Porsche Owners Thread - If you own one or just like or hate them! :)
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Glad someone gets my logic.
Suspect the added weight will be a negative, except for maybe marginally heavier steering. Of course dust will be annoying unless of course it's purely down to pads but I doubt that otherwise everyone would run ceramic pads.
GT3 guys say they better feel and modulation over ceramics and are better in the wet, yet some swear by them.
Gonna fit them in March/April along with the track rubber. Think the disc are approx 3.5kg heavier per corner, but track rubber is just over a kilo lighter per corner so helps a little.
If the ceramic pads are crud with steel disc then GT3 guys swear by pagid RS29's
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I realise that without pics it didn't happen but I drove a 2001 Boxster S on Saturday and was smitten. If everything goes to plan it becomes mine tomorrow night. I must confess that a big part of why i bought the first one i saw or drove, was the owner and his obvious passion for the car. Famous last words but I just have an all round good feeling about this purchase..as a consequence I was much less objective than normal and my heart definitely won the war! Fingers crossed my gut feeling is right or it could be an expensive lesson!
I used to have a 51 plate Boxster S and loved it. Superb cars with great handling, just don't do to it what I did to mine and you will be fine
I made this mistake...
You're looking at it all wrong. My gut feeling was right, and *that* was was the expensive lesson. I soon realised that short of an unplanned "blessing", I wasn't going to need more than a couple of seats for a long time to come. Then I realised that there was nothing with two seats and no roof that could be used as a daily that was better, other than the new Boxster. All the little extra bits that don't make sense if you're about to change cars any minute suddenly make perfect sense if it'll be many years before you can afford the only thing that's better.
That's an expensive lesson...
Just received my invite to the Cayman launch at Guildford, presume they will be coming out shortly for everyone. Usually not a bad evening for a few free beers and to poke around the new car, and some of their classics they like to have on display.
This is the upgrade you need mate, forget the rest, go do this one NOOOOWWWWWWW.
Sell something, lung, kidney, my wooly hat, whatever.
You. Yoooooouuuuuu!
I was fine in my 330/Z4 until you came along. This is all your fault!
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Me too. PM me if you want to meet at the event.
I mean no offense...
I disagree that people shop on spec. Enthusiasts shop on spec, but people shop on badge, age, mileage, gearbox, then spec (all imo of course).
A guy came to see my car yesterday, its Its £1.5 cheaper then the next Targa for sale, I have a 2 year OPC warranty and my car has 35 000 less miles on it but he went with the other one as he was looking for a Black car lol.
He did not seem to be bothered about the PSE.
Black > Silver tbf...
Odd that he needed to show up to realise that though?
I agree which is why I now own a C2S in black and a Silver Targa 4
Im quite tempted by these but I dont know about the warranty
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifi...inch/bbs-ch-r-19-alloy-wheels-for-997/1041708
saw this last night, reckon it would be a bit of a laugh 
http://www.speedhunters.com/2012/11/falken-gt3-rs/
http://www.speedhunters.com/2012/11/falken-gt3-rs/
My black 996 was an absolute PITA to keep looking good. At 10 years old even after a DIY rotary polishing job it was nearly always a few days of gleaming black, followed by weeks of looking drab.
PSE is a must though. I nearly got rid of the car early on as it sounded awful without any indication you were driving a car you spent your childhood lusting over. Any new 911 I get will either have the exhaust mod done to it, or bought with a PSE.
PSE is a must though. I nearly got rid of the car early on as it sounded awful without any indication you were driving a car you spent your childhood lusting over. Any new 911 I get will either have the exhaust mod done to it, or bought with a PSE.
I'll expect mine soon then, I went to the Boxster launch at OPC Guildford. Got some free Porsche mugs as well
I'll expect mine soon then, I went to the Boxster launch at OPC Guildford. Got some free Porsche mugs as well
I got one, for my local OPC, dunno if I shall bother going or not though, just a new Boxster with a roof which I had the joy of driving for a couple of days.
I'll expect mine soon then, I went to the Boxster launch at OPC Guildford. Got some free Porsche mugs as well
My mum won a leather desk set last time at the Porsche opening night, and got a lanyard with the vouchers last time, going to look at the catalogue to figure out what I can use my voucher toward without having to queue up.
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I got one, for my local OPC, dunno if I shall bother going or not though, just a new Boxster with a roof which I had the joy of driving for a couple of days.
Not interested in the Cayman much, but am interested to see the race cars and whoever the guest speaker might be.