Harry’s Garage

[Jobbo]

I quite like the red hood with the silver paint. The red interior wasn't as appealing - probably because the black bits on the seats don't really work with the red, being not quite black and just looking like the seams rather than a design.

Overall though, yes it's way faster than you can ever need but it's still massively appealing. I'd buy a Carrera S if I were considering it because 480bhp is plenty and it's a good bit lighter, but this is very low on compromises which is incredible really. Even the soft top is more appealing than I thought; the way it's lined makes it basically as good as the coupe other than for visibility. It's also not surprising that it's heavy; it's a wide body soft top with the 18-way electric seats, nose lift etc - all heavy options. For the road it's fine. I think I'd actually use one far more than a GT3 if I had one. Would be a 992.1 Turbo S though; that's already fast enough.

[GG.]

He had the gearbox fully rebuilt by Iain Tyrrell last year. It could have been caused by someone on the Evo test,, it could have been Harry himself who caused it, or it could have been something wrong with the rebuild - though it did seem fine for a year afterwards so that seems less likely. Having said that, I remember with the Espada he kept going back to Tyrrell because the engine parts supplied by Lamborghini weren't up to spec but that wasn't apparent until he drove it properly. Maybe the same here and the Evo test has just revealed the deficiencies?

I think having seen Harry's trials and tribulations, I would be put off owning a very expensive classic of this type given the difficulties keeping them on the road. Think I'd default back to an early 1970s 911.

[Jobbo]

I think the expensive classic which goes up in value mitigates the hassle and cost. Imagine owning a cheaper classic where the cost of a gearbox rebuild isn't quite as justified against the value of the car.