    [www.braillebattery.com]
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    Image of FrankGrimes FrankGrimes
    12/09/09

    In reply to Porsche Charging $1,700 For One Fucking Battery!
    There are worse companies to give your money to.
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    Image of mercury_marine mercury_marine
    12/09/09

    In reply to Porsche Charging $1,700 For One Fucking Battery!
    Inside? Four Radio Shack AA alkaline batteries.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    12/09/09

    In reply to Porsche Charging $1,700 For One Fucking Battery!
    But it says "motorsport", it must be expensive!
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    Image of Hopman Hopman
    12/09/09

    @Mobius: If it just said "Porsche" on it, they could only charge $1,000.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    12/09/09

    In reply to Porsche Charging $1,700 For One Fucking Battery!
    Around here $1700 gets you a newish battery with a somewhat battered Civic CRX wrapped around it. And when the battery wears out, you can get a new one for $80 and you still have a tossable little car.

    It might be a fabulous drive, but it's probably beyond my capacity to control without a fair amount of training. And even then, I couldn't use it day to day.

    Cracked battery case pipe.
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    Image of VeeArrrSix VeeArrrSix
    12/09/09

    In reply to Porsche Charging $1,700 For One Fucking Battery!
    Optima Red Top's are like 150 bucks. How much better is that thing besides weighing much much less?
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    Image of Number_Six Number_Six
    12/09/09

    In reply to Porsche Charging $1,700 For One Fucking Battery!
    In all fairness to Porsche, that's not much more than it costs to have your Sport-Chrono dial painted yellow, so it's a bargain.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    12/09/09

    In reply to Porsche Charging $1,700 For One Fucking Battery!
    Perhaps the new business model for GM, should be creating one off replacement parts for Porsche vehicles, and charging JUST A LITTLE less for them...
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    Image of Thomas Paladino Thomas Paladino
    12/09/09

    @DoctorNine: You know, on the surface that's a pretty brilliant idea actually.

    But the problem is that the Porsche freaks would never ever settle for less than OEM or better for their precious little mid-life-crisismobiles.

    So I think the smarter idea would actually be to market those parts through a shadow company with a really exclusive-sounding German name and charge a little MORE for them.

    They'd be in the black in no time.
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    Image of pres pres
    12/09/09

    In reply to Porsche Charging $1,700 For One Fucking Battery!
    Even if it somehow made the car do this, I'd still call it overpriced.
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    Image of jaygryph jaygryph
    12/09/09

    @pres: Pedestrian Electro Bastard Ray!

    Carmageddon for the WIN!

    For the record they screwed up the PEBR in #3 making it a one at a time powerup.
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    Image of pres pres
    12/09/09

    @jaygryph: Damn, I was actually thinking of exactly that when I posted this picture. I loved the "zot-zot-zot" of frying pedestrians as you drove by them with it on.
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    Image of OldeEnglishD OldeEnglishD
    12/08/09

    In reply to Shiny Happy Track Stars: The Mazda 3 World Challenge Car
    Wait, isn't that a Bakugan?
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    12/08/09

    In reply to Shiny Happy Track Stars: The Mazda 3 World Challenge Car
    Zannen Nagara.
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    Image of jodark jodark
    12/08/09

    In reply to Shiny Happy Track Stars: The Mazda 3 World Challenge Car
    That's a big grille smile.
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    Image of Bret Bret
    12/08/09

    In reply to Shiny Happy Track Stars: The Mazda 3 World Challenge Car
    I don't know why, but the graphics make the usually benign Mazda corporate grin look menacing in an almost Joker-esque way.

    This is P1 on my Festivus list.
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    Image of Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
    12/08/09

    @Bret: I agree, the graphics actually complement the styling of the car well.
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    12/07/09

    In reply to 2011 Mercedes C-Class: Refreshed, Accidentally Unveiled
    I can totally see Mercedes not being that pissed off these photos got out early. I mean, it looks pretty much the same. When the Kia Optima's refresh is more significant than yours, you haven't done enough.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    12/07/09

    In reply to 2011 Mercedes C-Class: Refreshed, Accidentally Unveiled
    These are looking less and less like Mercedes children and more and more like Toyota or some other bland-mobile. Take off that star and it could be a Focus.
    Where is the styling?!
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