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    Image of brandegee brandegee
    12/10/09

    In reply to Porsche Charging $1,700 For One Fucking Battery!
    Didn't everyone balk in the same manner when Porsche first offered ceramics brakes for many, many thousands of Euros? If you want cutting edge, you pay.
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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
    12/10/09

    @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 cdawgj cdawgj
    12/10/09

    @Scaramanga: Don't forget Voltphreaks, $1300 for a 5 pound battery. BTW those small (under 15 pound) lead-acid batteries are marginal for most cars.
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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.
     Reply
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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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    Image of siva80 siva80
    12/08/09

    @egoods: Hope you have traction control on.
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    egoods promoted this comment siva80 was starred siva80 was unstarred
    Image of egoods egoods
    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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    Image of siva80 siva80
    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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