| Author | Message | ||
| alembic76407
Intermediate Member Username: alembic76407 Post Number: 141 Registered: 5-2002 |
Stay away from the Porsche dealership!!!!!! I got to drive a new Porsche Cayenne, WOW !!! with the back seat down you could haul all of your Alembic's and FAST. David T PS; I'll have to keep my 944 until I can come up with $60,000 but that's only 5 new Series 2s, what a problem | ||
| bigredbass
Intermediate Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 119 Registered: 9-2002 |
I've long been a Porshe fan, as they are to me the only 'exotic' you can drive to work every day (damn pragmatic, those Germans). I remember the first time I saw a 911 Targa, going down California Street in downtown SanFran. As a kid from East Texas, it was quite a sight in 1969. While they've never been pretty cars (vs. the Italians), I was very disappointed over the last several years as 911's morphed in to C2's and C4's with those damned Boxster headlights. NOW they're building a SPORT UTILITY VEHICLE (albeit a very fast, good handling one)? What's next, an electric Boxster? I thought it was bad enough I'd lived long enough to see beautiful women wear Doc Maarten's and tattoos, but now this . . . at least somebody's listening, but you can't buy a GT3 for ONLY five Series 2's. If you need to go fast with passengers, skip the Cayenne, pass the M5, get thee to an M-B store and buy an E55. You can thank me later. | ||
| elzie
Intermediate Member Username: elzie Post Number: 122 Registered: 8-2002 |
Which version did you drive? Non-turbo, single or twin turbo? I guess I would consider myself lucky to have the job I do, as the owner of our company has a 1962 356 Porsche twin grille roadster and I am the only one who is allowed to work on it  It has never seen rain and is one of about 200 ever made from what I know(if someone knows otherwise, let me know). This thing is immaculate, even the chassis. Nothing like seeing this car turn a senior citizen into a teenager! (Message edited by elzie on June 12, 2003) | ||
| alembic76407
Intermediate Member Username: alembic76407 Post Number: 142 Registered: 5-2002 |
I think we need a new thread "Alembic owners and their Porsches" Elzie, I drove a Cayenne S, 350 HP, it would get up and go. I wish you would have posted a picture of your 356, I know this is an Alembic site but even the Alembic catalog has a shot of the back of a 356 Porsche (Mica was that your Mom and Dads 356). Alembic and Porsches, life don't get any better | ||
| rogertvr
Member Username: rogertvr Post Number: 62 Registered: 1-2003 |
What about a new thread - 'Alembic owners and their TVRs'? ;-) http://www.tvr.co.uk/ | ||
| rami
Intermediate Member Username: rami Post Number: 199 Registered: 6-2002 |
I'm more of a Corvette man myself. C'mon guys...buy American! Rami | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 465 Registered: 9-2002 |
***ts-ts-ts*** I tought Alembic goes best with Harley???? Ask brother Dino | ||
| rogertvr
Member Username: rogertvr Post Number: 63 Registered: 1-2003 |
Any particular Corvette, Rami? | ||
| rami
Intermediate Member Username: rami Post Number: 200 Registered: 6-2002 |
I actually love them all, but especially the new Z06. 405 horses stampeding from the corale! Nothing like a deserted highway with a 405 hp AMERICAN V8 growling in front of you at full honk! Oh yeah, there's also the feeling of playing an Alembic! | ||
| rogertvr
Member Username: rogertvr Post Number: 64 Registered: 1-2003 |
The V8 in the front of TVRs (including mine) was originally an American V8, but it's been fettled in the UK over the years so I don't think there's much American left in them now. I can agree with the V8 at full honk comment - that's why people buy TVRs - for the sound and the performance. | ||
| dela217
Intermediate Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 151 Registered: 6-2002 |
I am glad I am not the only one who wondered who that Porsche in the brochure belonged to. Please, we must know! I like TVRs too. | ||
| alembic76407
Intermediate Member Username: alembic76407 Post Number: 143 Registered: 5-2002 |
how rude of me!!!! we should call the thread "Alembic owners and their rides" Rogertvr, I have not seen a TVR in 10 years, I wish they would import them to the USofA. rami I thought you were a Porsche man!!! but you are right The Z06 is a monster palembic, I want to see a picture of Dino going to a gig on his Harley with his Alembic David T (I love All SPORTS CARS) | ||
| rogertvr
Member Username: rogertvr Post Number: 65 Registered: 1-2003 |
Are we allowed to post pictures of our 'rides' or is it strictly basses / instruments only? | ||
| alembic76407
Intermediate Member Username: alembic76407 Post Number: 144 Registered: 5-2002 |
rogertvr, just put your Alembic next to your TVR and post that picture !!!!!!! I would love to see it David T | ||
