08-17-2012, 08:38 PM
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Kaili <3
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Denver Colorado
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I have had rude comments like,
"Brat"
"Is that your boyfriend's?"
So I guess I am on the other side of the fence. You know just because you see a girl driving a nice car it doesn't mean her parents bought it for her or it's her boyfriends. Dealer said I'd get lots of guys in that car, made me chuckle.
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08-18-2012, 05:13 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by shadowprincess25
I have had rude comments like,
"Brat"
"Is that your boyfriend's?"
So I guess I am on the other side of the fence. You know just because you see a girl driving a nice car it doesn't mean her parents bought it for her or it's her boyfriends. Dealer said I'd get lots of guys in that car, made me chuckle.
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SP25 -- just smile at them .... nothing you can say will matter anyway 
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08-18-2012, 05:16 AM
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Ex Esso kid
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: NY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by shadowprincess25
I have had rude comments like,
"Brat"
"Is that your boyfriend's?"
So I guess I am on the other side of the fence. You know just because you see a girl driving a nice car it doesn't mean her parents bought it for her or it's her boyfriends. Dealer said I'd get lots of guys in that car, made me chuckle.
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It would have been great if you said "even if that comes true, I'd have to give a lot of rides to approach the level of screwing established by the Porsche dealer network".
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08-18-2012, 01:13 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Hartford CT
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Originally Posted by NoGaBiker
Why didn't you get the 911?
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This. Get it all the time!
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08-23-2012, 04:30 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Philly
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Here is a crazy one I just got this morning.
"Is that a Fiat?"
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08-23-2012, 05:15 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Missouri
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ProjectM96
Here is a crazy one I just got this morning.
"Is that a Fiat?"
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They must've thought you were Charlie Sheen
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08-23-2012, 05:19 AM
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Ex Esso kid
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: NY
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Not an insult or as dumb you think, fiat has a sports car I saw years ago that looks just like a 986 and preceded the 986. They also had one that looked like a NSX / Lotus cross with a 16 valve, twin cam turbo. Don't forget that Fiat owns Lancia and Ferrari, if they wanted to they could bring some kick ass sports cars here, no knowing whether they will.
I can't find the 986 looking Fiat but looky what I did find
http://www.autoweek.com/article/20120523/CARNEWS/120529937
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08-23-2012, 06:15 AM
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Location: Winnipeg MB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ProjectM96
Here is a crazy one I just got this morning.
"Is that a Fiat?"
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Should have said "Yep, it's a "fiat" of modern engineering"
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08-23-2012, 09:55 AM
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Location: Ontario, Canada
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I don't recall any Fiats that resembled the Boxster. Yes, they produced the Fiat X/19 - a transverse mid-engine roadster with a fixed sail/rolbar and a lift-off fiberglass roof panel. Although pretty enough, it was very angular in appearance and it lacked power (a single overhead cam 4 cylinder/transaxle from the Fiat 128).
Yes, they also produced the Lancia Montecarlo (aka Lancia Beta Montecarlo or Lancia Scorpian in the USA) and this was code-named the Fiat X/20 during development. It too was angular in appearance with fixed sails/rollbar and a lift-off roof and was not much more powerful, making use of the Fiat 124 twin-cam but with additional weight.
Lancia also produced, in rather limited numbers. the Stratos - another mid-engine sports car that was also quite angular, but which had comparable (if not superior) peformance to the Boxster as it had the benefit of the same V6 engine as the Ferrari Dino.
As indicated, if they made a production, mid-engine sports car which resembled but pre-dated the Boxster, I certainly don't remember it.
Brad
Last edited by southernstar; 08-23-2012 at 09:57 AM.
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08-23-2012, 11:03 AM
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Well this was a tall black guy in Philly, U.S.
I don't think he knows much about cars period. He probably just named the most exotic foreign car name he could think of.
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08-23-2012, 05:54 PM
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Porsche "Purist"
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Wisconsin
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Years ago someone asked: Is that the new Thunderbird?
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1998 Boxster with 7.8 DME, 2005 3.6 liter/325 hp, Variocam Plus, 996 Instrument panel
2001 Boxster original owner. I installed used motor at 89k.
1987 924S. 2002 996TT. PST-2
Owned and repaired Porsches since 1974. Porsche: It's not driving, it's therapy.
