Our Dealership's New Toy

"CounterTorqueSteer" (countertorquesteer) 02/06/2014 at 10:34 • Filed to: Porsche

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Available now! $195K

JQJ213- Now With An Extra Cylinder! > CounterTorqueSteer 02/06/2014 at 10:36

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Can I borrow it? Please!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > CounterTorqueSteer 02/06/2014 at 10:37

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Is the S just a rich person tax? What do I get for $30k more than the regular Turbo?

Sell me on it. Go!

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/06/2014 at 10:39

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You get the smugness that if one day you pull up at the light next to a non-S turbo, you can just glance at him to make him feel inadequate

André - Volvo4Life > CounterTorqueSteer 02/06/2014 at 10:41

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Do you get to drive it?

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/06/2014 at 10:42

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The 997 Turbo S was the same price as a regular Turbo with the same options ticked. Porsche basically threw in the power kit for free.

Alex87f > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 02/06/2014 at 10:44

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And in addition to that, Porsche throws in the Carbon-Ceramic brakes! How nice of them?

Gamecat235 > CounterTorqueSteer 02/06/2014 at 10:53

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I didn't realize that the base MSRP was $181k for the Turbo S. Wow.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Alex87f 02/06/2014 at 10:53

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And that's a $9k option by itself. Crazy. I wonder what percentage of Americans are currently driving a car worth less than 9 grand...

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/06/2014 at 11:03

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If you add up the value of all the cars I own and have owned, they still don't add up to 9 grand and I have owned or currently own 5 vehicles.

Tom McParland > CounterTorqueSteer 02/06/2014 at 11:09

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I think there is a lot of "tech" in there that needs to be "tested" namely torque vectoring and variable vane turbos!

Alex87f > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/06/2014 at 11:33

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Well... I'm not sure my car's still worth 9 grand ..

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 02/06/2014 at 11:36

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You, sir, are Jalop.

puddler > CounterTorqueSteer 02/06/2014 at 11:40

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investigate 9/11 just got a new meaning.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/06/2014 at 11:50

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I am, and have been, young and broke.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > puddler 02/06/2014 at 12:11

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Edgy.

puddler > Goshen, formerly Darkcode 02/06/2014 at 12:23

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water cooling & fuel injection...pretty sure it's an inside job.

Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken > CounterTorqueSteer 02/06/2014 at 12:28

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Just so you're aware while standing in a Porsche dealership, that you're looking at a Porsche, they're conveniently included the brand name Porsche 3 times.

Also, nice butt.

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 02/06/2014 at 12:36

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Hope the "broke" part changes before the "young" part. Keep at it.

So, what was your favorite of the 5? My first car was an '86 Toyota Camry 5-speed - flogged the hell out of that lamebox.

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com 02/06/2014 at 12:41

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Easy - the Ram Van. 1996 dodge conversion van. Bought it for 75$ with a full tank of gas when it was over 4$ a gallon for regular. But it was a rolling hotel room and I cleaned everything inside so it actually was a great car to be in. Sadly, my parents sold it out from under me because I was 17 :/ Bought an 800$ 1997 monte carlo. It ate a transmission and an engine in the first year. 3 years of autocrossing it later (out of revenge and spite!), it ate another engine and trans so it was sold for scrap/spares.

But I guess I'm not that broke, I've just been saving. I have a fiesta ST on order. Delivery expected in March.

CounterTorqueSteer > André - Volvo4Life 02/06/2014 at 13:03

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Just a little bit :)

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 02/06/2014 at 14:35

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My parents had one of those, but it had to have been quite a bit older than a '96 (it had an 8-track). Two facing bench seats in the back, baby...

Congrats on the impending delivery! Good things come to those who wait. What color did you choose?

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > Gamecat235 02/06/2014 at 16:22

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The base for the Carrera S is now $99k...

At least 997 prices are coming down to earth now.