| rogertvr
Member Username: rogertvr Post Number: 66 Registered: 1-2003 |
Haven't got the Alembic yet David, so here's the car (and no - before you all ask - the house isn't mine). This is the car on holiday in the Loire in France a couple of years ago. For anyone who's interested, it's a 4-litre TVR Chimaera in rosso pearl (even though it looks solid red in this picture).  | ||
| rogertvr
Member Username: rogertvr Post Number: 67 Registered: 1-2003 |
Edited to try and remove the duplicate post. (Message edited by rogertvr on June 12, 2003) | ||
| rami
Advanced Member Username: rami Post Number: 201 Registered: 6-2002 |
Very nice!!! | ||
| alembic76407
Intermediate Member Username: alembic76407 Post Number: 145 Registered: 5-2002 |
WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!what a car | ||
| elzie
Intermediate Member Username: elzie Post Number: 123 Registered: 8-2002 |
Sorry for the confusion, the 356 is not mine, it belongs to the owner of the company. I drive a Caddy STS with the 300hp Northstar It's no Z06, but it's a heck of a lot easier to get in and out of! Roger, that is one great looking car! A 4 liter eh? I'll bet it goes pretty good too. Paul, The Other Bad One | ||
| bigredbass
Intermediate Member Username: bigredbass Post Number: 122 Registered: 9-2002 |
Rami: I live an hour away from the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY, and have made several pilgrimages over the years. Well worth a look if you're in the area. It's a block away from the Corvette factory, and you can take their tour weekdays. The current 'Vette is the most performance you can buy for the money, and is finally on a par with they Europeans. The ZO6 is really nice, but a guy here in town has a Lingenfelter that will humble F18s. I always am struck that every few years, the car mags have a 'tuner shootout'. And at the end it always ONLY the Lingenfelter that is still running perfectly, not a hair out of place. Chevy, rear wheel drive, big V8, big tires, hard to go wrong with that. And chicks STILL love Corvettes! | ||
| rogertvr
Member Username: rogertvr Post Number: 68 Registered: 1-2003 |
Just replying to Elzie's comment 'I'll bet it goes pretty good too'. Yes, it does. 0-60mph in 4.7 seconds, 0-100mph in 12.1, max 153mph, standing 1/4 mile in 13.5. Quick enough for crowded British roads! It's not the fastest TVR though, not by a long way!! | ||
| rami
Advanced Member Username: rami Post Number: 202 Registered: 6-2002 |
Corvettes, Harleys, and Alembics...All American icons! Rami | ||
| thebass
Junior Username: thebass Post Number: 38 Registered: 3-2003 |
Just to chime in and beeing in the lucky position to have Porsche as a customer (I am working in the automotive industry in Germany) I will get a 911 bi-turbo convertible as a test car for 4 days to do some measurements with. Oh boy, I love my job :-D How can you separate a man from a boy ? - The toys gets more expensive. | ||
| rogertvr
Member Username: rogertvr Post Number: 69 Registered: 1-2003 |
Or the toys become TOO expensive!! ;-) Come on folks, I've posted my TVR up here, let's see some of you folks motors! Rust buckets or Ferraris, we all know in here it's not a competition like the car forums. If not your 'ride', then maybe perhaps a picture of your home town or something! Maybe just something to make everyone a little more personal than a logon id is what I'm trying to say...on a voluntary basis of course! I'll start the ball rolling here - this is a link to a certain building about four miles from me http://www.tamworthcastle.freeserve.co.uk/opening.htm | ||
| alembic76407
Intermediate Member Username: alembic76407 Post Number: 146 Registered: 5-2002 |
to thebass, do you need an apprentice for 4 days, then I can swing through England for a ride in Rogers's TVR, then I can track down Rami for a trip through the Corvette museum and maybe a ride in a Z06, then I can come back home and Play my Alembic's, sounds like one of the vacation's of a life time. And going to Santa Rosa too David T I'll try to get a picture of my Porsche posted | ||
| rogertvr
Member Username: rogertvr Post Number: 70 Registered: 1-2003 |
By the way - if anyone is passing this way, they're more than welcome to either a little trip out in the Chimaera, or a full blown demonstration (or something in the middle) - just ask if you're ever over here folks! | ||
| davehouck
Member Username: davehouck Post Number: 63 Registered: 5-2002 |
Vehicles. My first thought when looking at vehicles is always "will it haul my stage rig". <g> | ||
| dela217
Intermediate Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 155 Registered: 6-2002 |
This is an interesting thread. I think it is a good idea, but if we are taking picutres of cars or buildings, put an Alembic in the shot.  Yes Dave, my small stage rig really fits in there! | ||
