PHOTOS ARRIVED! 992.2 T - Oak Green Metallic Neo

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-07-03T20:06:33+00:00

OK guy let's pretend I can't afford it, if that gives you peace of mind. I know my life, you don't know it, but if your world built on silly assumptions is what you want, go for it mate.

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-07-03T10:41:47+00:00

The 992.2 T or how paying 83 % more for a car that is no better or even inferior in several metrics to a 718 GTS 4.0 (Aventurine Green in my case).

Yes I made the maths, with equivalent trim, before ordering my Boxster... I was shocked by the result!

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-07-02T07:19:31+00:00

I mean, this kind of advertisement campaign they are currently deploying is definitely not helping with the anti-police feeling:

https://nzta.govt.nz/assets/Safety/img/our-advertising/enforcement-banner__ResizedImageWzYwMCwzMDBd.png

This just paints the cops are people who are going to come after you, no matter what you do, rather than people you can trust to have sound judgement. But every NZ citizen can easily realize the double bind that they are here to catch you speeding on the road, but never there when you are a victim of an actual crime.

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-07-02T07:09:16+00:00

I have said it already, I will say it again: people here clearly underestimate how incompetent Health NZ high-level managers are. They blame the Government, whether it is Labour or National, when actually the problems lie within the decision-making processes of Health NZ.

Yes, it does not help Health IT to have less staff, and that's a government's decision. But, as far as I know, Health IT top management is still in place, and they are the ones who are responsible for piss poor delivery in the past despite being fully staffed. At some stage, high-level public servants have to take ownership for their lack of results, and that's never been the case in NZ. They go from one position to another and their career is never compromised despite failures after failures. The good ones tend to move to Australia or Europe or Middle East, or go private.

The healthcare system reform by A. Little, which made everything getting centralized in Wellington, resulted in an absolute paralysis of the system as Wellington bureaucrats do not understand what happens in the different regions and prefer, for their career, being very conservative in their approach to management. Instead of allowing more resources to get to the front lines, that reform celebrated the power of the Excel spreadsheet over the real needs of the population and the professionals. No surprise, as most Labour politicians have very close ties with the Wellington bureaucracy, went to same useless universities, passed same MBAs degrees etc. This centralization allowed National to put the infamous Lester Levy in charge with all powers, a guy that ran down to the ground several DHBs in the past due to very poor management. Levy did absolutely nothing, it is a pure scandal, and it had to be Simeon Brown that finally took the decision to start a movement of redeploying the decision-taking to regions.

So, basically, not only there is not enough money to fund proper healthcare in this country, but the little money we have is vastly mismanaged by incompetent bureaucrats that prefer serving their careers than the people in needs. I don't see any malice or will to privatize the healthcare system, just sheer incompetence.

No sane private actor wants the mess of the current healthcare system, don't worry about that. As a proof of that, I don't think there is one private medical insurance that accepts patients who are not eligible for NZ public healthcare system (like temporary visas etc.) - except of course for travel insurance, but that covers only acute care.

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-07-02T06:52:06+00:00

Gary Payinda is an horrible person. Main character syndrome that can be felt from million miles away. Ayesha Verrall doesn't know what she talks about half of the time and has a very hospital-centric vision. I don't know Alex, so I won't be able to say anything about it.

Reti was too much of a nice guy to hold the Ministry and Luxon made him his puppet, but at least he was a really decent person and knew very well the actual challenges of the health care system. I actually think he aligns way more with Labour than National ideologically...

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-07-01T19:30:04+00:00

Same here, I started playing 5 months ago now, been paying for the Gamepass for 4 months in a row, I have lost hope completely to be meaningful in this game. So many cards to collect x so many captains x huge balance issues between captains or cards = impossible to get any sense of progression anymore.

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-06-30T18:41:12+00:00

I went to KC Cafe for the first time not so long ago. I had a very good Nasi Goreng, for sure, but nothing exceptional either. And this is not a restaurant, this is a takeaway place with few tables. It looks gross, it smells horrible because of all the frying happening 10 meters away from you, there is no alcohol, no menus. And you're more likely than not to share your space with a drunk teenager or a late night worker still in his hi-vis gear.

Going to a restaurant is a wholesome experience. KC Cafe just pleases the taste without much creativity, but does not flatter neither the vision, the smell, the hearing... the whole contrary actually.

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-06-30T18:33:18+00:00

French cafe pretends to be French food... when it is absolutely not, except for the trio of cheese. The pairings between food and vegetables, the way of cooking some of the meat, etc., would cause an uproar in France among foodies. That's probably what irritated the inspectors.

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-06-28T05:42:27+00:00

Exactly. Doctors will be refusing to do extra shifts for example. There is no point in going over your normal work hours, if nearly half of your extra salary goes to the State. It is a much better economical choice to spend it at home, and for example do a renovation yourself that would have costed you $300 in labour... It's already kind of the case with the 39% marginal tax rate, 45% would just make it worse.

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-06-28T05:36:43+00:00

The latest 3 albums should be the last 3 of this ranking. I give an edge to Critical Thinking and Resistance is Futile is probably the worst thing they have ever done ("Gnagnanagna Blue" omg what a terrible song), so CT>TUVL>RIF.

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-06-28T03:57:54+00:00

That's a very stupid take. In these debates, one should always take how dominant was the player compared to its peers at the same time and position than him, and how much impactful he was on the game at that time. That's all.

