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frenchcurious · 23 days

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Porsche Panamericana 1989. Cette pièce unique a servi de cadeau d'anniversaire à Ferry Porsche pour ses 80 ans. - source Porsche Museum.

#porsche #ferry porsche

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saraw4ters · 3 months

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#F.A.T. Ice Race Aspen #Porsche 911 GT1 #Stéphane Ortelli #Le Mans #Colorado #USA #Laurent Aïello #Allan McNish #Museo Porsche #Zuffenhausen #GP Ice Race #Ferdinand Porsche #Ferry Porsche #Zell #Austria #Zell Am See #Tree Farm #Carbondale #Hotel Jerome

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blogdorogerinho · 8 months

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Críticas — Ford vs Ferrari (2019), Le Mans (1971), Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans (2015), Dias de Trovão (1990), Gran Turismo: De Jogador a Corredor (2023)

Hora da Velocidade Ford vs Ferrari (2019) retratou o fim da hegemonia da Ferrari nas 24 Horas de Le Mans desde os anos 1950, graças aos dois ex-pilotos contratados pela Ford, Ken Miles (Christian Bale) e Carroll Shelby (Matt Damon) após desenvolverem o modelo GT40, fruto de quatro vitórias seguidas, até a primeira vitória da Porsche, em 1970. Henry Ford foi quem idealizou a produção em massa do…

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pinbox24 · 8 months

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The model car is a homage to the Porsche Panamericana, a special car that was presented at the IAA in 1989 to celebrate Ferry Porsche's 80th birthday. The car was an evolution of the Porsche 911 and featured many innovative elements such as a removable roof, a rear spoiler and a 250 hp2 boxer engine. The model car is faithfully reproduced and has Ferry Porsche's signature and the date 09/19/1989 engraved on a metal plate. It is a valuable collector's item for every Porsche enthusiast.

The Porsche Panamericana press pin with SRE embossing was only issued to representatives of the press and special customers on the same day. It is also a valuable collector's item for every Porsche enthusiast. as the original is very rare (can be easily recognized by the embossing SRE)

(Note: the model is not attached to the plate and it is not in the original packaging)

#Panamericana #porsche model car #porsche prototype #Porsche IAA 1989 #porsche birthday #Porsche press pin #porsche collectible #porsche accessory #Porsche fan articles #Porsche Design #porsche history #Ferry Porsche #porsche artwork #vintage #decor #minimalist #etsy shop

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cafedeotocom · 11 months

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Canlı yayın etkinliği: 8 Haziran 2023'te "Porsche Spor Arabalarının 75 Yılı" yıldönümü gösterisi.

Porsche, öncü ruh, mühendislik becerisi ve cesaretle karakterize edilen bir başarı hikayesini kutluyor. 75 yıl önce, Ferry Porsche bir spor araba hayalini gerçekleştirdi. Porsche 356 No.1 Roadster ile o ve ekibi, Porsche efsanesinin temelini attı.

Porsche, öncü ruh, mühendislik becerisi ve cesaretle karakterize edilen bir başarı hikayesini kutluyor. 75 yıl önce, Ferry Porsche bir spor araba hayalini gerçekleştirdi. Porsche 356 No.1 Roadster ile o ve ekibi, Porsche efsanesinin temelini attı. 8 Haziran 1948’de, model genel işletme iznini aldı. 75 yıl sonra aynı tarihte, Porsche, davetli ünlüler ve Porsche tarihinden diğer önemli figürlerle…

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#ferry porsche #porsche 75 yıl #porsche canlı yayın #porsche müzesi #porsche spor arabalarının 75 yılı

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edsonjnovaes · 11 months

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PROCESSO KOMENDA

Erwin Komenda viveu no topo do panteão do mundo criativo de Ferdinand Porsche, com todas as suas inúmeras permutações. Como engenheiro e metalúrgico, Komenda se aprofundou na criação de vários automóveis extremamente importantes do século 20, e seu legado de design permanece formidável quase 60 anos após sua morte. Alexander Gromow – AUTOentusiastas. 15/05/2023 Acervo família Komenda Nascido…

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carsthatnevermadeitetc · 2 years

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Porsche 928S-4, 1984. A one-off long wheelbase version of the 928 with 4 full seats that was given to Ferry Porsche as a 75th birthday present. The standard 2+2 928 was extended by 250mm, the B-pillar was also made more upright to ease entry to the rear seats. The prototype was also fitted with experimental projector headlights. The car is now housed in the Porsche Museum

#Porsche #Porsche 928 #Porsche 928S #Porsche 928S-4 #4 seater #prototype #experimental car #long wheelbase #one-off #Ferry Porsche #1984 #1980s #transaxle #Porsche Museum #75th birthday

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forzalife · 3 months

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Its the Plaid for me...

