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Gorgeous car e: poo poo that was a terrible snipe.
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Few more pictures of my 718 
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That is a beautiful car. Congrats
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Mar 12, 2023 19:55
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Mar 12, 2023 19:57
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Today I went for a drive, and goddamn do I love my Boxster.
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Aquila posted:Today I went for a drive, and goddamn do I love my Boxster. Me whenever it is not raining in the PNW
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My friend's GT4 RS arrived and.. it is glorious 
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Mar 19, 2023 20:22
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Ooof that price increase. Porsche really wants all the money. And ooof racing green metallic is no longer available. Not like I'm going to get the chance to make a dumb decision anyways.
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Mar 30, 2023 18:15
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For what it's worth a 911 is still 30% more expensive over here, so my recommendation is to suck it up and choose BRG
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Also, the heater in my Taycan has packed in again and I'm seriously considering swapping it for a 911 in BRG I'd really like to stay electric but there's no good alternative to the Taycan (e-tron GT doesn't count) so maybe a last blast in an ICE would be ok
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knox_harrington posted:For what it's worth a 911 is still 30% more expensive over here, so my recommendation is to suck it up and choose BRG If I end up getting a GT4 RS, I think I want a lighter color, although Gentian Blue seems to look good on them as well. Because jfc, if you're spending that much money on paint, it's tough to get something you don't want.
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Residency Evil posted:If I end up getting a GT4 RS That's a big if. Having just gone through this for a relatively undesirable Boxster/Cayman variant I hope you know what you're getting into.
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Looking at getting a Boxster, and have found a 987.2 locally that I really enjoyed driving. Took it to Porsche for their 111-point inspection ($400 but I think well worth it). Came back with a bunch of small poo poo like "small mark on convertible top" (didn't even see it) and "some scratches on door sill where people dragged their shoes getting in", and brake pads worn > 50%, but had two things that seemed more worth addressing: leak near/around water pump and a "stage 4 overrev". Been reading up on the overrev and it sounds like someone missed a shift at some point and spun it up to 800-1000 past redline. Seems like it's generally a non issue as long as the car runs fine and some time has passed. So anyway, with this info I approached the dealer selling it (smaller enthusiast car dealer with a good rep) and asked what they thought about it. They said they'd replace the waterpump or possibly hoses (whatever is causing the minor leak), put all new pads on and replace the front disks (which they thought were starting to look worn), and do a compression+leakdown test since that's what Porsche recommended for the overrev thing. Feels like as long as the compression test is good and they do the rest, it ought to be a solid buy. What do you guys think? It's a 987.2 with sport chrono, the infotainment package, the comfort package, white gauges and 6-speed. 40k miles. Price is about what they generally go for but in this case I'd be getting a car that's had some issues identified and addressed.
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Aquila posted:That's a big if. Having just gone through this for a relatively undesirable Boxster/Cayman variant I hope you know what you're getting into. Sure. I've been on "the list" since it got announced. I want to do a European delivery trip if possible, and I refuse to pay any ADM. If it happens, it happens. If it doesn't, hopefully I'll live and have plenty of years left to make dumb financial decisions. I'm not too worried. 
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I testdrove the Porsche 718 Cayman S yesterday: It looks brilliant, lovely colour, excellent wheels. It's super comfortable, the 14 way electric seats were great. The controls are nice to touch. The heated steering wheel was excellent, as were the heated seats. Very responsive car. Great acceleration, lightning fast automatic PDK Dual Clutch gearbox. Suspension was the standard suspension, it was fine, didn't feel like it needed to be stiffer or softer. The speed limit display was very annoying, kept going "temporarily unavailable" every few miles, and had to be be cleared by pressing the back button on the steering wheel, else that error message would display on the right of the instrument cluster constantly. I hope turning off this option is a possibility. The GPS was useless. Literally unusable. It thought I was going in a direction I wasn’t going in, on a road I wasn’t on. I had to pull over into a lay-by, park, pull my phone out, connect it to the car and use the phone’s audio over the car’s (very nice) Bose speakers to get back to the Porsche showroom. There was no Apple CarPlay in the car (though it can be retrofitted, which Porsche should do as standard for any cars in its showroom...). It sounds weak, zero theatre. This is both I think to do with the fact that it's now only a 4 cylinder 2.5l car, and that it has the standard exhaust on it. The lack of cruise control made it really annoying to drive. Why this model hadn't been specced with cruise control, I do not know. This can be retrofitted too. This exact one is the one I took out: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202303245578456 I literally, no exaggeration, enjoyed driving the BMW e89 z4 2.0l more. Which has far less performance than the 718. I'm going to try out a 911 in a few weeks.
