Comments on: Porsche Prototypes Photographed By Google Street View

By: Michael Ayoub

Michael Ayoub — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:26:17 +0000

Wait, you mean that when you’re in public, people can see you?

By: shaker

shaker — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 15:35:41 +0000

I’ve never seen a “Google Eye” on a vehicle, but I imagine it’s just some people trying to make a buck in these times – just drive around.

They drove by my house a year ago, when the mail was being delivered (so it was around 1:30 PM).

I also found my car parked in my company lot (probably on a diffenent day).

Hmmm – I wonder if the time stamps for these could be subpoena(ed) by the gov’t or a lawyer?

I bet so.

Expect to see a lot more “Google Eye” type vehicles in the future – working for all media types, law firms AND the gov’t.

When this becomes common, I’ll make it a point to scratch my balls when one drives by…

By: westcott

westcott — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 14:47:03 +0000

More to the point, I agree that cameras should be removed from public roads and spaces. Big Brother does it under the guise of traffic control and no one seems to care that their rights are being violated. It is not a matter of whether or not it seems innoucuous to the average, law abiding citizen. It is a matter of principle. Where does it stop? Public bathrooms, hotels, public swimming pools, parks, etc.?

By: JJ

JJ — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:53:56 +0000

911s?

They look a lot like the recently facelifted Boxster to me. Only the mirrors look kind of weird to me, and above the rear air inlets there’s an unidentified gill that could also be a reflection.

At first side the roofline looks ever so slightly different as well but I haven’t compared it to the current one 1-to-1 yet.

Could it be the 2011 Boxster disguised as the new 2009/10 Boxster facelift?

By: Bertel Schmitt

Bertel Schmitt — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:43:29 +0000

Sydney corrected.

As for the tarps, who knows.

We once got caught with a prototype Audi in beautiful Ronda, Spain. The car was quickly mobbed by a crowd that shouted “a new Audi!” Finally, an old geezer peered inside, and said: “It’s not new. It already has 35000 km on the odometer!” The crowd dispersed and we kept our jobs.

By: Nicodemus

Nicodemus — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 08:26:45 +0000

Firstly it’s Sydney Morning Herald.

Secondly, these are un-disguised vehicles. The tarps are likely to stop them getting dirty or at very most hide an interior style. Tarps aren’t used to hide identities.

They’re probably on a photo shoot and trying to keep dust of the cars.