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07-05-2014, 08:03 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Cheshire,
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Cobra Make, Engine: FFR3985:
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Originally Posted by NewYorkGuy
copy that, Jamo!
After months of reading, researching, and kicking nostaglia, I have taken myself out of hot rod cobras... at least until year 2017.
My Nissan lease will be done next summer and frees up the parking space for a fake Porsche 550 Spyder. This toy will be a better match for the family.
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you should really drive one before you commit.
I "borrowed" one from a friend, we swapped cars for the weekend. It had the larger vw motor (I think 2200cc) and found it boring to drive. handled "ok" but seriously lacked in power. The porsche boxster is more fun, handles better, is faster/quicker, and has about the same used cost |
07-05-2014, 08:27 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Cobra Make, Engine: ERA #732, 428FE (447 CID), TKO600, Solid Flat Tappet Cam, Tons of Aluminum
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Originally Posted by JoeT
The porsche boxster is more fun, handles better, is faster/quicker, and has about the same used cost
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The boxster is a "girl's car." |
07-05-2014, 12:37 PM
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: Big Apple,
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Cobra Make, Engine: Nissan
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Originally Posted by patrickt
The boxster is a "girl's car." |
The boxster's success saved Porsche from bankruptcy. Porsche can thank the Miata (another girl car) for reinventing the convertible market.
If there were more female hot rod cobra owners, these "cobra" events wouldn't feel like a retirement get together for old white guys
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07-05-2014, 07:08 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Cobra Make, Engine: KMP 539, a Ton of Aluminum
Posts: 9,592
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Originally Posted by patrickt
The boxster is a "girl's car." |
Right around the time the last air-cooled Porsche rolled off the production line, circa 1997, Porsche went from low production handmade classic works of art to mass-produced "meh." And the proof of that is the fact that the 993's (911's made from 1995-1998) series of 911's are worth more than the vast majority of the newer generation of Porsche's. |
07-05-2014, 07:11 PM
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I would rather have an older VW Beetle, in decent condition, than a Boxster.  |
07-05-2014, 07:52 PM
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Originally Posted by patrickt
I would rather have an older VW Beetle, in decent condition, than a Boxster. |
Because of the IMS Bearing failure, with an exception or two, I personally wouldn't buy any Porsche between 1999-2008. A lost generation.
As for a VW Beetle or Porsche 550 replica, I wouldn't own one of those either. But to each his own. |
07-07-2014, 05:43 PM
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Originally Posted by patrickt
I would rather have an older VW Beetle, in decent condition, than a Boxster. |
my oldest daughter is 12....I recently started looking at early gen 1 beetle convertibles for a father/daughter project that should last about 4 years |
07-07-2014, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by JoeT
my oldest daughter is 12....I recently started looking at early gen 1 beetle convertibles for a father/daughter project that should last about 4 years
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That's actually a good choice of a car. Not sure what area you are in but Mr. Pray who passed a little while back was a local businessman in my area. He had a VW and Porsche dealership among other businesses. He would collect all the early convertibles for later restoration. When Caldor department stores went out of business I let him store about 50 of them inside with some of my cars. I bet he had over 150 of them. He also was a collector of fine autos.
Oh I left out the best part of the James Dean Porsche. It disappeared on the journey back to California from it's publicity tour. No sign of the wreck anywhere! I heard a long time ago Barris was offering a million dollar reward for its return. Wonder if that offer is still good. He should start looking around Banksville, NY.
StormBringer(SB) original account of OnyxRider(OR)
Carry on
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07-07-2014, 07:46 PM
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Cobra Make, Engine: 70 Shelby convertible, ERA-289 FIA, ERA 289 roadster hybrid, mystery Ford powered 2dr convertible
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Originally Posted by StormBringer_1
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Oh I left out the best part of the James Dean Porsche. It disappeared on the journey back to California from it's publicity tour. No sign of the wreck anywhere!
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Uuummmm, sorry, wrong information....I posted the correct (and verified) information a week or so ago.
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StormBringer(SB) original account of OnyxRider(OR)
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That explains a lot. 
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07-05-2014, 01:09 PM
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: Big Apple,
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Originally Posted by JoeT
you should really drive one before you commit.
I "borrowed" one from a friend, we swapped cars for the weekend. It had the larger vw motor (I think 2200cc) and found it boring to drive. handled "ok" but seriously lacked in power. The porsche boxster is more fun, handles better, is faster/quicker, and has about the same used cost
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I've driven a Beck spyder and it's fine for my purposes.
My goal is to get a toy car that is cheap to own and resell later for the next
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