Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:28 am
Fuck. Yeah. Course it is. Knew the face but couldn't bring it to mind.
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Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:55 am
He was an awesome talent but had a hard lifeYorick wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:28 amFuck. Yeah. Course it is. Knew the face but couldn't bring it to mind.
https://www.thepitcrewonline.net/2017/0 ... onal-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.
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:40 am
Reading that link,he sounds bitter and cheated. Maybe he has a right to be.
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:46 am
Skub wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:40 amReading 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!
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:12 pm
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.
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Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 2:54 pm
They need to be ultra calm at racing speed, so that if anything goes wrong, lots of brain power to put things right.Skub wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:12 pmI 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.
I read it described better, but it makes sense.
Dull folk like Eddie Lawson and Nigel Mansell spring to mind.
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Tue Feb 13, 2024 4:51 pm
Apparently most elite military pilots are utterly boring people for this very reason.Yorick wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 2:54 pmThey need to be ultra calm at racing speed, so that if anything goes wrong, lots of brain power to put things right.Skub wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 1:12 pmI 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.Yambo wrote: Tue Feb 13, 2024 11:46 am
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 read it described better, but it makes sense.
Dull folk like Eddie Lawson and Nigel Mansell spring to mind.
Ie, completely the opposite to how they're portrayed in Hollywood type films.
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 10:34 am
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.Potter wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 10:25 am
That way you can get people to not need to rely on brain power, it's Pavlovian I suppose.
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
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:24 am
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.
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:30 am
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.Rockburner wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:24 amAlways 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.
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:32 am
Lots of us get fatter as we age, seems Porsches do too!
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:32 am
I only run one car at a time (these days), so whatever I have is the "daily-driver".Cousin Jack wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:30 amI 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.Rockburner wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:24 amAlways 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.
(that might change if my partner ever takes her test).
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:33 pm
Same - ended up getting a 928 S2 insteadRockburner wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:24 amAlways 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.
. That was good few years ago mind......Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:48 pm
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.v8-powered wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 12:33 pmSame - ended up getting a 928 S2 insteadRockburner wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:24 amAlways 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.
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 4:08 pm
One for all you hopeless romantics out there...
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Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 4:17 pm
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.
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 4:51 pm
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.Potter wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 4:28 pmWhy?Wossname wrote: Wed Feb 14, 2024 4:17 pm ...the TD doesn’t mind resting for months, whereas that would destroy a Porsche.
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.
Re: utterly random picture thread.
Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 5:30 pm
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!
Friend has an early 70s V12 E-type and that suffers terribly if left - oil pouring from everywhere!
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Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:16 pm
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.
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2024 11:01 am
