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

[dessimpson]

I was out with Chris today. The interior in the Boxster was awful!
It was cheap plastics everywhere! Considering it was £10k+ more than the S2000 it REALLY didn't feel it!!
It sounded nice when you revved it when stationary. Couldn't hear anything but wind when moving though.

On the plus side. It did look proper good from the outside.

 

[RSR]

Two new updates from Porsche today:

991 GTS

2016 - Cayman

Looks like mines out of date before it arrives.

 

[Dr House]

There is a Cayman GT4 on its way also and I believe a Targa GTS!

 

[Vince]

There is a Cayman GT4 on its way also and I believe a Targa GTS!

New Targa looks properly sexy, they have loads of design queues from the early targas! big silver looking hoop... Just lovely!



You see, a proper stunner! I would have one for sure!

I would also have one of these:



Not that I am greedy or anything.

 

[Dr House]

New Targa looks properly sexy, they have loads of design queues from the early targas! big silver looking hoop... Just lovely!

Yep its on my list, The problem is they are too expensive at the moment so maybe in a couple of years.

 

[Vince]

Yep its on my list, The problem is they are too expensive at the moment so maybe in a couple of years.

I didn't even look at the price as it would just upset me, I bet the base model is somewhere in the region of 60-70k add a few options and you are up at 80-90k before you know it.

Like so many others I'm priced well out of that, although the targa almost looks like the "991 to have"

 

[Dr House]

haha if only, if the Targa 4S started at 60 70k I would be driving a new one now. Base 4s without any spec starts at £95k and ends up at £105k after you put some important extras on.

The 991 is a expensive car new.

 

[theone8181]

Have you seen the targa when the roof goes down. Its an engineering masterpiece, however i can see it breaking in 5 years time.

 

[xsnv]

Quite like the look of that Targa. Might split the 650i and get a 'family' car for the Mrs and a Targa 4S for myself next year.

 

[RSR]

I didn't even look at the price as it would just upset me, I bet the base model is somewhere in the region of 60-70k add a few options and you are up at 80-90k before you know it.

Like so many others I'm priced well out of that, although the targa almost looks like the "991 to have"

The base price on the Targa is coming in at £86,377.00 and when you think a base 991 is coming at around £73,509.00, its a lot of money. This is all before you add options and when you think the average person adds around 10,000 to 15,000 options it gets very expensive.

My GTS is coming in just over 71K as I went a bit nuts on the options list but that may change before the order gets locked in.

 

[RSR]

Have you seen the targa when the roof goes down. Its an engineering masterpiece, however i can see it breaking in 5 years time.

Its Porsche, so its going to over engineered and it will last ages. However, if it does the its going to be expensive.

 

[Gibbo]

Two new updates from Porsche today:

991 GTS

2016 - Cayman

Looks like mines out of date before it arrives.

That is the GT4 Cayman unless the revised versions come with rear cage.

 

[SoliD]

Hopefully the 991 GTS is as good as the 997 GTS, probably the best car I've ever driven!

 

[RSR]

That is the GT4 Cayman unless the revised versions come with rear cage.

Also if it comes with a 4 pot turbo engine as rumoured I'm not interested.

 

[RSR]

Hopefully the 991 GTS is as good as the 997 GTS, probably the best car I've ever driven!

You need to drive a Cayman GTS then.

 

[Gibbo]

You need to drive a Cayman GTS then.

He is right.
997 GTS is fantastic, it's like a road friendly GT3. As amazing as the 981 Cayman GTS is the 997 GTS would win it for me coming from a person who has driven both along with Cayman R, Boxster Spyder, 997.2 Turbo etc.

Though I am yet to drive a 991 C4S which is supposedly excellent drive with right spec.

 

[RSR]

He is right.
997 GTS is fantastic, it's like a road friendly GT3. As amazing as the 981 Cayman GTS is the 997 GTS would win it for me coming from a person who has driven both along with Cayman R, Boxster Spyder, 997.2 Turbo etc.

Though I am yet to drive a 991 C4S which is supposedly excellent drive with right spec.

That's fair comment, I've personally not driven a 911 yet. However, I will ask about a GT3 when I am at Silverstone next month.

 

[Gibbo]

That's fair comment, I've personally not driven a 911 yet. However, I will ask about a GT3 when I am at Silverstone next month.

Nothing compares to a GT3 especially on a track for feel and driving dynamics, not only that the GT3 is also vastly quicker. Cayman GTS in right spec will match a 996 GT3 or 997 GTS at most tracks as a benchmark.

997 GT3 is quite a bit quicker, more power and lighter compared to 996 and 997.2 GT3 is silly quick and RS versions insane, especially that 4.0l

The Cayman is epic but the 911 on track has an incredible race car feel that the Cayman does not have but they are both immense on track.

 

[Gibbo]

Hi there

The 911 has a full paint restoration over past couple of days and proper detail by Auto-Brite in Stoke, very fair price and exceptional job.


Rich took some photos in the terrible weather for me:


Richard O'Neill

Shall get some more pics posted soon and get some done hopefully in sun but this is long over due as the paint was heavily marred being nearly ten years old and there were also some marks. These are now all but gone and the paint has a real deep glossy shine to it, very happy with results!

hoping that ain't a nail in my tyre!!! Had a look tonight can't see anything and no pressure loss so fingers crossed.

 

[Gibbo]

Some pictures the guys at Autobrite took of the car after they had finished the paint correction:

Really looking forward to seeing the car in some direct sunlight as its going to look amazing.