911

[smithfly114]

NOTE - I did not take this photograph.

In my opinion this is the most beautiful, perfectly engineered piece of machinery on the market today.

I am hoping that others here also appreciate the beauty.
Has anyone had the opportunity to photograph a 911?
Show them!

[Jetmech1]

Oh Ya. Real nice.

[tjburns]

i think these are nice cars, and ive always wanted one, but i think there is more bang for your buck, and better tech out there than the 911's

[tjburns]

it is quite beautiful though

[smithfly114]

like what? they seem to just continue perfecting what works.

[tjburns]

you could get two new bmw 325's one and a half m3's...almost an m5, an m3 and a srt-4...a three mustang gt's, a corvette and a mustang, a few 350Z's a used ferrarri, or any number of other sweet cars for the base price of a 911.

[smithfly114]

yet none of thoes compare ( with the exception of a USED ferrarri) to the 911 performance

[HoRnYTuRbO]

you could get two new bmw 325's one and a half m3's...almost an m5, an m3 and a srt-4...a three mustang gt's, a corvette and a mustang, a few 350Z's a used ferrarri, or any number of other sweet cars for the base price of a 911.

and the 911 will out run them all at the track

[tjburns]

ah, the M3 has more hp, as does the m5, corvette...now im not tryin to start a war here...I like the car. I understand that german cars are at the head of the pack, and most domestics cant even compare. Im also not comparing handling so much as straightline power. Im not claiming to know everything. Im just sayin, If i had 70 large and a need for speed, Id be compelled to buy a Harley, (10grand) a boat ( say 20 Grand) A truck to pull it with (used, lets say 10 Grand) and a new gto (30 grand) or a mustang or something along those lines......but lets not get off track... I love porshes, and the thought of driving one puts a smile on my face regardless. And this is a beautiful pic of a beautiful car.

[smithfly114]

Raw HP, you may be correct, but raw power means nothing if the rest is not perfect and tuned well. I’m not trying to start a war either, however, with ALL aspects of the car considered, the 911 I believe is the best production built “race” car. Race being the key word, it is perfectly tuned for all aspects of an intense circuit race, while other cars (those mentioned above may have a faster top speed)

Anyways, let’s see the pics people have taken of the Porsche!

[mikeisbeast]

the porsche 911 is the only german car i actually like and respect everything else is poser crap.... but that being you could buy a STI or a EVO for about 30k and take it out to a track and give that porsche a run for its money any day of the week... those are pretty much race cars with a stero for the consumer almost indentical to the pro rally ones

[berto]

porsche's are excellent cars and i will get one.. someday. but for now i would agree with Mikeisbeast, i can get a STI or an EVO and keep up withthe porsche at least till around 145mph or so. however, with the amount of money saved the STI can be modded to even excel the porsche performance and it would still be cheaper.

i'd still prefer a porsche though. chicks dig porsche.

[Ospi]

ur all wrong:
http://www.fpv.com.au/upload/image/725_6x24x200450405PM.jpg

on a more serious note, the 911 is a precise balance between power, handling and styling, something ,ost other cars cant achieve imo. the only other cars which come close in all areas would be a 360 - f430 which id take over any car ever :).

on the other hand an evo 9 or new sti would be brilliant and u would probably enjoy yourself more in one of them i rekon since u wouldnt be as worried about pushing it to its limits. now whos gonna transfer 56k into my account for an evo 9??

[Coco-Puffs]

yet none of thoes compare ( with the exception of a USED ferrarri) to the 911 performance

i dont know what type of performance youre talking about the Z06 is up there...I'm a BMW fanatic so nothing is faster than a BMW in my world:p



