GT3...German Rice?
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Hell no it ain't rice
Dude, that car is capable of 190MPH, it angles slighty the faster it goes. I have seen bigger. Rice? Ir's actually functional.
Rice is wings on these cars that are NOT sporty, will never be sporty or cannot top 100mph without getting blue balls. Hell, spoilers, IMO are the equivilent to TAILFINS of the 50s and 60s.
WTF does a Camry, Accord, Corolla, Altima, Civic, Impala, Intrigue, Kia, hell, 90% of cars made have a wing for? Looks.
The Porsche is there for a reason.
BTW, I am not huge on how this wing looks though, I prefer the GT-2 tail.
Rice is wings on these cars that are NOT sporty, will never be sporty or cannot top 100mph without getting blue balls. Hell, spoilers, IMO are the equivilent to TAILFINS of the 50s and 60s.
WTF does a Camry, Accord, Corolla, Altima, Civic, Impala, Intrigue, Kia, hell, 90% of cars made have a wing for? Looks.
The Porsche is there for a reason.
BTW, I am not huge on how this wing looks though, I prefer the GT-2 tail.
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Originally posted by zeroday
No decoration on a porsche? OK lets take an inventory of some of the 'performance enhancements' they offer on these things:
Leather interior, carbon fiber door sills, carbon fiber center console, Aluminum 'LOOK' package, 17 different available colors, painted brake calipers complete with porsche logo...I could go on and on. Don't kid yourself, porsche spends quite a bit of time designing their cars to be asthetically pleasing...which is why I was dissapointed by the salad bar they stuck oin the gt3.
No decoration on a porsche? OK lets take an inventory of some of the 'performance enhancements' they offer on these things:
Leather interior, carbon fiber door sills, carbon fiber center console, Aluminum 'LOOK' package, 17 different available colors, painted brake calipers complete with porsche logo...I could go on and on. Don't kid yourself, porsche spends quite a bit of time designing their cars to be asthetically pleasing...which is why I was dissapointed by the salad bar they stuck oin the gt3.
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Originally posted by eclipse23
What I wrote was partially meant for humor. I agree they do drop alot on customization, in fact, they have the most options and custom shit they offer their customers then any other car company. As for the wing, well I'd like you to go talk to a porsche engineer before you just call it a 'wing' and call it a 'salad bar'. That wing, I bet, is used to keep that car on the ground and not in the air when you hit some sick speeds. Prove to me that it's worthless and not a necessary design element. Do you remember the old whale tails the porsche used to have?
What I wrote was partially meant for humor. I agree they do drop alot on customization, in fact, they have the most options and custom shit they offer their customers then any other car company. As for the wing, well I'd like you to go talk to a porsche engineer before you just call it a 'wing' and call it a 'salad bar'. That wing, I bet, is used to keep that car on the ground and not in the air when you hit some sick speeds. Prove to me that it's worthless and not a necessary design element. Do you remember the old whale tails the porsche used to have?
Originally posted by zeroday
Although it is apparently functional, the GT3 is going to have a DUAL salad bar spoiler.
Although it is apparently functional, the GT3 is going to have a DUAL salad bar spoiler.
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The GT3 wing looks like ass and totally wrecks that beautiful Porsche.
A simple whale tail would have sufficed, no?
And eclipse--
Do you really think a 350Z is a "ricey" car? Maybe the NISMO version.....but definitely not a stock model.
And I'm not just sayin' that because I'm gettin' one
A simple whale tail would have sufficed, no?
And eclipse--
Do you really think a 350Z is a "ricey" car? Maybe the NISMO version.....but definitely not a stock model.
And I'm not just sayin' that because I'm gettin' one
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A lot of your sentiments here
Are reflected in Jeremy Clarkson's editorial on Porsche. He hates the fact Porsche sells the 911 as:
Carrera 2
Carrera convertible
Carrera 4
Carrera 4WS
Turbo
Turbo auto
GT-2
GT-3
They add things, mix and match things, subtract things, charge you more, charge you, well more (never less).
I think part of them using a different spoiler is to differenciate the models. Though they stress it's functional. Ruf Porches make their own spoiler as well. As do Gembella, Roock for example.
Nuts. You never hear of Porsches coming off the ground cause they are a lot easier to drive now. And being it's easier to drive,the Wal-Mart bunch are buying Porsches now.
BTW, how the hell is a 350Z ricey? Now, in a couple of years when prices go down and that prick in a Civic can get one and rice it out, yes. But not now.
Carrera 2
Carrera convertible
Carrera 4
Carrera 4WS
Turbo
Turbo auto
GT-2
GT-3
They add things, mix and match things, subtract things, charge you more, charge you, well more (never less).
I think part of them using a different spoiler is to differenciate the models. Though they stress it's functional. Ruf Porches make their own spoiler as well. As do Gembella, Roock for example.
Nuts. You never hear of Porsches coming off the ground cause they are a lot easier to drive now. And being it's easier to drive,the Wal-Mart bunch are buying Porsches now.
BTW, how the hell is a 350Z ricey? Now, in a couple of years when prices go down and that prick in a Civic can get one and rice it out, yes. But not now.
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Re: A lot of your sentiments here
Originally posted by 1SICKLEX
They add things, mix and match things, subtract things, charge you more, charge you, well more (never less).
They add things, mix and match things, subtract things, charge you more, charge you, well more (never less).
