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For a couple of weeks or so when the boss was out of town, he lent me his late 90's black Porsche 911 Carerra. Beautiful car. He just gave me the keys and said "Have fun, and be careful." I drove it a little, long drives down state hiways, looked cool/possibly douchey at restaurants, and just fell in love with it. As the weeks wore on, I started getting more and more nervous about driving it. I was never a dumbass with it or anything, just scared of something out of sorts happening.

So one Sunday my girlfriend at the time were taking it out for a little drive. We were going down Hiway 31 when we saw a black 911 with the front end smashed up against a concrete guard rail, and the driver standing by it dumbfounded , a blank soulless expression on his face, just talking on his phone. It scared me. That was exactly what my day could turn into. I just got a cold chill--like the Ghost Of Christmas Future was showing me scenes to be, should I maintain my present course. So we stopped by the store, got some groceries, went home and parked the 911.

Never trust someone with "super" in their nickname with anything.

That is a self-given nickname right there.

Gordon Bennett:

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"People on ludes should not drive."

The Tribune's Mr. Sly: Never trust someone with "super" in their nickname with anything.


I am a saaaaad panda.

"No one is talking....."

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"Hello! Did you read the headline in my voice?"

No, I read it in the voice of dude in post above yours (the one driving)

Its always a good idea to leave your car with people who have been convicted of auto theft.

/not that he could have known I suppose

FTFA: David Juntunen of Top Gear Autoworks...

Wanted for questioning:


/hot
/Maybe like that? I don't judge.

SuperDarly: The Tribune's Mr. Sly: Never trust someone with "super" in their nickname with anything.


I am a saaaaad panda.

Except SuperDarly, of course. SuperDarly earned that shiat.

Hmmm...

FTA: Juntunen, who is jailed in lieu of $80,000 bail

bail... bail... where have I heard that term recently... oh yeah.

FTA: Bail was set at $20,000...

Huh.

Easy Reader: For a couple of weeks or so when the boss was out of town, he lent me his late 90's black Porsche 911 Carerra. Beautiful car. He just gave me the keys and said "Have fun, and be careful." I drove it a little, long drives down state hiways, looked cool/possibly douchey at restaurants, and just fell in love with it. As the weeks wore on, I started getting more and more nervous about driving it. I was never a dumbass with it or anything, just scared of something out of sorts happening.

So one Sunday my girlfriend at the time were taking it out for a little drive. We were going down Hiway 31 when we saw a black 911 with the front end smashed up against a concrete guard rail, and the driver standing by it dumbfounded , a blank soulless expression on his face, just talking on his phone. It scared me. That was exactly what my day could turn into. I just got a cold chill--like the Ghost Of Christmas Future was showing me scenes to be, should I maintain my present course. So we stopped by the store, got some groceries, went home and parked the 911.

From the book of EVE-Online, chapter 1, verse 1:

Never Fly Anything You Can't Afford To Lose. Amen.

Found the BASE jump they mentioned in the article. The guy is obviously a moran, but he has big giant brass balls.

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dv-ous: Easy Reader: For a couple of weeks or so when the boss was out of town, he lent me his late 90's black Porsche 911 Carerra. Beautiful car. He just gave me the keys and said "Have fun, and be careful." I drove it a little, long drives down state hiways, looked cool/possibly douchey at restaurants, and just fell in love with it. As the weeks wore on, I started getting more and more nervous about driving it. I was never a dumbass with it or anything, just scared of something out of sorts happening.

So one Sunday my girlfriend at the time were taking it out for a little drive. We were going down Hiway 31 when we saw a black 911 with the front end smashed up against a concrete guard rail, and the driver standing by it dumbfounded , a blank soulless expression on his face, just talking on his phone. It scared me. That was exactly what my day could turn into. I just got a cold chill--like the Ghost Of Christmas Future was showing me scenes to be, should I maintain my present course. So we stopped by the store, got some groceries, went home and parked the 911.

From the book of EVE-Online, chapter 1, verse 1:

Never Fly Anything You Can't Afford To Lose. Amen.

Yep. I learned the easy way--with someone else's fark up.

ftfa: So when the Minneapolis intellectual property lawyer entrusted the sports car in the fall of 2011 to Top Gear Autoworks owner David "Superdave" Juntunen for storage,

Burn in hell. You deserved to lose your car.

dv-ous: Hmmm...

FTA: Juntunen, who is jailed in lieu of $80,000 bail

bail... bail... where have I heard that term recently... oh yeah.

FTA: Bail was set at $20,000...

Huh.

Clearly a person is worth far less than an expensive foreign import car.

Alonjar: Its always a good idea to leave your car with people who have been convicted of auto theft.

