roland wrote:
Li Moo Bai wrote:
Never mind Clarkson, what about the sheer bravery those men showed in the face of almost certain death? Incredible stuff, and just shows how the war was won.
Yes, they were fighting a control freak German Empire.
In fact I presented an opinion on PCGB forum that
"As I see it, Porsche has moved away from building cars for its own sake, to building cars as a means to Empire".
The opinion was censored and deleted following German control freak influence.
It's a shame that your namesake on Pistonheads suggested a thread critical of such influence was a candidate for deletion.
Perhaps Clarkson might do a programme on collaborators one day.
As for Brett, he was a very brave soldier in his day.
I can understand his dismissiveness of Tipec - I had a Tipec thread removed that was just asking for a meaningful discussion with PCGB about the German problem.
Perhaps I'll start a thread on Pistonheads - 'Tipec forum, alternative area'.
I suspect you and I would actually get on well over a pint (I'm a premature grumpy old man;)), but there is a time and a place..
I agree to an extent about Porsche being a very different business nowadays. However, I also recognise that without the aggressive sales of the boxster/cayenne for example, they simply would not survive in todays cutthroat marketplace. On the flipside I think people have come to expect a lot more for their money and that has led to some healthy competion and ultimately a better deal for the consumer. Basically, it's the way of the world now. That's not to say I like it; there are many ways in which things have changed for the worse these days, but what can you do?
As for PCGB/TIPEC, if you post on a moderated public forum run by and paid for by others - PCGB especially so as it is not INDEPENDENT, then you cannot control the level of that moderation/censorship, and it is therefore not worth the stress getting yourself wound up about it. My suggestion to yourself/Brett was to drop it as it was really not doing him/you any favours. Put some positive energy into improving things that you CAN, and stop agonising over the things you CAN'T.
Regards,
Adam
