11-02-2006, 07:50 PM
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I would love to have a 550! The wife wants a Cobra so it looks like it will be a cobra for me 
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11-02-2006, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by JP-s-in st. louis
I would love to have a 550! The wife wants a Cobra so it looks like it will be a cobra for me |
Hi,
You'd be surprised how tiny these are. I mean you have to look up to see the driver of the 'Spriget' next to you at the Stoplight, look at the scale of the spyder next to a 356B in the pic. But, they're really a fantastic feeling. The Beck is almost triple the HP of the original w/ all disc brakes...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
Last edited by MNBoxster; 11-02-2006 at 08:33 PM.
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11-02-2006, 08:20 PM
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Porscheectomy
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Originally Posted by MNBoxster
Hi,
You'd be surprised how tiny these are. I mean you have to look up to see the driver of the 'Spriget' next to you at the Stoplight, look at the scale of the spyder next to a 356B. But, they're really a fantastic feeling. The Beck is almost triple the HP of the original w/ all disc brakes...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
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Like an Elan next to a Miata. It lookes like 3/4 scale.
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11-02-2006, 08:30 PM
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Originally Posted by blue2000s
Like an Elan next to a Miata. It lookes like 3/4 scale.
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Hi,
Yep, I used to own a '72 Elan S3 SE w/ Big Valve Head. That is the one car I wished I'd never sold. You didn't drive that car, you wore it! The Boxster seems Mammoth compared to it, and the Elan would take the Boxster on a Road Course, I'm sure of it, especially the 26R's...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
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11-02-2006, 09:01 PM
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http://www.automotivelegends.com/USA/malibu/splash/
I was looking at this company. Jay Leno bought one of these...I think a choice he would make would be somewhat credible. I just love the 550.
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11-02-2006, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by Rail26
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Hi,
I agree, Leno knows his stuff, or at least the people he employs do. The manager of his auto storage facility in Burbank is a fellow Esprit owner and pretty active on the Esprit Forums.
He says that Jay drives a different car every day and he phones this guy to tell him which one to get ready. I suspect he may have had some input. I can check with him, but I never heard of this outfit, not that they're not good, just never heard of them...
Happy Motoring!... Jim'99
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11-03-2006, 05:06 AM
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MN, any information would be greatly appreciated! By the way, on the bottom of the website is the CGT speed record run at Talladega.
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'05 987 Basalt Black/Sand Beige
5 spd, 18" wheels
AH-64 Apache
RC-12 Guardrail
RC-7 Crazy Hawk
"If the wings are traveling faster than
the fuselage, it's probably a helicopter--
and therefore, unsafe" --Unknown
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