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cliffordu

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10. Every Porsche ever made to this day turns my head,

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Original post)

Thu Apr 5, 2012, 05:22 PM

Apr 2012

more than women, motorcycles, fast bicycles or train wrecks.

A mechanic (and ex- pro driver) I knew took me for a test ride in an old bathtub Porsche

and as he steered us through a four wheel drift on a city street to make the 90 degree corner back to the shop said:

"This is really a nice car, isn't it?"

We might have been doing 60.

I might have peed a little.

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Ferdinand Porsche, sports car designer, dies [View all] Cooley Hurd Apr 2012 OP

911 is still my favorite car to this day.. frylock Apr 2012 #1

Absolutely. I've had a 944 and a 928 (both were affordable)... Cooley Hurd Apr 2012 #2

i've only ever driven a 911 once.. frylock Apr 2012 #4

Mine too madokie Apr 2012 #34

r.i.p. to a true visionary Blue_Tires Apr 2012 #3

Not just cars. I have a Grundig radio designed by him. AtheistCrusader Apr 2012 #5

Porsche - there is no substitute. CJCRANE Apr 2012 #6

Grandfather was a weapons designer for Herr Adolph usrname Apr 2012 #7

You've reminded me of a favorite joke EverHopeful Apr 2012 #12

In 1969 I almost bought a silver 911 off the showroom floor in San Antonio. flamin lib Apr 2012 #8

RIP IMOTM2012 Apr 2012 #9

Every Porsche ever made to this day turns my head, cliffordu Apr 2012 #10

"I might have peed a little" awoke_in_2003 Apr 2012 #11

turns my head too grasswire Apr 2012 #15

I rented a 911SC Targa and drove the Mountain Loop Highway in WA. Remember taking a curve that was Citizen Worker Apr 2012 #13

When his grandfather got together with Daimler dipsydoodle Apr 2012 #14

Homage to the 911, and the men who designed and developed it leveymg Apr 2012 #16

That car is from 1939? Beacool Apr 2012 #21

The all-conquering 917 of 1970 traces directly back to the still-born 1938 V-10 Type 114 leveymg Apr 2012 #23

The 917 was a truly terrifying car. hifiguy Apr 2012 #25

If you think the 917 was terrifying, can you imagine driving a mid-engine V-16 with swing axles? leveymg Apr 2012 #28

The men who drove those cars hifiguy Apr 2012 #37

Video of Nuvolari winning the 1938 Donnington Grand Prix in an Auto Union D-Type: leveymg Apr 2012 #38

Thank you. Beacool Apr 2012 #27

A very similar shape was used in a concept VW. kentauros Apr 2012 #32

goosebumps. mopinko Apr 2012 #33

RIP Ferdinand.... unkachuck Apr 2012 #17

Didn't Porsche design the Schickelgruber's Revenge?? Manifestor_of_Light Apr 2012 #18

Maybe his grandfather designed the bug. JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 2012 #20

Did you ever see the "comparison" when the new Beetle came out? jmowreader Apr 2012 #31

That was the first Ferdinand Porsche. hifiguy Apr 2012 #26

Yes madokie Apr 2012 #35

I met FA back in the late 1970s at a Porsche Club event in Virginia. CottonBear Apr 2012 #19

Beautiful cars! burrowowl Apr 2012 #22

One of the most brilliant automotive designers of all time. hifiguy Apr 2012 #24

K&R. Very sad... :( Rhiannon12866 Apr 2012 #29

Engine is still at the wrong end. flvegan Apr 2012 #30

917... Hotler Apr 2012 #36