| dadabass2001
Junior Username: dadabass2001 Post Number: 37 Registered: 6-2002 |
Dela, Bro you are stylin' to the show. I'd return the favor, but I think like Dave. My ride is a Mercury Sable Wagon with gear covered with a tarp. Mike | ||
| rami
Advanced Member Username: rami Post Number: 203 Registered: 6-2002 |
Mike, great picture, and that is one WICKED Series I! Gotta have the specs! Rami | ||
| dela217
Intermediate Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 156 Registered: 6-2002 |
Rami - It is a 1973 Alembic serial number 30. It has a walnut top and back with an oak core. It's neck is made of purpleheart and maple, but backwards from what we are used to. Purpleheart is the main wood of the neck. PF5 electrics and VERY sweet. I am hoping to send this one back to it's creators for a refurb someday. It is in need of frets and some other stuff. Still use it though. | ||
| groovelines
Junior Username: groovelines Post Number: 32 Registered: 4-2003 |
I see this parallel model/product shot paradigm developing along the lines of the biker and 4 wheeling mags - you know, the barley clad bombshell astride the chromed, track-eating monster. I just wonder if we'll find ourselves forgetting whats on display: the ride, or the low-end eye-candy!? LOL Alas, this is one catagory where my participation is soley vicarious.. Mike | ||
| dean_m
Intermediate Member Username: dean_m Post Number: 129 Registered: 7-2002 |
Oh Man!!! I've got to get busy with the digital. I've got to post some pics of the new Harley!!!! I think we've got a new thread going here!!!! Ride Safe!!!!! | ||
| dela217
Intermediate Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 158 Registered: 6-2002 |
Just put an Alembic in the shot!! | ||
| rami
Advanced Member Username: rami Post Number: 205 Registered: 6-2002 |
You know guys, you don't need a digital camera to post pics. When I have pictures developed, I ask to have them archived to CD as well. That way you can email them. (All my pics were taken with an el-cheapo disposable camera. They still came out ok). | ||
| basstard
Junior Username: basstard Post Number: 45 Registered: 3-2003 |
Me, I'm a Saab fan. As good as all those Beemers and Mercs (BTW, is there anything more banal and cliche than a Mercedes?... Yuk) but waaaay more discreet. I don't like cars which shout 'hey, I'm rich' in your face. I like cool, groovy cars for individualists. Cars with personality. With basses it's a totaly diferent story - Alembics do have loads of soul, but... they sure are showy! And I love them. ;-) | ||
| thebass
Junior Username: thebass Post Number: 40 Registered: 3-2003 |
Brothers thebass is back on earth from planet Porsche. Those 4 testing days did really put me into adrenaline mode. Jesus ! Did anyone ever drive a "normal" car at 300km/h (about 180 MPH) ? I thought it was just a funny number on the Odometer but hell, they are really capable of that... and even more. Oh boy, I still feel the adrenaline pumping. BTW: In germany you will rather get more views if you drive by in a Saab than in a Mercedes. And everyone will turn their head if you come along in a 5,7l Firebird. I am a big fan of that sound :-) I guess this is different in the US. | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 983 Registered: 6-2000 |
The Porche in the brochure belongs to Sam Field. He used to work here and now he's a part owner of the company. The plate was from back when California only has 6 letters in the license number. The picture was taken in about 1979. | ||
| alembic76407
Intermediate Member Username: alembic76407 Post Number: 147 Registered: 5-2002 |
If you look very close you will see my Porsche  | ||
| davehouck
Member Username: davehouck Post Number: 70 Registered: 5-2002 |
I see it's got a sun roof to make it easier to get those cabinets squeezed in <g>. | ||
| dela217
Intermediate Member Username: dela217 Post Number: 160 Registered: 6-2002 |
Sam Field! He is my hero. He made me feel welcome in the Alembic family waaaaay back when. He was very influential in my decision to use small bodied basses. For me, it all started with him. I hope to meet him someday. | ||
| groovelines
Junior Username: groovelines Post Number: 38 Registered: 4-2003 |
Porsche? What Porsche? Does anybody see a Prorsche? I can't take my eyes off of all of that beautiful real esate in the back ground, whew. You need more than a sunroof, dontcha? David T, what did your neighbors think? LOL | ||
| alembic76407
Intermediate Member Username: alembic76407 Post Number: 149 Registered: 5-2002 |
I posted a better picture of the amp in the "Owning an Alembic" under "Tornadic Thunder" I knew nobody would notice the car, LOL David T PS, My neighbors LOVE ME !!!!!! | ||
| palembic
Senior Member Username: palembic Post Number: 474 Registered: 9-2002 |
SUUU-uure David ... when you're asleep! Paul the bad one |
