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  1. F40LMGTC

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    #1 F40LMGTC, Sep 11, 2005
    okay, seeing this is turning into, "Let's talk about anything other than a Ferrari", how about we talk about, "What's the WORST car I've owned".
    I'll start. "The worst car I've owned. was the car I owned before I saw my first 365 Boxer. And that was the greatest sh1tbox money could buy. A triumph STAG. I paid $11500 for this piece of crap in 1978. I only owned it for about 18 months before it dropped a valve and was off the road for 6 months. Always overheated in the summer. Had aircon but that overheated the engine and I could go on for hours. The idea, of a convertible type targa roof, was sound, but the engine design which was sort of 2 four cylinders put together, was a disaster. A lot of owners used to pull out the engine and replace it with a rover 3 litre V8. A typical english car, Over designed and no good for our climate. (sorry phil I know your a pom)n So you can imagine going from that to a 365 BOXER, was a big step for man and a big leap for mankind.
     
  2. Looney

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    #2 Looney, Sep 11, 2005
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    I still own my worst car,

    4 years ago this week i purchased a 3 cyclinder Daihatsu Charade $#!tbox, as a motorised wheelbarrow for $2600.

    it has done 80,000 ks over this time just running crap around and hasnt had any major expense. My wife & i call it the Craphatsu

    this incidentally is also the car ive ever owned longest.

    what can i say Bling Bling,
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  3. Aircon

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    #3 Aircon, Sep 11, 2005
    I really love Porsches and Lambos.
     
  4. F40LMGTC

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    #4 F40LMGTC, Sep 11, 2005
    Worst car you ever owned was that porsche turbo thingy.
     
  5. Kelsa

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    #5 Kelsa, Sep 11, 2005
    Aircon, which lambo did you have?
     
  6. RMV

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    #6 RMV, Sep 11, 2005
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    I had a suspicion this may have been Aircon's Porsche: :D
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  7. Kelsa

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    #7 Kelsa, Sep 11, 2005
    doesn't look that bad
     
  8. F40LMGTC

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    #8 F40LMGTC, Sep 11, 2005
    yeah, but when he owned it, all he talked about was his other car.......512BB
     
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    #9 F40LMGTC, Sep 11, 2005
    oh. and then when he got the F40, he still talked about the 512, and the porsche got left completely out in the cold........where it belongs by the way.
     
  10. RMV

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    #10 RMV, Sep 11, 2005
    Not my cup of tea. I like Porsches that look the way they leave the factory in Stuttgart. There's more plastic there than at a Tupperware party.
     
  11. F40LMGTC

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    #11 F40LMGTC, Sep 11, 2005
    doesn't look that good......either. Put his 512 BB next to that and see what I mean. (when I say his, I mean, used to be his)
     
  12. RMV

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    #12 RMV, Sep 11, 2005
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    That Porsche plums similar levels of bad taste as "Phil's" black Boxer! (NB pics originally posted by 360C)
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  13. F40LMGTC

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    #13 F40LMGTC, Sep 11, 2005
    That's not your average boxer. That wing is a real problem and I'm not so sure about the all black paint job either. And that car was a 512 body with a 365 engine. I don't know how original the body is, OR how many changes took place to the body. Anyway , it's not the real thing that I'm used to.
     
  14. RMV

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    #14 RMV, Sep 11, 2005
    Thank God! I think that's a 'below' average Boxer!
     
  15. tdc911

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    #15 tdc911, Sep 11, 2005
    Visually that isn't much different than the Porsche 911 Turbo LE. One of the highest spec'd and desirable factory Porsche 930s.
     
  16. tdc911

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    #16 tdc911, Sep 11, 2005
    I'll have to wait for PP's imput on this because it is my understanding that he bought another 930 Turbo after owning both the 512 and Boxer. I am lead to believe that he has owned three turbo Porsches, although I would love to hear his thoughts on the 924 (931).
     
  17. RMV

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    #17 RMV, Sep 11, 2005

    Fair point. I'm guessing 'LE' stands for Limited Edition... limited alright... in the taste department! I'm guessing the Turbo LE was the successful 80s drug dealer's conveyance of choice. A standard 930 Turbo is a nice car IMO. The one in the pic is just way OTT, probably even more so than a factory LE. You'd call that 'rice' in this day and age. Then again, not everything that has an unmodified Porsche badge is a winner. Remember the Audi 924?
     
  18. Aircon

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    #18 Aircon, Sep 12, 2005
    Here are the two 930s I owned....

    http://users.bigpond.net.au/pless/porsche930brown/
    http://users.bigpond.net.au/pless/porsche930blue/

    The blue one was a much better car and was about .5 - 1 second a lap quicker on every track than the Boxer. The 930 was a better car in most ways. Eventually, I sold the Boxer and kept the Porsche because I got sick of the engine hitting the ground constantly in the Boxer on the FCA breakfast runs.
     
  19. AKA

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    #19 AKA, Sep 12, 2005
    Thanks for that ass shot, just what we all needed...........

    :rolleyes:

    :D
     
  20. fabstar

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    #20 fabstar, Sep 12, 2005
    91' 520 BMW what a lemon.Money I spent on it could of bought a real car.German cars remines me of a classy women with good dress sense where an Italian car is like having have sex with hot blooded women that keeps cu.....ing and and keeps going harder as you give it more.

    If there is one thing you have to do in life is drive an Italian legend
     
  21. ferrarifixer

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    #21 ferrarifixer, Sep 12, 2005
    Gil, you won't offend me by slagging off british cars.

    Just be aware that apart from being sexy, Ferrari are much worse!! And you know how I know.
     
  22. goober

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    #22 goober, Sep 12, 2005
    oh dear
     
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    #23 fabstar, Sep 12, 2005
    oh dear what?
     
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    #24 goober, Sep 12, 2005
    just heard from the other cell Michelle has a good dose of gastro, and the toilet is a hole in the ground, just like mine




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  25. RMV

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    #25 RMV, Sep 12, 2005

    :(
     
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