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by brc 11y ago
There's not really enough ultra wealthy collectors to buy up the sheer amount of stock. It's part fashion, it's part bubble, it's part QE. But the people driving up the prices are just regular guys buying the cars they&
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And the only game in which you can drive Porsches, because of the complicated licensing deal.
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Not to mention that if you had done that, and kept it all these years, you'd be sitting on a car worth up to $200,000
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Of course it is! If you're reading a blog post about a product, use the rule that the maker/distributor of that product was involved in the production of the blog article, unless you have compelling evidence to the contrary. I&#x2
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by brc 11y ago
The Cayman is missing the rear seats of the 911, which still drive sales more than 50 years after Porsche decided that their new model would be a 2+2. Sure the seats are small and mostly useless, but they do increase the ability to use the
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by brc 11y ago
Throughout this article and many others in the substantial volume of articles written about the 911 talk about 'the purists' in disparaging terms, as though they are some unappeasable group. 'The Purists' are a straw ma
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You eliminate weight and complexity by using air cooling. No water pumps, radiators, expansion tanks and ~6-10 L of coolant. The water pumps use power from the engine, the casting of the water jackets results in a heavier engine, and th
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by brc 11y ago
What year/miles was your 911? Bit of hyperbole to say any common problem is a $10k fix.
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All 'air cooled' engines are 'oil cooled' technically, including the Beetle. The 911 has two oil coolers (well, from the mid '70s, anyway) - one in the right front fender, and one mounted to the engine itself.
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by brc 11y ago
Sorry, but this is wrong. An air-cooled (technically oil cooled) car has no problem with the transfer of heat. Porsche themselves ran the 917/10k with a flat-12 air cooled twin turbo engine that could make 1000hp reliably. The transit
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It also provides a smaller frontal cross section, the flat-six engine provides a lower centre of gravity, and the packaging allows a 2+2 layout when most of the competitors (front, front-mid and mid-engined) are only 2 seaters. The reasons
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by brc 11y ago
No it does not depend at all. There are people in the USA who have bad outcomes, for sure. But to compare that to soviet-bloc countries is an insult to those who suffered under those totalitarian regimes. It wasn't just the injustices
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The labour theory of value is completely incorrect, and working from it in any direction will leave you nowhere to go.
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So I'm genuinely curious - what's your attitude towards socialism and communism now?
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It's a great story. The introduction though - this took place in 1979. The Marshall plan was a limited program in the immediate postwar era. The rise of the West German economy was much more to do with the liberalization of the econo
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You should read up on some of the released data where someone or a family was under surveillance. They had teams of people listening and watching absolutely everything. I'm convinced one of the factors that collapsed these totalitaria
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by brc 11y ago
If you truly believe that you live in a planned economy there is absolutely nothing more I can add.
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What are you suggesting? That companies be required to invest a portion of their earnings in r&d or be delisted? Market efficiency leads to a massive burgeoning of wealth - for investors, producers and consumers. Look at everything ar
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On the contrary, only free markets generate enough surplus capital for it to be invested in long term research. Planned and managed economies don't generate enough production to even feed and supply their existing populations well. It
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Qld state election required Id. Each voter was sent a registration slip and they had to provide it at the ballot box. The loss of the senate ballots and subsequent post-election re-run of the entire state - which had a different outcome -
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by brc 11y ago
Not really. All you do is have a claim over a chunk of the future earnings of that country. All this could have been avoided many times, if the Greek government had stopped expanding its government and welfare programs. People sounded the
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Looking at it simply, it's obvious that it was never designed to be opened. Seems as though large amounts of public money have been in play. If you look at the results it would seem to be that it was designed to siphon off funds.
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Given the age of the plant and the safety record over that time, it's proven itself safe enough. I used to labor under anti-nuclear hysteria. How could I not? It was fed to me via popular culture and media for years. Funny thing thou
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Being outside and free, partaking in what is a natural human activity, as opposed to being inside working some type of machine like a hamster? No comparison. Nothing beats a good run for a workout. Simple, fast, effective, natural.
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All the sectors free of excessive regulation and central planning have shown massively reduced costs. Energy and housing - increasingly micro controlled to a fine detail, both spiralling ever upwards way in front of inflation. Healthcare: m
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by brc 11y ago
If you're serious about collecting capital, spend the next 5 years saving 50% or more of your income. Then, find the best investment for that, whether property or something else. That's the solution.
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Most dogs hate Roombas as well. After a little persistence, it usually settles down to an uneasy status quo.
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I have travelled extensively, and my experiences in places where rubbish piled up - in tourist areas as well, like coral reefs - made it very hard to understand for me. I pick up rubbish in my own neighbourhood if I see it. I agree that t
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I'm talking about the ability of Uber to become a private monopoly. My comment about monopolies is meant to highlight the disconnect of people arguing they might form a monopoly when most places already have a monopoly.
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If your here to quote Says law then you have my support. But while growth in specific investments must always stop, eventually, aggregate growth will continue unless people opt for a lower standard of living. It's easy to look at a pa

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