Porsche Owners Thread - If you own one or just like or hate them! :)

Steedie said:
I actually bloody love that Spyder, Porsche seem to be growing on me. I've never really been drawn to them as the looks just don't do it for me, but I've always respected the fact that they are proper drivers cars. Every petrolhead should own one

@Gibbo, would you mind if I send you a trust message about V8 Vantage ownership? I'm looking at buying one as a toy for the weekend but had some questions and you've got a solid example so probably know everything I'd be looking to find out :)
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That is fine mate, but maybe make a thread on the forum as their are a few Vantage owners here and mine has not caused any trouble so regarding running cost I cannot add much really apart from expect around 22-25mpg on a cruise and around 15mpg typically, tyres fit Michelin PS4S, service with a specialist, I use AML and a full service is £500-£750 per year dependent on what is required and if your not using often then you can service every couple of years. Brakes are quite expensive been two-piece items, about a grand all round if memory serves me right.

Mine has been trouble free, its a 2009 4.7 manual with under 30k miles, done a few thousand in my ownership, they can be driven all year round but they are prone to rust on the underside so I would avoid using on salty roads and an underside inspection on any purchase is a must to ensure its rust free. I have contemplated selling mine but right now I don't need to free up the cash and the values continue increasing on the manual 4.7 cars as they are the ones to have.

A test drive might put you off, it is the car you need to drive for at least an hour or two before you can gel with it, once you do get that gelling as to speak the things you dislike in the first five minutes, namely the heavy clutch and clunky shifter you adapt too and you forget worrying about them and start to pick up on how magical the steering feels (hydraulic) and how much communication is sent to your bum and how well balanced the car is been a transaxle layout and the noise is just incredible as long as you pull fuse 22 or wire a switch to that fuse as I've done so I can operate it on a switch though in all honesty for me the exhaust valves are always open. It sounds magical pootling along and sounds incredible at full chat, the engine will pull and rev linear right to 7000rpm but there is not really much to be had for passing 6000rpm.

The engines are noisy on these cars, clatter a lot, tick a lot and can sound broken, I had mine investigated both by Aston Martin and a specialist to confirm nothing was wrong, its simply dry sump noise as it is quite a complicated engine, even an oil chance is not simple as it has like three drain points.

Find one, get it inspected and if it passes buy it, they are magical and make great weekend car and can be used fine as a daily, just avoid salty roads if you want to keep it long term, the handling is very good the car just has a steep learning curve and it is a heavy car so they are not the fastest car neither do they feel fast. But do you feel like James Bond driving one? ABSOLUTELY! People really admire it and mine is not a bright colour but people love Aston and it is a very special car to own and drive. Certain marques have a very special feeling and Aston has it.

Any questions feel free to ping me but my advice is make a thread, keep it public to help out future people making the same consideration. :)

If your ever up this way you are very welcome to come see mine, I will happily take you out just give me plenty of warning as I've SORNED it for Winter and its sat in the garage keeping dry and warm.
 
Thank you mate! That's really insightful, as I was going to ask stuff like service costs/intervals

I will create a thread at some point, I do think I need to really test drive one properly first, for a decent amount of time, not just around the block like my experience has been limited to so far, but it's finding a dealership that will let me. A lot of them that have good examples of these are very precious about them and obviously want to make you jump through hoops to put off time-wasters, which is absolutely fair enough, but it means test drives are only really accessible with not so great examples, that might put me off.

I'll have a look around and put the feelers out. Thanks though for the above, much appreciated :)
 
Steedie said:
Thank you mate! That's really insightful, as I was going to ask stuff like service costs/intervals

I will create a thread at some point, I do think I need to really test drive one properly first, for a decent amount of time, not just around the block like my experience has been limited to so far, but it's finding a dealership that will let me. A lot of them that have good examples of these are very precious about them and obviously want to make you jump through hoops to put off time-wasters, which is absolutely fair enough, but it means test drives are only really accessible with not so great examples, that might put me off.

I'll have a look around and put the feelers out. Thanks though for the above, much appreciated :)
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Yeah the nice cars are kind of getting locked away now as end of an era, why I've SORN ours, its worth 50k plus now, only paid 42k for it and if the values keep moving it might be worth closer to 60k next year. So just gotta chance your luck, some dealers don't care and some are protective, literally gave Lotus a surprise visit on Saturday late afternoon (was booked in for Sunday) but went Saturday as was in area after Oulton Park track day, asked if I could take out the Evora 410 and the guy just photocopied my license ID, gave me the keys and sent me on my way, so me and the Mrs took it out for a good hour and used up most the 1/2 tank of fuel in the car. :D

Maybe phone a dealership with a car you like and explain the situation, just say your serious but at same time need to know if its for you and its important to get it right as its a large sum of money to get wrong.
 
