Of cheese, Gertrude Stein, and the trademark sensations of Porsches.
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Of cheese, Gertrude Stein, and the trademark sensations of Porsches.I had this $108,520 Porsche in full second-gear shriek, sending shock waffles down the barrier wall lining the entrance to an interstate, the wail scaring pigeons off overhead wires and waking up dogs, when it came to me: “Wow, you know what? Chinese don’t eat cheese!”
That happens any time I get into an eye-crossingly expensive and powerful sports car. Crazy revelations that have nothing to do with driving begin popping into my cerebrum, like playing head Pong. My head is warming up to the hunt for pithy witticisms to describe this stupendous sports car, but the wires are crossed, and what’s coming up is word salad.
Okay, calm down. Start at the beginning. The full name of this car is the Porsche 911 Targa 4S. Each morsel of word, each number in that grandiloquent name, adds significant numbers to the sticker price.
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