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Very cool
Have you seen the 308 conversion? I'm looking forward to doing that to mine when petrol disappears.

 

Idiot.

 

well, you say that....BUT...and this is serious (for once)

yes all the noises and feel are part of the buzz of owning this car....but I bone up just looking at it...it's beautiful!

If and when the time comes that there is just no way to run the mechanicals for it, either through a lack of fuel or parts or expertise, then I think going EV is the only thing that would save it from the scrap heap.

Anyone got any better ideas?

 

The world won't run out of oil in the next hundred years, consumption will peak in decades then start to decline, in part because of the transition from oil fired electricity to gas. There is vastly more gas underground than oil and vastly more oil used by industry than motor vehicles.

Petrol will get more expensive, as govts pile on taxes to pay for the renewables folly, but it will be available for a very long time. After that will come alternatives made from natural gas: LPG, methanol, etc.

 

As Ian said, there is plenty and this is a major security concern
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You may be right...I have no clue about that, but that doesn't mean petrol will be socially acceptable OR available.

Taxes?? They'll just pile it on to electricity and gas instead...simples

 

Great...now we'll be a takeover target for some hostile country.

 

better check the date on that article (2013!) - Linc is bust!

 

Linc Energy's former executives charged with environmental offences - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

 

Who cares, it don't mean the oil aint there

 

Maybe, maybe not... these guys seem to have been pretty good at overstating their finds.

 

Porsche 911 hits a big milestone as millionth model is built
Porsche 911 hits a big milestone as millionth model is built | Evo

 

Porsche To Crack Down On People Who Flip Their Cars For Profit
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Guess who had one for 1.1Mil? however the add doesn't appear in Carsales anymore. Sold or taken of the market.
There is a private one for 895K
https://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Porsche-911-2016/SSE-AD-4683675/?Cr=0
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No wonder they are worth **** all!

 

I wish they would (and Ferrari, and Lamborghini, etc. etc.) but it'll never happen.

It pisses me off that they supposedly limit these cars to "special" people who have a "real passion" for the brand yet they drive them for two weeks then sell them for a profit which is several times what real passionate car people make in a year.
It's poor form.
(And yes, I am jealous).

Yep. 911? Yawn. Dime a dozen.

 

I'm enjoying watching the additions to this description of a very overpriced 996 as it continues to not sell (I think it's been about 4 or 6 months now):

2002 Porsche 911 Carrera 996 Manual MY02 Cars For Sale in QLD - CarPoint Australia

 

Porsche investigated over emissions-cheat software, report says

 

He sure knows how to talk people out of buying it!

 

It's the opposite of saying "it's the best in the world."

 

I notice he's well versed in the Porkerparking method.

 

Is it no wonder they want to move here!:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jux_5PhZbM

Thank God the coin landed the right way and my grand-dad chose AUS and not ZA!

Mind you Vic. is not the safest place these days, NO mention of the gender/colour of whom is behind this crime spree.... "just saying" tm. USA

 

Observant and skilled porsche driver!

 

We're not allowed to state the obvious, but we all know the truth.

For a scientific and evidence-based explanation, I recommend reading "The Bell Curve".

Obama famously condemned this book without having read it.

 

TurboS is about the only one that takes me out of a comatose state

Porsche 911 GT3 RS once owned by Jerry Seinfeld heads to auction | Fox News

 

neither its got water cooling and computers and other 20th century electronic stuff.