Stuff I saw while out and about ...

I saw these in a bolwing alley parking lot:

This was the first Panamera I've seen in the flesh. Too bad about the brown color (one of my old 928s was brown, but a lot more coffee-colored) and the little chrome trim pieces set into the front fenders look a little out of place:

And these are from my friend Reggie, who had to have the engine in his car replaced after he blew it up on the race track. Large fireball, lots of smoke and no apparent damage to the paint -- which, on this car, would have cost a tub of money to re-shoot. He now has a progressive nitrous system and a three-point-something-liter engine, making about 500 horses at the tires.
This car is ridiculous:

V6 in PanAmerica - OH NO!

http://www.autoguide.com/manufacturer/porsche/2011-porsche-panamera-panamera-4-review-first-drive-1400.html

So now it will be ugly and slow.

The Panamera is a car that looks great from the front and front side, but the back side is just too bubbly.

With a V6, they said it will top out at 160 MPH and 0-60 in 6 seconds, not so slow.

Whatever. It's like 300 hp V6s in Mustangs and Camaros. The point is to get cougar wanna'-bees to their nail appointments faster?

Want an economical car? Buy an economical car.

Maybe I should save my opinion until I actually see one. :-)
I know this, I'll probably never be able to afford one!

I've seen one. It might have been reasonably attractive in the flesh except it was next to an Aston Martin Rapide. No contest. The Rapide made the Panamera look lumpy.

Marty - the rear end of that Pandomania, or Pananemic, or Panwhatever, immediately reminded me of the 70s Jensen.

Stan - Ya gotta define "economical car". Corvettes get near 30 MPG on the freeway. So do smaller Mercedes. Even 3/4 ton pickups are advertising up to 30 for the highway (if you believe that, I got a bridge for sale). If you want economy - ya gotta pay for it!

I've got an economical big truck CAT powered car carrier that gets an 7.5 mpg with a good tail wind, it only costs $200.00 plus a day to fill it up. I'm happy with that ~

Ive seen two Panameras and the more I see of them the more I like them. I liked it from the start and it's getting better looking.

Mickey, I wonder about you sometimes.
A Panamera? You? Really?
We should talk more often. Ever since you bought that 911 ... ;)

The front dash looks like something out of the 70's. Like it should have a bench seat instead of buckets.

I'm with Ron on the "I know I'll never be able to afford one", Cory so no, not really ;-)

I do like them though, I've seen a few of them, actually sat in one awhile back. I like it for what it is, a "performance sedan"; everyone else is making one, why not Porsche? It has a unique look to it that I see has a "love it / hate it" characteristic about it. As much as I hate that Porsche has entered the SUV and sedan market, I like what they've done here, the Cayenne, eh, not so much.

Those Panameras are all over the place out here. Problem is they get lost in the crowd of Ferraris, Lambos, Maybachs, GTRs, Range Rovers, Maseratis and all those other high-dollar grocery-getters here in Newport Beach, SoCal.

I saw two of them on the way to work this morning, both dark brown in color...Pretty common in So.Cal.....I'm not a big fan....
IMHO...

Well, I have yet to see/notice one, but very well may have had its image on my retina. Which is to say that it gets confused not w/ the Bentleys, Maybachs, Ferraris etc. (we really do not have any of these around here in the sticks) but w/ the Accords, Camrys and Lexuses. I'm sure they are very nice, but they do not play alone or even stand alone, but rather are like so many others, it's like: Who cares??

Nice Jim, why you gotta be like that

All the more reason for you to visit us SOC knuckleheads on the West Coast. But first, save your coins to rent this car (link) when you do, and I'll be your wingman on some mountain twisties here in SoCal...

http://www.dreamcarswest.com/cars/ferrari-360-spider

...... Let's go halfies Jim , then we'll see who craps their shorts first :) ~Alan

...Alan, if you're driving, that would be me!

did somebody say "crapping their shorts"

I saw another one of those pomeranians last night at the local golf shop, they are all over the place..another reason NOT to have one..