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Road test of the week

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Rufstomod. Doesn't say if it has one of Darren's oil coolers

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/ruf/34-rsr

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Yes please!
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Roll up to a few cars and coffees in this and don't be surprised if they ask you to be Chancellor of the Exchequer. £300k doesn't buy you a properly fitted rear screen chrome though

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/ka ... aktur/912c

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Everyone will think it is a Singer.
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Hugo 356 wrote:.
Roll up to a few cars and coffees in this and don't be surprised if they ask you to be Chancellor of the Exchequer. £300k doesn't buy you a properly fitted rear screen chrome though

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/ka ... aktur/912c

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Think the harnesses might not be entirely effective either.. :)
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Doesn't read like a 3 1/2 star road test

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A straight ‘no, don’t do it’ would have been fairer :)
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I just don't understand why anyone would want to spend £100k plus on an electric conversion at this stage. Policy is showing us classics are going to be exempt in clean air zones, even France will eventually sort us a crit-air sticker out. At some point petrol will become unaffordable, but when? 20 years? hopefully by then e-fuel will be available, or at least electric conversions will surely be more cost effective.
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Talking of E - Fuels

Inside Porsche’s sustainable e fuel refinery.........................


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E-fuels u-turn: EU allows combustion cars to be sold after 2035

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More of a track taste, but nice work if you can get it

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Pretty worthless piece, in reality.
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KS wrote: Fri May 12, 2023 7:22 am Pretty worthless piece, in reality.
Sadly so.

He makes two points - the brakes aren’t as good as on a new 911 and the engine isn’t as smooth as a new 911.

Imagine that.

He’s obviously a young journo, so maybe it’s wrong to expect too much, but what a missed opportunity.
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KS wrote: Fri May 12, 2023 7:22 am Pretty worthless piece, in reality.
Definately.
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Hugo 356 wrote:Rufstomod. Doesn't say if it has one of Darren's oil coolers

https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-review/ruf/34-rsr
Mechanically this is essentially a 3.2 G50 with a twin plug conversion. If the original really was an E series as the article claims, I imagine there was a 1988 donor car.

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