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Old 25-May-2007, 11:37
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Originally Posted by chief
Carbon 749....
Didn't have you down as a 911 man...... Should have guessed... you clearly have taste!.....................I remember the heady days last year of owning one of the last five SC Sports ever made.......sold it to give the cash to Mr Brown for Stamp Duty.....sounds like a fare swap not!!

Chief,

I left school in 1984 and 1 thing that sticks in my mind was the yuppies buying guards red 911's with their bonus. Always loved the 911 and always wanted one, hence a tidy (ish) 1986 911 Carrera bought in 2002 and still owned today (just).

True mechanical sports car - no power steering, no air con, no traction control, no ABS. But it does have full leather interior, elec seats, elec mirrors and an engine to die for. The sound of a flat six starting to wail through twin 3 1/2" pipes at 3,000rpm almost compares to the bike

For me it's the closest car I've had to riding a bike. In a line of traffic, see a small gap, down 1 or 2 gears, flick, accelarate and back in ... just like you would on a bike. Accelarate through corners and the feedback is great .... of course dry weather only. Done a few 360 degree spins in the wet
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