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Offline kjtrains

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Re: Why is it R9 gets bashed?
« Reply #30 on: February 01, 2010, 09:58:37 PM »
A silver 928.  My next will be a 911.
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Re: Why is it R9 gets bashed?
« Reply #31 on: February 01, 2010, 10:17:26 PM »
Never owned a 928.  I've had a 944 and 911.  Thank goodness I didn't start my Porsche journey with the 944.  
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Re: Why is it R9 gets bashed?
« Reply #32 on: February 01, 2010, 10:34:57 PM »
Yep.  The 944 was a disappointment to Porsche and probably to you as well.
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Re: Why is it R9 gets bashed?
« Reply #33 on: February 01, 2010, 10:44:46 PM »
The 924 was Ferdinand's nadir.
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Re: Why is it R9 gets bashed?
« Reply #34 on: February 02, 2010, 12:53:04 AM »
I searched low and high for a low mileage 944 N/A.  Now, had I known that it needed more work than I thought, I probably wouldn't have bought it.  It needed a new master and slave cylinder, the clutch went at 50K miles,  the grounding never was correct, and once I moved from Dallas, I had a hard time finding a good mechanic.   It also ate rear shocks.  

Had I bought a turbo, I may feel differently.  Don't get me wrong, it drove well, great road feel, easy to drive fast at the track, but in the end it was just a car.  It just doesn't have the soul of the 911.


Had most of my investments not tanked long ago, I really would have a hard time resisting the Cayman S.   However, that will be along time coming.
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Re: Why is it R9 gets bashed?
« Reply #35 on: February 02, 2010, 07:33:25 AM »
It seems, there's always something better; and that's.....good.    
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Re: Why is it R9 gets bashed?
« Reply #36 on: February 02, 2010, 09:11:36 PM »
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It seems, there's always something better; and that's.....good.    

You might want to check this out!

http://www.verycoolvideos.com/d2009122004/weekly_40.php
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Re: Why is it R9 gets bashed?
« Reply #37 on: February 02, 2010, 09:22:08 PM »

I just called my insurance agent and he talked me out of the Veyron.
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Re: Why is it R9 gets bashed?
« Reply #38 on: February 02, 2010, 09:24:29 PM »
Yep.  If you have to call your insurance agent, you don't need a Veyron.   ;D     ;D
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Re: Why is it R9 gets bashed?
« Reply #39 on: February 02, 2010, 09:35:07 PM »
This thread has really gone off topic lol....
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Re: Why is it R9 gets bashed?
« Reply #40 on: February 02, 2010, 09:48:30 PM »
I know.  We tend to do that, especially when the one who started the thread loves the Porche; and I do to.  I don't think BytorJr minds too much.    ;D         ;D
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Re: Why is it R9 gets bashed?
« Reply #41 on: February 02, 2010, 10:04:15 PM »
Nein, I don't mind. :)

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Re: Why is it R9 gets bashed?
« Reply #42 on: February 02, 2010, 10:12:15 PM »
The general theme here is paying more for perceived quality; sometimes your soft spot for the very best pays off; sometimes as in the aforementioned Porsches the fruits of victory are ashes in your mouth.

As to the Veyron, you had better have an insurance agent or all of the rest of your toys can disappear. J.P. Morgan said about Yachts: "If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it." That is a different matter.
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Re: Why is it R9 gets bashed?
« Reply #43 on: February 02, 2010, 10:36:19 PM »
That's my point, tracker.  If you have to ask your insurance agent how much the insurance is  YOU DON'T NEED THE CAR!   ;D     ;D

Oh!  I really liked my 928!    :)     ;)
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Re: Why is it R9 gets bashed?
« Reply #44 on: February 02, 2010, 10:43:20 PM »
I don't think I said that I asked him about the insurance cost. He just talked me out of it for common sense reasons. Why did you let go of the 928?
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