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wojo
10/09/09

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Actually, Posh Spice was my first sign of David Beckham's poor taste.
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Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
10/09/09

@wojo to Ford-Awesome SHO, Great Job!: The weird part was, 10 years ago I thought she was the best-looking Spice Girl by far. Then she turned into something resembling a small leather handbag with two water balloons inside.
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smalleyxb122
10/09/09

@Ash78 here today, gone tomorrow: I agree with you about Victoria. Although stating that she was the best looking Spice Girl doesn't say much, she was quite attractive even without that qualifier. Now she could really use a sammich.
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FrankGrimes
10/09/09

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The convertible say lets do lunch but the matte says you're buying.
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skaycog was here
10/09/09

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This Porsche owner decided to adorn his gold with a Porsche. I'm not a big fan of matte finishes, but I'd prefer it over this.
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Sportwagons, haulin' stuff and haulin' balls
10/09/09

@skaycog: The final frontier would be...matte gold??
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Quattro-luvr
10/09/09

@skaycog: What would be your color of choice though?

I daydream on eBay all the time about what mine will look like. I've decided on metallic blue with tan interior. But I guess I'd take black or white... or red. Hell, I just want one!
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Ryan Porter
10/09/09

@Sportwagons, haulin' stuff and haulin' balls:

Here is the closest I've seen to matte Gold.
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skaycog was here
10/09/09

@Quattro-luvr: I like blue or red. Black cars are sharp, but they are tough to keep clean.
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superbadd75, now I remember why I left...
10/09/09

In reply to David Beckham Murders-Out His Porsche Turbo
There are just some cars that flat, dull paint doesn't work with. This is a fine example.

And where the hell did "murdered out" come from? The term is already a little lame to me.
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smalleyxb122
10/09/09

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Take it back, David. There is no reason that all of the clearcoat should have peeled off already. There should be some sort of warranty against that.
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Electro_Boogie
10/09/09

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That looks horrible. Turbos cabs are the ultimate poseur 911 already...this takes it to the next level.
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Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
10/09/09

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I imagine that somewhere in England, a young Anglo-Indian woman is ripping her 911 posters off the wall after seeing this.
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pauljones
10/09/09

@Ash78 here today, gone tomorrow: I was going to go with a "bend it" joke, but your approach was classier.
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Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
10/09/09

@pauljones: Bend it like Lower Control Arms on a Slammed Coilover Suspension?
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pauljones
10/09/09

@Ash78 here today, gone tomorrow: Something like that.
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Carplanetzone1
09/15/09

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Whatever happened to 0-60? Why is everything suddenly a 0-62 time? Do those 2 mph make some sort of difference?
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GeeHalen
09/15/09

@Carplanetzone1: Because, it's almost exactly 100km/h. I think everyone should run on the metric system by now.
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Paul Y. can't get in the club; gotta parking lot pimp
09/15/09

@GeeHalen: Anyone with half a brain knows the metric system makes more sense.

What really grinds my gears is that the UK haphazardly mixes English and metric units, on top of making up their own gallon.
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skitter
09/15/09

@Paul Y. don't drive too fast.: Both measure with the same accuracy. The only difference lies in nice round English numbers being different from nice round metric numbers.
/works in both every day
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Ben Wojdyla
09/15/09

@skitter: Apparently you've never done any engineering calculation in English. It is most certainly an inferior system compared to metric.
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Ben Wojdyla
09/15/09

@Carplanetzone1 - A star would be nice : ): Everything is in 0-62MPH because this is a European show, thus, as mentioned, the times are the english equivalent to 0-100 KPH.
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skitter
09/16/09

@Ben Wojdyla: No matter what, you have to watch your units.
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.357
09/15/09

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I'm a Porsche lover. This is great and all, but the GT3 kicks it's ass.
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cchannel BLT
09/15/09

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It will be a great day when Porsche is able to break the 200mph sound barrier.
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.357
09/15/09

@cchannel BLT: The GT2 goes 204.
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Dhillaz 2.0
09/15/09

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Flat engine? Doesn't that make it a Boxter?
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PowerTryp, Starless wonder.
09/15/09

@Dhillaz 2.0: It's either that or "Horizontally opposed". Which sounds sportyer to you?
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Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
09/15/09

@PowerTryp forever Minardi: Or perhaps H6. H is pronounced "hah" in German, so the engine would be like "HA! Sex!"
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PowerTryp, Starless wonder.
09/15/09

@Ash78: Is that like yelling suprise before sex? Cause I heard it's not rape then.
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mr_dude
08/07/09

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Updated to compete with the Skyline, or to compete with the c6?
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Comrade Clockwork
08/07/09

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Are those center locking wheels I see? On closer inspection it looks like they come with the ceramic brakes. I like that Porsche is making it harder to toss any old douche rims on there.
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cgates1
08/07/09

In reply to New Porsche 911 Turbo: 3.8-Liters, 500 HP Of Direct-Injection Glory
This is poor reporting - no offense - parroting the Porsche party line. To be clear, I like Porsches and in fact own one.

However, this engine represents - if it is actually as described - an overall downgrade, even though power is up and it has DI. The reason is that the old Porsche Turbo engine was different from, and superior to, the Carrera engine. It was based on the race motor from the Le Mans-winning 911 GT1 - true dry sump lubrication and some other features. If this just a boosted version of the Carrera mill, I'm underwhelmed.
It's nice and all - but it's still a downgrade.

By the way, one lap comparisons are meaningless. I'd be curious how many consecutive 7:xx laps the GTR or others could put in - I'm guessing not many, because the brakes would probably take a dump part-way through lap two.

A 911 will hum around that place all day. That's part of the reason why the M3, etc. have never QUITE been able to get there. Impressive over a 5 - 10 minutes span, but much beyond that and even a base Carrera just walks away...
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Comrade Clockwork
08/07/09

@cgates1: The Gt3 3.6 was derived from the Gt1, and the new Gt3 3.8 is still the same engine architecture just bored out. I don't believe the turbo engine is Gt1 derived, and if it was, it would have probably followed the Gt3's development process and would still be Gt1 derived.
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cgates1
08/07/09

@Comrade Clockwork: The old Turbo is the same engine architecture as the GT3. It's very confusing, but I just re-checked. The new one might still be GT1-derived, but the Jalopnik report at least suggests that it's based on the Carrera.
You're probably right, by the way - it's probably still GT1-based, but the write-up here was confusing to me.
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Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
08/07/09

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News Alert: During acceleration testing, Stud Beefpile's tongue was violently driven back and lodged in his throat. The Nissan GT-R emergency car was summoned and arrived on the scene in 6:27. Porsche disputes this version of the events.
Nissan emergency responders are now taking their sweet time extricating Mr. Beefpile's tongue, which from the glimpse we have seen, looks remarkably like a size 13 driving shoe.
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