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- Wed Apr 10, 2024 12:14 pm
- Forum: Cars
- Topic: Test drive report
- Replies: 202
- Views: 6381
Re: Test drive report
With the particular chassis dynamics of a 911 I'm not against ensuring it has the maximum traction available... Even with 295s on the back of mine, across a twisty B-road in Scotland over crests and dips you can feel the rear subtly moving and shimmying across the road surface - I'm not sure I'd wan...
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 11:56 am
- Forum: Cars
- Topic: Test drive report
- Replies: 202
- Views: 6381
Re: Test drive report
That turbo is a tip - are you looking for a manual or an auto. If the latter you need to go for a 997.2 with the PDK IMO. I'd always spend the extra on the 997.2 having owned one and driven my fathers 997.1. Its mandatory to retrofit the PSE sports exhaust (as I did) but that can be done easily and ...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 10:41 pm
- Forum: Cars
- Topic: Test drive report
- Replies: 202
- Views: 6381
Re: Test drive report
Have also had some thoughts about a 997 after @Robinoz sent me an advert for one which looked excellent at a very sensible price; I hadn't appreciated that the dip in used prices for 911 generations had reached the 997 properly yet. Buy one now, keep it years and it'll probably appreciate by 2030. ...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:43 am
- Forum: Moaning
- Topic: State of the Roads
- Replies: 23
- Views: 586
Re: State of the Roads
I drove back from Oxford to London this morning and there was a council worker with his spray can out marking areas for repair not far from where I live. It was tempting to say to tell him to draw a line across the road where he was stood and another by the roundabout 400m away as the whole road nee...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:35 pm
- Forum: Cars
- Topic: Test drive report
- Replies: 202
- Views: 6381
Re: Test drive report
I know the world has moved on price wise but to me I'd struggle to justify spending £120k on a 911 that isn't a Turbo S or a GT car. Plus the depreciation is going to be very sizeable on a nearly new car. If I were stretching into that price bracket (and putting myself in your shoes with preference ...
Re: PS5 Games
I'm reasonably open minded. I'm not hugely in to mindless first person shooter games (notwithstanding I've bought COD but that's largely due to its reputation). Appreciate that is not much of a steer...
Amusingly I see Tomb Raider has been reissued on the PS5 - that takes me back.
Amusingly I see Tomb Raider has been reissued on the PS5 - that takes me back.
PS5 Games
As mentioned on the other thread - I recently had a mid-life crisis and bought a games console (PS5 Slim). The first one I've had since the PS1 in the late 90s. I've spent a fair chunk of time on GT 7 already and have downloaded COD (but not spent any meaningful time on it as yet b/c of the inverted...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 2:48 pm
- Forum: Cars
- Topic: Harry’s Garage
- Replies: 2663
- Views: 348093
Re: Harry’s Garage
Black one IIRC. They use to rib him about it never being used and nicknamed it the unicorn as it was never seen other than in folklore.
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 2:32 pm
- Forum: Moaning
- Topic: Clocks changing
- Replies: 64
- Views: 7591
Re: Clocks changing
I hadn't noticed that! It also logs cumulative time played and I was quite embarrassed to see I'd already clocked up 17 hours :? Oh, OT for this thread but anyone know how you invert the look up/down on the joystick in call of duty. Apparently old people like me press up to look down and down to lo...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 1:07 pm
- Forum: Moaning
- Topic: Clocks changing
- Replies: 64
- Views: 7591
Re: Clocks changing
I hadn't noticed that! It also logs cumulative time played and I was quite embarrassed to see I'd already clocked up 17 hours :? Oh, OT for this thread but anyone know how you invert the look up/down on the joystick in call of duty. Apparently old people like me press up to look down and down to loo...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 12:16 pm
- Forum: Moaning
- Topic: Clocks changing
- Replies: 64
- Views: 7591
Re: Clocks changing
My Merc is automatic - not sure how. Possibly it's 'online' all the time, as it does have that assistance dialer built in and the remote app that I can use to query the car. Yeti is a couple of buttons. I think most cars from the last decade or more change automatically based on the time signal tra...
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:10 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: For the FTAO of JL
- Replies: 913
- Views: 161907
Re: For the FTAO of JL
On average looks to be 3-5x their start price though.
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 10:40 am
- Forum: General
- Topic: For the FTAO of JL
- Replies: 913
- Views: 161907
Re: For the FTAO of JL
Yes the auctions look like the way to go don't they. There are a number of four digit plates that go for significantly less than the base price of £5k that deals seem to charge. I also agree that some 5 digit dateless plates are as good as a four digit. 17 RSR is in the next auction which would look...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 5:34 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: For the FTAO of JL
- Replies: 913
- Views: 161907
Re: For the FTAO of JL
:?: PSE 6 is for sale which would work on my car - PSE being Porsche Sports Exhaust on a 6 cylinder car. £8,995 though :? to me, that's about the dumbest reasoning ever. I know they are not your thing but the whole concept of private number plates is either the aesthetic of having fewer numbers or ...
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 5:07 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: For the FTAO of JL
- Replies: 913
- Views: 161907
Re: For the FTAO of JL
Wow - I didn't realise that they had gone up so much in the last 15 years but I guess that's in line with everything!
PSE 6 is for sale which would work on my car - PSE being Porsche Sports Exhaust on a 6 cylinder car. £8,995 though
PSE 6 is for sale which would work on my car - PSE being Porsche Sports Exhaust on a 6 cylinder car. £8,995 though
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:31 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: For the FTAO of JL
- Replies: 913
- Views: 161907
Re: For the FTAO of JL
Maybe... number + XXX are all £5k+ so I would want it to have some meaning if I were to get one - even if tenuous.
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 3:53 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: For the FTAO of JL
- Replies: 913
- Views: 161907
Re: For the FTAO of JL
Seems like XX GG or GG XX would be £25k. Unfortunately I think having the same initial twice probably makes it more expensive.
Chris Harris has 4 SXW on his yellow Touring. Any one have any guesses what that is supposed to represent?
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:55 pm
- Forum: General
- Topic: For the FTAO of JL
- Replies: 913
- Views: 161907
Re: For the FTAO of JL
@GG. ? https://dvlaauction.co.uk/auction/B262/A911GTS Ooh - I don't typically like those kinds of number plate but that one is very on point. £5k already though... When were you born, GG ? https://dvlaauction.co.uk/auction/B264/1979GG 1979 GG.jpg A few years after that... I have been mulling over g...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 2:06 pm
- Forum: Moaning
- Topic: Lyme disease
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2299
Re: Lyme's disease
Oh no that's not good. Are you getting IV antibiotics. Can be hard to shift as Lyme Borrelia bacteria can go into hibernation (apparently).
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 9:39 am
- Forum: Cars
- Topic: Your fleet running reports
- Replies: 20305
- Views: 2530694
Re: Your fleet running reports
What's the mileage limit on each SJ? :D :D Interesting thing though, putting the Porsche on with Admiral, their default mileage of 10k was actually cheaper than if I put it down to 2k. <shrug> This is an interesting comment. I'd never fiddled around with increasing the estimated mileage. I think bo...