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Angelus666

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So, this bad boy turned up last week.....wowzers, what a weapon this thing is. It really feels like a race car that you can drive on the road. The motor is a masterpiece and there are some similarities to the S54 in that it can sound like a bag of marbles at lower speeds, but once you get it up to 9k rpm range it's a real event to the senses. Even at 5 years old, it's a car that draws so much positive attention, people taking pictures and coming over to chat about it. It's probably my all-time ultimate sports car, so feel very fortunate to now own one. :driving:

The speed at which this thing can take corners is simply unbelievable....relatively tight right-handers where I'd only go in at 40mph max in the Z4MC you can do at 70mph easily in the RS. The rear tyres being 325's provide phenomenal grip.

I'm going to semi-daily drive it, which is probably stupid, but f*ck it, whilst I still can you might as well. (I hope the single-mass flywheel doesn't become a pain, as it makes a right old noise in full automatic mode)
 

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Amazing, well done buddy, lots of hard work to be able to own such a machine... enjoy enjoy enjoy...... :D :D :D :D :D :D

always feel rather proud of these type of posts in a strange way. love to see people living the dream 8)
 
Thanks Byron. It certainly took a lot of back and forth in the brain for a few days to finally decide to part with £150k for a 5 year old car :rofl: ......but I'm a car geek, so if it's your thing you might as well embrace it!
 
Angelus666 said:
Thanks Byron. It certainly took a lot of back and forth in the brain for a few days to finally decide to part with £150k for a 5 year old car :rofl: ......but I'm a car geek, so if it's your thing you might as well embrace it!
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soooo excited for you, ill be with you one day... just gotta work alittttttlllleee harder :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:

now how about lots of detail pics please :-) engine bay, suspension, brakes, EVERYTHING.


i PPF'd one of these and it was a pain in the total ass to do :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
 
Congratulations Nathan that is stunning!

Will have to give you a shout for a closer look when I'm in the area next :thumbsup:
 
Beautiful it definitely is. Subtle it definitely is not! :lol:
Enjoy! :thumbsup:
 
Looks incredible, I bet it's ridiculously good to drive!

"Stupid" would be to keep it locked in the garage - drive it and enjoy the hell out of it :thumbsup:
 
Absolutely stunning. Love the colour. You won’t be leaving that in Sainsbury’s car park will you? :thumbsup:
 
Thanks for the comments chaps....! The massive wing and lava orange is certainly not subtle and definitely attracts the local school kids to stop and take pictures of it. I don't remember ever seeing one of these on the road, so this one is going to get driven and used as much as I possibly can. I even took it to footie on Saturday and saw Roger Daltry (from The Who) on the A127 in a beautiful 1970 911 give the big thumbs up :thumbsup:

It drives amazingly well, above speeds of 70mph it's crazy how planted and composed it is at taking bends. The ride is very composed and the suspension takes all the bumps and divots with ease. There's a bit of tramlining with those massive tyres, but you get used to it and never feels too bad. The PDK box feels a very different setup to that of the Boxster GTS, it's a lot more aggressive and doesn't like lower speeds, it almost feels like a single clutch in character.

The cost to run one of these isn't quite as bad as you'd imagine. The two-year Porsche warranty is £1800 and whilst it's a 50 insurance group for me and the missus it's only £700 a year. Servicing isn't so bad either, every two years alternating between minor (£400) and major (£1000). It's got a silly small fuel tank (for weight saving) so you can only get £70 worth of fuel in it, which is a pain, but it averages 22mpg so not too bad.
 
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Absolutely stunning. Love the colour. You won’t be leaving that in Sainsbury’s car park will you? :thumbsup:
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Ha, had it's first shopping trip to Bluewater on the weekend :rofl:
 

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That is stunning :thumbsup:

Just how it should be bright and lairy :lol:

That would be my choice of colour or bright green.

Enjoy many happy miles in it :driving:
 
That looks very nice, especially without number plate.

Is it a manual box?
 
pvr said:
Is it a manual box?
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Not available on the .1 gen cars which I assume this is being 5 years old.

Looks fantastic, enjoy! I drove my friend's a year or so ago for an hour or so, sadly in SE traffic, lovely car.
For me though I'd want to be tracking it and from what I've read the .1 gen engines have an unpleasant habit of going bang under hard usage on track, hence the redesigned valve train for .2. Did they not do a 7 year warranty or something on these engines after the original batch caught fire? There's about 6 or so revisions so far by Porsche to this engine from what I have read :cry:
 
Angelus666 said:
IRD said:
Absolutely stunning. Love the colour. You won’t be leaving that in Sainsbury’s car park will you? :thumbsup:
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Ha, had it's first shopping trip to Bluewater on the weekend :rofl:
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You’re a brave man but I notice how carefully you had parked on Saturday.
 
Angelus666 said:
So, this bad boy turned up last week.....wowzers, what a weapon this thing is. It really feels like a race car that you can drive on the road. The motor is a masterpiece and there are some similarities to the S54 in that it can sound like a bag of marbles at lower speeds, but once you get it up to 9k rpm range it's a real event to the senses. Even at 5 years old, it's a car that draws so much positive attention, people taking pictures and coming over to chat about it. It's probably my all-time ultimate sports car, so feel very fortunate to now own one. :driving:

The speed at which this thing can take corners is simply unbelievable....relatively tight right-handers where I'd only go in at 40mph max in the Z4MC you can do at 70mph easily in the RS. The rear tyres being 325's provide phenomenal grip.

I'm going to semi-daily drive it, which is probably stupid, but f*ck it, whilst I still can you might as well. (I hope the single-mass flywheel doesn't become a pain, as it makes a right old noise in full automatic mode)
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Very very nice Nathan/Angelus.

The colour suits it to a t.....seen it in the flesh in this colour,and looks superb
They do drive very very well,and they are, for me, one of The Best handling and gripping (as you say) cars I have ever driven.

They do feel as if Porsche had "honed" the Body shell out of one solid Piece of metal.
The chassis is very well sorted.
These are really top end money now these cars,and still likely to rise more through time.

Enjoy :thumbsup: :driving:
 
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Ha, had it's first shopping trip to Bluewater on the weekend
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Bet it felt even more unique, alongside the hoards of Strange Rovers on a typical Saturday at the 'quarry' :thumbsup:
If you ever need someone to babysit it, just let me know :D
 
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