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vwwrencher · Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 38

August's 911 and Porsche world magazine has a nice 5 page spread on the 924 Carerra GT. Just thought I would share. Carry on.

morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9102 Location: Romania

where can i get that magazine in Europe ? do they sell it here or what?
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Jaf · Joined: 08 Jun 2006 Posts: 194 Location: Oria. Spain

Blast! I walked past Smith's yesterday and thought about going in to see if the mag was any good this month. It had a good article on the 924 a few months ago so I normally keep an eye on it.

Will have to make another trip then! Thanks for the tip.
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Khal · Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 11:26 am Post subject:

I just found a copy. It's good! Very informative.
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Khal · Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 2:11 pm Post subject:

Kinda OT: I just read the story on the Sportomatic transmission... very interesting!

Although I'd heard of it before and knew basically what it was, I had no idea about the technical details. Fascinating concept, a (sorta) regular manual gearbox with a vacuum-servo operated clutch and a torque converter. And they made it back in 1967!

Reminds me of a funny story...

Back when I was a kid, me and my mate were having an argument about the Tiptronic transmission (which was new at the time). I can't remember exactly what the argument was about but to prove some kinda point to my mate, I ended up calling the Porsche dealership and asking if you could swap a Tiptronic transmission into a '73 Carrera RS... It was the only old Porsche I could think of at time! The bloke at the dealership said, yeah, you could but why on earth would you want to..? And did I have any idea how much those cars were worth?! I think I sorta mumbled, "Oh... OK, thanks" and hung up.

Ah, the things you do when you're a kid and you just don't know any better, eh?
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