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Car Forum / Porsche / Porsche Cars / October 2004Porsche 928 in Risky Business
In the movie Risky Business, Joel's father owns a Porsche 928. I've always wondered if the 928 in that movie was supposed to be a lemon or just have mechanical problems. In the movie, there are about three scenes I can think of where the 928 appears to have some problems. 1. When Joel and his friend Barry take out the 928, the 928 stalls as they are backing out of the garage. Joel has to restart it giving it a lot of gas. Why did it stall? 2. When Joel and Lana are confronted by Guido at the restaurant, Joel tries to start the 928, but it doesn't want to start. Finally, it starts after many attempts. 3. During the scene where Joel, Lana, and Miles are being car chased by Guido, you see a fresh puddle of oil? left behind when they speed off at the red light. Were 928's really that problematic? > In the movie Risky Business, Joel's father owns a Porsche 928. I've > always wondered if the 928 in that movie was supposed to be a lemon or [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Were 928's really that problematic? You do know that Mr. Ed didn't really talk, right? Cheers...Craig craig(underscore)shields@yahoo.C O M http://www.vabene.net --- I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information. - Calvin (and Hobbes) All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power. - Ashleigh Brilliant I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. - Fred Allen > You do know that Mr. Ed didn't really talk, right? What does that have to do with my question? > > You do know that Mr. Ed didn't really talk, right? > > What does that have to do with my question? Just flippantly meaning that you shouldn't really put so much faith in what Hollywood says. Cheers...Craig craig(underscore)shields@yahoo.C O M http://www.vabene.net --- I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information. - Calvin (and Hobbes) All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power. - Ashleigh Brilliant I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. - Fred Allen They put peanut butter on his gums. Dramatic tension is always good. > You do know that Mr. Ed didn't really talk, right? > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > who annoy me. > - Fred Allen Oh sh.t... All these years I thought Mr Ed really did talk. Are you telling me Santa is not real also?  SignatureMark x-- 100 Proof News - http://www.100ProofNews.com x-- 3,500+ Binary NewsGroups, and over 90,000 other groups x-- Access to over 1 Terabyte per Day - $8.95/Month x-- UNLIMITED DOWNLOAD > Oh sh.t... All these years I thought Mr Ed really did talk. Are you > telling me Santa is not real also? What about the tooth fairy??? Cheers...Craig craig(underscore)shields@yahoo.C O M http://www.vabene.net --- I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information. - Calvin (and Hobbes) All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power. - Ashleigh Brilliant I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. - Fred Allen > In the movie Risky Business, Joel's father owns a Porsche 928. I've > always wondered if the 928 in that movie was supposed to be a lemon or [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > they are backing out of the garage. Joel has to restart it giving it a > lot of gas. Why did it stall? Pehaps he needs help working a clutch? > 2. When Joel and Lana are confronted by Guido at the restaurant, Joel > tries to start the 928, but it doesn't want to start. Finally, it > starts after many attempts. Perhaps the movie needed some tension at that point? > 3. During the scene where Joel, Lana, and Miles are being car chased > by Guido, you see a fresh puddle of oil? left behind when they speed > off at the red light. You are thinking of the early boxters, those leaked, not the 928s. > Were 928's really that problematic? No. Bernard '84 928s, 220,000 miles later, NOW it leaks some. > In the movie Risky Business, Joel's father owns a Porsche 928. I've > always wondered if the 928 in that movie was supposed to be a lemon or [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > they are backing out of the garage. Joel has to restart it giving it a > lot of gas. Why did it stall? Joel can't drive a stick. > 2. When Joel and Lana are confronted by Guido at the restaurant, Joel > tries to start the 928, but it doesn't want to start. Finally, it > starts after many attempts. Creative screenwriting. > 3. During the scene where Joel, Lana, and Miles are being car chased > by Guido, you see a fresh puddle of oil? left behind when they speed > off at the red light. AC condensation. > > > Were 928's really that problematic? I've must have watched this movie about a hundred times, and I always thought the 928 in the movie had mechanical problems (or at least I thought that was the writer's/director's intention). I hope I did not come off as a troll, I just wanted to satisfy my curiosity... > > 1. When Joel and his friend Barry take out the 928, the 928 stalls as > > they are backing out of the garage. Joel has to restart it giving it a [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > AC condensation It's just a movie bud. Like in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, the Ferrari never sputters, stalls out or breaks down once. Sort of un-Ferrari-like in my experience. Steve Grauman Much like the 944 in Sixteen Candles that Anthony Michael Hall can't drive because it is a stick, yet clearly it is an automatic given the fact that Jake pulls the "stick" back to put it into gear with Molly Ringwald in the car. Pure Hollywood. >Much like the 944 in Sixteen Candles that Anthony Michael Hall can't drive >because it is a stick, yet clearly it is an automatic given the fact that >Jake pulls the "stick" back to put it into gear with Molly Ringwald in the >car. Nor dos a 928 sounds suspiciously like a Ferrari. Emanuel Signature1983 Porsche 911 1983 Porsche 944 1983 Porsche 928 I've never owned a 928 but I can say If you check out the discussion groups @ www.rennlist.com you'll find that shark drivers are some of the most loyal & fanatical P-car owners ever created......Having said that, I thought the remark by CJS was very, very Funny :-) Steve > In the movie Risky Business, Joel's father owns a Porsche 928. I've > always wondered if the 928 in that movie was supposed to be a lemon or [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Were 928's really that problematic? > I've never owned a 928 but I can say If you check out the discussion groups > @ www.rennlist.com you'll find that shark drivers are some of the most > loyal & fanatical P-car owners ever created......Having said that, I thought > the remark by CJS was very, very Funny :-) Merci! Cheers...Craig craig(underscore)shields@yahoo.C O M http://www.vabene.net --- I'm not dumb. I just have a command of thoroughly useless information. - Calvin (and Hobbes) All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power. - Ashleigh Brilliant I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. - Fred Allen |
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