O/T life is weird, Is the Carrera GT the fully evolved 914??? Options

[Mikey914]

So for my day job, I work for an airline, yes that’s odd enough, but sometimes it takes odd twists. My trip is rescheduled abut 4 times leaving me to catch a shuttle the company arranged for to drive from LAX to San Diego. Getting in after 2AM. Long day.

So they have me in the back and I start talking to the guy next to me. The subject of cars come up. Well of course we had to talk about the 914. Showed him a picture and the effect was he was awestruck. Mentioned that he always wanted a Carrera GT. He pointed out something I hadn’t really noticed before. The 914 really looks similar. I had seen the car up close and never made the connection on the styling ques. But then he showed me a picture, and it all was so obvious to me.

Really nice dude, lives in LA and I invited him to stalk us here. @jim_hoyland apparently he lives near you. Told him you might be able to get him a ride in one. Or to just show up for one of the drives in the are to at least get a good look at one.

Meanwhile, after all the excitement last night, I get a call from crew scheduling letting me know there’s a big storm that they think will affect operations out of JFK, and my flight is canceled, so
I’m going home early. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[930cabman]

These days I often mention #40 at the 1970 Lemans most people don't get it, but a few do. It's tough to argue with reality

Light weight and mid engine are a few of the ingredients of the recipe for this giant killer

[Maltese Falcon]

These days I often mention #40 at the 1970 Lemans most people don't get it, but a few do. It's tough to argue with reality

Light weight and mid engine are a few of the ingredients of the recipe for this giant killer

In 1970 at the LM24, if you were one of the 2L 911 entrants, Nobody ever expected a weird New box shaped VW/ Porsche to P1 in class; it did.
In 2010 at the Daytona 24, if you were one of the Daytona Prototype (Riley chassis, etc) entrants, Nobody expected a car powered by a Porsche SUV v8 engine to P1 in class; it did / and Overall winner.
There were NO Porsche brass there to take the mic either...Nobody saw it coming. My good friend Ben Lozano (the engine builder) was hussled up to the Podium, spoke a few lines and the Champagne flowed !
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/number40_914.jpg)

[930cabman]

These days I often mention #40 at the 1970 Lemans most people don't get it, but a few do. It's tough to argue with reality

Light weight and mid engine are a few of the ingredients of the recipe for this giant killer

In 1970 at the LM24, if you were one of the 2L 911 entrants, Nobody ever expected a weird New box shaped VW/ Porsche to P1 in class; it did.
In 2010 at the Daytona 24, if you were one of the Daytona Prototype (Riley chassis, etc) entrants, Nobody expected a car powered by a Porsche SUV v8 engine to P1 in class; it did / and Overall winner.
There were NO Porsche brass there to take the mic either...Nobody saw it coming. My good friend Ben Lozano (the engine builder) was hussled up to the Podium, spoke a few lines and the Champagne flowed !
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/number40_914.jpg)

Who would have known, the boys/girls really got it right, out of the box (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)

Personally, I would pass on the Carrera GT in favor of a well tuned version of #40, much more pure without ECU's, etc, ....