6:55* -- 178.699 km/h -- Radical SR8, 360 PS/650 kg, Michael Vergers, sep,28 05,
7:12* -- 173.600 km/h -- Radical SR3 Turbo, 320 PS/500 kg (test drive 07/03) (*mfr.)
7:12.25 173.500 km/h -- Schnitzer BMW M3 GTR, Dirk Mueller, 24hrs race practice (02)
7:14.89 172.181 km/h – Donkervoort D8 270 RS, , 350 PS/600 kg, Michael Düchting, nov,6 05, http://autoweek.nl/newsdisp.php?cache=no&ID=4199
7:15.63 169.311 km/h -- Edo Porsche 996 GT2 RS, 542 PS/1284 kg, Patrick Simons (sport auto 09/05), www.edo-competition.net/movies/nordschleife_gt2rs.wmv
7:18.01 170.236 km/h -- Donkervoort D8 RS, 370 PS/670 kg, Michael Duechting, sport auto 12/2004, >>> http://speed.supercars.net/PitLane?viewThread=y&gID=0&fID=2&tID=13957
7:19* -- 168.929 km/h -- Radical SR3 1500 Turbo, Phil Bennet (jun,15 03) (*mfr.), www.radicalmotorsport.com/news_folder/nordchliefe/index.php ,
www.radicalsportscars.com/gallery/ring2b.mpg
7:21 --- 168.163 km/h -- Blitz Supra, 650 PS (Autocar magazine 97)
7:28 --- 166.652 km/h -- Porsche Carrera GT, 612 PS/ 1475 kg, Walther Roehrl,(Autobild 07/04)
7:32* -- 164.071 km/h – Pagani Zonda F, 650 PS/ 1230 kg, (*mfr.) www.autodrome-cannes.com/index-eng.asp
7:32.44 163.911 km/h -- Porsche Carrera GT, 612 PS/ 1475 kg, definitive time Horst von Saurma (sport auto 01/04)
7:32.52 163.882 km/h -- Gemballa Porsche GTR 600 EVO, Wolfgang Kaufmann (sport auto 01) , www.gemballa.com/news/gtr6002.html
7:34 --- 163.586 km/h – Koenigsegg CCR, 806 PS/1180 kg, Horst von Saurma (sport auto), oct,17-18 05, http://www.koenigsegg.com/news/articles.asp?news=98&page=&type=news
7:36 --- 162.631 km/h -- Porsche Carrera GT, 612 PS/ 1475 kg, factory test driver Walther Roehrl (02)
7:39 --- 161.575 km/h -- Koenigsegg CCR, 806 PS/1180 kg, www.koenigsegg.com/news/articles.asp?news=91&page=&type=news
www.supercars.net/PitLane?viewThread=y&gID=0&fID=0&tID=44953
7:40 --- 161.217 km/h – Bugatti 16/4 Veyron, 1001 PS/1980 kg (Wheels magazine Australia, 12/05)
7:40* -- 161.217 km/h -- Porsche Carrera GT, 612 PS/ 1495 kg, *cold and partially wet track (sport auto 12/03)
7:40 --- 161.217 km/h -- Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren, Klaus Ludwig (AutoBild 07/04)
7:41 --- 160.868 km/h -- Manthey Porsche GT3 M410, 413hp (AutoBild 07/04) , www.manthey-motors.de/nextshopcms/cmspdf.asp?id=217
7:42* -- 160.519 km/h – Ford GT, 550 PS/ 1521 kg (*as indicated by Octane magazine, 11/05)
7:42 --- 160.519 km/h -- Mosler MT900S Photon, Joao Barbosa, (04) (according to dailysportscar.net)
7:42 --- 160.519 km/h -- Radical 1500 SR3, 230 PS/510 kg (02)
7:42.9 - 160.207 km/h -- Corvette Z06, 500 PS/1319 kg, Jan Magnusen, (Sporbilen, jun,26 05), www.supercars.net/Pics?vpf2=y&gID=3&fID=0&tID=10073&mID=1384471&l=d
7:43 --- 160.173 km/h -- Porsche 996 GT3 RS, factory test driver Walter Roehrl (MOTOR magazine)
7:43 --- 160.173 km/h -- TechArt Porsche GT Street, 620 PS/1453 kg, (sport auto 08/02)
7:43.5 - 160,000 km/h -- Lamborghini Murcielago (Autocar magazine 02)
7:44 --- 159.828 km/h -- Pagani Zonda C12 S, 555 PS/1388 kg (sport auto 07/02)
7:45 --- 159.484 km/h -- Gemballa Porsche GTR 600, 600hp (00)
7:45* -- 159.484 km/h -- McLaren F1, *estimated lap time from a video available at www.pistonheads.tv
7:46 --- 159.142 km/h -- Porsche 996 GT2, 462 PS/1450 kg (sport auto 06/01)
7:46 --- 159.142 km/h -- Jaguar XJ220, John Walton (EVO magzine 07/00), www.jwhubbers.nl/ring/docs/evo-0007-7.jpg
7:46 --- 159.142 km/h -- SHK Porsche 993 GT2, 652hp (sport auto 99)
7:47 --- 158.801 km/h -- Porsche 996 GT3 RS, 381hp (sport auto 03/04)
7.49 --- 158.124 km/h -- Porsche GT3, 392hp (AutoBild 2004), www.autobild.de/tuning/testberichte/artikel.php?artikel_id=7274&artikel_seite=4
7:49 --- 158.124 km/h -- Porsche 996 GT3 Cup, 360 PS/1207 kg (sport auto 02/99)
7:49.72 157.885 km/h -- Honda RC30, Helmut Daehne (93) (moto bike)
7:50 --- 157.787 km/h -- BMW E46 M3 CSL (sport auto 08/03)
7:50 --- 157.787 km/h -- Blitz Supra, 750hp, Herbert Schuerg (97)
7:50 --- 157.787 km/h -- Lamborghini Murcielago, 462 PS/1450 kg (sport auto 06/02)
7:50 --- 157.787 km/h -- Westfield Super 7 with Hayabusa engine, >>> http://nurburgring.free.fr/Vids/Bren_Westie_Whooo_Divx504_1_350.avi
7:52 --- 157.119 km/h -- BMW M5 (E60), 507 PS/1844 kg, http://videos.streetfire.net/Player.aspx?fileid=51F08AD2-A549-43F0-AD1B-E91F288808EB&p=0
7:52 --- 157.119 km/h -- Gemballa Porsche 911 Le Mans (sport auto 95)
7:52 --- 157.119 km/h -- Lamborghini Gallardo E-Gear (sport auto 12/03)
7:52 --- 157.119 km/h -- Mercedes Benz SLR McLaren (sport auto 06/04)

