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Best Porsche Ever?

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    #32
    ronnie3585
    Registered Users Posts: 6,675 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    Again beautiful. Any excuse to show it off eh?:pac:


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    #33
    Chaz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,275 ✭✭✭Chaz


    ronnie3585 wrote: »
    Again beautiful. Any excuse to show it off eh?:pac:

    Thanks. Its for sale - so any chance to get some 'air time'.


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    #34
    TomMc
    Registered Users Posts: 1,616 ✭✭✭TomMc


    917K, 959, 550 Spyder & 356 Speedster or Carrera would appeal to me far more than any 911. And I would probably buy a 928GTS, 944 Turbo S or the 968 Club Sport (at least as daily drivers and for a fraction of the cost) in preference to a 911 too.


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    #35
    Rob987
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 113 ✭✭Rob987


    rabbitinlights wrote: »
    2008 Porsche 911 GT2.

    And some one on one lessons with a certain Mr. Walter Rohl so I dont kill myself.

    LOL. I'd be scared sh*tless of that car on Irish roads. If the ultra hard suspension set up doesn't break your back, then all that slipping and sliding will. 50bhp more than the 997 turbo and only 2WD. Also, it runs on Michelin semi slicks as standard. Recipe for some serious trouble...

    However, on the track :eek:


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    #36
    ronnie3585
    Registered Users Posts: 6,675 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    Yea, 530bhp at the rear wheels and Irish roads - give it a week and you'll lose your license or your life!


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    #37
    rabbitinlights
    Registered Users Posts: 4,008 ✭✭✭rabbitinlights


    Yeah, realistically It would just be for the track, but just think how tempted you would be to bring if for a lash early on Sunday mornings.......

    For a day to day, I think I would just go for a early 70's 911, something like this:

    po911c68bis.jpg


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    #38
    tdc
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    ronnie3585 wrote: »
    I think you have missed his argument. You say that the 924, 944 and 968 were lesser models of the 911 - correct but for their time.

    I think the point tdc was trying to make is that the Boxter is the lesser version of the 911 for it's time.

    Yes, thats what im saying. We could go on and on about the 924,944,etc. but im talking about the Boxter. At the end of the day, to have a real Porsche experience you have to drive a 911. Have you ever heard of anyone driving a Boxter and 911 back to back and then saying the Boxter was the better car?

    As I said before, I think that the Boxter is a good car, but it is not up there with the 911. The 911 is a sports car benchmark whereas the Boxter is just a rival to the Honda S2K and BMW Z4 (both of which are also great cars).

    Sorry, not trying to cause a big stir but IMO the Boxter cannot compete with the 911. Great car, yes, but should it be included in the top 5 greatest Porsche's ever? No.


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    #39
    NiSmO
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    #40
    tdc
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    I actually like the Cayenne, esp the new GTS. It really is up there with Range Rover/BMW X5,etc but it's a bit pricey.


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    #41
    NiSmO
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    #42
    peasant
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    NiSmO wrote: »
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB5JmwYkz4k

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llH_1pwldqw


    Try explain the "masterpiece" bit to your friends at the Ascot garden party :D


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    #43
    ronnie3585
    Registered Users Posts: 6,675 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    Ha! Enough said:D


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    #44
    NiSmO
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    #45
    S.I.R
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    peasant wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB5JmwYkz4k

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llH_1pwldqw


    Try explain the "masterpiece" bit to your friends at the Ascot garden party :D

    they dont make off road tyres for the cayenne and itrsa a 4x4 :


    also as JEremy clarkson once said and its 100 % true " you only buy the boxster as proof that your life didnt go as planned.... buy a classic 911 instead "


    and no ronnie, if given the choice id take a mr2 any day of the week, much better built, better handling and until the mkIII there where the best looking jap car on the roads..


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    #46
    NiSmO
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    #47
    Traumadoc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,523 ✭✭✭Traumadoc


    BTW the next 911 will have lower emissions moving it into the 32% VRT band according to todays business post.


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    #48
    magick
    Registered Users Posts: 2,478 ✭✭✭magick


    JHMEG wrote: »
    Can we ask what your current car is, and what your last one was? Your wife is a tough act to follow!

    currently my current "car" is a Peugeot with 2wheels and 18 gears :D


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    #49
    Mr. Presentable
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,496 ✭✭✭Mr. Presentable


    RUF Yellowbird?

    http://www.race-cars.com/carsold/porsche/1055179148/1055179148ss.htm


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    #50
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,712 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    I am in N.J. in the USA for the week, and drove a 2005 911 this morning. 3.6 litres and 325bhp.

    It was awesone. Truly awesome.


