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[Ed Kellock]

I agree the stuff is cool, but isn't it all more about marketing the
brand image than driving in the same vein as why the Cayenne was
built?

Ed

On 11/30/06, Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com> wrote:
> But Ed- some of the stuff that they sell is really cool. :-)
>
> I think the braided stainless steel pen that evokes a stainless brake line
> is pretty neat- made in Germany by Faber Castell for Porsche Design.
> Looks nice, writes really nice, nice heft, great use for braided stainless.
>
> The Porsche Design by IWC watches are actually quite nice and you're
> arguably not going to find a nicer movement for the price.
>
> It's not like driving a 10 yr. old car that is hard to get parts for, hard
> to find
> competent service for and rather rare is all that rational either. We don't
> always
> have to be all that practical- heck, disposal funds willing, I'd get an
> UrS4/6 or
> an UrS8 already.
>
> Taka
>
>
>
> On 11/30/06, Ed Kellock <ekellock at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Given the digression of this discussion to ridiculously expensive
> > Porsche Design lifestyle items, no one should have any trouble
> > understanding the existence of the Cayenne.
> >
> > Ed
> >
>