Porsche: But Why?

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• JS

  @jswap1 · 4 years ago

  As Jeremy Clarkson said, "Porsche started with the engine at the wrong end, and they’ve spent the last 40 years stubbornly trying to engineer their way around the problem."

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• TO

  @todddotson6430 · 4 years ago

  &quot;Join me as I drive a lot cars I can&apos;t afford&quot; <br><br>Yeah. I felt that.

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• SH

  @shuandstevegardner9396 · 9 months ago

  Ferrari owners brag about how few &nbsp;kilometers their car has. Porsche owners brag about how many. And that is the difference.

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• CN

  @cncmillman · 1 year ago

  The difference between Ferrari and Porsche is Ferrari sells cars so they can go racing, Porsche sells cars so you can go racing.

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• KA

  @kasecrescent483 · 4 years ago

  “Give Porsche a suspension parts from a beetle or a golf and they will make it handle way better than anything jaguar can come up with” killed me 😂

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• BL

  @blitzerx7 · 4 years ago

  To answer your question - “Carrera” comes from Carrera Panamericana, an open road race across Mexico, which Porsche dominated in the 1950’s.

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• SU

  @sunnisukumar · 4 years ago

  &quot;Engineering is the process of balancing requirements.&quot; Nicely said.

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• HE

  @HershelPeppers · 3 years ago

  “Chances are you were born on 3rd base and walk around like you hit a triple.” &nbsp;Love it! &nbsp;Thanks for the work that went into this video.

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• PH

  @phwhitefly · 3 years ago

  The obtainable Porsche is now called a used Boxster or Cayman, both brilliant cars to drive.

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• TU

  @turbo32coupe · 4 years ago

  I know a guy who knows a guy who has a Porche. &nbsp;One of my favorite quotes from a Trans Am driver, about the Trans Am Porche was: &nbsp;&quot;With that engine hanging off the back, it handles like a pig, but after 30 years of development, it&apos;s a very fast pig!&quot;

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• TH

  @TheNaqoyqatZ · 4 years ago

  I always liked Leno, but his view on Ferrari cemented my respect for him.

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• JB

  @jbbevan · 3 years ago

  I brought the first 912 into the United States in early 1966 three months before the formal introduction into the US. &nbsp;I bought it from a factory store in Stuttgart for the special export price of $4,200 (yeah, I didn&apos;t leave a zero off of that). &nbsp;It was a special order from that store. &nbsp;I had to add headrests and seatbelts (which were accessories at the time...but at that time they weren&apos;t exactly ubiquitous in the USA, either). &nbsp;I also added two factory gauges to the dash so that it would &quot;look&quot; like a 911 dash (which came with five gauges). &nbsp;I wasn&apos;t a big car fan. &nbsp;My Dad had a business friend who had a 356 in 1961 (or so)...he was a car fan and I bought the 912 because of his infectious enthusiasm. &nbsp;Before they could export the car a guy drove it from Stuttgart to Frankfurt (where I was living) so that I could drive it and sign a release form...the Germans were and are big on forms (and rubber stamps). &nbsp;So my first drive in a Porsche was this new 912 on the Autobahn from Frankfurt to Heidelberg and back. &nbsp;I had not driven at all for two years and suddenly I was thrust into some surreal automotive Nirvana that was inexplicable in its thrill. &nbsp;Unfortunately, when I got it home (the drive on I-15 from the dock in LA back to Salt Lake was incredible) I quickly found out that while I had afforded the Porsche...I couldn&apos;t afford the continual tuning of those four carburetors. &nbsp;So I had to relinquish the car because, as a student for the next 8 years I couldn&apos;t afford to keep it on the road. &nbsp;But in the 57 intervening years and 35 or 40 cars later the Porsche is still Camelot &quot;for one brief shining moment&quot; in my automotive history. &nbsp;What is said about engineering and balance in the video is right on the mark. &nbsp;I got an ME degree and spent 51 years in manufacturing...so I get it...a little. &nbsp;But I will take that longing for that &quot;one brief shining moment&quot; to my grave.

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