Is this picture photo shopped?, I never saw a 904 up close |
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Is this picture photo shopped?, I never saw a 904 up close |
Big Len |
Jul 27 2016, 12:30 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,747 Joined: 16-July 13 From: Edgewood, New Mexico Member No.: 16,126 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Is this possible? I can't believe it. The Cayman looks like a limo.
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mbseto |
Jul 28 2016, 10:56 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,253 Joined: 6-August 14 From: Cincy Member No.: 17,743 Region Association: North East States |
I don't think anyone should complain about how much bigger "small" cars are getting. If I had to choose which I would like to be t-boned in by a soccer mom checking her Twitter feed, I'd choose a Cayman over a 914 any day of the week. Twice on Sunday. Bingo- it's all about crumple zones. Cars need larger crumple zones to meet current crash rating standards. |
Tom_T |
Jul 28 2016, 01:19 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California |
I don't think anyone should complain about how much bigger "small" cars are getting. If I had to choose which I would like to be t-boned in by a soccer mom checking her Twitter feed, I'd choose a Cayman over a 914 any day of the week. Twice on Sunday. Bingo- it's all about crumple zones. Cars need larger crumple zones to meet current crash rating standards. Actually folks, Porsche did a pretty good job about designing in crumple zones & crash survivability into our 914s, & I have a couple of friends, as well as there being some members on here, who are alive &/or not seriously injured thanx to that design! They didn't have today's insurance institute tests of today, but they did do crash testing themselves back then. And it was probably a no less "unequal accident battlefield" with much larger & heavier cars to worry about back then - as the contemporary red Olds 98 convertible in the pic above clearly shows - as compared to today's big SUVs & pick-ups in the current marketplace. Many big full size American cars back then weighed in at over 5000 lbs. x 65+ speeds = higher momentum on impact, than with the average weight of sub-compact, compact & mid-size cars of today! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) And anyone today driving on I-5 between LA & SF or any other highway/freeway around, can attest to the flow of traffic actually exceeding the 65 or 70 mph speed limits by 10-20 mph - aside from the speed demons blazing by at 20-40+ over! So the momentum is actually higher today! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/huh.gif) This is different driver behavior of mass speeding today than back then, my having started driving in the 1960's myself, so I can tell you that the majority of driver's then followed the speedlimits then. Yes there were still "Ricky Racers" then, but today the Soccer Mom's, Teens & 20's, 30's all seem to push the envelope to whatever the flow is going today, which is typically faster - even on surface streets & back roads! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) So do not sell our little 914s short in that respect, relative to a current Porsche - even with today's higher speeds! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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