Procrastinating and Configuring a 911

"TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut" (twincharged) 08/07/2014 at 02:42 • Filed to: Porsche 911 Targa

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I don't even like the 911, but I do like the Targa.

Full configuration is here: !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!

RoadHead -- Armand > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 08/07/2014 at 03:00

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Which part don't you like about the 911; the speed, supreme handling, luxury, or prestige?

The Magic Rev Matching 4Runner > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 08/07/2014 at 03:17

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why is it saying the targa's base price is 1.2 million?

AM3R > The Magic Rev Matching 4Runner 08/07/2014 at 03:23

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Not in USD

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > RoadHead -- Armand 08/07/2014 at 03:29

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The engineering. I understand and appreciate all the enormous and successful work they've done to perfect the rear engined design and I respect it enormously, but I always wonder if they could've been better off at the start with a more balanced engine layout.

That being said, I find the Targa likeable because of the Germanic approach to its design. They could've gone with a simple lift out top, but oh no, they went with what many people perceive to be an overcomplicated automated system that just adds weight. I like that because it's very German - it both works well and for once, it's as if they let their hair down and said, let's have some fun. You wouldn't care about the extra weight, all you care about is that funny folding top and the wind in your hair. For that reason, I like the Targa immensely.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > The Magic Rev Matching 4Runner 08/07/2014 at 03:31

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That's in HK$. HK$1.2mil is around US$159,000.

GhostZ > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 08/07/2014 at 03:58

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Ugh . Why doesn't the Targa come in RWD?!

GhostZ > RoadHead -- Armand 08/07/2014 at 03:58

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The price.

(also, the Prestige = annoying douche appearance to everyone else)

GhostZ > RoadHead -- Armand 08/07/2014 at 04:04

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Also, another thing is that they never appear to be over-engineered. They are expected to be bought and consumed, I like cars that are a platform by which you can build something original and special, and the modern 911 never appears to be that.

ly2v8-Brian > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 08/07/2014 at 06:23

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You don't use Chinese money there?

GhostZ > ly2v8-Brian 08/07/2014 at 07:17

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Hong Kong is a special administrative region of China, meaning that they have some political autonomy from the People's Republic. They have their own economy, and have never used Chinese currency. Sometime in the last 70 years, Hong Kong adopted their own currency before the modern Yuan was introduced. (I think the Yuan was a proxy currency for the Yen or some other standard, could be wrong though, before the HK$ came into existence)

ly2v8-Brian > GhostZ 08/07/2014 at 09:05

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should be fun when PRC fully takes over about the 2040s or so.

GhostZ > ly2v8-Brian 08/07/2014 at 09:22

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There's a lot that has to happen before that can. The People's Republic didn't even have a military presence there until 1997, and they still run their own police force. Not to mention that they are a huge economy in and of themselves.

There's a better chance of the US expanding into mexico or puerto rico being annexed than Hong Kong giving up their independence.

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > ly2v8-Brian 08/07/2014 at 09:53

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Nope. GhostZ's explained it pretty well!

TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut > ly2v8-Brian 08/07/2014 at 09:53

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NEVAR. REMOVE PRC. MAINTAIN INDEPENDENCE.

The Magic Rev Matching 4Runner > GhostZ 08/07/2014 at 11:06

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Aha, the universe is fixed.

ly2v8-Brian > GhostZ 08/07/2014 at 11:19

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Only time will tell.

ly2v8-Brian > TwinCharged - Is Now UK Opponaut 08/07/2014 at 11:23

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Careful, they are probably reading this.....