[Coco-Puffs]

on a more serious note, the 911 is a precise balance between power, handling and styling, something ,ost other cars cant achieve imo. the only other cars which come close in all areas would be a 360 - f430 which id take over any car ever :).

Porsche themselves slapped on a LSD on the Cayman, and it ran a faster laptime on the ring than the 911:p. it was in Car magazine (..mighta been Top Gear) last year.

[ArenGh]

My girlfriend's mom has a 996 911 Targa. It's a 6spd too.

The thing is great fun to drive... but boy are these cars unreliable. It averages two tows a year... And we're a pretty damn meachnically inclined bunch of people, so these aren't little problems either.

[berto]

top gear is awesome! they test the cars the way we want to see it. to its fullest capabilities.
it gets annoying though whenever they bash american cars BUT their arguments are usually founded so... i think the only american carthey like is the GT40 and they even criticize that for getting 14mph to the gallon. oh well.

[smithfly114]

My girlfriend's mom has a 996 911 Targa. It's a 6spd too.

The thing is great fun to drive... but boy are these cars unreliable. It averages two tows a year... And we're a pretty damn meachnically inclined bunch of people, so these aren't little problems either.

What were the problems encountered? I have only heard good things do far about reliability.

[Reeforbust]

Uhhh...Hello??? I live in the real world........When can you actually use what any of these cars offer? Unless you go to a track....

