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Old 09-02-2012, 06:14 PM
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Originally Posted by foreigneRS
it's just one person's opinion, not the whole of the pistonheads community. get over it.
OP in post 1 asks for opinions

We're in General Discussion

Get over it
Old 09-02-2012, 06:21 PM
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One Porsche ruined! Saying the guy has built a Max Power cover car just rings additional alarm bells

Mind you I don't have to drive it and if the owner likes it I guess it doesn't matter.

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Old 09-02-2012, 06:33 PM
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tbh if didnt have stupid air sus and the handling wasn't ruined it wld look the mutts nuts
Old 09-02-2012, 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by NoRubNoDub
I'm starting to want a porsche now lol
I went straight from this thread onto P/H classifieds and started looking at 911s for sale.


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Old 09-02-2012, 07:22 PM
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Oh the knowledge of pf

I'd rather be driving the porsche on hydro's than the one that's sitting far too low on coilovers, ride quality and handling would be much better
Old 09-02-2012, 07:45 PM
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Originally Posted by RS Grant
I went straight from this thread onto P/H classifieds and started looking at 911s for sale.


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Same Saw a few I liked too Anyone wanna buy an Evo??
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I wonder how long until some emo kid from the dub/stance scene comes on this thread and says something like "youre not part of the scene so you'll never understand" while trying to make himself and his "scene" out to be superior to every one else.........

Old 09-02-2012, 10:07 PM
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Gayest Porsche ever... Poor car
Old 09-02-2012, 10:19 PM
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Im a huge porsche fan and ive seen that about and i think its daft.porsche make sports cars.they have always been designed to go well and handle well.even though its clean the chap should stick to vw if thats what he wants to do imo.you dont airride a porsche.its designed to corner and handle.the polished rims also look too old for it. Porsche are like cossies,the body design is good from factory and doesnt need messing around with unless minor mods to make it stand out slightly. hopefully my next car will be a 911 but i wont mess around with it.just want a nice one
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Originally Posted by warrenpenalver
I wonder how long until some emo kid from the dub/stance scene comes on this thread and says something like "youre not part of the scene so you'll never understand" while trying to make himself and his "scene" out to be superior to every one else.........

lol they will now

and for the last time its not air its hydros......its like chalk and cheese


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Old 09-02-2012, 11:12 PM
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Absolutely love it,looks seriously cool.

And jimbo,you should know by now chip doesn't like people disagreeing with porkie!!!

As for modifying cars there's plenty of people on here who've made mods for looks rather than driveability.also,how many people have got 400bhp cossie's and drive them once a year to a show never going over 60 mph?
Quite a few I bet.
Old 09-02-2012, 11:13 PM
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Looks lush in that pic, I'd rather have it sitting a tad higher on coilovers if it were mines
Old 09-02-2012, 11:26 PM
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Old 09-02-2012, 11:31 PM
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Certainly provoked a reaction! I like it alot! The wheels are a bit different too!

Surely the handling cant be that much worse using hydro suspension, or air for that matter? I would imagine the hydro is the better of the 2 but for general road use would it even really be noticable over say a car running coilovers?
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The car itself looks cracking until it's lowered down then it just doesn't look right. I'm sure the guy knew what effect the lowering would have on the handling but i think it's all been done for appearance rather than performance.
Old 10-02-2012, 07:22 AM
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Pedens 106 (c.2008ish)


pedens 205 (c. 2000/2001)


pedens merc (c.2009)
Old 10-02-2012, 07:27 AM
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I dont car if its airride or hydro.a car can be too low imo.if you want a car like that go buy a wanky handling chevy off some mexican from the lowrider scene in usa.they cant handle even on their normal suspension so it doesnt matter lol
Old 10-02-2012, 09:23 AM
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Not really a fan of his other work though I have to say, that 205 is disgraceful!

