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Originally Posted by puckshaw I'd always heard that but didn't realize just how bad it was. I assumed for the relatively high starting price that it would come very well

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Old 01-18-2012, 10:11 AM   #1 (permalink)
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I'd always heard that but didn't realize just how bad it was. I assumed for the relatively high starting price that it would come very well equipped in base form. That's simply not the case though.
Yeah, you're paying for the engineering that's behind the base model. The growl produced by Porsche's power-plant is absolutely stunning IMO.
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Yeah, you're paying for the engineering that's behind the base model. The growl produced by Porsche's power-plant is absolutely stunning IMO.
No doubt there's a lot of quality engineering there, but a lot is the Porsche badge premium as well. That's really what kills it for me. I want everything but don't want to pay for it.
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