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Steakandchips posted:I testdrove the Porsche 718 Cayman S yesterday: quote:It looks brilliant, lovely colour, excellent wheels. It's super comfortable, the 14 way electric seats were great. The controls are nice to touch. quote:The speed limit display was very annoying, kept going "temporarily unavailable" every few miles, and had to be be cleared by pressing the back button on the steering wheel, else that error message would display on the right of the instrument cluster constantly. I hope turning off this option is a possibility. quote:The GPS was useless. Literally unusable. It thought I was going in a direction I wasn’t going in, on a road I wasn’t on. I had to pull over into a lay-by, park, pull my phone out, connect it to the car and use the phone’s audio over the car’s (very nice) Bose speakers to get back to the Porsche showroom. There was no Apple CarPlay in the car (though it can be retrofitted, which Porsche should do as standard for any cars in its showroom...). quote:It sounds weak, zero theatre. This is both I think to do with the fact that it's now only a 4 cylinder 2.5l car, and that it has the standard exhaust on it. quote:The lack of cruise control made it really annoying to drive. Why this model hadn't been specced with cruise control, I do not know. This can be retrofitted too. quote:This exact one is the one I took out: https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202303245578456 Sport suspension has amazed me on my Boxster T, both with it on and off. With it off ride is very nice and comfortable (for sports car) and with it on handling is incredibly precise and perfect. Sport chrono seems like a useless feature, but it actually gets you individual mode and maybe sport+, and active engine mounts. quote:I literally, no exaggeration, enjoyed driving the BMW e89 z4 2.0l more. Which has far less performance than the 718. quote:I'm going to try out a 911 in a few weeks. 
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Yeah if I was getting a 718 I think it would end up being a GTS 4.0... but then you're within spitting distance of a 911.
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Aquila posted:Don't buy that specific car. Here are all the options the 718 I test drove was optioned with: https://finder.porsche.com/gb/en-GB/details/porsche-718-cayman-s-preowned-VD7382 Exterior Bi-Xenon main headlights including Porsche Dynamic Light System (PDLS) Porsche Entry & Drive ParkAssist (front and rear) with reversing camera Rear Wiper Electrically folding exterior mirrors Transmission / Chassis Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK) Power steering Plus Wheels 20-inch 911 Turbo wheels Interior Speed limit display Automatically dimming mirrors with integrated rain sensor Light design package HomeLink® (programmable garage door opener) Heated multifunction steering wheel Fully electric Sports seats (14-way, electric) Seat heating Smoking package Passenger footwell storage net Interior Leather Porsche Crest embossed on headrests Audio / Comm. Navigation Module for Porsche Communication Management (PCM) BOSE® Surround Sound-System I'll see about trying one with sports suspension at some point, but it isn't that big a deal to me. It's absurd that cruise isn't standard, and who would spec a car without it... baffling.
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Steakandchips posted:It's absurd that cruise isn't standard, and who would spec a car without it... baffling. Welcome to the porsche options list
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The first thing I did when casually showing up to the dealer was walk up to the 2014 I was after and look in the window at whether it had cruise control. Only then was I like 'lets talk.'
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knox_harrington posted:Yeah if I was getting a 718 I think it would end up being a GTS 4.0... but then you're within spitting distance of a 911. Yeah but then the engine moves into a less correct place.
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I just purchased my first Porsche - a 2013 Boxster S:  
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That is so good looking. You've done well.
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Proper.
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Sexy car!
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The red top and interior works so good with that black/grey/whatever. Wonderful looking car.
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Everyone here has beautiful cars but those are just some spectacular photos to boot. Well done.
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Love that subdued color with the red top.