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08-24-2012, 03:14 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Melbourne Australia
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ProjectM96
Here is a crazy one I just got this morning.
"Is that a Fiat?"
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FIAT= Fix It Again Tony. 
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08-24-2012, 03:28 AM
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Ex Esso kid
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: NY
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Quote:
Originally Posted by southernstar
I don't recall any Fiats that resembled the Boxster. Yes, they produced the Fiat X/19 - a transverse mid-engine roadster with a fixed sail/rolbar and a lift-off fiberglass roof panel. Although pretty enough, it was very angular in appearance and it lacked power (a single overhead cam 4 cylinder/transaxle from the Fiat 128).
Yes, they also produced the Lancia Montecarlo (aka Lancia Beta Montecarlo or Lancia Scorpian in the USA) and this was code-named the Fiat X/20 during development. It too was angular in appearance with fixed sails/rollbar and a lift-off roof and was not much more powerful, making use of the Fiat 124 twin-cam but with additional weight.
Lancia also produced, in rather limited numbers. the Stratos - another mid-engine sports car that was also quite angular, but which had comparable (if not superior) peformance to the Boxster as it had the benefit of the same V6 engine as the Ferrari Dino.
As indicated, if they made a production, mid-engine sports car which resembled but pre-dated the Boxster, I certainly don't remember it.
Brad
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Brad,
You don't recall it because they only sold them in Europe which is likely why I can't find it. Rest assured the Germans took some 986 styling cues for Italy too or vise versa, the Zagado I saw predated the Boxter by at least two years. They made many cars that never saw our shores. Did you think I was hallucinating Brad? I know their US model line better than any person on this BB they never brought a 16valve twin cam to our shores, this was a turbo version of said engine.
This might be a modern version of the coupe, the mid nineties convertible was a dead ringer for the 986
Fiat Coupe 16 Valve Turbo (New Wheels!) | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
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08-24-2012, 03:53 AM
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Location: Malta
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FIAT = First in all trouble. Well having said that, dad has owned a Fiat Bravo for 16 years, not a fault!
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08-24-2012, 03:34 PM
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Porsche "Purist"
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Wisconsin
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Failure in automotive technology
F'ing Italians Attempt at Transportation
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1998 Boxster with 7.8 DME, 2005 3.6 liter/325 hp, Variocam Plus, 996 Instrument panel
2001 Boxster original owner. I installed used motor at 89k.
1987 924S. 2002 996TT. PST-2
Owned and repaired Porsches since 1974. Porsche: It's not driving, it's therapy.
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08-24-2012, 10:11 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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I've heard
"I like your car, what's it book at?"
Her ride was a whooped Subaru Outback Wagon with a serious vacuum leak. Every time she revved her engine, it sounded like the blow off valve was on it's last leg.
Confused, I thought this trashy girl was asking me how much it cost.... I hesitated.....she said, "what's the dash say the car will do?"
When I told her the speedometer read up to 175mph, she looked down and said "you'd beat me".
She asked "you want to race?"
I turned this d!psh!it down because it was a sketchy part of road where cops do actually monitor. I told her, some other day.
first time hearing "what's it book at?" wtf
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08-25-2012, 03:53 AM
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Ex Esso kid
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: NY
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Lot's of funny acronyms but I notice there's still a lot of guys around here drooling on Ferrari cars who just happened to be owned by Fiat Roosevelt Motors
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08-25-2012, 08:04 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Winnipeg MB
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Well boy do I feel dumb. All this money spent on engine mods over the years and all I really had to do was get a speedo that reads higher. Crap!!
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08-26-2012, 10:41 AM
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Porsche "Purist"
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Wisconsin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ghostrider 310
Lot's of funny acronyms but I notice there's still a lot of guys around here drooling on Ferrari cars who just happened to be owned by Fiat Roosevelt Motors
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I worked for a Fiat garage in the 80s and have owned/autocrossed a lot of 128s and X 1/9s.
BTW Fiat also owns Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep. Fiat Viper anyone?
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1998 Boxster with 7.8 DME, 2005 3.6 liter/325 hp, Variocam Plus, 996 Instrument panel
2001 Boxster original owner. I installed used motor at 89k.
1987 924S. 2002 996TT. PST-2
Owned and repaired Porsches since 1974. Porsche: It's not driving, it's therapy.
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