Re: 224.1 miles

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 22:49:09 -0000, 'Hog said ...
> Bear wrote:
> > On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 20:39:45 -0000, 'Hog said ...
> >> Bear wrote:
> >
> >>> ***'s sake ...
> >>>
> >>> http://www.exoticcarsite.com/pages/tuners/ruf_ctr_yellowbird.htm
> >>>
> >>> 469 bhp, 408 lb-ft. 211 mph.
> >>>
> >>> In a late 80s 911? Christ on a cart horse.
> >>
> >> Well although he could get round some of those corners quicker I
> >> guess it was for the camera and it is deeply impressive all the way,
> >> those are tail happy little bitches.
> >
> > Have you driven a RUF then? It's one of those I haven't, but would
> > like to.
> >
> > I've read (and been told by someone that used to own one) that they're
> > everything a Porsche 911 should be, only more so.
>
> Just the standard high output factory turbo option.

Slightly more, due to intercooler, pressure and several other mods,
IIRC.

Which I may well not.

> The unblown cars are
> better road machines IMHO.

>From that era? Of course they are, but there's something so *excessive*
about a yellow bird, as that chap demonstrated in the video.
--
Bear
BMW 740iL - Stately Progress For The Mature Gentleman
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