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When I had my 944 I was asked if it was the new Miata...
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So I'm at the automated car wash today (with the Jetta, not the 911) and there's a guy in line in front of me with a 997 Carrera S cab. We're waiting where they bring out the cars to dry them and a couple of guys working at the car wash start oogling his car. Then I hear this:
workers: Nice car! Who's "porsch" is this?
owner: Mine.
workers: Wow, what's it got in it?
owner: Huh?
workers: What's it got, a V8?
owner: No...an in-line six.
I'm sure he ended up with scratched wheels from the wheel tracks in the car wash and I can only imagine all the fine scratches in the paint from the hand drying with red shop rags. Just thought you all would appreciate this.
DO
I've seen several 996s even Turbos advertised with V6s. Sad that there are many Porsche owners that know very little about what they drive. And it doesn't end there, a lot of weathly individuals buy whatever they feel will make a statement actually knowing very little about what they drive. Nor do they really care.
They liked the car, should have left it at that. I am sure they do not know much about the engine since they are towel boys at a car wash. Nothing wrong with that. Hell, I grew up with a Lambo poster in my bedroom before I joined the Military...and a Porsche 959 poster....did not know much about their engines, but knew I wanted one.
First question I get about the 996 from everyone I meet -- women at bars, kids on the street, codgers in retirement homes etc ... -- is whether or not I've done an IMS upgrade.
well if you want to get technical, the pistons in a flat six are all "inline" with each other, they just happen to face in opposite directions, so he's not entirely inaccurate.
Then again, who cares? not everybody is an enthusiast.
My first inclination was to correct him (and only calling him a moron in my head). I didn't because who am I to be the enforcer of the "proper Porsche ownership handbook of behavior"? After all, he might be leasing it as someone suggested.
BUT, there's no doubt the 911 is an enthusiasts' car. If you don't know what kind of engine it is, then it is likely you have it only as a status symbol, and I have a problem with that. I don't know this guy's story, but the evidence leans towards owning or leasing it as primarily a status symbol.
Mostly, I just found it amusing.
--David
Three of them are in line lying down. Two sets end to end would be the same It's a location issue and to this proud dork all the cylinders are in a row. Well there flat so they have to be in a row.
This isn't getting any easier for me to understand the uniquely numb spot in this guys automotive brain to make such a statement about a 911 porsche.
Aren't kids taught in school that the porsche 911 is a flat six boxer type opposing piston design automoble?:
I remember learning that at about age 7.
But weez big on curs round these ports.
people often ask if the engine is in the back. I think the fans up front on the 996 lead people to believe there must be an engine under that there front boot.
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