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Old 05-14-2005, 09:49 PM   #1
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Hmm... I don't know if the motion sensor stuff is the same on the 05 as it was in the past, as my dealer didn't make any mention of an infrared sensor...? I'll have to find out about that! Thanks for the tip about the inserts and the wind deflector though--that's pretty annoying!

As for the "sell the other car" comment, hobo, that's kind of silly isn't it, since you really don't have any idea what my other car is, and since I stated that I'd probably set up the "other car" to be a track car. There is nothing more thrilling than driving a car on a track!

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Old 05-16-2005, 07:26 AM   #2
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just curious Eslai, are you over 23 years of age? (btw, I look young for my age too).
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Old 05-16-2005, 09:42 AM   #3
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Will be thirty in two weeks.
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Old 05-16-2005, 11:23 AM   #4
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nice, I wanted a Porsche all throughout my 20's and had the means but the insurance in these neck of the woods means I didn't have the means. Or just unwilling to. One year I was quoted $5,000! Now that I'm an old man its down to logical levels $1600 per year.

anyhoo... The guy in the pic has a GT3 for track and an S2000 for Autocross and weekend driving. He autocrossed the GT3 plenty last season when he was familiriazing himself with that amount of power and the way more abrupt changes of direction that we see at our local Autocross courses vs. any local road course.
I'm sure he wanted to keep Autocrossing the GT3 but it was too hard on the car due to the ride height. Acutally he says its harsh just riding on the road.

Personally I think Autocrossing a daily driver is an excellent idea. I've avoided some "incidents" on the HIghway (both times with an SUV) that I highly doubt I would have been able to pull off withou Autocrossing. You just never stomp on the brake from 70mph that hard in real world drving.
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And that's the one reason I may take it out to Autocross at least once or twice--to test the limits of the car. Seeing as how I'll never get a chance to take it out on an actual track (I'm not installing any safety equipment), Autox at Qualcomm stadium is about the best I'm going to get.

As for insurance, yeah I'm listing it as my second car and I already have the ten-year driver discount and a clean record so it shouldn't be TOO crazy... I find out later today....
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buy first ask insurance quetions later. My kind of Porsche owner.
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buy first ask insurance quetions later. My kind of Porsche owner.
Funny enough, my rates actually went down almost $200 a year due to the multi-car discount! With a lower deductible even!
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