utterly random picture thread.

[Yorick]

It's Alan Carter, apparently.

Fuck. Yeah. Course it is. Knew the face but couldn't bring it to mind.

[Yorick]

It's Alan Carter, apparently.

Fuck. Yeah. Course it is. Knew the face but couldn't bring it to mind.

He was an awesome talent but had a hard life

It’s been hard for me though. My brother killing himself after he murdered his wife, my mum killed herself at 15 and I’ve buried my daughter. I urge anyone to read my book and see for themselves just how hard it’s been.

https://www.thepitcrewonline.net/2017/0 ... onal-life/

[Skub]

https://www.thepitcrewonline.net/2017/0 ... onal-life/

Reading that link,he sounds bitter and cheated. Maybe he has a right to be.

[Yambo]

https://www.thepitcrewonline.net/2017/0 ... onal-life/

Reading that link,he sounds bitter and cheated. Maybe he has a right to be.

He would have to be quite a nasty fucker to have all that going on in his head and still be capable of winning a world championship!

[Skub]

https://www.thepitcrewonline.net/2017/0 ... onal-life/

Reading that link,he sounds bitter and cheated. Maybe he has a right to be.

He would have to be quite a nasty fucker to have all that going on in his head and still be capable of winning a world championship!

I think there needs to be no small degree of psychopathy inherent in the personality make up of any winner. They are not usually normal people.

[Yorick]

Reading that link,he sounds bitter and cheated. Maybe he has a right to be.

He would have to be quite a nasty fucker to have all that going on in his head and still be capable of winning a world championship!

I think there needs to be no small degree of psychopathy inherent in the personality make up of any winner. They are not usually normal people.

They need to be ultra calm at racing speed, so that if anything goes wrong, lots of brain power to put things right.

I read it described better, but it makes sense.
Dull folk like Eddie Lawson and Nigel Mansell spring to mind.

[Rockburner]

He would have to be quite a nasty fucker to have all that going on in his head and still be capable of winning a world championship!

I think there needs to be no small degree of psychopathy inherent in the personality make up of any winner. They are not usually normal people.

They need to be ultra calm at racing speed, so that if anything goes wrong, lots of brain power to put things right.

I read it described better, but it makes sense.
Dull folk like Eddie Lawson and Nigel Mansell spring to mind.

Apparently most elite military pilots are utterly boring people for this very reason.

Ie, completely the opposite to how they're portrayed in Hollywood type films.

[Count Steer]

That way you can get people to not need to rely on brain power, it's Pavlovian I suppose.

More Skinner than Pavlov. Get it wrong you get punished/hurt. I suppose you could say get it right and you're rewarded by not being punished/hurt/deaded.

I guess the driving thing hinges on adrenalin is a bad thing when it comes to decision making/control so the drivers that can keep it it at bay longest stay calm and calculating. Which is why some appear almost machine-like (until the crew make a bad decision ).

[Rockburner]

Anyway...random picture...

Always wanted one (My mum had a 911 Targa when I was 9 or 10), but could never justify the finances. I could afford a cheap one, but then probably couldn't afford to keep it running.

[Cousin Jack]

Anyway...random picture...

Always wanted one (My mum had a 911 Targa when I was 9 or 10), but could never justify the finances. I could afford a cheap one, but then probably couldn't afford to keep it running.

I always lusted after one too, but as you say running costs are the killer. Allegedly the only thing more expensive than driving them is not driving them, they don't take kindly to being sat in the garage all winter.

[Taipan]

Anyway...random picture...

Lots of us get fatter as we age, seems Porsches do too!

[Rockburner]

Anyway...random picture...

Always wanted one (My mum had a 911 Targa when I was 9 or 10), but could never justify the finances. I could afford a cheap one, but then probably couldn't afford to keep it running.

I always lusted after one too, but as you say running costs are the killer. Allegedly the only thing more expensive than driving them is not driving them, they don't take kindly to being sat in the garage all winter.

I only run one car at a time (these days), so whatever I have is the "daily-driver".

(that might change if my partner ever takes her test).

[v8-powered]

Anyway...random picture...

Always wanted one (My mum had a 911 Targa when I was 9 or 10), but could never justify the finances. I could afford a cheap one, but then probably couldn't afford to keep it running.

Same - ended up getting a 928 S2 instead . That was good few years ago mind......

[Pirahna]

Anyway...random picture...

Always wanted one (My mum had a 911 Targa when I was 9 or 10), but could never justify the finances. I could afford a cheap one, but then probably couldn't afford to keep it running.

Same - ended up getting a 928 S2 instead . That was good few years ago mind......

I looked at Porsche then bought a Lotus. The Elise has to be one of the cheapest cars to own I've ever had, and I did daily drive it.

[mangocrazy]

One for all you hopeless romantics out there...

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[Wossname]

964 for me, closely followed by a 993. The later ones got too “hippy” and just plain wide. But I’ll probably never own one, unless I swap it for the MG TD that’s sitting in the garage. I don’t want 2 leisure cars at the same time. And: the TD doesn’t mind resting for months, whereas that would destroy a Porsche.

[Cousin Jack]

...the TD doesn’t mind resting for months, whereas that would destroy a Porsche.

Why?
I know a standing car can experience issues with sticking mechanical parts, lack of lubrication upon start up, etc, but I can't see why a Porsche would suffer more than any other car.

Some of my vehicles don't get started for years at a time, aside from running it less than a mile up the road for an MOT then I don't think my Defender has moved off it's spot for over a year. My motorcycles have gone for years at a time without being started.

Short answer, I don't know why, but Porshes are well known for needing expensive fettling after they have stood unused for 6 months. Never having owned one I can't swear that is true, but if it is a lie it is one I have heard from several people, as well as read in the press.

[v8-powered]

Possibly really old 911s as likely have Cork gaskets that harden but can't see anything from late 70s onwards having that issue?

Friend has an early 70s V12 E-type and that suffers terribly if left - oil pouring from everywhere!

[Wossname]

Whereas the TD is like an upmarket wheelbarrow. If it breaks, you fix it with a hammer. If that doesn’t work, it’s electrical. Any minor failure after not being used for a while with a Porky will involve somebody who actually knows about them in detail, ie not me or the AA man.

[Taipan]