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Saw the latest McLaren on the road in mordialloc today... a friend of mine drove one in the US as an exotic car thing and apparently you cant rest you hands on the paddles because the car readies itself for a gear change and drives differently... when today's supercars get old, it will be a nasty job keeping them functioning. I dont even know how a Porsche 959 keeps running tbh. apparently it costs around 5000 pounds for a service and some dude in the UK pays that even though it sits indoors and has only ever done 44kms.

Porsches now have electronic steering, GTRs go to limp mods if you put an air freshener in it doesnt like, if a 90's Audi with quattro blows a box 30 years from now there isnt one left in the world to replace it. Where will DSG be 20 years from now? will it still function? I dont know much about R31s and their dated technologies but most other classic cars dont really have the tech redundancy issues that yesteryears cars will have to face. It seems kit cars are the only true way of the future for simple cars with simple problems. Today its not hard to remove/replace/repair power windows or mirrors or HICAS or whatever, but if your electrically controlled steering and gear stick one day cark it... what you gonna do? retrofit one from a different car? gooby please, it will be left to the patient, rich enthusiasts who wear car-branded sweaters and sports jackets and cuff links.

I once was at a meeting with some higher-up bosses and I couldnt take the main dude seriously because he had BMW cuff-links. what do you drive? a 325i muthaf**ka?

Saw the latest McLaren on the road in mordialloc today... a friend of mine drove one in the US as an exotic car thing and apparently you cant rest you hands on the paddles because the car readies itself for a gear change and drives differently... when today's supercars get old, it will be a nasty job keeping them functioning. I dont even know how a Porsche 959 keeps running tbh. apparently it costs around 5000 pounds for a service and some dude in the UK pays that even though it sits indoors and has only ever done 44kms.

Porsches now have electronic steering, GTRs go to limp mods if you put an air freshener in it doesnt like, if a 90's Audi with quattro blows a box 30 years from now there isnt one left in the world to replace it. Where will DSG be 20 years from now? will it still function? I dont know much about R31s and their dated technologies but most other classic cars dont really have the tech redundancy issues that yesteryears cars will have to face. It seems kit cars are the only true way of the future for simple cars with simple problems. Today its not hard to remove/replace/repair power windows or mirrors or HICAS or whatever, but if your electrically controlled steering and gear stick one day cark it... what you gonna do? retrofit one from a different car? gooby please, it will be left to the patient, rich enthusiasts who wear car-branded sweaters and sports jackets and cuff links.

I once was at a meeting with some higher-up bosses and I couldnt take the main dude seriously because he had BMW cuff-links. what do you drive? a 325i muthaf**ka?

R31 Hicas is mechanical, not a whole lot to go wrong, only other real techy electrical things are electrically adjustable dampers which are easy to swap out with normal shit, 5 stack tape deck which n1gaf bout anymore, electrically adjustable drivers seat which mostly still seem to be in good working order and if it breaks easy to replace with normal shit. drivetrain is all really 80's Nissan/standard RB gear which is easy as to replace...

Saw the latest McLaren on the road in mordialloc today... a friend of mine drove one in the US as an exotic car thing and apparently you cant rest you hands on the paddles because the car readies itself for a gear change and drives differently... when today's supercars get old, it will be a nasty job keeping them functioning. I dont even know how a Porsche 959 keeps running tbh. apparently it costs around 5000 pounds for a service and some dude in the UK pays that even though it sits indoors and has only ever done 44kms.

Porsches now have electronic steering, GTRs go to limp mods if you put an air freshener in it doesnt like, if a 90's Audi with quattro blows a box 30 years from now there isnt one left in the world to replace it. Where will DSG be 20 years from now? will it still function? I dont know much about R31s and their dated technologies but most other classic cars dont really have the tech redundancy issues that yesteryears cars will have to face. It seems kit cars are the only true way of the future for simple cars with simple problems. Today its not hard to remove/replace/repair power windows or mirrors or HICAS or whatever, but if your electrically controlled steering and gear stick one day cark it... what you gonna do? retrofit one from a different car? gooby please, it will be left to the patient, rich enthusiasts who wear car-branded sweaters and sports jackets and cuff links.

I once was at a meeting with some higher-up bosses and I couldnt take the main dude seriously because he had BMW cuff-links. what do you drive? a 325i muthaf**ka?

Porsche actually have a pretty good spare parts system and do still cater for their older models, they even have a dedicated department/workshop in germany for restoring old models.

wow I did not know that. sounds like a very timely and expensive process getting old parts... they must do well out of it.

i doubt it is losing money for them, brand new genuine parts for cars 40+ years old wont be sold cheap.

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