Steve Grauman

>If I'm going to drive a water cooled engine, I'll just drive my Viper.
>

Never been a Viper fan myself. If I had the cash and wasn't buying a Porsche,
it'd probably be an NSX. The 97' Zanardi Edition is a great used buy.

E Brown

On Sun, 09 May 2004 23:31:44 -0400, Adam Schwartz
<MooFassa@nospam.com> wrote:
>Yup... I agree... I have an 84 911 turbo - amazing car. But its a lot of
>work to drive. I decided to add something a little newer to my
>collection so I started looking at 993 C4s cars. They are great... But
>decided if I am going to be spending in the mid to high 40's then I
>might as well look at a 996. I took a C2 and C4 for a spin. I was blown
>away. The 993C4S was fun. The 2000 996 C4 was just amazing. I will be
>picking mine up on Thursday of this week.. cant wait. The 84 911 still
>has a place in my heart. It is an amazingly fun car as well.... But a
>very different beast.

It's been my pleasant surprise to discover I like every Porsche
I've driven, and I think any true driving enthusiast would as well. I
was sort of expecting to like the 914, but I was genuinely surprised
just how much I like my 944, and I *really* wasn't expecting to like
the 928 (still haven't found one, though -sigh-). Most journos started
out with the same distrust of the 996 and seem to have come around on
it.
Emanuel
--
1983 Porsche 911
1983 Porsche 944

REInvestments

Steve Grauman <oneactor1@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040510003745.07889.00000206@mb-m04.aol.com...
> >If I'm going to drive a water cooled engine, I'll just drive my Viper.
> >
>
> Never been a Viper fan myself. If I had the cash and wasn't buying a
Porsche,
> it'd probably be an NSX. The 97' Zanardi Edition is a great used buy.

My cousin has one, and he loves it. Great cars.

If I was going to buy another car in the Porsche, NSX, profile, (and if I
couldn't afford the Porsche 911 Turbo, or GT3, which I can't) it would
be the new Lotus Elise.

The Viper isn't an acquired taste. You get in one, and either you love it,
or you don't. Pretty straight forward.

Mike Smith

REInvestments wrote:

>
> I owned a 77 911S, 81 911, and an 82 911. I just think the air cooled
> engine has more "magic" and is truer to what I love in a 911.

In which DIN or SAE unit is "magic" measured? Is it quicker? More
torque, more power? More reliable?

C'mon, guys - what's *really* better about the air-cooled engines vs.
the wasserboxers, apart from sheer nostalgia?

--
Mike Smith

Adam Schwartz

In article <10a0c3hf0al5i43@news.supernews.com>,
Mike Smith <mike_UNDERSCORE_smith@acm.DOT.org> wrote:

> REInvestments wrote:
>
> >
> > I owned a 77 911S, 81 911, and an 82 911. I just think the air cooled
> > engine has more "magic" and is truer to what I love in a 911.
>
> In which DIN or SAE unit is "magic" measured? Is it quicker? More
> torque, more power? More reliable?
>
> C'mon, guys - what's *really* better about the air-cooled engines vs.
> the wasserboxers, apart from sheer nostalgia?
>
> --
> Mike Smith
>

Hmmm.. what was better about the old air cooled ones... Well... They
sounded better. And there was one less system to worry about getting
serviced.... The older cars were lighter, which is a bit of a positive
aspect too. I love the classic look of the older body style...

What else? I am sure we can come up with a ton of things that are better
about the Air cooled cars.

-Adam

REInvestments

Mike Smith <mike_UNDERSCORE_smith@acm.DOT.org> wrote in message
news:10a0c3hf0al5i43@news.supernews.com...
> REInvestments wrote:
>
> >
> > I owned a 77 911S, 81 911, and an 82 911. I just think the air cooled
> > engine has more "magic" and is truer to what I love in a 911.
>
> In which DIN or SAE unit is "magic" measured? Is it quicker? More
> torque, more power? More reliable?
>
> C'mon, guys - what's *really* better about the air-cooled engines vs.
> the wasserboxers, apart from sheer nostalgia?

The sound. The response. The concept that putting an11 blade fan on to
replace a five, brings the cooling down, and you can do it yourself.
And so on.