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Old 06-27-2005, 07:44 PM   #1
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off topic (911 Special Edition) but worth it

Have you seen this yet? Porsche sent the press release out today. Beautiful huh? -madMike

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...and now back to our regularly scheduled Boxster topics. :-)
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Old 06-27-2005, 09:39 PM   #2
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All that money and it STILL doesn't come with colored center caps!?!?
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Old 06-28-2005, 05:11 AM   #3
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Yeah, its got 5 more hp than a stock "s" with the "Power Pack" option(380hp), 385hp. If I remember right sticker is something like $98K and limited to 100....oh yeah, avail ONLY TO PCA MEMBERS.
Good thing is, two of them are going to be given away!!! bad thing, you can only be in the loto for the 2 if you were already a PCA member by June 1???
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Old 06-28-2005, 05:20 AM   #4
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Pretty pretty car! I have a coupe in stock now and it really is a classic design. Everything is just where it should be on that car.

I like those wheels too!

Thanks for the posting.

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Sorry I have to once again be the dissenting opinion. I think this design for the best engineered Porsche car to date is AWFUL. The front looks like a combination of RX8 and Volkwagen. Very feminine and not at all appropriate for such performance. The lights have zero fluidity in blending in with parking lights and grills. The hood line looks stunted and there is nothing pulling it together. Its like a free for all of object slapped together. The rest? Very bland overall, unispiring.
Too bad because I thought Porsche was taking the 911 in a bolder direction in recent years. Looking at a 996 GT3 RS had a visual impact very similar to what I would feel when seeing a Ferrari 355 or 360. I had the same feeling looking at the Ford GT and Maserati GranSport.
But this is just terrible, and don't get me started on the SUV interior.
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Old 06-28-2005, 07:15 AM   #6
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Styling is totally subjective, so feel free.

I have driven the new 911 and it is fantastic!

But then you would expect that, wouldn't you!

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