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

Again, these have all long gone I believe :(

I would actually find 160K if they were available I think as I suspect they will be 350K by June based on current market mentalness.
 
I don't think the colour works very well on that car, I needs to be a lighter colour IMO.

I've done some cleaning today, I did go to get some pictures and then it chucked it down. So put it in the garage quickly.

I did get a few pictures:

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I love how when the sun hits the car now its super clean, there is a very subtle hint of blue / grey in the paint.
 
[RXP]Andy;27720859 said:
I don't think the colour works very well on that car, I needs to be a lighter colour IMO.

I've done some cleaning today, I did go to get some pictures and then it chucked it down. So put it in the garage quickly.

I did get a few pictures:

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I love how when the sun hits the car now its super clean, there is a very subtle hint of blue / grey in the paint.
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Love it, perfect spec, how you finding ceramics, bear in mind on cold/wet days or after a wash they do not work on the first couple of applications so be warned. But in dry or after a couple of pedal efforts they are so feelsome and so damn smooth and quiet. You will love the no dust.

If you ever do a track day, with ceramics you need to brake as hard as you can, do not be gentle, it destroys them, I found out the hard way and its a good £5000+ bill from Porsche for new front disc or more. :eek:
 
Gibbo said:
Love it, perfect spec, how you finding ceramics, bear in mind on cold/wet days or after a wash they do not work on the first couple of applications so be warned. But in dry or after a couple of pedal efforts they are so feelsome and so damn smooth and quiet. You will love the no dust.

If you ever do a track day, with ceramics you need to brake as hard as you can, do not be gentle, it destroys them, I found out the hard way and its a good £5000+ bill from Porsche for new front disc or more. :eek:
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I love how effective they are, as you only have to rest your foot on the brake it stops pretty quickly. As you can feel there is real stopping power behind them. I have not done anything in anger yet as I am still running her in. As of today I have the grand total of 211 miles on her. :eek:

The ACC is the weirdest item on the car, as you set it to the speed you want to do say 75 for example and then if a car pulls in front of you or brakes the car slows without any interaction. Its the weirdest sensation to experience.

Yes, I done my homework before ordering the PCCB's and I was quoted 3400 +VAT per disc. Luckily I have a friend who works in the trade who can get me 10% off that price.
 
[RXP]Andy;27721206 said:
I love how effective they are, as you only have to rest your foot on the brake it stops pretty quickly. As you can feel there is real stopping power behind them. I have not done anything in anger yet as I am still running her in. As of today I have the grand total of 211 miles on her. :eek:

The ACC is the weirdest item on the car, as you set it to the speed you want to do say 75 for example and then if a car pulls in front of you or brakes the car slows without any interaction. Its the weirdest sensation to experience.

Yes, I done my homework before ordering the PCCB's and I was quoted 3400 +VAT per disc. Luckily I have a friend who works in the trade who can get me 10% off that price.
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as in £340 or £3060?

Re the ACC after just watching this I wish I had put it on my car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WKr5Jg5_Jk

I had looked up upgrading my car to PCCB but it was stupid money!
 
Dr House said:
as in £340 or £3060?

Re the ACC after just watching this I wish I had put it on my car
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WKr5Jg5_Jk

I had looked up upgrading my car to PCCB but it was stupid money!
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£340.00, every little helps as Tesco's say. (Maybe that's not a good idea saying that at the moment with the financial hole they are in)

The ACC is really impressive option but its a bit weird the feeling of braking without any interaction with the car.

I've been completely sold with the PCCB experience and its one option that's going to be on my next Porsche.
 
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Ceramics will never fade but they absolutely hate heat, it delaminates them, this is why GT3 boys remove them and put steels on for track days if tracking a lot. Unless they have deep pockets and don't care, quite of a few of them, I met a GT3 owner who changed his front ceramics every few track days as he could not drive and was killing them, but he was like it's only 5k a time and it's only money.....