Pfaff my favorite. I fell in love with you ever since the buffalo check Porsche. Then even deeper in love when I saw the Ferris wheel. Don't get me wrong, I love a McLaren, but Porsche has my heart.

Still waiting to go on a date on the Ferris wheel at Daytona. #MaybeOneDay

#pfaff #porsche #mclaren #rolex 24 at daytona #rolex daytona #daytona #rolex #rolex 24 #24 hours of daytona #buffalo check #red #black #gray #ferris wheel #romantic #hopeless romantic

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carsonfilm · 1 year

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997 @ Tokyo Wan Ferry

#carsonfilm #ferry #japan #porsche #kodak portra #nikon 28Ti

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loveframe · 2 years

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Porsche Car Quotes by Car Admirers

Porsche Car Quotes

…there is no substitute – Ferdinand Porsche

You still owe me a yellow Porsche. – Stephenie Meyer

Porsche and BMW drivers are arrogant. – Carroll Shelby. Porsche car quotes

Fast cars like Porsches and Ferraris – they are things of beauty. – Rod Stewart

Driving a Porsche in London is like bringing a Ming vase to a football game. – Douglas Adams

It was fun to blow off a Porsche with a 3900 donkey [the 1965 Shelby GT350 Mustang]. – Carroll Shelby

Oh, Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz – My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends. – Janis Joplin. Porsche car quotes

If you take off your pants and her first reaction is, “Awwww, look at it…like a little baby Jesus.” Time to buy a Porsche. – Dave Attell. Porsche car quotes

Apple’s market share is bigger than BMW’s or Mercedes’s or Porsche’s in the automotive market. What’s wrong with being a BMW or Mercedes? – Steve Jobs

Long Porsche Car Quotes

Like, what is the least often heard sentence in the English language? That would be: Say, isn’t that the banjo player’s Porsche parked outside? – Jackson Browne

Screw reality. It don’t feed my dog. It don’t make my Porsche payments. It don’t get me laid. Bullshit does that…and I like it that way. (Leo). – Sherrilyn Kenyon

I’ve learned to feel good when I feel good. It’s better to be driven around in a red Porsche than to own one. the luck of the fool is inviolate. – Charles Bukowski. Porsche car quotes

I have every single Ferrari that came out. I have all the Mercedes they came out with, all the Jaguars they came out with, all the Porsches they came out with. – Ion Tiriac. Porsche car quotes

I’m sorry about your Porsche.” “I can replace the Porsche. I can’t replace you. You need to be more careful.” I was just sitting in your car!” Babe, you’re a magnet for disaster. – Janet Evanovich

Wasn’t it his right to listen to opera, read poetry and adventure novels, go to Europe every couple of months for some reason or another, and drive his Porsche over the speed limit until he found out who he was? – Anne Rice

And I’m more sure than in Poland, or elsewhere, it is considered cool to drive a Porsche and wear necklaces and black silk, but at least back in Brooklyn if you did those things you were either a drug dealer or from New Jersey. – Meg Cabot

Growing up in the Midwest, people didn’t drive Porsches and Ferraris. They drive Fords and Chevys. And so even if you have the opportunity to buy a more expensive car, it doesn’t occur to you because it’s not what you relate to. – Luke Perry

Porsche Car Quotes by Ferdinand Porsche

Cars are my life. – Porsche car quotes

Good design should be honest. – Ferdinand Porsche.

Timeless design is wasted if it cannot survive. – Ferdinand Porsche.

To create something timeless. – Ferdinand Porsche. Porsche car quotes

We all harbor a wish to be immortal. – Ferdinand Porsche. Porsche car quotes

Famous Ferdinand Porsche Quotes

I believe that creativity should not be suppressed. – Ferdinand Porsche.

I came into the world at the same time as the auto, if you will. – Ferdinand Porsche.

A car with good accelerating power will automatically give me a high speed performance. – Ferdinand Porsche.

I myself have never attempted to actively build my own profile but rather continued in my father’s image. – Ferdinand Porsche.

