No Turbo for you! Hilary Duff's manager nixes Porsche buy
It appears the sins of her peers have been visited upon super duper pop sensation Hilary Duff. Well, that and good business sense from her manager. Duff, who has done a pretty good job at not becoming infamous, wants to buy a Porsche Cayenne Turbo. It's her dream car. Her business manager's reaction to the 19-year-old Duff getting behind the wheel of a 500-hp SUV: "Nein." Just to make sure everyone was clear on the position, Duff said "he said I'm a terrible driver and don't need that kind of car." If she actually takes his advice -- and doesn't purchase a 911 Turbo as a consolation prize, say -- then score one for Hilary.
[Source: Digital Spy]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
SPG 5:08PM (8/23/2007)
Let her buy the V6 then.
Or for fun, a Liberty CRD. My fun that is.
It would be pretty funny.
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John P. 5:13PM (8/23/2007)
Kudos to the Manager, That girl should never get behind the wheel of anything with over 150hp let alone 500.
I mean, maybe when she grows up, at 50 years-old or something,.. ok. The manager needs at least 5-10 more years of milking her cash for all it's worth before she does anything to jeopardize his kids' college funds.
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jim 5:17PM (8/23/2007)
"The other day I had a little accident because I was driving while I was on the phone."
Please stay in a Mercedes with all kinds of anti-collision systems, and lighter than 5,192 lb.
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CaliberSRT4 5:21PM (8/23/2007)
It should be up to her on what she gets. But hopefully she doesn't get one simply because the "Ho Trio" (Paris, Nicole, Lindsey etc.) have had collisions in fancy high priced cars. A 19 year old girl needs something like a Cobalt or Sentra type of car anyways.
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Don 5:22PM (8/23/2007)
Geeze. Let the girl get what she wants. How many of us get to buy a car like that? Especially at that age?
You only live once.
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vdk 6:29PM (8/23/2007)
And die young?
Live life and die young typa thing?
Don 6:29PM (8/23/2007)
Only if you're an idiot...have you heard anything about her acting like a fool?
I haven't.
Phillip 6:35PM (8/23/2007)
Yes I have, look at her from a few years ago, and look now. Same things the rest the stars are doing, starving themselves to sticks.
Youd be amazed how tempting 500hp to a teenager
DAMurphy 7:36AM (8/24/2007)
"You only live once"
As do the 4 passengers of the Honda Civic she plows into with 610,133+ foot pounds of energy.
Don 1:38PM (8/24/2007)
Alright, alright...I get it. I guess you have to think of it this way: would you give YOUR 20-something daughter a 500 hp SUV?
Answer: no.
Simon 5:23PM (8/23/2007)
She should hang out with Lindsay Lohan. She bought a Silver SL65 in 2005 with 604hp and 738 torque and 0-60 in 3.7 seconds and crashed it 2 months later.
Her friends said if you like the SL so much then get the SL500. She went in last year to get a 2006 SL500 and came home with another SL65.
She crashed that one a few months ago.
http://www.gossipchart.com/lindsay-lohan/lindsay-lohan-crashes-her-car/
http://www.leftlanenews.com/celebrity-accidents-lohans-sl65-amg-dangelo-wrecks-hummer-dmx-in-court.html
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Carl 5:24PM (8/23/2007)
If she has any brains she'll listen to her manager.
If her manager has any brain power he'll send her to this:
www.porschedriving.com/womensonly.htm
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fordman 5:28PM (8/23/2007)
I work at a large lumbur exporting company and a guy stopped by our office several months back for a meeting. He had a light blue SL55. I started asking him about it and how fast it was and he shockingly told me to take it for a spin. I grabbed the keys and ran out.
All the car mags have given the car a 0-60 in about 4.2 to 4.3 seconds and for a guy driving a Ranger everyday I din't know what to expect.
After firing it up and getting on my way this car was astonishingly fast. 493hp and 510 torque is insane. I could not tip the gas pedal soft enough at the lights! It would just jerk the tires and get going. At anytime and any speed if I just pressed on the gas slightly it would move forward. No kickdowns needed!
So I cannot imagine a V12 with 738 torque at only 1800RPM would feel like!!!?
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why not the LS2LS7? 5:28PM (8/23/2007)
Wow. She has a great press agent.
Making not doing anything into a cause for a press release. Genius.
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JGuan 5:34PM (8/23/2007)
Unless shes planning on driving through African sand dunes and salt pans to save dying children, I say no. Give her a Prius and call it a day.
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TokerEconomy 5:40PM (8/23/2007)
'Please buy me that cute one'. Hollywood is submersed in stupidity anyway.
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IROCKNROLL 5:54PM (8/23/2007)
Sounds like a lot of jealousy here. The girl has millions, you don't. Get over it. A Prius or a Sentra? Whatever. Just because you drive one doesn't mean everyone else has to.
Having said that, I agree with her manager in not getting something quite that fast, but I wouldn't dumb her downb to a Cobalt POS.
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CaliberSRT4 7:39PM (8/23/2007)
I don't drive a prius or a sentra...and never will. Even if I had that kind of money I wouldn't ever get a Porsche. I will stick to buying a Dodge or Chevy.
JGuan 10:04PM (8/23/2007)
I don't drive a Prius or a Sentra either, I drive an Acura TL.
Kevin White 6:05PM (8/23/2007)
A Mercedes C320 and a BMW X3 would probably be reasonable vehicles for her to purchase.
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