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    #51
    roughan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 426 ✭✭roughan


    tdc wrote: »
    FFS the Boxter? Are you serious? Why not throw the Cayenne in there for good measure.

    What about 997 GT3RS or 993 GT2/997 GT2?

    the Boxster is the car that saved Porsche from Financial ruin
    it was a huge gamble and they bet their future on it


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    #52
    ondafly
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    S.I.R wrote: »
    also as JEremy clarkson once said and its 100 % true " you only buy the boxster as proof that your life didnt go as planned.... buy a classic 911 instead "

    Clarkson also said on the Boxster :

    "Porsches do not sound like other cars. And they do not drive like other cars. They drive . . . how can I put this? Better."

    As for whoever is comparing the Boxster to a 911 ! are you mad ? They are completely different cars. Its like comparing the Z4 with an M3.


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    #53
    Cyrus
    Registered Users Posts: 20,106 ✭✭✭✭Cyrus


    jesus i cannot believe all the crap in this thread, the OP obviously being a porsche enthusiast was looking for a decent discussion, and instead the uninformed fill it with comments about how the boxster is a poor mans 911 and not a real porsche etc etc.

    The boxster is a perfectly set up sports car, if given the same power as a 911 it would be an interesting battle, of course porsche didnt equip it with the same power, why would they, and have people buy the cheaper car.

    its aiming at a different market segment, its a proper open top roadster, the 911 verts look awkward.

    of course most people would go for the 911 if they had the extra money but thats true for everything, would a 335i owner buy an m3 if he had the money, of course, doesnt make the 335 a bad car?

    any of you slating the boxster, have you driven one, and what do you drive?

    id imagine theres a lot of tdi VAG engines in there :p


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    #54
    OTK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 556 ✭✭✭OTK


    roughan wrote: »
    the Boxster is the car that saved Porsche from Financial ruin
    it was a huge gamble and they bet their future on it
    Have you sold that Boxster yet?


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    #55
    [Deleted User]
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    The truley insane Porsche 9ff GT9 anyone?
    Cyrus wrote: »

    id imagine theres a lot of tdi VAG engines in there :p

    But its got two red letters which means its putting out 400bhp with a new chip!!11:pac:


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    #56
    Biro
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,091 ✭✭✭Biro


    AudiChris wrote: »
    One of the first cars I'd buy after a lotto win would be a concours 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS.

    Tasty!

    Would you pick a white one with red stripes and wheels or a white one with blue stripes and wheels though?!? :D
    It'd be in my lotto garage too! Along with a 997 GT2.


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    #57
    Biro
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    NiSmO wrote: »
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    Engineering master piece - maybe. A useful vehicle? No. If I want to travel with my family and luggage very quickly on the road, I'll buy an RS6 Avant. If I want to cover off road ground very quickly I'll buy a bowler wildcat. I do not want a halfway house, and Porsche make sports cars. That's why everyone has it out or in or whatever way you like it for the Pepper.
    For the record, I also see X3's, X5's, X6's, ML's, Q7's, Range Rover's, etc as all pointless devices.
    Also, the boxter is an excellent car, regardless of the attitude of it being too affordable to be a proper Porsche!


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    #58
    Mr. Presentable
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,496 ✭✭✭Mr. Presentable


    Biro wrote: »
    Engineering master piece - maybe. A useful vehicle? No. If I want to travel with my family and luggage very quickly on the road, I'll buy an RS6 Avant. If I want to cover off road ground very quickly I'll buy a bowler wildcat. I do not want a halfway house, and Porsche make sports cars. That's why everyone has it out or in or whatever way you like it for the Pepper.
    For the record, I also see X3's, X5's, X6's, ML's, Q7's, Range Rover's, etc as all pointless devices.
    Also, the boxter is an excellent car, regardless of the attitude of it being too affordable to be a proper Porsche!

    In any event the OP was asking re the best Porsche ever. Which is not the Cayenne or the Boxster.


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    #59
    roughan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 426 ✭✭roughan


    Cyrus wrote: »

    any of you slating the boxster, have you driven one, and what do you drive?

    id imagine theres a lot of tdi VAG engines in there :p

    +1


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    #60
    roughan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 426 ✭✭roughan


    OTK wrote: »
    Have you sold that Boxster yet?

    gone ages
    have a lovely 07 S now


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    #61
    OTK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 556 ✭✭✭OTK


    roughan wrote: »
    gone ages
    have a lovely 07 S now
    Lovely. I've never driven one but I'm told they're fantastic.

    btw Carzone seem to be still showing your ad.
    http://www.carzone.ie/used-cars/Porsche/Boxster/NCT-0510/890150/


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