In the beginning I looked around and, not finding the automobile of my dreams, decided to build it myself. – Ferdinand Porsche.

I took a different approach and improved its performance by radically reducing its weight rather than increasing engine power. – Ferdinand Porsche.

Independence has always been the attitude at Porsche. To do, not what is expected, but what we feel is right. – Ferdinand Porsche. Porsche car quotes

It is said I believe that so many creations today are just like all the rest. This is why Porsche must remain small and independent. – Ferdinand Porsche.

There is no such thing as the perfect car. But as engineers and designers, we have to do everything in our power to approach this ideal. – Ferdinand Porsche

Time is one of the few things man cannot influence. It gives each of us a beginning and an end. This makes us question what comes in between. – Ferdinand Porsche.

A Porsche will always look like a Porsche. My grandfather took these shapes from nature, so the head lamps of the 911 maybe look a little like the eyes of a frog, but it comes from nature, and the best shapes are from nature, so why change? – Ferdinand Alexander Porsche. Read More

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frenchcurious · 5 months

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Ferry Porsche dans sa Porsche Type 356 n°1 de 1948. - source Cars & Motorbikes Stars of the Golden era.

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en-wheelz-me · 8 months

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#cars #car #supercar #fast car #luxury #supercars #classic #porsche #porsche 356 #icon #iconic #historic #historical #history #history maker #legend

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kinnporsche · 1 year

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hey guys, i’m back with yet another kinn & porsche rec list! just like with the others, this list is ordered according to length (from longest to shortest), and each fic is by a different author (in order to share the love)! all currently incomplete fics have been marked with (wip). lastly, i would like to thank not only god but also jesus for all the talented writers in this fandom—y’all are single-handedly making this year bearable for me. anyway, please be sure to read the tags, and show the authors some love! [part 4/?]

— silvered perceptions by nuwildcat – explicit / 210k words

Mama told Kinn about the Pull when he was little, weaving a tale of romance and destiny and putting a sparkle in his eye for the mystical shot at meeting someone perfect for him. For the longest time Kinn thought he wouldn’t be lucky enough to know what that was like, until he crashed into a piss-soaked alley while running for his life.

Things haven’t gone quite like Mama said. There’s a whole lot more attitude than Kinn expected, but he’d be lying if he said he wasn’t intrigued. Things aren’t always what they appear to be at first sight. Now, if he plays his cards right, Kinn has a shot at getting the happiness his mother described. Kinn’s always excelled at poker, but this game will test even his skills.

— worthy of love and loyalty by rebellconquerer – explicit / 82.5k words (wip)

Things aren’t going great for Porsche. He has too many jobs that don’t put enough food on the table for him and Porchay, but at least they’re together. What happens when Porsche gets recruited to the Theerapanyakul agency by the founder’s asshole son and blackmailed into joining in? Why, sparks fly, of course. In all meanings of the word.

(Or: The spy x handler AU you didn’t know you wanted.)

— my daddy’s got a gun by martynax – explicit / 49.8k words

“I haven’t seen you here before, are you new?”

Porsche blinks at him, because it’s quite a bizarre thing to say. “Um, no. At least, I don’t think so.”

It earns him a cocked eyebrow in response. “So, you have been here before?”

“A few times,” Porsche answers and shrugs his shoulders. He sometimes comes for a free drink from Jom, and to eat the exceptionally good finger food that just lays on the bar for everyone to enjoy. He usually comes during the day, when it’s not as busy as it is right now. “I’m usually here earlier on.”

“Ah,” the man hums, like it makes perfect sense. “So, how much do you take for a night?”

— whittled down by another war by rageprufrock – explicit / 46.6k words

It starts with snide commentary on gelato and ends in a hail of bullets, Kinn running panicked down the filthy back streets around Thonglor Soi being chased by Sicilian shitbags who are pissed he doesn’t want to ferry around their cocaine anymore.

— leveling up ‘series by thewayside – explicit / 35.2k words

Between the handover of power and the monotony of adult life, meetings, and telling other people what to do, he’s exhausted and he barely gets his head above the parapet sometimes. Still, he always finds at least five minutes in his day to text Kinn, close his eyes, and imagine the fun they could have together. Being in a relationship has its perks.

(Or: Post-finale relationship exploration/day in the life of fluff and a lot of sex.)

