 |
 So
I'm sitting in the doctors office...
and I'm flipping though Automobile
Magazine to see what 20 cars they consider "20 Greatest."
My head is killing me. The Ferrari on the cover tells me that before
I open 'er up it'll be 20 supercars. But wait; I in fact HAVE a super
car. Porsche will have to be mentioned in some capacity. When I hit
page 66 (fitting, since my last Porsche was a 1966 912) you can imagine
my total shock: a 1989 Porsche 911 Carrera 4, in Guards Red looking
right back at me. Here is the article:
"The Porsche 911 has been a great sports car throughout Automobile
Magazine's twenty years, whether its engine was water-cooled or air-cooled,
turbocharged or normally aspirated, whether it had all- or rear-wheel
drive and with either semitrailing-arm or multilink rear suspensions.
Last month Georg Kacher drove the type-997 911 Turbo in Finland; in
our very first issue, Jean Jennings (Lindamood then) took a type-930
Turbo from Detroit to Reno. In that time, we have driven countless
different 911s, and they have all been fabulous. Sure, they have grown
ever more powerful, easier to drive, heavier, more luxurious, and
faster, but they still have a wailing flat-six out back, delightful
steering, and superb brakes. The cars also are compact enough to be
driven hard on almost any road. Moreover, a 911 looks like a 911,
offers as good a value today as it did twenty years ago, and remains
one of the very few supercars you can use every day. The seminal 911
of this era may well be the last air-cooled version-the type 993 that
introduced a modern rear suspension-but let's not quibble, because
all 911s built any time in the past twenty years are great."
Mark Gillies
Automobile
Magazine
April 2006
Page 66
To see the online artile click
here, or go out and buy a copy of the April issue.
What a great find. It made the fact that I have a growing tumor covering
my brain totally cool because my car - MY CAR - was ranked in the top
20 GREATEST cars that "changed the game forever..." Ok, so
I just have a sinus infection and not a tumor, but the reaction would
have been the same - awesome. |
