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  1. 06-17-2008, 04:23 PM #16
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    Quote Originally Posted by Quiggs View Post
    The 911 Turbo also has soul.
    If you want soul, then you want one of these.
    Lack of charisma can be fatal.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kitdy View Post
    The Chevy quotes may be underestimates.
    And couldn't the argument be made for any manufacturer?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Quiggs View Post
    The 911 Turbo also has soul. And it doesn't have pushrods/leafsprings/crappy interior quality.
    Soul? It's a Beetle.
    Reginald *IB4R* says:
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    Quote Originally Posted by fisetdavid26 View Post
    Soul? It's a Beetle.
    When Quiggs mentions soul, he means German. And/Or expensive.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Quiggs View Post
    The 911 Turbo also has soul.
    Really? First I've heard of it. And please don't trot out the tired pushrod/dash-squishiness argument again, it just gets in the way of things that actually matter...
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    when a car has soul, it's italian

    the ZR1,911 turbo and GT-R are not italian
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    Quote Originally Posted by 092326001 View Post
    when a car has soul, it's italian

    the ZR1,911 turbo and GT-R are not italian
    Jaguars = no soul
    Aston Martin = no soul
    Buggati = no soul

    etc...?
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    Cars don't have souls, you weirdos.
    I dont if I'll make home tonight
    But I know I can swim
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    Quote Originally Posted by digitalcraft View Post
    Cars don't have souls, you weirdos.
    Christine?
    I'm dropping out to create a company that starts with motorcycles, then cars, and forty years later signs a legendary Brazilian driver who has a public and expensive feud with his French teammate.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The_Canuck View Post
    Buggati = no soul
    Exactly a modern Bugatti has no soul. It's just a showcase of high technology.
    Lack of charisma can be fatal.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    Exactly a modern Bugatti has no soul. It's just a showcase of high technology.
    the price we pay for all those performance numbers i guess.
    Andreas Preuninger, Manager of Porsche High Performance Cars: "Grandmas can use paddles. They aren't challenging."
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    cars with soul are also unreliable (temperamental) which is what our modern society does not want any more.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by henk4 View Post
    cars with soul are also unreliable (temperamental) which is what our modern society does not want any more.....
    Not necessarily. Look at you beloved Citroens. They are brilliantly characterful (the proper ones) but not espeically troublesome, are they?
    Lack of charisma can be fatal.
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