— cherries in your mouth ‘series by baby_droll – explicit / 32.9k words

“As far as you’re concerned, he’s your baby cousin. Just be nice, and we’ll show him how well-adjusted adults act, so he’ll quit it with the whole ‘I’ve got all this rich boy angst and nowhere to put it’ shitshow. It’s not cute, you know? Throwing a tantrum in nine hundred dollar shoes. Heard auntie yelled at him, called him something unsavory when he gatecrashed tea.”

Kinn doesn’t know why Tawan says that like he’s supposed to know what he means by ‘unsavory.’

(Or: An AU written in the style and dysfunction of a summer Succession episode. Featuring affairs, lake houses, car sex, and the Royification of KinnPorsche.)

— night call by (vesna) mrsronweasley – explicit / 32.4k words

On Kinn’s birthday, Kinn is dragged by Tae and Time to a strip club, where he gets a private dance from a man who calls himself Jom. Kinn is smitten. Things spin out from there.

— in time by achray – mature / 10.8k words

Chay has totally the wrong impression of everything. Except that he isn’t wrong that Porsche, mafia boss, sometimes seems to Porsche himself like an entirely different person to Porsche, broke bartender and failing college student.

— fell in love with the fire long ago by butterflylungs – explicit / 8.4k words

That night Kinn gets a picture of Porsche on the bed, wearing only one of his blazers and briefs. This time Kinn tries to call him, but Porsche texts back that he has an early meeting the next morning and that he has to go to sleep. If he answers the call, hears Kinn’s voice, Porsche fears he’s not going to be able to control himself, and he wants to hold out on Kinn as long as possible.

(Or: Porsche decides to play a game of teasing while Kinn is away on a business trip; it leads to very fun consequences.)

— i’m holy, i want you to know it by kurtstiel – explicit / 7.5k words

“Tell me you only fucked me because it was convenient, and I’ll leave.”

The muscle in Kinn’s jaw tightens. He holds eye contact for only a couple more seconds before his eyes dart away, out towards the city skyline. The distant city lights look like stars, illuminating Kinn’s face in the same way they did at the pier.

(Or: Porsche seeks Kinn out to take back his sense of control after the night of the diamond auction.)

— below the clavicle by androktasia – explicit / 6.9k words

One of Kinn’s hands wraps around the back of Porsche’s head, scratching gently through the short hair at the nape of his neck. It’s addictive, and so, so sweet and Porsche swallows, feeling suddenly miserable. He tugs himself away. Kinn’s hand lingers on his neck as he digs into his pocket and pulls out a tiny plastic bag with a small white pill in it.

Porsche puts the pill into his glass of expensive champagne, and they both watch it dissolve, slowly; bubbles foaming out until the golden liquid has entirely swallowed it up. Kinn raises an eyebrow at him, waiting for an explanation. His hand strokes gently on Porsche’s neck. Porsche smiles blandly as he takes the glass, swirls it gently around, and then tips half of it into his mouth in one go.

Kinn jerks, an aborted motion, grabbing Porsche’s wrist—but he’s too late.

(Or: Porsche drugs himself to re-enact the night of the diamond auction.)

— these, our bodies, possessed by light by concernedlily – explicit / 4k words

“You think? You were such an asshole that night. This is my territory. This is where I fucked my girls, you know that? Maybe I’d have got you.”

(Or: Set during the episode 11 visit to Yok’s bar—Kinn and Porsche revisit the place where they first met.)

— squeeze a little, tease a little more by mirrorofprinces – explicit / 3.4k words

Porsche knows he’s tucked up well under the desk, theoretically completely hidden, but all it would take is an accidental noise to give him away, or for a pair of wandering eyes at the exact right angle to catch a glimpse of his socked feet. The idea doesn’t entirely put him off.

— first impressions by airgiodslv – teen / 3.2k words

There’s movement in Bank’s peripheral vision, and fuck, thank god, but fuck, Mr. Kinn is standing there in the doorway, warily taking in the scene.

“Porsche,” he says. It’s completely neutral, an invitation for explanation. Bank pants for breath and calculates his best chance of stopping Mr. Porsche if he tries to swing Bank’s gun toward Mr. Kinn. Based on the way this has gone so far, his odds aren’t great.

“Kinn,” Mr. Porsche answers cheerfully. “We were just waiting for you.”