I can't even do 70mph on the highway without getting a ticket:(

[othomas]

you could get two new bmw 325's one and a half m3's...almost an m5, an m3 and a srt-4...a three mustang gt's, a corvette and a mustang, a few 350Z's a used ferrarri, or any number of other sweet cars for the base price of a 911.

and your point is?? :rolleyes:

[tjburns]

I like porshes...even though that must not be coming across in my posts. My point was that my money is better spent elsewhere. Unless I hit it big, i doubt I will ever own a vehicle over 35k. I wasnt tryin to bring down the value of the 911, or discredit ability. I was just stating that there are some other hi-performance vehicles for much less than the 911...but is any of this really relevant to a photography forum...?

I think we are all entitled to our own opinions, last time i checked.

[smithfly114]

...but is any of this really relevant to a photography forum...?


Well said, now lets see the pics like I posted at the top! :-)

[BlanceEMT]

hahaha you compare an SRT-4!!!!!!!! what crap!

[smithfly114]

awesome, back on topic I see!

[tjburns]

hey, smithfly, im not even instigating anymore...but i am searching for hot pics of these cars

[smithfly114]

hey, smithfly, im not even instigating anymore...but i am searching for hot pics of these cars


Great! However I wanted to see what pictures people on this forum have taken of the 911 ( or other Porsches )

But there are a lot of great 911 shots on the web.

Check out:

http://www.porsche.com/usa/models/911/911-carrera-4s/gallery/?gtabindex=5

watch the film “Curves” its amazing

[Rob612]

NOTE - I did not take this photograph.

In my opinion this is the most beautiful, perfectly engineered piece of machinery on the market today.

I am hoping that others here also appreciate the beauty.
Has anyone had the opportunity to photograph a 911?
Show them!

Not to photoghraph it, but to drive it, several times. Does it counts ? :)

[foxbat]

Nice car, but I think that's a computer generated image and not a photograph.

[iGerard]

I probably have a couple hundred Porsche pics, but these few are of cars you wouldn't see everyday!

First is a 935. Second a 962. Pics are nothing special, but you ge the idea -great Porsche's :)

Enjoy!

[iGerard]

Couple more...

[Nidz]

You want worl'd best engineered car look at the Bugatti Veyron. They even cut a loss of proffit on each one.. Thats dedication.. None of the said previous cars can pull 300MPH.

[Ospi]

true, but it will never be done again, the amount of problems they had aerodynamically and cooling wise just made the whole project a shamble, they are losing something like 2 million per car, and they are making 399 haha.

[NickSimcheck]

7:21 --- 168.163 km/h -- Blitz Supra, 650 PS (Autocar magazine 97)


NO F****** WAY! I thought that Supra was a load of crap!

I knew the Turbo SR3 smashed the records, but what I didn't know was that they got the SR8 out there already and smacked the SR3 outta the water!

I think the Cayman is a hell of a deal. Balance, feel, sound, soul... Sure, something might be a couple seconds faster around the 'ring, but the driving experence is what I'm after, not numbers.

[tjburns]

still no pics huh? well i saw a few, but not nearly anough

[kidrebel]

I swear if I ever hit the lottery,this is the very first thing I would buy. It would have to be a turbo and of course it will be black not yellow.Philly's car show is next week.Can't wait to take the new Rebel with me.I'll get some more 911 pics to post.:cool:

[GSH]

A few shots of Porkers being used properly, as opposed to posing outside a Wine Bar as most of them do....


http://www.pbase.com/geoff_hubbert/image/52517283/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/geoff_hubbert/image/52517282/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/geoff_hubbert/image/46901938/large.jpg

[smithfly114]

now we are gettin somewhere

[GSH]

In that case...

Shame about the cones but one can only do one's best ;)

http://www.pbase.com/geoff_hubbert/image/52517287/original.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/geoff_hubbert/image/49645360/large.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/geoff_hubbert/image/46901942/large.jpg

[SpaceGuy1]

You want worl'd best engineered car look at the Bugatti Veyron. They even cut a loss of proffit on each one.. Thats dedication.. None of the said previous cars can pull 300MPH.

253 mph. close enough though:)

[iGerard]

Have posted these pics elsewhere on this forum, but what the hell, it's applicable!

[mikeisbeast]

the buggati costs about 4.5 mill per car and there sellin for about 1.3 per car