[DeTomaso] NPC: WSJ Porsche article

scott black timepiecepr2 at yahoo.com
Mon Aug 1 14:59:53 EDT 2016


I read it and loved the piece, too.
Scott Black TimePiece Public Relations & Marketing Marketing Acceleration www.tprm-usa.com 

    On Monday, August 1, 2016 9:18 AM, Larry - Ohio Time <Larry at ohiotimecorp.com> wrote:
 

 

<< articles are part old classic Car&Driver>>

>From my point of view the clasic Car and Driver wrighting was some of the
best automotive stuff around. One of the few things that I have read cover
to cover for years. I read one not to long ago and it made me sick. I then
read a Road and Track....not bad not bad at all.

Larry (likes words) - Cleveland



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From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf
Of Charles Engles
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Dear Audio,


          Well......it is excellent prose, but it is meant tongue in cheek.
His articles are part old classic Car&Driver, part old classic Road&Track
and part automotive prose, IMHO.  

          It is certainly not your common car article.......!


                              Warmest regards, Chuck Engles


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Yikes.  Excessively flowery prose there.  And coming from someone claiming
to be modest in nature.  I feel like I just ate an entire chocolate creme
pie covered entirely in maraschino cherries.
"I mean, there I am with my perfect silver streak, Persol sunglasses and
reasonable body-mass index, wheeling oh-so-expertly the 2017 Porsche
718
Boxster S, the snarl of this fine little dragon rending the suburban veil." 
Dude.  It's okay.  Just throw on that wig and high heels you have stashed
away in your basement and let 'er rip!  
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On July 31, 2016 at 1:03 PM, "Charles Engles"  wrote:Dear Forum,
                  I offer some excerpts from the WSJ automotive column of
Dan Neil from this weekend: "The Sultrier Snarl of the Turbo Porsche
Boxster".
"As scripture counsels, I am a modest person.  So I have never quite shaken
the feeling that, maybe, bombing around town in a flashy drop-top sports car
was showing off.  A bit, don't you think?
I mean, there I am with my perfect silver streak, Persol sunglasses and
reasonable body-mass index, wheeling oh-so-expertly the 2017 Porsche
718
Boxster S, the snarl of this fine little dragon rending the suburban veil.
Arch and artful, smart and fine, the midengine, two-seat Boxster is the
company's starter sports car.  The 2017 model adds slinkiness with available
18, 19 or 20 inch wheels press-fit into the wheel wells.  Fancy schmanzy.
  I bet a lot of people think, "hey, there's someone who works at a Porsche
dealership."  Perhaps they think I am what they used to call an available
gentleman?  Curbside clinicians will diagnose midlife crisis, and they would
be spot-on.  This look would also work well for the owner of a chain of hair
salons.
But some, a cultivated few, will cup an ear, waiting to hear the new
turbocharged Boxster under way.  They will note the car's more concussive
idle-the flat-four engine inherently has more of a discernible pulse than
the previous six, even a bit of VW chuff-overdubbed with the distinctive
chinning of the Porsche's valvetrain.  And cooling fans, lots of
fans.
Perhaps these observers will linger over the sound of me romping it, all
flourishing tom-toms and tenor trombones pitching up to the satisfyingly
instant first-to-second upshift, over 7,000 revs  Not loud, not furious, but
murderously precise and sultry.  After a moment, I expect these connoisseurs
will approve.  Then they can go back to hating me.
------So,yeah, turbochargers.  Trouble is ,turbos sap energy from the
engine's exhaust-gas stream, which means less sound pressure, less of an
aural presence.  In a word: volume.  There will be purists who walk away
from this vastly fast, quicker, roundly superior Boxster only because they
prefer the dinosaur trill of the previous engine.
              Here is where Porsche's engineering and my Amish sense of
modesty meet.  Thanks to a lot of clever engineering-including an acoustic
channel from the engine bay to just above the driver's left shoulder-the
Boxster S sounds much more fierce from the driver's seat than it does
outside the car.. As my wife drove off in it, I realized how short a
distance the sound carried.  There is a pretty huge difference in gestalt.
              You know what?  I am fine with a technical outcome that allows
the driver's experience to be rich and vivid, without unduly imposing on
those around him.  The problem with driving an aggressively loud open-top
sports car is that, when people look around for the jerk, they can easily
see you.  Oops, sorry.  Please, return to your outdoor memorial service.  "
                              Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles

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   I read it and loved the piece, too.
   Scott Black

