Good Week @ 996Outpost.com

[FRUNKenstein]

Porsche Month at the Kansas City Automotive Museum starts today! Anybody care to ID the models?

Counter-clockwise, in order of importance:
Mk2 2004 996 Carrera Coupe 40 Jare
987 Boxste' S?
Mid-80's? 944
Mk2? 356
(Gonna Hail Mary here and say this baby blue baby is a 912?)
914
Mk1 997(S?)
904 Replica
(early?) 928


And last-liest but not least-liest:
THE EVER-LOVING FLAMING-RED KC HOOPTIE FLEET!

-Correct on the 40 Jahre

-Sorta correct on the 987 Boxste' - it is an RS60 https://www.motortrend.com/news/news270 ... 60-spyder/
(yeah, I'd never heard of it before either)

-What is it with yous guys mistaking a 924 for a 944. They're not even close.

-You got the 356 correct. Specifically, it is a 356SC model (a C with a more powerful engine, so the 2nd generation T6 body)

-Close on the 912 - it is a '72 911T. That particular car's name is "The Chick Magnet" because women love the color. The owner is a 80-something year old widower. But, he is a playah as he often shows up at club events with a different female on his arm.

-914-6 European model. 100 point car. May be the nicest 914 on the planet. Owner has a binder with German service records all laminated. It is absolutely flawless.

-The 997 is a C4S. To be honest, not sure how it made it in the display. We had a GT3 Cup Car cancel at the last second, but the owner offered a 2018 GT3 street car. So, not sure how a nice, but relatively unremarkable 997 C4S made it in lieu of the '18 GT3.

-904 is a Beck replica, and it rocks. We had a real 904 lined up, but the owner (a retired judge) decided he didn't like the language in the museum's loaner agreement, so he balked. The replica 904 is actually a more impressive care, definitely with more eye candy. The real one is rather plain.

-Yes, an original body 928

-And yes, the Guards Red contingent of the Hooptie Fleet! (from January as it was Scouting Month and we needed filler cars)

[Dr_Strangelove]

-Sorta correct on the 987 Boxste' - it is an RS60 https://www.motortrend.com/news/news270 ... 60-spyder/
(yeah, I'd never heard of it before either)

-What is it with yous guys mistaking a 924 for a 944. They're not even close.

1) DANG! I originally wrote Spyder... which is also incorrect. I saw the Tonneau cover and realized it wasn't a Spyder-Spyder. RS60 Spyder is indeed special!

2) I dunno man, I'm dumb? (I also perennially forget the 924 exists.)

[5chn3ll]

In other news: My initial Starlink tests have been an utter fail. The modest tree coverage around my place in Big Bear has resulted in the damn thing not having a signal for more than 30 seconds at a time. No actual Internets have yet been browsed via Musk's satellite constellation.

Since the Jeep has an AC outlet, Mrs. S. and I are going to drive out into the flatlands tomorrow (Holcomb Valley, maybe - or maybe Gold Mountain) and see if the luck is better.

The plan was to share the dish between the mountains and San Diego - but there's no ground station near San Diego yet, so that's all just a sad, sad pipe dream.

[gnat]

Maybe run off the neighbor's cats?

[32wildbilly]

Sounds like Smokey just needs to fling a few more thousand satellites into the air over Cali.

Wait...he moved to TX so that ain't gonna happen!

In other news: My initial Starlink tests have been an utter fail. The modest tree coverage around my place in Big Bear has resulted in the damn thing not having a signal for more than 30 seconds at a time. No actual Internets have yet been browsed via Musk's satellite constellation.

Since the Jeep has an AC outlet, Mrs. S. and I are going to drive out into the flatlands tomorrow (Holcomb Valley, maybe - or maybe Gold Mountain) and see if the luck is better.

The plan was to share the dish between the mountains and San Diego - but there's no ground station near San Diego yet, so that's all just a sad, sad pipe dream.

[32wildbilly]

The Washington Commanders!!!

Really? That's the best they could come up with???

[gnat]

The Washington Commanders of suck!!!

Really? That's the best they could come up with???

FTFY. You left off part of the name.

News did a story the other day that it's been 30 years since they last went to the Super Bowl. Since then they have won 3 (three) post season games. I swear every pre season, however, they win a game and the news will interview a bunch of people that are all excited that they are going to the Super Bowl that year

The team sucks. The fans suck. The owner REALLY sucks. So it's fitting that about the dumbest possible name was selected.

[32wildbilly]

This sounds hauntingly familiar to our local college right down to the 30 years of drought. Every stinkin' year preseason media types are sounding the "WINNERS" alarm bell and every year they suck. Maybe NE should change their name back to The Bugeaters! The new mascot would be a giant bat. Heh! That could actually work, but more than likely they would still struggle to win five games per season.

...but The Commanders...that is bad.

I swear every pre season, however, they win a game and the news will interview a bunch of people that are all excited that they are going to the Super Bowl that year

[5chn3ll]

FSY (Full Shit Yourself) mode is a paid add-on to FSD (Full Self Driving)...

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[32wildbilly]

Assume the FSY mode was added at the same time as the rolling stop sign mode.

Jeebus the Tesla group is fookin' dangerous!

FSY (Full Shit Yourself) mode is a paid add-on to FSD (Full Self Driving)...


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