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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    07/29/09

    In reply to How To Load 31 Porsches Into A Cargo Plane
    Drop these on Morris Marinas. The world will become a much better place.
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    07/28/09

    In reply to How To Load 31 Porsches Into A Cargo Plane
    its our friends from atlas air again...
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    07/28/09

    In reply to How To Load 31 Porsches Into A Cargo Plane
    Q: How should you load 31 Panamera into a cargo plane?
    A: Wood Chipper. You can fit in twice as many that way.
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    07/28/09

    @AmishJohn:

    Actually...
    They could probably store more on the plane...
    If they were put in end on end...

    Or just drop them out of a C-130 at about 40,000'
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    Mobius_1000_Club promoted this comment Tossed Accord taco salad over Malibu face was starred Tossed Accord taco salad over Malibu face was unstarred
    Image of Mobius Mobius
    07/29/09

    @Tossed Accordtaco salad over Malibu: Are you using Careless Air like the Top Gear Pianists Association as well?
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    07/28/09

    In reply to How To Load 31 Porsches Into A Cargo Plane
    As you may have noticed, I haven't yet responded to this post. There's a reason for this.

    I'm beginning to like the Panamera.

    I had to work up the courage to say that. It's not a popular opinion in these parts.

    The styling is a little bloated looking, but they kept the Porsche DNA in it. You look at it and immediately know what its a Porsche.

    Looking past the styling, though, is the performance. You have a family car that performs like a Porsche. A car for running to get the groceries, that runs to 60 mph in 4 to 5 seconds, depending on trim. Strap the kiddos in their car seats, the wife in her leather-clad throne, and pilot the family to the Grand Canyon in luxury and speed.

    Can you get other cars that are just as fast for the same money (or less) and seat the family? Of course. You can make nearly every car in this segment of the market look like an unjustifiable expense. But no other car can do all that and say Porsche on the nameplate.
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    Edited by engineerd at 07/28/09 12:24 PM engineerd was starred engineerd was unstarred
    Image of FormerlyPreferredCustomer FormerlyPreferredCustomer
    07/28/09

    @engineerd: I'm happy to look past the ugly. I'll put a paper bag over my head when I am walking out to the car. But no stick? No deal. If I want to settle for an automatic (and I don't care what anyone says, a good auto and those horrible flappy paddles are essentially the same thing), there are dozens of interesting/cool cars out there that I'd buy before I bought this (Ben's XJR, for instance).

    It I'm spending the extra money for the Porsche badge, it better a) be fast and c) have three pedals. Otherwise it is just a waste.

    Besides, the M3 does everything in your description above, has the right number of pedals, saves you something like 30-40 grand, and doesn't have the stigma of saying "Porsche" on the nameplate. With the money left over, you can buy an Elise.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    07/28/09

    @FormerlyPreferredCustomer: Blame America(ns) for that, you can get it with a proper transmission in 'Yurip.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    07/28/09

    @engineerd: That was beautiful, man.

    By injecting our own eloquence and sense of inner beauty into the car that we drive, any car can be beautiful.

    Brilliant, my friend.
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    07/28/09

    @FormerlyPreferredCustomer:

    Love the regular ol' stick too, but it strikes me as odd that cars like the Panamera get whacked for not importing it with a stick, yet you can only buy a Ferrari with paddles now. Would you say no to the new 458 based on that sentiment? I wouldn't. bring on the paddles.
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    Image of FormerlyPreferredCustomer FormerlyPreferredCustomer
    07/28/09

    @lpartridge: See my comments in the other thread. The 458 is dead to me. If I want to shift using buttons I'll stay home and play Forza.
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    07/29/09

    @FormerlyPreferredCustomer: "doesn't have the stigma of saying "Porsche" on the nameplate"

    You have got to be kidding me by suggesting a propellor badge as an alternative without stigma.
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    07/28/09

    In reply to How To Load 31 Porsches Into A Cargo Plane
    So, if I back my plane up to the factory's loading dock, will they fill me up too? You can start loading 'er up, Helmut. I better go check for that purchase oder on the clipboard back in the office. And keep the engines running.
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    07/28/09

    In reply to How To Load 31 Porsches Into A Cargo Plane
    Approximately? How can someone not be sure how many cars are in a plane? If they accidentally loaded an extra car, I'll take it off their hands...
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    Image of maximum-sienna maximum-sienna
    07/28/09

    In reply to How To Load 31 Porsches Into A Cargo Plane
    I support this because it supports giving Al Gore an ulcer by:

    1) Driving a gas guzzling car.
    2) Transporting it to the US in the most environmentally damaging method possible.