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Clayton Bigsby posted:Feels like as long as the compression test is good and they do the rest, it ought to be a solid buy. What do you guys think? It's a 987.2 with sport chrono, the infotainment package, the comfort package, white gauges and 6-speed. 40k miles. Price is about what they generally go for but in this case I'd be getting a car that's had some issues identified and addressed. Just following up here, the compression test was good (around 260psi on all cylinders). They're replacing the waterpump and doing brakes and a full service on it so should be done next week. Inshallah I will be a Boxster owner before long.  Option list (thank god someone replaced the white wheels, loving Germans) 342 Multi-stage Heating System for Front Seats 409 18" Cayman S II Wheel 584 Storage box 635 ParkAssist Rear 640 Sport Chrono Package Plus CMA Mirror Attachment Point Finishers Painted in Exterior Color P4G Comfort Package P4R Infotainment Package XD9 Wheels Painted in Exterior Color XFJ Instrument Dials in Carrara White XMK Roll Bar in Exterior Color Clayton Bigsby fucked around with this message at 18:27 on Apr 6, 2023 |
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Thanks all. Looks like the original owner selected pretty much every option (even the aluminium fuel cap) apart from cruise control. Thankfully if that’s something I really want you can get it retro fitted at an OPC for £500. The only thing wrong with it (as far as I can tell) is that the PSE valves have seized which I think is a pretty common issue. Thankfully they appear to be seized in the open position and as it’s a weekend car I’m not that worried about getting it sorted - I’m not sitting on the motorway everyday or anything. Porsche would want to replace the entire exhaust to fix. Took it to some of our lovely Scottish hills at the weekend: 
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Clayton Bigsby posted:Just following up here, the compression test was good (around 260psi on all cylinders). They're replacing the waterpump and doing brakes and a full service on it so should be done next week. Inshallah I will be a Boxster owner before long. It's a bit weird that it's not registered to the dealer but to a private owner. I have no idea about this particular dealer, but that is sometimes a loophole dealers use so they don't have to offer you any warranty since "we didn't sell the car, we only sold it for that guy". Not that it matters much to most people, but I'm assuming you know it's an import?
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Nidhg00670000 posted:It's a bit weird that it's not registered to the dealer but to a private owner. I have no idea about this particular dealer, but that is sometimes a loophole dealers use so they don't have to offer you any warranty since "we didn't sell the car, we only sold it for that guy". Not that it matters much to most people, but I'm assuming you know it's an import? Yeah, the dealer is the one that imported it on behalf of the first owner here since they had a hard time finding a suitable one within the country. It then was sold to another guy in the same city. The dealer has been very good to deal with (taking it to Porsche for inspection on their own dime and then addressing every issue they found) so not worried about any shady business from them. I honestly didn't reflect over the ownership since I assume they were doing some sort of consignment sale but maybe not a bad idea to just pose the question to them. The second time the car was sold in Sweden the dealer took ownership for two days before the new owner so either it was a quick sale or they do the ownership transfer right before selling it for...reasons? As for the waterpump I mentioned, it was a cracked hose so the WP itself is fine. They ordered a new one and it should be in early next week. Porsche was fairly vague about the issue ("leak by waterpump") but the mechanic said it was very obvious so gotta wonder if they deliberately wrote it like that so you couldn't easily get a quote for the work elsewhere. Clayton Bigsby fucked around with this message at 06:56 on Apr 14, 2023 |
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   Thunderhill with the Cayman. This thing is so good.
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Whoa, I've never seen Thunderhill green.  It actually looks quite nice. I hope it's still like that in June when I go.
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Hi. I bought a 986 S and it's got the CDR23 in it with the Bose sound system. I already own an e9x BMW so I know that my brain is broken. I'd like to add modern features to the audio system, but I am also stupid and would like to keep both of my lil storage bins in the lower dash area. Can I put the PCCM in this thing instead of the PCCM+? Here's a pic, I guess:  e, this is what it look like (when it gets here)  Elite Taco fucked around with this message at 03:18 on Apr 21, 2023 |
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If you just want bluetooth, Conti head units match nicely and are a fraction of the price. https://www.bergvillfx.com/products/continental-trdw312ub-or He also sells wiring harnesses. Was pretty easy to install in my 996.
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I'm totally going to just get a Continental unit to replace my CR210 if I get off my fat rear end to do something about it.
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Using a Conti like that in my 993. I figured I'd give it a go and if I felt like I was missing something, I'd buy the PCM.
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