   TimePiece Public Relations & Marketing Marketing Acceleration
   www.tprm-usa.com
   On Monday, August 1, 2016 9:18 AM, Larry - Ohio Time
   <Larry at ohiotimecorp.com> wrote:
   << articles are part old classic Car&Driver>>
   From my point of view the clasic Car and Driver wrighting was some of
   the
   best automotive stuff around. One of the few things that I have read
   cover
   to cover for years. I read one not to long ago and it made me sick. I
   then
   read a Road and Track....not bad not bad at all.
   Larry (likes words) - Cleveland
   -----Original Message-----
   From: DeTomaso [mailto:[1]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On
   Behalf
   Of Charles Engles
   Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2016 8:34 PM
   To: [2]audionut at hushmail.com; [3]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC: WSJ Porsche article
   Dear Audio,
             Well......it is excellent prose, but it is meant tongue in
   cheek.
   His articles are part old classic Car&Driver, part old classic
   Road&Track
   and part automotive prose, IMHO.
             It is certainly not your common car article.......!
                                 Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
   -----Original Message-----
   From: DeTomaso [mailto:[4]detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On
   Behalf
   Of [5]audionut at hushmail.com
   Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2016 7:21 PM
   To: [6]detomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC: WSJ Porsche article
   Yikes.  Excessively flowery prose there.  And coming from someone
   claiming
   to be modest in nature.  I feel like I just ate an entire chocolate
   creme
   pie covered entirely in maraschino cherries.
   "I mean, there I am with my perfect silver streak, Persol sunglasses
   and
   reasonable body-mass index, wheeling oh-so-expertly the 2017 Porsche
   718
   Boxster S, the snarl of this fine little dragon rending the suburban
   veil."
   Dude.  It's okay.  Just throw on that wig and high heels you have
   stashed
   away in your basement and let 'er rip!
   Sent using Hushmail
   On July 31, 2016 at 1:03 PM, "Charles Engles"  wrote:Dear Forum,
                     I offer some excerpts from the WSJ automotive column
   of
   Dan Neil from this weekend: "The Sultrier Snarl of the Turbo Porsche
   Boxster".
   "As scripture counsels, I am a modest person.  So I have never quite
   shaken
   the feeling that, maybe, bombing around town in a flashy drop-top
   sports car
   was showing off.  A bit, don't you think?
   I mean, there I am with my perfect silver streak, Persol sunglasses and
   reasonable body-mass index, wheeling oh-so-expertly the 2017 Porsche
   718
   Boxster S, the snarl of this fine little dragon rending the suburban
   veil.
   Arch and artful, smart and fine, the midengine, two-seat Boxster is the
   company's starter sports car.  The 2017 model adds slinkiness with
   available
   18, 19 or 20 inch wheels press-fit into the wheel wells.  Fancy
   schmanzy.
     I bet a lot of people think, "hey, there's someone who works at a
   Porsche
   dealership."  Perhaps they think I am what they used to call an
   available
   gentleman?  Curbside clinicians will diagnose midlife crisis, and they
   would
   be spot-on.  This look would also work well for the owner of a chain of
   hair
   salons.
   But some, a cultivated few, will cup an ear, waiting to hear the new
   turbocharged Boxster under way.  They will note the car's more
   concussive
   idle-the flat-four engine inherently has more of a discernible pulse
   than
   the previous six, even a bit of VW chuff-overdubbed with the
   distinctive
   chinning of the Porsche's valvetrain.  And cooling fans, lots of
   fans.
   Perhaps these observers will linger over the sound of me romping it,
   all
   flourishing tom-toms and tenor trombones pitching up to the
   satisfyingly
   instant first-to-second upshift, over 7,000 revs  Not loud, not
   furious, but
   murderously precise and sultry.  After a moment, I expect these
   connoisseurs
   will approve.  Then they can go back to hating me.
   ------So,yeah, turbochargers.  Trouble is ,turbos sap energy from the
   engine's exhaust-gas stream, which means less sound pressure, less of
   an
   aural presence.  In a word: volume.  There will be purists who walk
   away
   from this vastly fast, quicker, roundly superior Boxster only because
   they
   prefer the dinosaur trill of the previous engine.
                 Here is where Porsche's engineering and my Amish sense of
   modesty meet.  Thanks to a lot of clever engineering-including an
   acoustic
   channel from the engine bay to just above the driver's left
   shoulder-the
   Boxster S sounds much more fierce from the driver's seat than it does
   outside the car.. As my wife drove off in it, I realized how short a
   distance the sound carried.  There is a pretty huge difference in
   gestalt.
                 You know what?  I am fine with a technical outcome that
   allows
   the driver's experience to be rich and vivid, without unduly imposing
   on
   those around him.  The problem with driving an aggressively loud
   open-top
   sports car is that, when people look around for the jerk, they can
   easily
   see you.  Oops, sorry.  Please, return to your outdoor memorial
   service.  "
                                 Warmest regards,  Chuck Engles
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