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Jan 25, 2006 02:54 | #16

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.

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Jan 25, 2006 04:15 | #17

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.

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Jan 25, 2006 14:31 as a reply to @ ArenGh's post | #18

ArenGh wrote:
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.

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Jan 25, 2006 15:32 as a reply to @ smithfly114's post | #19

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

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Jan 25, 2006 15:47 as a reply to @ post 1120346 | #20

tjburns wrote:
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:

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Jan 25, 2006 22:27 | #21

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.

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Jan 25, 2006 22:30 as a reply to @ tjburns's post | #22

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

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

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Jan 25, 2006 23:19 | #23

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

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Jan 25, 2006 23:39 | #24

awesome, back on topic I see!

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Jan 26, 2006 00:02 | #25

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

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Jan 26, 2006 00:05 as a reply to @ tjburns's post | #26

tjburns wrote:
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 …a-4s/gallery/?gtabindex=5

watch the film “Curves” its amazing

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Jan 26, 2006 03:24 | #27

smithfly114 wrote:
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 ?

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Jan 26, 2006 03:30 | #28

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

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Jan 26, 2006 06:03 as a reply to @ foxbat's post | #29

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

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Jan 26, 2006 06:04 as a reply to @ iGerard's post | #30

Couple more...

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