Carrera GT Poser - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

cfos · 02-02-2007, 12:22 PM

I'm not having some of the issues (I guess) other people are having. I don't find it the replicar THAT ugly. Likewise, I've had my fair share of issues with digital pictures so debating whether or not proportions are "correct" is really moot, especially without seeing the car in person (or seeing very many "real" ones in person, up close with my handy protractor nearby so I can write down measurements).

Having said that, I'm not going to buy it. But, if the issue is about "pretending" to be something that it isn't... I still don't have any problem with it. Am I missing something here? I mean... if you came across someone with, oh I don't know, "augmented" breasts come to mind... are you going to berate them for trying to be something they are not? Do you really care? If it makes people happy and it isn't hurting anyone, who gives a f?

In some ways this is the same issue where owners of manuals berate owners of Tiptronics because "sports" cars are "made" for "sticks", especially when people say "you-don't-really-have-a-Porsche-since-it-is-an-automatic". I find it especially funny when the people that say this drive a used Jeep Chereoke as their only car (sorry, personal rant).

But, since we are discussing replicars, one day, I think I would like to own a Speedster replica -- I like the ones made by Beck:

http://www.mybeckspeedster.com/BeckSpeedster/Default.htm

Does anyone have any experience with these?

NickCats · 02-02-2007, 12:46 PM

I can't see the car in the link ( ebay is blocked here at work ) but IMHO the black one posted here doesn't look half bad...

Just my $0.02,

Nick

Boxter · 02-02-2007, 01:17 PM

http://www.kitcar.cc/
pics can be found here...

yellowboxster01 · 02-02-2007, 01:31 PM

Here's my opinion on replica's, if you're going to make one at least make it the correct size. The CGT is a big car whereas the Boxster is not. It's like the people who make Countachs on a Fiero frame and don't stretch it or anything, looks ridiculous. Another thing that really gets to me is people that make replicas of cars that are super rare. For instance there's a guy here that has a 288GTO replica, I mean come on that car is a million plus if you can find one. What are the chances that you'll ever see one, pretty much noda.

The only Porsche replica that stands out in my book as a cool car is the Beck replicas and that's more of a reproduction than a replica. Everything on that car is to specs of the original. Although the 356 widebody is a cool looking car to me.

I remember back in the early to mid 90's there was a 500SL replica built on a Lebaron chassis. Always made me laugh, so you get a German looking car on a crappy American chassis. Cool.

That black Carroxster looks ok but, it's nothing I'd do to my car.

Boxter · 02-02-2007, 01:44 PM

FYI
They did stretch the boxster frame 12" to match the wheelbase of the CGT here...

yellowboxster01 · 02-03-2007, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boxter

FYI
They did stretch the boxster frame 12" to match the wheelbase of the CGT here...

it's still not as wide as a CGT.

super66 · 02-03-2007, 11:03 PM

ummmm....taking a break from writing a paper.....thrilling sat night....but the white one........ewwwww...................

the black one, not bad at all, maybe its black and harder to see the lines on it....but again the white one looks terrible.....

I'm cool with people changing their cars around...cause if it looks dumb, to me, then I get something to laugh at....I personally think it's stupid to put the CGT badging all over it....but that's just me....