So if you do a track day keep heat levels down and you will create less heat by braking for less time, so be firm but harsh or as an instructor would say absolutely mash the brake pedal progressively.

Being gentle and not applying the brakes 100% before abs interaction destroys ceramics! leaving traction control on can also destroy them on track usage as well.

So apply the brake pedal smoothly but be at full braking potential within a second and stand on them, they will be better for it and you will be amazed how quick a Porsche will slow from 150mph down to 50mph and do it all day (with breaks) on ceramics without fade, rough pedal or squealing.

Follow the above and if you do just 1-2 track days a year you will find the disc will be good for ten years and the pads will last around 20-30k miles a set. :)
 
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pioneer2000 said:
Umm, unsure where to put this but just noticed that the GT4 has a Nurburgring lap time of 7min40 compared to 7min50 for the new type r?! Surely the GT4 should be faster than that...
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Porsche said sub 7:40 they've not released an official time, the new GT3 RS is 7:20, so it's somewhere between, unless there has since being an official update?

Also 10s is a huge amount faster on a lap, F1 drivers make others look slow with just hundreds of a second between them. :)

Or another way of looking at it means that around every 45 laps the 10s per lap slower car would be lapped.

But in all honesty it seems the 7:30-8:00 lap time is full of very quick cars but little separating them, for instance an M3 CSL is 7:50 from ten years ago on cups, a C2S 997 is 7:50 on normal road tyres and the new C2S is sub 7:40 so I think the GT4 is a lot lot faster than Porsche are claiming I mean surely it's quicker than regular C2S on road tyres considering the GT4 is lighter as powerful and I believe was shod in cup 2 tyres. Either 911's hold quite the advantage over the Cayman at the ring due to better high speed stability or Porsche are being very conservative on the GT4's lap time as they don't want to hurt 911 sales, who knows.

But also who cares, drive a front wheel drive turbo well setup hot hatch. Then drive a mid engined rear wheel drive NA car. Sorry one will feel good the other will feel absolutely amazing by comparison, lap times are not everything.

P.S. The Type R which did the ring time was not production either, rumours of cage, blah blah so production car potentially slower, naughty from Honda if so. Who knows what else they changed which the production car now does not have?
 
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Guys id appreciate your advice...

Started off with a budget of 25-30k looking at hard top convertible M3's and C63's but decided that I didnt want to buy a car that old. M3 looks dated and doesn't look 'bling' as it look a lot like a 3 series and the C63 is silly running costs.

Moved to looking at Porche Caymans old model, face lift 2011-12 for 30k ish with good spec. Dad then suggested we spend 40-45k on the latest model and keep it for a few years which I'm happy to do.

He found this for which we offered £45k:

http://locator.porsche.com/ipl-customer/ipl/details/details.ipl?cid=1

As I want a big spec (automatic air con, xenon headlights, PDK, full leather, Sat Nav, heated seats, electric seats) and its practically new its a good buy.... I think?

But now I'v realised that the 0-60 on these 2.7's is no faster than my friends Audi A5 3 litre or new cars such as BMW 4 series with 3 litre engines I feel a bit 'embarrassed'. Im buying a £45,000 car, a Porche - And its no faster than a half decent 3 litre car.

Im prepared to go 12-18 months older and get the 3.2 Cayman but am having a hard time finding one on the auto trader which fits what I need.

Problem is I like white, black and blue metallic paint but I'm not a fan of black on the inside as I feel the detail and quality gets lost. Much prefer beige as I think it looks 'posh'. Coupled with the fact I only like the 20" Classics and need PDK, Heated Seats. Sat Nav, Automatic climate control, electric seats I'm looking for a car that does not exits.

Best I can find for the money and spec but sacrificing beige for black inside is this:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...ge/1/onesearchad/used,nearlynew,new?logcode=p

What are your thoughts/comments?

What would you do?
 
Sorry I should say that il be using this daily and do about 18,000 miles a year and will keep it for 3 years.

Oh and the 2.7 blue Cayman has the sports exhaust which sounds AMAZING!!
 
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