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members and their systems

for the short time I have been on here, I see that members will start a thread asking about a certain piece of equipment or speakers..       they will then buy that piece of equipment / speakers, start a thread about it saying how good it is and then next thing you know, they are starting another thread asking about another piece of gear as they are looking for something different.           what happened to that piece of gear that was so great ?       
  i get the whole buying thing....but where are members getting the money to do all of this stuff ?       do they not have other bills such as rent / mortgage payment, car payment, other bills to pay for also ?
birdscantrow
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millercarbon
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Anyone sells a 911 to buy a Camry is beyond help. I don’t care how old you are. As Jerry Seinfeld says, "This is a dead man’s car." It is a bit much to say you should be buried in it. But only a bit.

I got my first 911 30 years ago and recently told my wife I’m driving the next one forever. Here it is. https://youtu.be/bXRyy-RBuzc?t=566 Watch closely, you can see the ride change from Sport to Normal. Only in a Porsche 911 is 190mph "Normal".
yyzsantabarbara
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@mrklas I recently advertised on Facebook my 2002 BMW M3 E46 that I had bought brand new (200K miles). I have 150 responses in 1 hour and a guy who had seen my car on my driveway before came to my house 10 minutes after the ad went up and game me cash. 

I am now driving a 12 year old Chevy Aveo, a bicycle, and also new speakers. Pretty happy the way things went.
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tomic601
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190 in a 996 X-50 is child's play. It lacks the soul of the 993...
they simply are different creatures with some common dna...

i currently own neither, mostly because I believe in sampling...

like colors.. Zanzibar Red, Adventurine Green, Garnet, and ( of course ) Slate Grey...
sokogear
1,097 posts
 
Hey MC - mine might be my last one - '11 GTS. max 997.2 power other that GT3 (has no sunroof) No turbo, normal sunroof. Triple black, center lock wheels....Please convince me otherwise. I've always replaced every 6 years and now I am overdue.

Can't think of anything else except an older, slower GT3. I don't pay for collectibility, just pure fun.
keegiam
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I have a German friend who lives in Hamburg; he and his family own a successful machine business.  You would never know it by interacting with him.  Very laid back and non-ostentatious.

After a few years the subject of cars came up.  He always has the fanciest AMG sedan and reminded me that those cars are bred for the Autobahn  He drives extremely fast when knucklehead drivers aren't in the wrong lane.  I know sedans and Porsches are quite different, but I'm sure there are several German cars that feel like child's play at 190.
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