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Coupes & Convertibles Sports Cars - The Definitive Discussion 
522 messages, Last post on Dec 08, 2007 at 6:07 PM
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Replying to: pmc4 (Dec 06, 2007 9:23 pm) As presented, you rebut your own statement. Finally!.... Corvette has done something that Porsche has been doing for YEARS....taking the vehicle off road. Isn't it totally fantastic that Porsche can do with archaic materials such as iron and steel what it takes Corvette to do with fiberglass ( ya, an exotic material there... 60's technology like surfboards. ) I saw not exotic material inside my brothers Vette! Now carbon fiber could be called exotic..Did they take this little trek with a Porsche.. maybe next year. Anyways , I call you "Sir", you call me "Dude" An obvious illustration of one who drives a Corvette and one who drives a Porsche.Old porn star vs. business man. You still don't get it.. I don't care Chromedome |
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Replying to: chrmdome (Dec 06, 2007 8:57 pm) 15 posts regarding Porsche interior plastics. 9 posts about interior panel fit and finish/ 8 posts about Porsche reliability. 2 vaguely worded posts about Porsche's handling charasteristics. 3 posts regarding the stitching of the leather in Porsche cars. Only ONE post about Porsche acceleration times, braking times, use of exotic, lightweight componentry, tuning of the drivetrain and power to weight ratio/ ZERO posts about Porsche top speed. ZERO posts about Porsche fuel efficiency. ZERO posts about Porsche actually winning a comparison test against the Vette, except in the Porsche 911thread. Pathetic... Just pathetic...
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Replying to: pmc4 (Dec 06, 2007 9:48 pm) And quite astonishing, not only can a Corvette owner read.. he can count!...Well ..I WAS wrong.. not a single word about Porsche interior plastics... I have a full leather interior... thank you and... it's not the vinyl quality leather found in Corvette. 997 C2S: 184mph top... and where does that get us... in the slammer.....real world issues ....NOT! All the mags go back and forth between awarding Corvette or Porsche 1st or 2nd. The issue is... I don't care about Corevette .,.. why do you Corvette guys care so much about Porsche? Blah, Blah Blah.. now go grab your bleached blond girl friend and take a spin... because that is the perception of Corvette..9 inch pink nails an a pack of Camels. Enjoy Chromedome |
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Replying to: pmc4 (Dec 06, 2007 9:11 pm) Just so that I understand... is laying down fiberglass " Eco Friendly"? I've been surfing all my life and resin is certainly not " Eco Friendly ", nor is fiberglass. American haters? I own a 2002 Chevy Tahoe and a 2007 Chevy Silverado. You have gone off issue...it's Corevette vs Porsche and,...by the way ..why are you over here on the Porsche forum ? Finally WE DON'T CARE! Chromedome |
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Let's drop the personal comments, please. BTW, there's no need to engage in an argument if you feel the conversation isn't making sense. Not responding is the best way to get the discussion to go away. 
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Replying to: pmc4 (Dec 06, 2007 9:11 pm) The brand new Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid gets 2 extra MPG (city) over the standard 4 cylinder Malibu and adds ZERO horsepower. The Toyota Camry Hybrid gets 12 extra MPG (city) over the standard 4 cylinder Camry and adds 29 horsepower.
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Greetings. I have a general question for all the Corvette owners who come on this forum. The easiest way to get someone PO'ed is to critique a man's dog car or wife. This being so, why do Corvette guys come on this form and critique Porsche? I would really doubt , knowing the Porsche crowd, that we would go to your forum and put down Corvette. They are different cars. I'm comfortable owning my 2006 C2S. It's a world class car in most everyones opinion..and I'm not of the nature to put down what you own...what gives? Let's bypass the BS reasons and give me one good reason why this is being done. If you put down my Porsche is does nothing but start the fire... Chromedome
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Replying to: chrmdome (Dec 07, 2007 11:57 am) I'm not doing a critique on a Porsche, I'm doing a comparison given info provided by published sources, one being the owner of this forum, presumably. You ask why someone comes on a Porsche forum, this is about sportscars, not just P cars, and at least in my world, sportscars go around corners, not through mud, most of the time. You ask questions but seem to not want to respond to any. With what you have acknowledged is a performance car that has, as you note, a top speed of 184mph, why don't you get it out where it can exceed some speed limits and see what it is really capable of? If you have it to drive it why be limited to 65 or 70mph when there are lots of options to safely expand your knowledge of how to drive what you spent some pretty good bucks acquiring? If you get passed by a Corvette, remember it is just someone that has more time on track and you will soon show how superior your machine can be handled! Looking forward to your first track report. Off to Thunderhill on Sunday for what turns out to be the last Street School hosted by the track. Thunderhill is owned by (Please Note) the SCCA, SF region. After this event, the track is going to sublet instruction of new drivers to one of the many private track event organizations, HookedonDriving. I expect I will see many P cars and a few Corvettes since they have over 50 drivers set up for instruction. Should be an amazingly beautiful day to enjoy showing a few folks how to better enjoy what they drive. Randy
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Replying to: starrow68 (Dec 07, 2007 12:43 pm) I live in a nice neighborhood... at least 3 Porsches, many BMW's, many MB's and at least 2 Corvettes. Not a single track guy amongst us. That doesn't mean I don't enjoy my C2S . I went to the North Shore of Hawaii to go surfing a few years ago and while I was there the waves were at least 15 feet. Talking to one of the locals ( I didn't go out ) he commented( he didn't go out either ) " You have to know your limitations" . I never WANT to go 135mph... that ( again ) doesn't mean I don't enjoy my car. Some posters have stated Porsche has cheap plastic and archaic materials....come on, we all know Porsche is state of the art ..but some have to make that idiotic statement to feed the flame. My point is that critiquing my car, when it's a world class machine by anyones standards, does not elevate yours, the comments do nothing other than lower those who make the comments. Myself included. My questions were not retorical.. I got you to respond. I get so much enjoyment just driving my car down to the beach that I don't need the negitivism of thinking what I don't like about your car... so why are you guys so up tight about Porsche? Enyoy your cars... it's not worth the brain space. Lexus copies BMW and MB No car company is dumb enough to try to make their car look like a Porsche or a Corvette .Basically , knocking my car doesn't make your car better Chromedome
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The making of this conversation about each other needs to stop. The discussion is about Sports Cars. It is about all the cars listed at the top. It is okay that someone comes here to talk about any of those listed cars. It is not okay to make the conversation about other posters. Again, if you don't like what someone else is saying, just skip the post. There is this handy-dandy secret "ignore" feature we have here in CarSpace known as the "scroll wheel" - if you are tempted to attack the person who posted the message you just read, just scroll on by. |
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