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I'm out. You win. My workbench is covered with tools I haven't put back after doing stuff, but only one project and not a car project. Alright folks, there has been discussion about those of us who buy parts and let them sit on our workbenches for far too long before finally installing them. In othe...

I dislike driving anything I have to climb up to get in.

theprf wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 2:31 pm The roof of my track Corrado is about the height of a new RAV4's front seat cushion. Seems like people now associate "fun to drive" with "sitting up high on a barstool".

Guilty as charged.

FRUNKenstein wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 2:20 pm These damn new cars!!!


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So if I understand correctly the "safety" items and the consumer wants are driving the size of new vehicles. Perfect...simply perfect. Which brings me to one of my pet peeves. Who in the f--k needs a full size four door pickup when is is quite evident it is not a work truck, farm truck, do...

Pedestrian safety by higher beltline?? I swear I reviewed an article a few years back breaking bad on the new larger trucks and SUV being more dangerous in pedestrian strikes in the front as the height allowed for zero "roll up the hood" action. In other words like running into a brick wal...

Uh...Yep.

Dr_Strangelove (whew!) wrote: ↑Wed Feb 09, 2022 10:44 am Dang I mean I'm going to take some liberty here on a Porsche forum here and just go out there and say - aren't those things predictable?

Boy! My guess is there are numerous systems on Craigslist or will be shortly. Especially in the San Diego area.

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Ok so I'm an "old" sports car guy. In the past I owned a TR4, a Sunbeam Tiger and a 300ZX(which was too large). To me a sports car should be small compared to the mom and pop four door hi-way cruisers. I just don't understand a sports car company growing everything so large. I've lived thr...

So talking to a guy in a grocery store parking lot about his new Boxsta'. I didn't ask the year but guess it is the latest generation. My question is why in the Hell has Porsche decided to make their cars so freakin' large? I have not looked at the specs for this car but in appearance it is larger t...

Assuming the numerous inches of snow has melted off of it. On the Hassy does the wife actually let you touch that thing? I'm not sure I can handle another photo of gnat's wife's car so let's just focus on theprf again for a minute, huh? Well because you asked so nicely I'll have to go bust out the H...