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Old 06-13-2007, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by MMD
Me neither!

Notice it's all one-sided. Doesn't matter what the thread is about either. This board is muuuuuch too permissive to allow personal attacks like OCBen's.

WOW.
Marcel Mad & Dumb, you were supposed to back up your lie about doing this on your Boxster. I said it couldn't be done. Now go run along and find a Boxster to duck tape a coat hanger on and report back complete with pics otherwise we won't believe you.

Hey Marcel, you received the longest ban ever recorded here because of your petty whining. Are you looking to get banned again?

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The thing _looks_ stupid but does the job and is bulletproof.
The only job that does is confirm your idiocy, which we knew already about you.

At 10 mph that wire will go flat in the airstream and can possibly come loose to scratch your car. Why don't you demonstrate and report back to us.
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Old 06-13-2007, 03:49 PM
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To remove gooey adhesive use lighter fluid- won't damage paint, cheap, extremely effective. Now how can you change the speeds that raise and lower the damn spoiler
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Old 06-13-2007, 03:51 PM
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Unbelievably funny.Im still laughing picturing somebody in a 100,000.00 porsche with a coathanger duct taped to his car flopping around at 75 mph trying to see if its in the air.This is saturday night live material!
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Old 06-13-2007, 04:41 PM
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Get the wife/significant other to sit on the rear monkey seats, they can tell you if the wing deployed at 80-85mph.
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Old 06-13-2007, 06:18 PM
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how about setup your cam coder and record for a few minutes.
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Old 06-13-2007, 07:38 PM
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Originally Posted by OCBen
At 10 mph that wire will go flat
It's not going to go flat. (LOL)

Nevertheless... , not a problem, use a heavier guage wire until it works.

Stick a wire thru your sunroof to get an idea if your choice of wire guage will work.

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Old 06-13-2007, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by OCBen
We're trying to raise some funds here for a Rennlist Member who passed away. Would you like to make a donation? I know that's probably a silly thing to ask of a freeloader like yourself, but I thought I'd run it by you anyway.

Sorry to hear that.

Yes, it's good to be generous.

Unfortunately since you hacked the Rennlist system or somehow got hold of my personal information; I will not become a member (and, sadly, I won't be making a donation) because I don't want you to get more details about me which you might use in a malicious manner.

Gotta go; have fun exercizing your personality on everyone you meet.
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Old 06-13-2007, 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by MMD
It's not going to go flat.
Prove me wrong.

(Hint: A rivet gun will work better than your duct tape for a more secure connection. That's it - no more hints.)
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Old 06-13-2007, 08:01 PM
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Originally Posted by OCBen
Prove me wrong. (Hint: A rivet gun will work better than your duct tape for a more secure connection. That's it - no more hints.)
No need, I know my spoiler is working.

I gotta go..., my mommy is calling... , I can't play anymore with you.


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Old 06-13-2007, 08:09 PM
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tape a sign on the back window that says "honk when my spoiler goes up"

simple, cheap and effective
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Old 06-13-2007, 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by mal28
tape a sign on the back window that says "honk when my spoiler goes up"

simple, cheap and effective
You're a better man than I (or perhaps just a smaller one?) if you find getting to the back window is 'simple'...
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Originally Posted by MMD
Unfortunately since you hacked the Rennlist system or somehow got hold of my personal information; I will not become a member (and, sadly, I won't be making a donation) because I don't want you to get more details about me which you might use in a malicious manner.
Ah yes, thanks for reminding me how omnipotent I am - I almost forgot. Now then, what if I promise not to post publicly your full name and SSN and bank accounts, will you then sign up and become a member? I do have this information, you do realize this of course, don't you?

Now, I realize the $18 membership cost here can set a Porsche owner back a bit, and for that reason we have easy payment plans for those who don't wish to put a strain on their family budget. We also take cash, but we won't take your beer bottles nor aluminum cans.

I'll tell ya what. Why don't you take that coat hanger of yours you already got duck taped to your car and tie a money bag to it with the $18 in cash. Insert a "deliver to" note with Rennlist's address inside made from cut & pasted letters like the kind you see in ransom notes so we can't trace your handwriting, and swing past your nearest post office with that money bag flapping in the wind, making sure not to go too fast and deploy your spoiler (no telling what would happen then) and make a hard turn to fling the bag on the premise. (Consider this your PDE qualification challenge.)

There, that's a solution right up your alley, right?
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Old 06-13-2007, 08:46 PM
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other suggestions
1) superglue a police whistle to the spoiler, listen for the sound as wind blow thru it when the spoiler goes up
2) turn on cruise control, stand up on drivers seat and look out sunroof to see spoiler
3)put a picture of a naked girl on the underside of the spoiler, if you see a Ford F150 following you, the spoiler is up
4)tape Viagra to the spoiler, if the spoiler goes up on its own, the viagra will not be used
5)roll the car onto its bad and then back upright, see where the road rash is on the spoiler
6)hire a neighborhood kid to get on his skateboard and hold onto the rear wiper, accelerate to 75 MPH and see if the spoiler breaks his grip
7)drive backwards at 75, if the spoiler goes up, it will act as an air brake and the car will slow down
8) run a hot wire from the ignition to the spoiler and back, creating a closed loop circuit , if the spoiler goes up, it will break the connection and the car will lose all power at 75MPH on the highway
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Originally Posted by MMD
No need, I know my spoiler is working.

I gotta go..., my mommy is calling... , I can't play anymore with you.


Ahhh c'mon, don't go. We're just having real fun now.

Seriously though, Marcel. I'm beginning to worry about you with your third grade mentality. Seeing bullies on the playground and running to your mommy is not something your boss at work should know about. I promise not to contact him, buddy o' pal.
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