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Re: Harry’s Garage
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 7:26 am
by duncs500
"If you've got some town work to do". SERIOUS TOWN WORK.
I don't know what you lot are all moaning about, Lord M's videos are great. That one I particularly enjoyed, seems like one of the best Turbots.
Re: Harry’s Garage
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:22 am
by Jobbo
Zonda_ wrote: Wed Jul 01, 2020 9:26 pm
He's always used cars from dealers as well as his own and the 911 was the UK press car.
Exactly. He doesn’t buy new cars often enough to just review his own garage and produce a video every week. Motoring journalist reviewing new press cars: ooh, shocker; and he manages to review interesting classics as well from his contacts at dealers. Basically sourcing cars in the same way as Octane or Evo do.
Re: Harry’s Garage
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:29 am
by speedingfine
duncs500 wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 7:26 am
"If you've got some town work to do". SERIOUS TOWN WORK.
I don't know what you lot are all moaning about, Lord M's videos are great. That one I particularly enjoyed, seems like one of the best Turbots.
Got to agree. And I'm getting old now, I think I'd prefer a Turbo to a GT3. Especially that Turbo S. I'd have to try both though
Re: Harry’s Garage
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:54 am
by duncs500
speedingfine wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:29 am
duncs500 wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 7:26 am
"If you've got some town work to do". SERIOUS TOWN WORK.
I don't know what you lot are all moaning about, Lord M's videos are great. That one I particularly enjoyed, seems like one of the best Turbots.
Got to agree. And I'm getting old now, I think I'd prefer a Turbo to a GT3. Especially that Turbo S. I'd have to try both though
Saw an R on the way back from picking up the 'lise, that's just about perfect. I think they are giving the GT3 a Manuel again too though, so that would do me fine. It would be hard to choose the TurbotS over that.
Re: Harry’s Garage
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:58 am
by ZedLeg
I’ve always preferred the turbo to the GT cars tbh. I’d have one
Re: Harry’s Garage
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:26 am
by Rich B
GT all the way for me.
Re: Harry’s Garage
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:37 am
by Jimmy Choo
Re: Harry’s Garage
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:32 am
by GG.
Biggest single step up in horsepower between generations - quite something. I remember being amazed by 2.5s 0-60 in a Veyron and now this matches it. Massively prefer non DCR though and hate those wheels. The Carwow reviewed GT silver one with simpler wheels much more to my taste.
£170k is still a bit silly in my mind though. Will be interesting to see how many they sell at that price.
Re: Harry’s Garage
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:47 am
by duncs500
Oh, and Lord M is right about the plastic. It doesn't bother me that much around the vent, but at the back it looks cheap.
Re: Harry’s Garage
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 11:03 am
by GG.
Interestingly, looking back at the configurator, they now offer sufficient customisation options (mit manuel also!) to get rid of the awkward rear end treatment and crap looking engine cover / high level light, put a dirty great big wing on the back and basically spec something which looks like a GT3
First generation since the 996.1 that looks better with the sport design bodykit. Shows how wrong they got the original design IMO - particularly after the 991.2 which looked brilliant. Sport design wing looks better than the weird looking one on the turbo too. Very odd.
https://cc.porsche.com/icc/ccCall.do?vi ... &userID=EG
Re: Harry’s Garage
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 11:55 am
by Ascender
That captured just how clean and effortless it was to put down the speed. Would love a Turbo S and I still love his videos.
Re: Harry’s Garage
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 12:03 pm
by Beany
Yeah, real world Veyron pace (unless you have somewhere you can reliably go 120+ safely) for sub £200k and that is usable daily is pretty damned impressive no matter how you cut it.
Re: Harry’s Garage
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 1:14 pm
by Marv
duncs500 wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 10:47 am
Oh, and Lord M is right about the plastic. It doesn't bother me that much around the vent, but at the back it looks cheap.
You'd think for £170k they'd make them from CF, or colour code them! The duct is a bit boring too. Surely they could make it a more interesting shape.
Interesting that the new Turbo has a bit more of an edge to the way it drives. That said, it doesn't appeal to me though. I'd rather have a Cayman GT4 and £100k change.
Re: Harry’s Garage
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 1:39 pm
by Nathan
Obviously very impressive, but am I alone in not finding it desirable ?
Re: Harry’s Garage
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:23 pm
by Jobbo
GG. wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 11:03 am
Interestingly, looking back at the configurator, they now offer sufficient customisation options (mit manuel also!) to get rid of the awkward rear end treatment and crap looking engine cover / high level light, put a dirty great big wing on the back and basically spec something which looks like a GT3
First generation since the 996.1 that looks better with the sport design bodykit. Shows how wrong they got the original design IMO - particularly after the 991.2 which looked brilliant. Sport design wing looks better than the weird looking one on the turbo too. Very odd.
https://cc.porsche.com/icc/ccCall.do?vi ... &userID=EG
I absolutely adore the wheels on Harry's. Not sure I'd want to have centre-lock wheels on my own for purely practical reasons (bloody impossible to get them done up to the right torque at home), but they look stunning.
Re: Harry’s Garage
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 7:16 pm
by mik
That is very impressive. Not sure if I desire one massively, but I do like it.
Great memories being created at the end of the vid for his grandson - that seat moves back quite a bit with the gees.
Re: Harry’s Garage
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 7:58 pm
by speedingfine
Jobbo wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 6:23 pm
GG. wrote: Thu Jul 02, 2020 11:03 am
Interestingly, looking back at the configurator, they now offer sufficient customisation options (mit manuel also!) to get rid of the awkward rear end treatment and crap looking engine cover / high level light, put a dirty great big wing on the back and basically spec something which looks like a GT3
First generation since the 996.1 that looks better with the sport design bodykit. Shows how wrong they got the original design IMO - particularly after the 991.2 which looked brilliant. Sport design wing looks better than the weird looking one on the turbo too. Very odd.
https://cc.porsche.com/icc/ccCall.do?vi ... &userID=EG
I absolutely adore the wheels on Harry's. Not sure I'd want to have centre-lock wheels on my own for purely practical reasons (bloody impossible to get them done up to the right torque at home), but they look stunning.
JIC, those wheels are stunning.
Just a quick straw poll, is there anyone on this forum that liked these? My BIL had them fitted to his 997 C4... I didn't have the heart to tell him they were awful
Re: Harry’s Garage
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:05 pm
by Rich B
Yeah, not a good looking wheel..
Re: Harry’s Garage
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:32 pm
by Jobbo
Not a good looking wheel, and the rear doesn’t look central in the arch and the wheelbase is too short. Poor 997
Re: Harry’s Garage
Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2020 9:16 pm
by duncs500
No, don't like.
