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How is it BS?!?! It did exactly what it said it did, and recieved a Guinness world record. Why don't other car manufacturers beat it, so they can have the record? At least Porsche are not all talk (like everyone on here) and actually did it. How about you go attempt to do this while filming it, bring Guinness out, and show us instead of just talking about it?
I'm not saying others shouldn't be able to do it, but it was proven it's never been done before.
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Originally Posted by Nlambert
You seem to be ignoring the point everyone here is trying to make. The car cannot TOW this much weight. The weight of that plane is being carried by the plane's tires. It is pulling a mass much less than the actual weight of the plane. There is a HUGE difference. The Cayenne cannot tow any more than 7,700 lbs. That is a far cry from being impressive. It's misleading, but the marketing is doing exactly what Porsche intended for it to do. You are taking the hook, line, and sinker and believing that it is some magnificent vehicle that can do what no other vehicle can. It just isn't true.
Nlambert is right. how far did the porsche pull the aircraft? did it pull it down the runway and back? did it have to deal with turns and braking while connected to the aircraft? show me that porsche pulling the aircraft more than a few feet and i might be impressed with the feat. until then however, color me not impressed in the least.
How is it BS?!?! It did exactly what it said it did, and recieved a Guinness world record. Why don't other car manufacturers beat it, so they can have the record? At least Porsche are not all talk (like everyone on here) and actually did it. How about you go attempt to do this while filming it, bring Guinness out, and show us instead of just talking about it?
I'm not saying others shouldn't be able to do it, but it was proven it's never been done before.
My point - that I've been scoffed at for - is that I could do that with my XC70. Yes, I'm dead serious.
The idea that this Porsche is some kind of unbelievable beast because it pulled (not towed) this A380 is absurd. There's nothing wrong with that Porsche. But pulling that A380 a couple feet doesn't really prove much.
Nlambert is right. how far did the porsche pull the aircraft? did it pull it down the runway and back? did it have to deal with turns and braking while connected to the aircraft? show me that porsche pulling the aircraft more than a few feet and i might be impressed with the feat. until then however, color me not impressed in the least.
Pulled it 137 feet.
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You seem to be ignoring the point everyone here is trying to make. The car cannot TOW this much weight. The weight of that plane is being carried by the plane's tires. It is pulling a mass much less than the actual weight of the plane. There is a HUGE difference. The Cayenne cannot tow any more than 7,700 lbs. That is a far cry from being impressive. It's misleading, but the marketing is doing exactly what Porsche intended for it to do. You are taking the hook, line, and sinker and believing that it is some magnificent vehicle that can do what no other vehicle can. It just isn't true.
The Turbo S which also completed this feat is the only SUV to crack 8 min mark around the Nürburgring, so yes, it does do something no other SUV can. That and it "pulled" a jet a record distance. Hey, it's never been done before also besides it's diesel brother. See, there's two things! Until someone else goes and hooks up to same plane and pulls it 138 ft it'll be the only ones.
The Turbo S which also completed this feat is the only SUV to crack 8 min mark around the Nürburgring, so yes, it does do something no other SUV can. That and it "pulled" a jet a record distance. Hey, it's never been done before also besides it's diesel brother. See, there's two things! Until someone else goes and hooks up to same plane and pulls it 138 ft it'll be the only ones.
Don't worry someone will. I don't think anyone gives enough of a crap about it. It's no different than a Corvette owner saying my car will do 180 mph. But never actually takes it to 180 mph.
Because ultimately all it did was something that is nothing more than a publicity stunt.
still not impressed. come back when they from one end of the runway to the other, and back again, including of course turning around, and stopping the aircraft with the cars brakes. do that and i will be impressed.
sorry but my grand marquis is not a tow truck. and while the hardest thing to do when pulling a load like that is to get it rolling, on level ground most vehicles with a decent amount of power can pull that load.
There's videos of man pulling jumbo jets, trains, and other vehicles, it's all just physics!
i am not saying that my merc cant do it, what i AM saying is that my merc is NOT a tow truck, thats all.
I wasn't directly talking about your merc, I just wanted to point out that there's videos out there of crazy feats by humans pulling jumbo jets, etc. and like you said once you get the "thing" moving especially when it's on wheels, physics takes over. Lets see a car, truck, human, or whatever try and pull a jumbo jet when the jet has triangle or square wheels!
Back in my Navy days I moved large transport planes as much as a mile across the base so I know what I am talking about. And I used tugs that were a lot smaller than the one above.
Planes are designed to roll very easy, as that helps them on takeoff. The Porsche moved it for a short distance on a straight line. Just a publicity stunt.
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That and it "pulled" a jet a record distance. Hey, it's never been done before also besides it's diesel brother. See, there's two things! Until someone else goes and hooks up to same plane and pulls it 138 ft it'll be the only ones. 
