[quote=Allan from Fallbrook][quote=AN][quote=Hatfield]
Yawn. Skidpad is just one test. Like 0-60, it doesn’t mean that much in isolation. Slalom time is a better measure. Or lap time. Even better yet, just drive both cars. I did. Did you? I bought the 911. Haven’t regretted it.[/quote]
If the 911 was branded as a Ford, would you still buy it? For the price of a loaded Z06, all you can get is a base 911 w/ no option. Z06 would KILL the 911 in ANY performance test you want to throw at it. The only test it’ll fail in is the interior quality and brand snobbery.[/quote]
AN: Bingo. I’ve also heard your hairpiece fits better in a Porschie and your Rolex looks shinier. Something to do with the way the light hits that superior German workmanship. Sheesh. Well, this is why they pay those clowns on Madison Avenue all that money: Sell the status, not the product.
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My brother-in-law is a retired (German) engineer for a German car company. Buys mostly Toyotas for himself, but does wax lyrical about the quality of “what you can’t see” in some of the better German marques. I’m sure the GM guys do the same.