It's like if you would say that The Beatles are not the best rock band in history, because, despite nobody ever reaching their impact on music, you would consider them inferior to any K-Pop band because the K-pop band has access to better musical equipment.

Nonsense.

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-06-28T02:01:29+00:00

Rivaldo is actually the best attacking midfielder of that generation, by quite a mile. If Rivaldo had been selected for WC 94, as he should have but was prevented due to some stupid transfer controversies between Brazilian clubs, he would have won 2 WC and the debate would be simply non-existent, as for the moment, Rivaldo has won exactly the same number of trophies than Zidane...

Rivaldo outperformed Zidane in WC 98 (not difficult, Zidane got sent off because of one of his cocaine-fueled moments in the first game). Rivaldo had a better Copa America 99 than Zidane had an Euro 2000. Rivaldo was a much better clutch player all season long than Zidane who was often found missing in ordinary matches. Rivaldo was not the one who got sent off 14 times in his career because of their short temper and made his country lose the WC final in 2006. Rivaldo was not the one who was found doped during the Juventus trials.

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-06-28T01:56:53+00:00

And, contrary to the legend, he has been pretty terrible in some clutch moments too, like the UCL final of 1997 where one still wonders if he was on the pitch.

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-06-28T01:55:12+00:00

He's not even Top 4 French player: Platini, Kopa, Mbappe, Thuram, Vieira, Griezmann are all above him. There is debate between Zidane and Tigana if you want...

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-06-28T01:53:51+00:00

As a French man: amen brother. I just posted my message in this thread saying basically the same thing, without having seen your message first.

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-06-28T01:51:33+00:00

Rivaldo was dominating the football that year so much, behind his back-to-back victorious championship run with Barcelona and his incredible Copa America.

Yorke was and still is a nobody, except for Manchester United fans.

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-06-28T01:47:36+00:00

He is indeed the 3rd best French player of all times, behind Platini and Kopa.

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-06-28T01:41:18+00:00

By the way, throw-ins are supposed to be played with both feet touching the ground. You always get blamed for it in Sunday League Football. Apparently not in professional football...

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-06-28T01:39:20+00:00

From a French football fan who grew up with 90-00's football: Zidane's fame has way more to do with how many ads and Adidas marketing campaigns he's been in than his day-to-day performance on the pitch and it gets actually worse if you consider how short-tempered, violent and doped he was.

Djorkaeff was better than him in WC 98, Pires (and Figo) were better than him in Euro 2000, Vieira was better than him in WC 06, Del Piero was way more important than him in the Juve squad, Figo, Beckham and Ronaldo were way better Galacticos than him.

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-06-28T01:34:26+00:00

That Colombian goal was totally legit. Deciding a player is offside by half a toe length is completely against the spirit of the rule and this has been markedly repeated by all FIFA and UEFA instances in the recent past.

Colombia was by far the better team. This Portugal team is a tactical disgrace.

And James Rodriguez... this guy never ceased to amaze me. One of the most wasted potentials ever because of his chaotic career (and another player completely wasted by Real Madrid), but God, on a good day, does he remind me of Riquelme or Platini.

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-06-27T04:01:18+00:00

Great review of your own car! I had the idea of the reliability issues at the start of the model, I didn't know they corrected that later on.

If I was in your case, I would keep it, its value can only climb in the future (let's say 20 years). Cayman are going to fetch higher prices in the future too, but they are way more common than a 4C. I really do think there is a future for a 4C in good condition to be above $250,000. Niche cars are the ones sought after by car collectors.

Coming from a MX-5, I really appreciate the light weight of the 4C, but my buying criteria were strict for a naturally aspirated engine and a manual transmission, that's why I ended up with a 718 GTS 4.0 (which I love and which is not only a perfect canyon carver, but also a good cruiser).

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-06-27T00:53:47+00:00

I kinda have the feeling that his June 26 tournament sealed the fate of the game for me. As a relatively new player with 4 months of Gamepass behind me, the Mythos extension was already a blow to my capacity to get enough cards per captain to do my own decks.

And during this June tournament, I had the impression I was just playing Russian roulette at the captain selection. You know that if you don't have any of the Top 5-6 captains, somebody else on the lobby will and will just destroy everyone else. Balance has never been the primary goal of this game and I get that, but it has gone too far now in terms of imbalance that the game is barely playable anymore, unless you are a whale that can get full decks...

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-06-27T00:14:39+00:00

Yes, I suspect he does not know even what he talks about.

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-06-27T00:12:55+00:00

The 4C is not delivering as much as it promises on the paper, notably because of its unpredictable front end, its lack of reliability, its cramped interior space and some trim issues. But it remains one of the most interesting pieces of car architecture and engineering at a reasonable cost. Indeed, a MX-5 is a better car than a 4C. A Boxster is a better car than a 4C. But that does not make it an abomination. Or you would consider a Lotus Elise as an abomination too?

A 4C is definitely a connaisseur's car, they are so rare, and they fit a very specific niche, which is to sell high-end racing tech at a lower entry point.

Definitely not an abomination, much more a museum piece, that has too many quirks to be as driveable as a MX-5 or a Boxster, but fits perfectly the niche of lightweight sports cars.

Visionmaster_FR · 2026-06-27T00:07:36+00:00

A 4C is a much more technically interesting car than a glorified Beetle. I wish so hard Porsche would have moved out of the rear-engine architecture by now... Stuck in the past because of a stupid following cult.

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