All day test drive in September

[bazzab]

John, I’ve got to say that’s quite a u turn, I certainly wasn’t expecting to see this as I thought you were against the engine, in particular the noise it creates.
My wife has the 718s, and I personally think they are wicked cars, look amazing pretty quick 4.4 -60mph still retain reasonable mpg when my wife drives, although for some reason if I take it out it shows 18-20mpg.
Either way I can’t see how you would be disappointed, we are now selling ours to move on to a 992 and ours looks to have gone up in value.
Fantastic cars, and imo looks more special than the latest g29.
Good luck either way

 

[Oldskool]

An interesting thread. In March my PCP ends on our Z4 and I am looking at my options. We have the 2.0 E89. It is a 14 plate with 31k on it. I have test driven the 718 Boxster last year and enjoyed the drive and whole Porsche feeling. I have loved our time in the Z and managed a 2500 mile round trip around Europe last summer in it. A great experience and one we wish to repeat. So , I have to find £7k to buy the Z outright or go get a secondhand 718 at around £40k. My thought process is suggesting, as we won’t be going anywhere abroad for a year or two due to this Virus, buy the Z and sit tight for a year to see where this virus thing goes. Driving a Porsche just around the Largely poor roads of the UK is not why I want an expensive toy.

 

[enzed4]

And I’ll just leave this one here John.......! A88D1DA2-FAD7-4657-8CCE-8732AB830310.jpeg

That's gorgeous - what colour is that? Not one of the 'frozen' ones is it?

 

[Obs-Com]

And I’ll just leave this one here John.......! A88D1DA2-FAD7-4657-8CCE-8732AB830310.jpeg

That's gorgeous - what colour is that? Not one of the 'frozen' ones is it?

Its an M40i First Edition. All the First Editions come with Frozen Orange paint. Similar to Valencia Orange in the E89 but a Matte finish.

 

[Oldskool]

So, the next step in my future acquisition of a replacement car. I have an all day test drive booked on a new Z for Monday. The weather looks great so should be able to put a few miles on it and see how it feels. Could only get the 2.0 but that should give me an indication of the progress / evolution from ours to the new model. It will also try to get the salesman doing his job and get him to give me an idea of the costs of running and purchasing . I will do a comparison v the 718 and see if the costs outweigh the feelings..!