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Old Dec 25, 2013 | 09:20 PM
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Not sure where you get your statistic that 80% of all Porsches made are in CA? 20+ years ago 50% of Porsches went to USA and half of those to CA. % to CA in last few years is way down (in total) due to extremely high consumption of Porsche's into China. China is #2 buyer now and expected to be #1 within 3 years.
There was a documentary that Jay Leno narrated. It was about 3 cars...Ferrari F50, a Corvette tuned by Lingenfelter, and a 993 TT....I guess times may have changed, but back then, that stat held true. Never realized how long ago that was until you just brought it up. My how time flies. I still think majority of Porsches in the US are here in SoCal...I see them everywhere and it accounts for about 70%+ of our business. I'll see if I can find some stats that might shed light...I'm now curious where most reside
 
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We all get to use to Porsches with their rear engines, fender fuel doors and front trunks. But the other day, when I was putting something into the frunk, someone came over and was amazed that there was no engine in there. I guess he felt the car was exotic at that moment ( or just plain weird).
 
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Right!!! That is still the hardest thing to get used to! However, it seems like I am doing it every other day...lol
Apparently there are exotic 911s where I get gas. Here is the pic on the pump.
 
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Old Dec 26, 2013 | 07:50 AM
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Originally Posted by chuckbdc
Apparently there are exotic 911s where I get gas. Here is the pic on the pump.

It seems that the Porsche outlined it taking the gas in the rear...
 
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People have to much time on there hands if they are worried about wether there car is an exotic or not, that or a small *****

Who cares
 
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Stereotypes. Here--this may help you breakout of the prison of the mind:

Free your mind. lol
 
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if it were an exotic, i wouldn't have bought it since a dd can't be too flashy in most people's lives. the 911 is the ultimate understated overachiever. thankful i didn't have to buy a flashy car for the performance factor or a boring car for the elegance factor.
 
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911 Turbo and Turbo S

The Turbo, Turbo S and the GT definitely exotics!!! What Porsche has designed and engineered into these cars definitely puts them into the exotic class of cars!!
 
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Originally Posted by sanibelspeed
the carrera gt and the 918 are definitely exotics, whereas none of the 911s are, imo. Exceptional performance cars, yes, but not exotic: Too many of them produced and too conservative in design.
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Exotic to me is something I can't afford... Lol sort of like my definition of rich is anyone making $1 more than me...
 
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911s are definitely not exotic. any car us bean counters can afford will never be an exotic.
 
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IMO, to be an exotic it has to be limited production or very low production rate.... 918, CGT, LaFerrari, Hyuara, etc... All other cars aren't exotics.

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I'm revising my earlier opinion that the 911 isn't an exotic due to the fact that it is unique among all cars in the placement of the engine at the rear of the car. This exotic feature should classify it as an exotic car even if it doesn't look exotic.
 


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