In a word, WOW...

So, my best friend moved back from Jersey to Dallas over the last week- and he gave me my first ride in a Porsche 911 Turbo. And what a ride it was...

While I didn't get a chance to see what all it can do, I can say with absolutely no fabrication that that SOB is the fastest accelerating vehicle (including passenger jets on the runway) that I have ever been strapped into. The fastest we went was about 105, but we got to 105 at such a rapid pace, that it was insane... Now I know what motorcycle guys must feel like.

I know there are quicker cars out there (Bugatti Veyron, new Corvette ZR-1, McLaren F1, Mercedes McLaren SLR) but for now, porsche has earned another fan.

It's already swift (0 - 60 in 3.4 seconds) and he's had it modified. And, it breaks with zeal equal (if not superior to) it's acceleration characteristics. As we blasted down the streets of (City Omitted), I was both amazed at how fast the car is, and terrified at how rapidly we were approaching the curves in the road, and the cars ahead of us.

A-MAY-ZING...

The interior ergonomics are first rate- even the dashboard is leather. Not a lot of creature comforts like us American's are used to. I didn't see a single cup holder! Useable (for small children) backseat, and (get this) an automatic/paddle shift transmission.

The hype is well-eaned...

That is one bad-**** car- and in my mind, just made every other sports car I've ever sat in to date, seem utterly obsolete. After riding in this, I asked him if he'd ever consider owning another Mustang GT. he replied, "Are you serious?"

I guess once you've gone Porsche, you don't go back!

Getting back into my cloth seated, 4.6L, F-150 SuperCrew XLT, the difference between upper and lower middle-class became alarmingly apparently.

 

My neighbor had one last year and traded it in for a SL65. Havent rode in either one but that benz is unbeliveable.

 

You get what you pay for.

I would expect nothing less for $126,200-$136,500 MSRP!

I used to call my 2003 Ninja ZX6R my "$7000 lamborghini"

 

A guy I work with owns this 911...



And this Factory Five...



And...



I keep telling him I'll take a car home for the weekend and detail it.... Obviously, his favorite to drive is the 911. He just got it a few weeks ago actually.

 

My buddy had a 80 something Porsche a few years ago. It was all beat up and rusted out he paid less than $800 for it (I think). We were at Hters one day having some wings and beer. He had his keys and phone on the table, and the waitress noticed he had a Porsche key. Well she was getting off work after we were done (we were he last table) and ended up coming out to the bars with us that night. So I drove to the bars because we had my truck and began to party all night. We ended up getting a cab ride home that night. Well my buddy and this hters girl ended up doing it. In the morning he takes her home in his Porsche(first time she ever saw it). Well she has never spoken to since. I guess she thought he had a nice Porsche not a P.O.S. You got to love when a guy pulls one on a money hungry girl.

 

doing what?

 

are you sure she never talked to him again because he was bad at doing it?

but im sure your right it was most likely the car....

 

Crazed:

Yes, it is.. He's a Regional VP (Been there since 1999), so he's up the food chain a bit at Wally World. Probably woudl be a Sr. VP by now, but he doesn't want to move to Bentonville, which is where his next promotion will take him. He's a city boy, and can't see moving to the country.

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I'll get some pics this weekend of it, if we hang out. Hopefully, from behind the wheel...

 

Please tell me it's a six speed, and not a Tip.

 

I'll take the Nissan GT-R for nearly half the price and same performance, Alex.

 

Nah, it's an automatic with paddle shifters...

His wife would have had him buried under the steps if he came home with a true manual.

I think the difference between the manual and the automatic (if that's what Porsche calls it) is less than 0.2 seconds (3.2 sec -vs- 3.4 sec 0 - 60). I'll take 3.4 with a mash of the gas rather than a shift. Doesnt take consistently perfect launches to yield consistent high level performance in a rig like that.

Yeah- but, it'd still be a Nissan.

Nothing against Nissan, but it'll never get the same respect as Porsche/Ferrari/Lamborghini, etc..

Truth be told, I'm more comfortable in the cabin of a Vette, so had I the loot, I'd buy a Z-06 and given him a run for his money at 1/2 the cost... But, at the end of the day, it'll still be a Vette, not a Porsche.

 

They Womanized the 911 style when they trimmed off the fender flares.
Turned it into some kind of slightly Ghey God Damn Quiche eating 50 year old's
Metrosexual Bitchmobile.

Behold a real man's Porsche--

 

inb4 reckless driving, get off the roads, do that some where else, bla bla bla

 

Beautiful car, for that matter, beautiful cars in this thread. The 911 Turbo would not get thrown out of the garage in this household. Manual or tiptronic would be accepted gladly.

BUT! For the 130,000 difference between it and my Z06, I'll keep the Z and be a smilin', drivin' fool for many years to come.

Glad you enjoyed the ride Hersh it had to be great! I'm envious, wish I had a friend that would offer me a ride.

 

Fail.

God says sports cars shall not have automatic transmissions.