05-13-2004, 03:28 PM
Hail Nicodemus,
Why do some people play tennis? Go diving? Climb Mt. Everest?
They have fun doing it.
It really is as simple as that. When you go to work and earn your money, when you aren't in financial trouble, then you want to use some of the money you have to make your life 'better'. Better, of course, lies in the eyes of the beholder, so it's perfectly ok too, if you want to donate all that you don't really need for living to social organizations or save it for your children. It's just that everybody has another idea of what makes life worth living.
What concerns Porsche - well, it stands for some of the finest quality sports cars in the world. It has an amazing history. If you're interested, it would be a good choice to play EAs Need For Speed: Porsche. Contrary to its name, it's not only about the need for speed, but about the myth Porsche.
What fascinates me about Porsche is the persistence with which they refuse to adapt the windtunnel-shaped forms of modern supercars, and focus on their relatively small engines (6-cylinder mostly, apart from the Carrera GT and the Chayenne), and extraordinary chassis.
Some people feel pure luck when accelerating and race around turns, others when they indulge in collecting stamps. I can at least relate to one of these two... :)
Greetings, Fragbait
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Why do some people play tennis? Go diving? Climb Mt. Everest?
They have fun doing it.
It really is as simple as that. When you go to work and earn your money, when you aren't in financial trouble, then you want to use some of the money you have to make your life 'better'. Better, of course, lies in the eyes of the beholder, so it's perfectly ok too, if you want to donate all that you don't really need for living to social organizations or save it for your children. It's just that everybody has another idea of what makes life worth living.
What concerns Porsche - well, it stands for some of the finest quality sports cars in the world. It has an amazing history. If you're interested, it would be a good choice to play EAs Need For Speed: Porsche. Contrary to its name, it's not only about the need for speed, but about the myth Porsche.
What fascinates me about Porsche is the persistence with which they refuse to adapt the windtunnel-shaped forms of modern supercars, and focus on their relatively small engines (6-cylinder mostly, apart from the Carrera GT and the Chayenne), and extraordinary chassis.
Some people feel pure luck when accelerating and race around turns, others when they indulge in collecting stamps. I can at least relate to one of these two... :)
Greetings, Fragbait
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