The Porsche Thread - Page 124

TDMTAM · 04-05-2012, 05:53 AM

As a long time fan of Porsches, but unfortunately never having owned or driven one, I finally got to drive a 2012 911 991 yesterday at the Porsche Experience Silverstone. What an excellent morning spent being instructed on how to get the most out of the 911 on their track.

Now I just need to sell the wife, kid or my soul to now own one

Oh yes! it will be mine!
TAM

Flood · 04-05-2012, 10:15 AM

R.I.P. Ferdinand Alexander Porsche

kobudo28 · 04-05-2012, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Flood

R.I.P. Ferdinand Alexander Porsche

Indeed! Driving force of one of the most iconic cars ever designed and built.

RIP Father Porsche.

svs · 04-05-2012, 02:09 PM

RIP Ferdy!!!

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Porsche was the son of former Porsche Chairman Ferry Porsche, who died in 1998, and the grandson of Ferdinand Porsche, who started the company as a design and engineering firm in the 1930s.
Born in Stuttgart on Dec. 11, 1935, F.A. Porsche was initiated into the family business while still a boy, spending time in his grandfather's workshops and design facilities. He studied at the Hochschule fuer Gestaltung in Ulm and joined the company in 1958, taking over the design studio in 1962.
In the 911, he created a larger, less cramped replacement for the company's first model, the four-cylinder Porsche 356. The new car, with a rear-mounted, six-cylinder engine, was originally designated the 901, but the number was changed because French competitor Peugeot claimed a patent on car names formed with a zero in the middle.
Porsche left the operational part of the company with other family members in the early 1970s and in 1972 founded a design business, Porsche Design Studio, where he created eyeglasses, watches and pens.
As a designer, he had a reputation as a functionalist.
"A formally harmonious product needs no decoration, it should be elevated through pure form," he once said — a motto reflected in the lean lines of the 911.
He served as chairman of Porsche AG from 1990 to 1993 and helped steer the family firm through a crisis as sales plunged in the late 1980s under pressure from global competition and a strong German mark that hindered exports.
Under his chairmanship, the company brought in a new CEO, Wendelin Wiedeking, who is credited with turning the company around.Porsche was to be buried in a private ceremony in the chapel at Schuettgut, the Porsche family's estate in Zell am See, Austria.

kobudo28 · 04-05-2012, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by svs

RIP Ferdy!!!

"A formally harmonious product needs no decoration, it should be elevated through pure form,"

dlearl476 · 04-05-2012, 06:17 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/06/au...rated-911.html

malloy · 04-06-2012, 05:56 AM

RIP, Ferry

. Timeless design!

Bongolia · 04-26-2012, 12:29 AM

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73350379@N07/7113105751/

Any of you guys ran a 944 S2? I've been offered one at a good price.

One owner from new, full main dealer history for 20 years.

Fe Man · 04-26-2012, 05:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Bongolia

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73350379@N07/7113105751/

Any of you guys ran a 944 S2? I've been offered one at a good price.

One owner from new, full main dealer history for 20 years.

Books and records + good price = buy it

What could go wrong!

dlearl476 · 04-26-2012, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Bongolia

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73350379@N07/7113105751/

Any of you guys ran a 944 S2? I've been offered one at a good price.

One owner from new, full main dealer history for 20 years.

PM Sasquatch. He's got a wealth of info. As an owner of a younger brother 968, I say go for it. It's got two of the most important qualities you can buy in a Porsche, a loving PO and a complete history. IMO, those two outweigh even extremely low miles. The Alfetta-derived front engine/rear transmission combined with Audi truck-derived power make the the wasser Porsches extremely pleasant to own and drive.

Unless it's just been done, have the belt/pulleys checked and/or changed first thing.

(btw, I believe reg plates go with the vehicle in Blighty? If you get it, I'm taking that one to be a sign from the gods that you need 7-8 more motorcycles to keep the Guzzi company.

)

Xtremjeepn · 04-26-2012, 06:02 AM

944S2 is s great car!!

STANIMAL · 04-26-2012, 07:19 AM

Looks like a nice find . Few and far of those in the states .

hwy61 · 04-26-2012, 02:28 PM

Sure do miss mine...

PecosBill · 04-26-2012, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by hwy61

Sure do miss mine...

Beeautifulll.

pirahna · 04-30-2012, 03:23 PM

04-05-2012, 05:53 AM	#1846
TDMTAM Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2008 Location: Scotland Oddometer: 111	As a long time fan of Porsches, but unfortunately never having owned or driven one, I finally got to drive a 2012 911 991 yesterday at the Porsche Experience Silverstone. What an excellent morning spent being instructed on how to get the most out of the 911 on their track. Now I just need to sell the wife, kid or my soul to now own one Oh yes! it will be mine! TAM __________________

04-05-2012, 10:15 AM	#1847
Flood F5lood. Joined: Oct 2005 Location: Austria Oddometer: 9,342	R.I.P. Ferdinand Alexander Porsche __________________ TEAM F5 RallyRAIDio on Twitter RallyRAIDio on Facebook

04-05-2012, 06:17 PM	#1851
dlearl476 Two-bit Throttle Bum Joined: Oct 2005 Location: Upstate Manhattan Oddometer: 22,059	http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/06/au...rated-911.html __________________ "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace" - Jimi Hendrix Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to protect each from the other. -- Oscar Ameringer

04-06-2012, 05:56 AM	#1852
malloy Studly Adventurer Joined: Sep 2006 Location: THE FOOTHILLS Oddometer: 668	RIP, Ferry . Timeless design! __________________ F650GS (Build Date 11/11)

04-26-2012, 12:29 AM	#1853
Bongolia ^OP stop acting Joined: Feb 2007 Location: Hong Kong Oddometer: 15,198	http://www.flickr.com/photos/73350379@N07/7113105751/ Any of you guys ran a 944 S2? I've been offered one at a good price. One owner from new, full main dealer history for 20 years. __________________ A pariah on the farm Bongolia screwed with this post 04-26-2012 at 02:36 AM

04-26-2012, 06:02 AM	#1856
Xtremjeepn Motorhead! Joined: May 2008 Location: SaddleRock, Colorado Oddometer: 1,375	944S2 is s great car!! __________________ Cole Ford<----my iPad app ...and iPhone version .....Android Tablet version 06 KTM 950 Adventure(The Fainting Goat) 02 F650GS DAKAR 2 KLR650s Travel bikes http://coffeemotorcycleswine.blogspot.com/

04-26-2012, 07:19 AM	#1857
STANIMAL SUPPORT THE SECOND Joined: Oct 2009 Location: Chicago Oddometer: 1,679	Looks like a nice find . Few and far of those in the states . __________________ If it don't have tits, spark plugs or gun powder, it don't interest me. ---Moose Dog If you don't organize your tools, you're a terrible person.---Aghartha You twatwaffles who enjoy fucking duffelbags full of deer antlers, simply stay out of the thread. ---Hardware02

04-26-2012, 02:28 PM	#1858
hwy61 Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jun 2009 Location: mid-coast/Androscoggin Oddometer: 391	Sure do miss mine... __________________ "Don't speak unless you can improve on the silence." Chinese proverb

04-30-2012, 03:23 PM	#1860
pirahna Beastly Adventurer Joined: Dec 2005 Oddometer: 17,537

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