I just broke the law.

[TX-RAT]

Friend just came by with a new Porsche Cheyenne. I drove it.
Not recommended for people with recent heart surgery.
At 140 i backed off. What a car, 450hp.

[RubyDuby in GA]

1. To complete the cliche

please tell me you were listening to I Can't Drive 55.

[mourningdove92]

2. HMMM,

wonder if it was "Stairway to Heaven"
hehehe

[Wickerman]

3. Geeeez, TX, aren't ya 'possed to break those things in first?

140? Yeah, that is a tad to damn fast for a guy who just had the ticker tuned up.

Wild man.

[TX-RAT]

6. couldn't help it.

Feel free to delete if think necessary. Just thought I'd share that with friends.

[Wickerman]

7. unnecessary?

ROTFLMAOX4

this is much more interesting than the constant guess the length of my penis but how many guns I own threads that we get daily.
Finally, an admitted gross violation of public safety.


/joking.


Sorry, I wlll burn in hell for this, won't I?

:)

[charliebrown]

17. I am not a dyed in the woods anti-SUVer like most here

But it sounds like neither are most Duers, is it comes down to themselves...LOL. Just a point to make and thats all I will say.

Go Red Sox!!!

[histohoney]

4. Get your

motor(S) humming?
Have fun and next time you are in that car, swing by Midland and take me for a spin too. OK?

[el_gato]

5. that's kinda strange

[jody]

8. Was that 140 km/hr or 140 mph

:hi:

[mosin]

18. I don't think...

they allow kilometers in Texas....

[slackmaster]

9. No donut for you today

:argh:

[NorthernSpy]

10. you had surgery?

Didn't know that. Hope you're doing okay, TX-RAT.

:toast:


Mary

[TX-RAT]

11. Thanks, Pumping on all 4 now

[ronzo]

12. Glad things turned out okay.

Stay well.

cheers,
ronzo

[TX-RAT]

13. Thanks ronzo

It's my fault. Never marry a Mexican woman who can cook. Well 1/2, other halfs German.

[MrSandman]

14. The Germans cook it up, too...

Sounds like that Mustang Ford made with the Triton truck engines and special heads.

[ava27]

15. do you get to keep it?

nt

[Wcross]

16. What would the ticket be for that??????

I got a 208 dollar ticket for doing 87 in a 70. I guess the ticket would be jail time and a couple of grand.

[TX-RAT]

19. Definitely an arrest would be made.

I might add in my defense.
The road i was on is 7 miles long with only myself and my neighbor living there, and he's 3 miles down the road from me.
Still there is no excuse for my actions, other than plain old dumb ass.

[Wcross]

23. Hey, you didn't get caught right?

I would have done the same thing if I had access to a vehicle that could go that fast!

[Pert_UK]

20. I took a Ferrari 360 Modena for a few laps round a track once......

Not at all bad, I have to say!

But the Porsche Cayenne? I love Porsches, but this is just a stupid waste of time - an "off-roader" my arse, and it looks like a 911 that somebody over-inflated.

Still, it must have been good to get up to a decent speed eh? My mate drove me all the way from Birmingham (UK) to London at 130mph the other month.....just a leetle beet scary.

Should have said - glad you're still with us!!! Happy recuperating, mate!

[TX-RAT]

21. "off-roader" my arse,

I have to agree with you on that one. I asked the friend if he'd like to take it around my ranch roads, for some unknown reason he declined the invitation.
I got to drive a 360 Modena around the local air park perimeter road about a year ago. Very light and extremely agile and fast. Had a hard time dealing with the paddle shifter on the steering wheel, felt very strange. Also amazing was the forward and reverse toggle switch on the console. Love the glass cover over the motor.

(glad you're still with us!!! Happy recuperating, mate!)
Thanks Pert
It wasn't as bad as it sounds.
I recommend to anyone having to have a bypass, Find a surgeon who can do the MIDCAB procedure, recovery time is quicker and they don't split the chest.

[Pert_UK]

22. Didn't use the paddles myself....stuck with the 6 speed gated

regular gearbox and tried to ensure I didn't throw it into reverse at 100mph!

I was on a track day that I won through work. Also got to drive an old 308 and managed to overtake a guy in the 360 'cause he was so damn slow. Why would you bother spending all that money to race Ferraris round a track and then stay below 80mph?

The gearbox broke in the 360 after I'd driven it......purely a coincidence! They say that if you own a Ferrari or a Maserati or a Lambourghini you spend the rest of your life wandering around it with a bit of plastic in your hand, trying to work out where it fell off from....

I also took a Landrover Defender around their offroad course which was lots of fun and really got me into the whole idea of offroading. I took it a bit more seriously last year when living in Australia and touring round....even if my vehicle weighed 2 tonnes and only had a 1.6L 20 year old engine in it!

[Pert_UK]

24. Just as a matter of interest....Is it "Cheyenne" in the US? Or "Cayenne"..

like everywhere else?

Just wondering.

P.

[mosin]

25. Cayenne...

It's "Cayenne" here too.

I don't think "Cheyenne" would project the right image for Porsche. Cheyenne, Wyoming is a Cowboy town in the Cowboy state. I like Cheyenne, but I don't think it's Porsche country.

[TX-RAT]

26. You are correct

Sorry.

[Pert_UK]

27. No wuckers, mate. Just curious. n/t

P.

[jtb33]

28. Is it similar to the VW Tuareg?

I have had my eye on the VW Tuareg...

[TX-RAT]

29. I couldn't even spell it , let alone compare it.

Not familiar with the VW.

[iverglas]

30. don't you watch teevee??

I swear, we get 10 motor vehicle commercials an hour. The new Ford ads are the worst of the current bunch, in noise terms.



Tuareg (there's some story about the name, but I can't be bothered remembering or finding it).



Cayenne (no idea about that name -- never heard of that one before your post).

They do look pretty similar, the Cayenne a bit smaller.

[TX-RAT]

31. Very little TV for me.

Hell I've only seen one Cayenne.( Attention Pert, If i misspelled it this time it's Iver's fault.)
I've always liked VW's.
Now i really feel bad, when Iver chews me out for not knowing my vehicles.