New car day

Ok, ok…. It’s dirty because I’ve been too busy driving it…. Absolutely love it!

It’s immaculate, 2 owners (I’m the 3rd) I’ve done a couple of hundred miles in it so it sits at 13,700 miles.

Anyone who’s bought a Boxster or Cayman will know how hard it is to find one with exactly the spec you want, so I’ve made a couple of compromises which I’ll resolve once the Porsche warranty runs out.

Painted Calipers, different wheels as currently 18’s and a fruitier exhaust - can’t do anything until warranty runs out though.

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MikeyH said:
Come on you know the rules, new car means photos. Are you too embarrassed :poke: :rofl:
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Nope… been too busy driving it :driving:

…and doing some highlights and perms, before anyone else gets that dig in :poke: :rofl:
 
Pondrew said:
True-Blue said:
The Porsche lot are a funny old bunch though,
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Try the Aston Martin forums....they all think they are some kind of 'higher human race' than the mere mortals.
I noticed there was a lot of talk of 'charity events' for them to give something back to the 'poor people' (and to show off how rich they were). Pretentious w*****s. :D
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Met one of my best mates for breakfast this morning…. He mentioned buying an Aston Martin, I’ve know him 25 years and he’s never mentioned it before :?

He’s in a good financial position, but has worked very hard and never been divorced… not the look down on others type, but would do anything to help his friends.
 
Congratulations OP. :thumbsup:

Enjoy it. :driving:

Funnily I'd also read about how crap the 4 cylinder sounds too. However I was out in the 370Z(roof down) once, and I got behind a 4 cylinder Cayman, and no word of a lie, I thought it sounded really nice when he gunned it. 8)
 
LeeZ4MR said:
Congratulations OP. :thumbsup:

Enjoy it. :driving:

Funnily I'd also read about how crap the 4 cylinder sounds too. However I was out in the 370Z(roof down) once, and I got behind a 4 cylinder Cayman, and no word of a lie, I thought it sounded really nice when he gunned it. 8)
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If it doesn’t sound like a flat 6 to a ‘Porsche guy’ it sounds crap, to most other people it just sounds ‘different’… I’ve followed a friends 2.5GTS a few times (before buying this), and I thought that sounded fantastic.
 
Looks lovely. I can see its got some decent factory options on it such as heated multi function steering wheel, heated seats, rear camera and folding mirrors :thumbsup:
 
Boyo said:
Looks lovely. I can see its got some decent factory options on it such as heated multi function steering wheel, heated seats, rear camera and folding mirrors :thumbsup:
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Thank you, yes it’s a very nice place to be.

Extended leather on the dash and door cards, 14 way electric memory sports seats (which I have to say are fantastic), Navigation, blindspot warning on the mirrors, Cruise. I’m not sure what comes as standard, but from what I can gather… not very much :rofl:

The last owner had a Ghost II fitted too, which I have to say is also brilliant. Car won’t start if you don’t do certain things in a certain order :thumbsup:
 
True-Blue said:
Boyo said:
Looks lovely. I can see its got some decent factory options on it such as heated multi function steering wheel, heated seats, rear camera and folding mirrors :thumbsup:
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Thank you, yes it’s a very nice place to be.

Extended leather on the dash and door cards, 14 way electric memory sports seats (which I have to say are fantastic), Navigation, blindspot warning on the mirrors, Cruise. I’m not sure what comes as standard, but from what I can gather… not very much :rofl:
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Your right about the options which does make it very difficult finding a used car which suits you. Looks like you have got yourself a highly optioned 718.
 
Thank you for the photos and apologies if I sounded a bit rude, that's what jealousy can do to a person :roll: The car looks absolutely fabulous and yes I have heard them whizzing around and to me they sound great. Well done. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
 
We've tried speccing a Porsche up a few times in the past, and the options lists are epic for sure! I reckon that my Caterham has more creature comforts on it as standard than a Porsche to be fair! :lol:

Porsche have a cracking business model though I reckon, because they know that most folk will pay for the options regardless.
 
MikeyH said:
Thank you for the photos and apologies if I sounded a bit rude, that's what jealousy can do to a person :roll: The car looks absolutely fabulous and yes I have heard them whizzing around and to me they sound great. Well done. :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
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No need to apologise for anything, nothing wrong with a little banter, the “mug pic” was a bit of a tease/bait!… I know when others post pics of other cars I’m always interested to see them.

For example, I genuinely can’t wait to see @Pondrew ‘s labour of love when it’s finished… I’m 55 1/2 so hopefully I’ll live long enough :D
 
True-Blue said:
For example, I genuinely can’t wait to see @Pondrew ‘s labour of love when it’s finished… I’m 55 1/2 so hopefully I’ll live long enough
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I'm 18 months older than you, mate. I am not confident I will live long enough to see it. :o

Congrats on your Porker, BTW. They look an awful lot better than the previous incarnations, I will give you that.
Keep saving and you can get a proper Porker, one day! :poke: :poke:



Only teasing. :wink:
 
Very nice. Interesting re Ghost as that invalidates the warranty (officially)
 
Pondrew said:
True-Blue said:
For example, I genuinely can’t wait to see @Pondrew ‘s labour of love when it’s finished… I’m 55 1/2 so hopefully I’ll live long enough
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I'm 18 months older than you, mate. I am not confident I will live long enough to see it. :o

Congrats on your Porker, BTW. They look an awful lot better than the previous incarnations, I will give you that.
Keep saving and you can get a proper Porker, one day! :poke: :poke:



Only teasing. :wink:
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You can buy some 911’s for surprisingly little…. But I’d imagine maintaining them would cost unsurprisingly large amounts :cry:

It’s a baby Porsche… but I love it so far.
 
pvr said:
Very nice. Interesting re Ghost as that invalidates the warranty (officially)
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Well, from a glass half full perspective if my local dealer confirm they won’t look at the car I might as well press on with the bits I want to do sooner rather than later :rofl:

That’s a very good, and valid, point though… hadn’t thought of that, but it is of course a modification :thumbsup:

I was looking at the warranty as a bonus really, it wasn’t a deciding factor. I’m very happy indeed with what I paid for the car, it was well under the maximum budget I’d set myself for my first Porsche and very keenly priced even for a private sale.

I had to kiss a few frogs though, been to look at quite a few cars before I got to this one and in all honesty was starting to get a bit fed up.
 
pvr said:
Very nice. Interesting re Ghost as that invalidates the warranty (officially)
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I think that is bad in some ways to be honest, because all you're doing is to trying to protect your pride and joy from getting nicked. I guess rules are rules though.
 
Under two weeks for the first upgrade… Cayman S 19’s with nearly new tires went on on Sunday :)

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