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    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    12/08/09

    In reply to Forza Motorsports 3 Hot Holiday DLC Pack: What's Inside
    the stirling moss is freakin awesome! the view from the cockpit is so far back.
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    Image of egoods egoods
    12/08/09

    In reply to Forza Motorsports 3 Hot Holiday DLC Pack: What's Inside
    Just bought the pack, made a Ferrari 458 Italia with 858hp, and 579 lb-ft torque... this car is mental! My new favorite car in Forza.
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    12/08/09

    @egoods: Hope you have traction control on.
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    12/08/09

    @siva80: I do, but it's not totally insane without it. Car is surprisingly easy to drive. Granted if you do go over that edge a little bit it'll bite back.
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    12/08/09

    @egoods: That's the hardest part of driving the R1 cars, I find. The line between "you aren't giving it enough gas in this corner and all your opponents are now passing you" and "too much gas, your car is now spinning at 250 rpm" is too fine for my fat fingers. I still refuse to use traction control though.
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    Image of dolo54 blows minds and blows engines! dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
    12/08/09

    In reply to Forza Motorsports 3 Hot Holiday DLC Pack: What's Inside
    time to take a work break! can't wait to try out the stirling moss.
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    Image of Matt Hardigree Matt Hardigree
    12/08/09

    In reply to Forza Motorsports 3 Hot Holiday DLC Pack: What's Inside
    That 333 HP S4 is really taking down the average HP.
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    Image of Turboner Turboner
    12/04/09

    In reply to 12-Year-Old Kid Breaks Down Porsche's 2013 Lineup
    Dude, that's starting to look like the Audi lineup :) No way Porsche will make that many variants.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to 12-Year-Old Designs Better Porsche Than Porsche
    It's kids like these that make me want my own. Then, I think about it. Nope. I am glad someone else had him, though.
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    12/04/09

    In reply to Searching for Art in the Porsche 911
    Beautiful shots, Peter (and, yes, even yours I think qualifies as art). Thank you.
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    12/04/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: Although, I do find your frequent references to the Porsche's rear-end to be perhaps slightly disturbing.

    [www.chevroletpedia.org]
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    Edited by HoonThatFerrari at 12/04/09 9:39 PM HoonThatFerrari was starred HoonThatFerrari was unstarred
    Image of skitter skitter
    12/04/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: Actual dialogue:
    Fred: Ha, you Porsche guys like it in the back.
    skitter: ...
    Fred: No one mention that I have a Karmann-Ghia.
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    Edited by skitter at 12/04/09 10:19 PM skitter was starred skitter was unstarred
    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    12/04/09

    @skitter: If you think you might have a karmann in your ghia, I think Merck has a med for that.
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    12/04/09

    In reply to 12-Year-Old Kid Breaks Down Porsche's 2013 Lineup
    Great effort! But I doubt the lineup will resemble that, unless you really, really know something Jalopnik doesn't.

    In my head, the lineup wouldn't have more than 2 variants of the Boxster and Cayman each (allow for special editions, of course), 911 lineup is the same as ever, Cayenne will stick around and the lineup makes a great deal of sense,

    BUT THAT MANY PANAMERAS? I highly doubt there will be a two-door one, or a cabriolet as an extension of that. I think it's going to be Panamera, 4, S, 4S, Turbo, Hybrid, and Diesel.

    My logic is that Porsche is owned by VW now (IIRC) so won't be filling every niche they can. Said niches are also way to small to fill profitably, and there's too much overlap with 911 etc.
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    12/04/09

    @Mobius: I cant really comment of the entire list, it's just too much speculation, but I know that Porsche and VW want to increase the number of variants on the Panamera platform, since it by its self is a money-losing proposition.
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    12/04/09

    @Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .: Hmmm... (strokes imaginary beard) In that case, I hope VW take the platform and put a prettier, less Porsche body on top. The ugliness is too much.
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    12/04/09

    In reply to Searching for Art in the Porsche 911
    What defines art?

    When does a photograph, film, sound clip, drawing, doodle, sculpture or creation cross that magical threshold and become art?

    Well, to me, art needs to communicate, in whatever medium, to the subject's emotions. In this internet day and age, however, photos of even supercars are no longer rare and can barely stir me. However, each time a Lamborghini flies past, a Porsche speeds away, or a Ferrari roars forward, my heart flutters a little, my blood pressure increases a little, and my eyes go wide a little.

    That said, a photo taken of any car in the right circumstances, can, and often do, affect my emotions they way only art can. Be it a photo of a Porsche at the Ring, a Can-Am car at the Corkscrew, or an endless, lonely road with a lone muscle car powering towards the horizon (a la Vanishing Point), they definitely make me feel a little better about being alive. Provocative imagery needs to inspire dreams, and photos of cars can do just that: what is more fascinating than a journey, in that car, to wherever your heart takes you.
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    Image of Tanshanomi Tanshanomi
    12/04/09

    In reply to 12-Year-Old Kid Breaks Down Porsche's 2013 Lineup
    When I was twelve, I spent all my time mentally building custom cars out of the stuff listed in the J.C. Whitney catalog. Unfortunately, we didn't have Photoshop back then, so all that data disappeared when I discovered girls and lost my mind.
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    Image of snapoversteer 'bout to get told snapoversteer 'bout to get told
    12/04/09

    In reply to 12-Year-Old Kid Breaks Down Porsche's 2013 Lineup
    This is awesome. This is exactly what 12-yr-olds should be doing.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    12/04/09

    @snapoversteer 'bout to get told: Seconded.
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    Image of Steve_in_NC Steve_in_NC
    12/04/09

    In reply to 12-Year-Old Kid Breaks Down Porsche's 2013 Lineup
    Kid or not, he looks to be pretty accurate. Not sure all those variants will be in the US market.

    The next gen Cayenne will likely have a face closer to the Panamera, including the current hood detail.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    12/04/09

    In reply to 12-Year-Old Kid Breaks Down Porsche's 2013 Lineup
    If it's a real kid, he's bringing a lot to the party. Hopefully, he isn't full of crap.

    Also if it's a real kid, when he gets out of school he's probably going to be in the car biz, if he's really into the analysis this much.
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    Image of Alfisted Alfisted
    12/04/09

    In reply to 12-Year-Old Kid Breaks Down Porsche's 2013 Lineup
    Porsche's lineup doesn't really need anyone's help to break down.
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    12/04/09

    In reply to 12-Year-Old Kid Breaks Down Porsche's 2013 Lineup
    I appreciate his enthusiasm, but when I was his age, I made up my own auto company.
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