So I have had my 911 Targa 4 for around 2 weeks now. I have done around 1500 miles in my own car and about 1500 miles in the courtesy cars given to me while Porsche fix a few small problems in my car.
The first courtesy car was a PDK Boxter, the boxter is a lovely car and so much fun to drive. More so then the 911 but it just does not have the road presence, sound and grunt of the 911.
I parked this in a shopping centre car park and came back to find someone had spat on the car
Then the next car was a Gen 2 2012 C2S PDK, We took this on a 1200 mile trip up to the Scottish highlands for the long weekend. This was such a fantastic car, it does not sound as nice as my old Gen 1 911, the steering has lost some of its feel and is generally a lot less raw then the Gen 1. However the PDK box is fantastic. Its really effortless to drive fast, but still very good and comfortable as a day to day car.
The PCM3 nav is way better then the old one and it gave me around 27mpg which is amazing considering how hard and fast I was driving the car.
Someone decided to key this car when parked in the front garden.
I have also found that white van drivers seem to hate Porsche driver and make life on the road very difficult. I have had them drive inches from my rear end on the motorway when I clearly can not go any faster not let me out a junctions and just generally be a pain. I also found that kids in 1.2 Hatchbacks seem to want to race me quit a lot.
The one good thing I noticed is that slower moving traffic seem to move out of the way for me in the fast lane on motorways which is nice.
Cost of ownership so far
£500 quid for 2 new rear tyres
£450 quid for a minor service
£1k for new discs and pads all round.
£400ish for tax
£175 to get it washed
Some warranty work was done to fix a few small issues, total cost would have been about 2k if I did not have a warranty.
Costs coming up this year
£2.5k for another 2 years warranty
£150 to change the drive belt.
So overall its a nice car, the handling is amazing its not cheap to run but probably worth it as its been my dream to owns 911 for many many years. I will probably keep this car for the summer and then trade up to a Gen 2 or a Gen 1 Turbo.
The first courtesy car was a PDK Boxter, the boxter is a lovely car and so much fun to drive. More so then the 911 but it just does not have the road presence, sound and grunt of the 911.
I parked this in a shopping centre car park and came back to find someone had spat on the car
Then the next car was a Gen 2 2012 C2S PDK, We took this on a 1200 mile trip up to the Scottish highlands for the long weekend. This was such a fantastic car, it does not sound as nice as my old Gen 1 911, the steering has lost some of its feel and is generally a lot less raw then the Gen 1. However the PDK box is fantastic. Its really effortless to drive fast, but still very good and comfortable as a day to day car.
The PCM3 nav is way better then the old one and it gave me around 27mpg which is amazing considering how hard and fast I was driving the car.
Someone decided to key this car when parked in the front garden.
I have also found that white van drivers seem to hate Porsche driver and make life on the road very difficult. I have had them drive inches from my rear end on the motorway when I clearly can not go any faster not let me out a junctions and just generally be a pain. I also found that kids in 1.2 Hatchbacks seem to want to race me quit a lot.
The one good thing I noticed is that slower moving traffic seem to move out of the way for me in the fast lane on motorways which is nice.
Cost of ownership so far
£500 quid for 2 new rear tyres
£450 quid for a minor service
£1k for new discs and pads all round.
£400ish for tax
£175 to get it washed
Some warranty work was done to fix a few small issues, total cost would have been about 2k if I did not have a warranty.
Costs coming up this year
£2.5k for another 2 years warranty
£150 to change the drive belt.
So overall its a nice car, the handling is amazing its not cheap to run but probably worth it as its been my dream to owns 911 for many many years. I will probably keep this car for the summer and then trade up to a Gen 2 or a Gen 1 Turbo.
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