— begging for belief by piecrust – explicit / 2.7k words

In his darkest moments—in the moments where he’s not allowed to be anyone other than his father’s son—Kinn wonders if Porsche is doing all of this on purpose.

(Or: An extra scene at the end of 1x08.)

#kinnporschesource #kinnporsche: the series #kinnporsche #kinn x porsche #fic rec #leila.txt #text #leave some kudos!

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colourme-feral · 2 years

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Inspired by this amazing post on the Rosewood Bangkok, one of the locations for the main family’s home,

I decided to make a list of filming locations I’ve found in Kinnporsche.

This is in no way completely accurate, nor complete.

- The boat where Kinn asks Porsche to be his bodyguard and Porsche jumps off instead

- The we’ve-got-company bridge

- Hum Bar (Yok’s Bar)

- Kinn running for his life before getting to Hum Bar (Yok’s Bar) and asking Porsche for help

(- Minor building cameo: the Atheenee Hotel, which is beside The Deutsche Bank building)

- Ferry pier first kisses

- Ending their first date at their first kiss spot + Kinn's first love makes his unwanted appearance

- Kinn and Porsche on their honeymoon in the jungle

- The quarry part of Kinn and Porsche's honeymoon (and probably the truck and not-Not Me jump)

- Entrance to the minor Theerapanyakul family's home

- Vegas tries to go on a date with Porsche but gets cockblocked

- The Theerapanyakul horny jail

- Arm's work room, aka Team Porsche's HQ

- Porsche and Tawan talk about... milk

- The first bathroom Kinn and Porsche make memories in, together with Kinn's assassin

- Kimlock Holmes' home

-That first sex scene

- That auction

- Room where the main family strategises + the mafia prince declares his love for a certain bodyguard

- Kinn and Porsche play footsie

- The undercover casino scene

- Post-shoot out party at Vegas' home

- The back of Hum Bar (KP's first meeting & declaration of love + VP's meeting after Pete's escape)

- Their "mutual masturbation" scene

- "Jom" takes Kinn's watch

- The hospital, where Tankhun is iconic and dramatic, Kinn and Porsche are loving and Vegas, Pete and Macau have a group hug

- The underpass tunnel that Kinn and Big run to while being pursued

- Kim's personal rehearsal room

- Porsche's instagram boyfriend era + Kinn and Porsche's cafe date

- Mes' house + Kinn makes an animal friend

- Vegas and Pete's poolside scene

- Scenes at the fictional Ananthamekha University

- Porsche’s Mulan training sequence with Team Porsche + Kinn and Porsche’s underwater kiss

- Kinn and Porsche celebrate their relationship + Kim protects Chay who is in his unhinged era

- Kinn and Pete watch Porsche and Vegas zoom away on Vegas' bike

- Have no fear, Kimlock Holmes / Detective Wikachu is on the temple case!

- Porsche and Porchay's home

- The shooting range where Kinn made Porsche put an apple on his head to shoot at

- Mr. Don makes gelato talk with “People say I’m more like my mum” Kinn

- The iconic scene where Tankhun hits Vegas with a tray

- Either Pete needs more lessons on how to follow or Vegas and Macau just have great observational skills

- The minor family's torture chamber

- Tawan's room

- Porsche and Pete's bedroom

- Porsche and Pete's room minus their bedroom

- Porsche catches up on sleep during his training with Chan

- Porsche's orientation and introduction to the main Theerapanyakul's other bodyguards

- Vegas' clothing-optional office

- The minor Theerapanyakul family's home

- Kan getting ahead of himself and prematurely celebrating Korn's death

- Kinn and Porsche make merit together but are interrupted by a not so dead Tawan

- Part of the main Theerapanyakul house

- The room where Namphueng was kept (featuring the players on the chessboard)

- The one and only Deutsche Bank (Not my post)

- Jeff Satur's Why Don't You Stay music video

- Kinn goes to meet the loansharks, who were making Porsche pay back his (fake) uncle’s loans

- The finale scene on the boat with visual call backs

My alternate masterlist sorted by the IRL filming locations

- A quick wrap up of the locations that were not included

#kinnporsche #kinnporsche the series #kinnporsche the filming locations #Thai BL/GL/QL location spotting

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fussingoverfassbender · 1 year

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“I've never been really good at anything in my life.”