I've recently purchased a 2015 Porsche Macan. It's been exceptionally well looked after so the first thing I really need to know is how to keep the interior white leather in the fine condition it is in now? Googling just gives me the usual "make a cleaning solution yourself" videos or literally hundreds of different kinds of leather cleaning products :confused:

Also after some practical advice on do's and don'ts for leather interiors as I've never had one before :)
 
Don’t get in the car with dirty trousers would be a good start but seriously leather is pretty easy to keep clean as long as you keep on top of it but there’s loads of good cleaning products available for cleaning/ treating leather
 
Housey said:
More unobtanium
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Done a spec:
https://cc.porsche.com/icc/ccCall.d.../modelstart/all/default.ashx&webcode=PNKE5858

Also emailed it to dealership, will see if they get in touch and what timeframe and deposit they request.......

Or save 25k with more basic spec with what I think is a nicer interior look:
http://www.porsche-code.com/PN6LG123

I'd also get the yellow centre stripe on the bonnet, does not seem to be an option right now but I know Porsche do that, be also nice to have yellow interior stitching. Or maybe enquire about a PTS colour, like maybe Gulf Orange. :D
 
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Not a fan of how it looks tbh but I'm sure it drives great.

All the classic internet comments are abound "no manual, its a no from me" lmao.

If the GT3 is anything to go off, the flipper prices will be obscene.
 
Well Porsche Wilmslow returned my call and it went along these lines:

1. What are your previous purchases with us?
2. We have been allocated ONE car so far which we have allocated to one of our big spenders basically, of course not worded as such but its how it works, we all know this.
3. We might get allocated another car which will of course be allocated to another big spender, again not worded as such but basically you only really stand a chance of getting a car if you have solid previous buying history.
4. So far today we have had 30 enquiries on this car which we expect to be 100 enquires by end of week and we expect to maybe get 2-3 cars during the product cycle maximum.

In short it is unobtanium, Porsche might not be limiting and might be building them for 2-3 years but it seems that still makes the car very limited to around 2-3 cars per dealership in the UK and each dealership could probably easily sell in the region of 30 cars each.

So unless your a very good customer of Porsche which I suspect means you have purchased every model in the range brand new you stand very little chance of getting one, I also have to agree with how they do it, the loyal customers should get first dibs, that is only fair, why should little me who has spent hardly anything with the dealership stand a chance of getting their flagship product. The only issue is when they are clearly been sold to customers who have one intention, which is flipping the car, but I suppose if they can be flipped for 100k profit, then I guess the real question is who would not do that, it would be very tempting.

Still its fair to say it will be one hell of a car but expect them to be around 200k plus unless your amongst Porsche top customers who can buy one of the very few available at MSRP.
 
Gibbo said:
Well Porsche Wilmslow returned my call and it went along these lines:

1. What are your previous purchases with us?
2. We have been allocated ONE car so far which we have allocated to one of our big spenders basically, of course not worded as such but its how it works, we all know this.
3. We might get allocated another car which will of course be allocated to another big spender, again not worded as such but basically you only really stand a chance of getting a car if you have solid previous buying history.
4. So far today we have had 30 enquiries on this car which we expect to be 100 enquires by end of week and we expect to maybe get 2-3 cars during the product cycle maximum.

In short it is unobtanium, Porsche might not be limiting and might be building them for 2-3 years but it seems that still makes the car very limited to around 2-3 cars per dealership in the UK and each dealership could probably easily sell in the region of 30 cars each.

So unless your a very good customer of Porsche which I suspect means you have purchased every model in the range brand new you stand very little chance of getting one, I also have to agree with how they do it, the loyal customers should get first dibs, that is only fair, why should little me who has spent hardly anything with the dealership stand a chance of getting their flagship product. The only issue is when they are clearly been sold to customers who have one intention, which is flipping the car, but I suppose if they can be flipped for 100k profit, then I guess the real question is who would not do that, it would be very tempting.

Still its fair to say it will be one hell of a car but expect them to be around 200k plus unless your amongst Porsche top customers who can buy one of the very few available at MSRP.
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Unsuprsing news that. It's annoying but I also agree that it is the only way to do it.
 
No shock there at all. Just wait to see them up again on the dealers forecourt at a silly price.

A sad state of affairs really and puts me off ever wanting a newer Porsche.
 
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