/not that he could have known I suppose

The owner was a lawyer and he was entrusting his LAMBORGHINI to a douche named "super" Dave. I don't think a criminal record check before handing over the keys was out of order.

Mister Peejay: Easy Reader: So one Sunday....

See, this is a great example of how bland and dumbed-down modern 911s are, in order to protect the typical doofus who has more money than driving skill.

Used to be that you never wrecked the front of a 911. Always the rear. Enter a corner too fast and you were farked. Brakes - tail goes light, car whips around, you back into the trees. Lift off the throttle - tail goes light, car whips around, you back into the trees.

The turbo models were especially fun because the turbo lag was awful, and you could be accelerating out of a corner and get boost-onset tire spin, which steps the tail out. A scared driver will lift off the throttle, so you back into the trees...

A 911 with front-end damage is just proof that they're German Camries with the engine in the back...

Not knowing much about the ballistics of a turbo 911 is why I parked the one that wan't mine. I most likely wasn't doing anything that would get into that territory, but I'd rather figure all that out on a track or a giant parking lot or something--not on a public hiway. Driving certain cars, like riding motorcycles, is really just playing in traffic.

I wonder if these folks are related to the guy who wrapped Mrs. B's dad's Jaguar around a tree back in the 60's. Same neighborhood anyway.

/end csb

When I went to read the article, I thought it was going to be another one of these.

Should also mention, no sympathy for the lawyer. Far as I'm concerened these people deserve each other, bloody vultures.

/cranky this morning, had to come in to work, looking forward to an afternoon of fine wine and martinis at Ric's grill lounge, who's up for an impromptu party?

You own a 1/2 million dollar car, and to cheap to keep up collision coverage. You deserve to have someone wrap it around a tree.

Ohlookabutterfly: Should also mention, no sympathy for the lawyer. Far as I'm concerened these people deserve each other, bloody vultures.

/cranky this morning, had to come in to work, looking forward to an afternoon of fine wine and martinis at Ric's grill lounge, who's up for an impromptu party?

Sherwood Park/Alberta

Uh, yeah sure, I'll be right over.

macadamnut: Ohlookabutterfly: Should also mention, no sympathy for the lawyer. Far as I'm concerened these people deserve each other, bloody vultures.

/cranky this morning, had to come in to work, looking forward to an afternoon of fine wine and martinis at Ric's grill lounge, who's up for an impromptu party?

Sherwood Park/Alberta

Uh, yeah sure, I'll be right over.

Sarcasm noted, and too bad, from the compliments on your profile I bet you make parties interesting to say the least.

I drive by that place almost daily. They always have a bunch of different exotics on the lot. Seems like everyone in Minneapolis who owns an expensive import takes it there.

Guess I'll look for another garage to house my fantasy car.

strapp3r: "What makes us different?" the Top Gear website reads. "In a word ... ethics."
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He's not wrong. Everyone else in that business probably has them.

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"Hello! Did you read the headline in my voice?"

no.

it was the wrong reference.

you have failed.

You big dummy. my heart bleeds for the poor lambo.

Grave_Girl: strapp3r: "What makes us different?" the Top Gear website reads. "In a word ... ethics."
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Hedonism is a system of ethics.

say what you will about the tenets of hedonism, at least it's an ethos.

Mister Peejay: Easy Reader: So one Sunday my girlfriend at the time were taking it out for a little drive. We were going down Hiway 31 when we saw a black 911 with the front end smashed up against a concrete guard rail, and the driver standing by it dumbfounded ,

See, this is a great example of how bland and dumbed-down modern 911s are, in order to protect the typical doofus who has more money than driving skill.

Used to be that you never wrecked the front of a 911. Always the rear. Enter a corner too fast and you were farked. Brakes - tail goes light, car whips around, you back into the trees. Lift off the throttle - tail goes light, car whips around, you back into the trees.

The turbo models were especially fun because the turbo lag was awful, and you could be accelerating out of a corner and get boost-onset tire spin, which steps the tail out. A scared driver will lift off the throttle, so you back into the trees...

A 911 with front-end damage is just proof that they're German Camries with the engine in the back...

So, you've never driven a Porsche? Come on. I've had a few and driven several from various years. The cars have become more predictable but one cannot say that is a bad thing. The infamous tail happy aspect of the car was not a desirable trait. That it was engineered to be less inherent in the car's handling is a good thing. Even the Porsche engineers thought so. They went so far as to add AWD and smaller turbos so the "bam" nature of the turbo boost would be lessened, making the car more predictable at high speed. It still takes considerable skill to drive one at the limits. The car simply cannot be driven near it's limits on the street without being a total douche bad with no regards for other people, it' just covers that much ground in a hurry.