He mentions a Delta Integrale in his response on PH, I wonder what hes done to that! LOL!
Old 10-02-2012, 01:41 PM
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The 205 was done when that sorta stuff was normal ie, like 10/12 years ago. Personally i think the 205 was nice for its era!! The rest is balls. But tbf, the porker isnt as bad as its portraited to be!
Old 10-02-2012, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Maxwell
The 205 was done when that sorta stuff was normal ie, like 10/12 years ago. Personally i think the 205 was nice for its era!! The rest is balls. But tbf, the porker isnt as bad as its portraited to be!
I bet its nothing like how its made out by most of PF/PH, especially given the response of the owner on PH!

Fair play to the guy, at least it gets used and not just sit there like the vast majority of modified cars!
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Tbh that 205 is disgusting.never good even 10 year ago imo.
Old 10-02-2012, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Bullett
Tbh that 205 is disgusting.never good even 10 year ago imo.
Bet you are the sorta guy that farts like a wee girl.
Old 10-02-2012, 05:29 PM
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No im the kinda guy who has taste and doesnt like awful kits and filler flushing everything that will crack and fall out. my 205 looked mint and stock minus the 1.9 upgrade wheels and went like fuck
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the 205 was very cool back in the day, tons of custom work. It was on the cover of max power, last time i seen it it was rotting beside the lancia in his garden lol The lancia was one of his first cars its getting a full resto at the moment and i hope nothing else lol

The merc was a fastcar cover too


i think fast car rated him the 4th most important person in the car scene not so long ago if irc
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Originally Posted by Maxwell
Pedens 106 (c.2008ish)


pedens 205 (c. 2000/2001)


pedens merc (c.2009)

I would openly laugh in the face of anyone I saw driving them anywhere other than a custom show

Steaming shitpiles
Old 11-02-2012, 06:15 PM
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love the car, is that his women driving it?
Old 12-02-2012, 02:55 AM
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Originally Posted by andy130
love the car, is that his women driving it?
possibly lol it is miss n.i. from last year iirc
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Wow that looks shit.
Old 12-02-2012, 09:10 AM
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I really want a 911. I've been on pistonheads every day looking at them

No silly suspension for me. But would love some decent wheels and suspension! Man I want one!

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Originally Posted by NoRubNoDub
the 205 was very cool back in the day, tons of custom work. It was on the cover of max power, last time i seen it it was rotting beside the lancia in his garden lol The lancia was one of his first cars its getting a full resto at the moment and i hope nothing else lol

The merc was a fastcar cover too


i think fast car rated him the 4th most important person in the car scene not so long ago if irc
I remember the 205 from back in the day and I thought it was fuck ugly then too. He obviously has some talent just saddly no taste. Only people that get excited by that stuff are those people at the lower end of the car enthusiast food chain, i.e. cruisers, Max Power and other chav mag readers who only care about how much filler they can get on their cars.

To be fair the Porsche is the nicest one of all of his work but it still has spastic suspension on it. If it was on a decent suspension kit at a sensible ride height it would be quite nice, on the outside at least

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Originally Posted by Maxwell
The 205 was done when that sorta stuff was normal ie, like 10/12 years ago.
that sort of stuff was NEVER normal it was even then on the fringe of the car scene like the max power lot always has been.

Even back then you would rarely see such an abomination on the road and would laugh when you did as it was usually a shit car with a delta body kit or some similar shit.
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Originally Posted by Rab
I really want a 911. I've been on pistonheads every day looking at them

No silly suspension for me. But would love some decent wheels and suspension! Man I want one!

i never realized 964's where still 20k+ did you see the mint wide arched black one on piston heads with the red cage and gt3 interior?
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I did! I would love that. I'd take any of them. I've become obsessed.

However, I must agree that the 205, the Merc and the 106 are all totally shit. The Porsche looks great, until it drops down on it's daft suspension

I love the way the 911 looks, becuase it's a 911 with what I think are nice wheels... Which makes me want a 911 with nice wheels.
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