Interview with Michael Fassbender Monsieur - 01 - Spring 2023

The German-Irish Michael Fassbender belongs to the ranks of successful actors who are appreciated by both critics and audiences. But his real obsession is racing. A conversation about Paul Newman, Michael Schumacher and a shy boy who liked to play with slingshots and climb trees.

Mr. Fassbender, have you ever heard the German word Nervenkitzel? Sorry, my German is a bit rusty. Something to do with nerves, that's clear. But what does Kitzel mean? Handbag maybe? (laughs)

Not quite. The word Nervenkitzel describes the nervous tension that a person feels when they go into dangerous situations. Ah understand. But I have to disappoint you: I don't go into dangerous situations.

Speeding down a race track in a 500 hp car at 300 km/h, do you think it's safe? Well, people always say, "Wow, you're driving 300 kilometers an hour, that's crazy!" But there's really nothing wrong with driving 300 in a straight line, almost anyone can do it.

If you don't care about the adrenaline rush, then what about? Adrenaline is important, no question. But for me it's about reaching a state of non-thinking. Do you know that feeling when everything flows together?

You mean kind of a zen moment when mind and body become one? Exactly! I'm addicted to this feeling. Because I think it's very rare in life that we surrender ourselves completely to something, become absorbed in it.

At what moments do you reach this status? For example, when I take a corner in the racing car at the right speed on the tracks in Monza or Spa, without letting the car skid, but precisely feeling that I'm driving on edge - I feel one with the car.

Five years ago you were a guest on Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show and he asked you what car you drive. Her reply was, "I don't have a car." It's a long way from a man who doesn't own a car to a statement like this just now, isn't it? (laughs) Yeah, I remember. I bought my first car in the early 2000s and drove it around London for almost a year. Eventually my money ran out and I had to go back to Ireland to my parents. Just before the ferry at Fishguard there was a bang and smoke billowed out of the radiator. I just made it onto the ship with the engine roaring and called my father. He waited on the other side and towed me all the way to Killarney in his car. That's more than 250 kilometers!

Not every father does that. No, I know. But my father is always positive. He's the guy whose glass is always half full.

What kind of car was that back then? It was a Peugeot 306 Spinnaker, special edition.

And what happened to it? We had the motor replaced and six months later I had an accident. Total loss.

No!? Yes!

Is your father a mechanic? No, he worked as a chef. And I don't have the faintest idea about the inner workings of a car.

So where does your enthusiasm for racing come from? Hm, we never had fast cars. My father drove a Renault 16, he always said: A car is like an animal. You have to feel the engine, listen to its mood and sounds. I always wanted to sit on his lap. He taught me to drive when I was 12. Only on private roads, of course.

Naturally. What kind of boy were you back then: adventurous and daring or more quiet and thoughtful? I think I was pretty quiet.

No bleeding wounds, no fights? No, not that I remember. I was a shy boy, loved climbing trees, running, track and field because I couldn't play football or basketball.

Richard Lietz, Porsche works driver and something like your mentor, said about you: You are not the greatest racing talent... Oh, he has no idea! (laughs; Richard Lietz is only a few meters away).

...but you are a meticulous worker who tries very hard and is eager to learn and learn. Are you satisfied with this description? No, I'm not. I originally wanted to stop acting at the age of 40 and just go racing. Go-kart racing mind you. But then I got this opportunity: Porsche sports car, 500 hp, a whole team supporting me, perfect conditions. A dream.

There are some fellow actors who have lived the same dream in the past: Steve McQueen, Gene Hackman, Paul Newman. When asked why he races, Newman once replied, "I've always been about competition. My wife thought I raced because I was bored of acting, but the thing is, you can't compete in acting . And I'm a competitive guy." Do you feel the same? I've studied almost all of his interviews, and at one point he says, "Racing was the only thing I could do with grace and decency." And that's how I feel too.

You don't want to compete with the competition? In racing, you're either the fastest or you're not. Thats is quite easy. And I would say I'm definitely competitive in my league of lousy amateur riders (laughs). But the thing is, I've never been really good at anything in my life. It was just different when driving. When I sat in a go-kart for the first time, I thought: hey, I can do this. I had a good feeling, not scared. I loved it straight away.

Your fellow actor Patrick Dempsey, who owns his own racing team, praises you as a great driver with a lot of talent. That's very kind of him to say that. Of course I have talent. But to me, talent is just the first step in a connection or believing in something you're tackling. Everything else is back-breaking work.

