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Feature: Panameras on ice
« on: March 01, 2010, 04:03:06 am »



On a frozen lake in Finland, 250 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle, contributor Brian Early was instructed to drive his Panamera "as sideways and loose as possible."  It was all part of Porsche's advanced "Ice Force" driver training program.

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Re: Feature: Panameras on ice
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2010, 06:48:39 am »
I wonder who would drive a porsche in a snow...

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Re: Feature: Panameras on ice
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2010, 07:18:45 am »
IMHO one of the really good things about a Porsche is that you can drive it in the snow and slush and ice and cold.... You wouldn't drive any other supercar in those conditions.
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Re: Feature: Panameras on ice
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2010, 08:58:57 pm »
I wonder who would drive a porsche in a snow...

What an odd comment, that's what these things are made for!



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