    Infact, I probably could buy one if it I didn't have to pay taxes so other people can buy new cars.

    *Sorry, I can't get off my soap box just yet. It makes me sick.
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    engineerd promoted this comment Edited by maximum-sienna at 07/28/09 11:15 AM maximum-sienna was starred maximum-sienna was unstarred
    Image of layabout layabout
    07/28/09

    In reply to How To Load 31 Porsches Into A Cargo Plane
    I see the usual boring ugly comments dominate another Panamera thread. I'm wondering how many of these people have actually seen one,as they don't look bad atall close up & at least they offer a better look than the overused rep-mobile look that BMW lexus Audi & Mercedes are going for.
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    Image of mikedrawcar mikedrawcar
    07/28/09

    @layabout returns: you would rather have a bloated 911 than a CLS?
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    07/28/09

    @mikedrawcar left his star around here somewhere...: Given the choice, I'd rather walk.
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    Image of layabout layabout
    07/28/09

    @mikedrawcar left his star around here somewhere...: Yes,but then i wouldn't buy either of them in the first place.
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    Edited by layabout at 07/28/09 11:31 AM layabout was starred layabout was unstarred
    Image of Adam Spano Adam Spano
    07/28/09

    @layabout returns:

    Having seen AND driven them... I agree wholeheartedly. You must SEE to appreciate. Pictures do not do it justice, it's much the same as when the Cayenne launched.

    Personally I did find many parts of this car quite unattractive, however seeing in person, from all angles, really changes the perspective.
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    07/28/09

    @mikedrawcar left his star around here somewhere...: Yes. Very yes. The CLS isn't a very attractive car. The Panamera isn't gorgeous, but that's not why you buy a Porsche.
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    Image of Number_Six Number_Six
    07/28/09

    In reply to How To Load 31 Porsches Into A Cargo Plane
    Porsche Panamera photographed while stuck in the midst of ugly tree.
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    07/28/09

    In reply to How To Load 31 Porsches Into A Cargo Plane
    I flew United Airlines on my way to the US

    The plane departed Stuttgart, connecting in Chicago's "O'Hare".

    While on the ground, a passenger said from the seat behind me,

    "My God, they're throwing Porsches out there!"

    My chums and I exchanged a look, best described as terror

    At the action on the tarmac, and knowing whose vehicles these would be

    So before I left Chicago, I alerted three employees

    Who showed complete indifference towards me

    United...
    (United...)
    You broke my Panamera
    United...
    (United...)
    And you didn't even care-a...
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    P161911 now with M POWER! promoted this comment Edited by bmoreDLJ at 07/28/09 10:57 AM bmoreDLJ was starred bmoreDLJ was unstarred
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    07/28/09

    In reply to How To Load 31 Porsches Into A Cargo Plane
    How To Load 31 UGLY Porsches Into A Cargo Plane

    fixed.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    07/28/09

    In reply to How To Load 31 Porsches Into A Cargo Plane
    That's a whole lot of ugly for one 'bus to handle.
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    Image of FormerlyPreferredCustomer FormerlyPreferredCustomer
    07/28/09

    @pauljones: I was going to make some crack about Airbus finally meeting its match in terms of taking something that should be beautiful and making it ugly, but it looks like that's a Boeing.
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    07/28/09


    @FormerlyPreferredCustomer: Not since the DeHavilland Comet has there been a good-looking jetliner.

    I will admit that the new Boeing 787 is a bit of a looker, though.
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    Image of EzraKaploodle EzraKaploodle
    07/28/09

    In reply to How To Load 31 Porsches Into A Cargo Plane
    Why on earth would Porsche not just send these PanAmerica's by sea instead of air? I bet you they could have saved a bucket load of cash.
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    07/28/09

    @EzraKaploodle:

    They wanted to deliver the ugly faster to all the tanned people in Orange County.
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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    07/28/09

    @EzraKaploodle: Why settle when you can put them in an Ekranoplane and achieve both at the same time?
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    Image of smalleyxb122 smalleyxb122
    07/28/09

    In reply to How To Load 31 Porsches Into A Cargo Plane
    Even before its introduction, the Panamera is struggling to find fans, so it has been forced to act in infomercials for Little Giant ladder "systems" to make ends meet.
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    Image of tenbeers tenbeers
    07/28/09

    In reply to How To Load 31 Porsches Into A Cargo Plane
    I really want to drive one of those flatbed lowrider car trailer...damn...things
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