Do you like to torment yourself? Torment? I want to improve, yes. Especially when something goes wrong, it's very difficult for me to tick something off and go home. I hate standing still. I also believe that there are no secrets in life. And you probably know the theory that you need 10,000 hours of practice to be good at something. Real racing drivers have been in the cockpit since they were six years old. They are one with the car with every fiber of their being.

Michael Schumacher is said to have sat in a converted five-horsepower Kettcar at the age of four. Michael Schumacher is my hero. I was very fortunate to meet him once in Monaco when he was driving for Mercedes-Benz. I will never complete my 10,000 hours of driving, that's clear and also far too expensive. But I'm trying everything in my power to take as much as possible out of this experience.

Have you ever felt that zen moment we spoke of at the beginning in any other activity? Hm. I had the same feeling when I was a boy and I ran. You know: just me and the road.

And in acting? Not often, but sometimes.

When was it? When I was shooting the movie "Hunger". The film is about the hunger strike by IRA members in a Northern Irish prison. We shot a 24-minute shot non-stop, and we were just two actors in the scene. It was a tough experience and at the same time almost a surreal experience.

Does that mean there are definitely similarities between racing and acting? Yes, of course, you have to be super focused and relaxed at the same time. And sometimes you should have the feeling that you don't understand what's happening to you.

Isn't that the point where you start loving something? What if it doesn't make sense? Absolutely! Because as soon as something makes sense to me, I start liking it less. As a kid, I had a real steering wheel from an old car and used it to run around my room simulating racing. I don't think I understood what I was doing back then. it was a game

Seems you're a hopeless romantic. Are you living the boy's dream from back then? (laughs) Yes, a large part of my entry into racing was pure naivety - that's for sure.

What kind of car do you actually own today? A van. For my surfboard and my family.

#Michael Fassbender #Fassy #2023

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docholligay · 2 years

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saw this and thought of you

Yes, thank you!

God I know I talk about this all the time, but I am so annoyed with and over the utter boring ass banality of the very rich. I think you owe it to all of us, if ytou are going to suck deep the wealth of the world like you are an active child and it is a Hi-C box, to at the very least do it with some style.

If I were Kardashian wealthy, you wouldn't see six jars of Vlasic pickles in my pantry. I don't have Vlasic pickles in my pantry now, because they are not very good and my wife and are at a place in our lives where I can afford to buy pickles that are good. JIF? I mean, really? There are a dozen artisan peanut butter companies out there putting out a much better product than JIF. Snyder's pretzels? Fucking VEGGIE STRAWS?

Probably the issue is that these women do not enjoy food, and no I'm not saying that because they're thin--I'm thin, though admittedly not hollywood level thin, but about 15 pounds off from being so. I'm like a size 4. I love food. It is possible to love food very much and be thin. I say that because clearly they have no thoughts on the quality of that food. If I were this level of wealth, not only would you not see these low-level brands that don't even put out anything particularly good, but you would see much more variety in the pantry. Where is the flavor? Where is the drama?

Why does one NEED six jars of Vlasic? At least three jars of JIF? I can't tell the Kardashians apart so I don't know which one is the Khloe, but does she have a family of 8? What could possibly be the excuse for stocking up this much on household goods that may or may not see a lot of use? Is a weekly trip to the grocery store too onerous, don't pretend with me Kardashian, I know you aren't making it.

And the answer is because this is all about conspicuous wealth. There's no fucking reason for pasta to be in several small arranged dry goods containers, either--even my bulk couscous is just in one big poptop. But this is a new kind of wealth porn, one that is about SPACE, and ORGANIZATION, and its imagining that your life would be together and organized if only your pantry looked like that. This is the equivalent of a parked porsche in the garage. Its job is not to ferry people, or in this case, to actually be used, but to convey order and wealth. This is the kind of being rich that boring white women cream themselves over. The idea of essentially having a grocery store in your house, everything faced and ready for you.

Which is why someone wrote an article about it, I suppose.

It's as ridiculous as it is boring, and while I do in fact have GRANDIOSE ideas about what I would do if I were wealthy beyond the dreams of avarice, it has never ever been this wide-aisled, all white, 'barnwood', organized and untouched bullshit. My pantry would simply be a much larger mess than it is now, but I would still have a million hyperspecific sauces and spices and it would still all be falling down and there would be the amount of food I NEEDED, not six fucking jars of vlasic pickles.

#submission #VLASIC PICKLES

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