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I part exchanged my Boxster for a 2004 996 Carrera 4 in Cobalt Blue, with grey leather. It was the demonstrator for the Porsche dealership in Chiswick, so had a nice set of options including the switchable exhaust which sounded great. 15 years or so later and we still have 'Piggy' as part of the family. I have recently registered it on the Porsche Classic register, which makes me start to feel old as it felt quite cutting edge when I bought it.
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A couple of years ago I bought an RS60 Spyder (number 1855/1960), as I missed having a soft
top. I have really enjoyed the Boxster. It brought memories back of my first Boxster and it has been great fun to drive.
I was looking for a manual 991 C4 GTS about 18 months ago and the dealership in Leicester had one pop up on the used car locator. I put a deposit down unseen and it turned out to be a Richard Attwood Legends Edition in Guards Red. It is the first GTS I have driven and I have to say, it puts a smile on my face just turning the ignition on and hearing the engine. I have found the performance and handling of the car to be fantastic and a very different drive to the 996. I am loving driving it (when we were allowed out....).
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I am fairly new to the Porsche Club and I am really looking forward to meeting up with the other members at some of the events, once we are all able to.
Tim
ref the build spec of your car - you can get it from Porsche Cars GB - give them a ring and they'll pull out the build sheet for you. It takes a bit of decoding as it has the standard spec items on there as well as the optionals - but it's all there. Used to be able to get this through the club but that was discontinued some time ago.
cruise retrofit as others have said is entirely doable - I've done mine via OPC and no problem.
as to the car using higher gear - it will do this in 'normal' mode as a fuel saving thingy. It also defaults to auto start stop which I find really irritating. So... there's a button on the centre console that turns off auto start stop function and also disables the 'sailing' (clutch disengages when you're up to speed) - first button I press when I get in.
the car will in that mode try to up-gear to help fuel efficiency anyway though so use of your right foot will kick it down and then it'll want to hunt up again - that's normal. To turn that off press sport - but you lose 7th in that mode. I find normal driving without sport mode but with the auto start-stop off is easily managed with my right foot - kicking down when I want and cruising when I don't mind. Also note the accelerator pedal has two pressure points - first one to kick down, and a second one beyond that to go to lowest gear at the current speed. Another trick with that pedal is a sharp tap that kicks down and sets you up for corners or an overtake for 30 seconds or so.
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That looks really striking with the combination of Racing Yellow and PCCB's. Excellent choice!stteale said:
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Mine with the Signatures and Fabspeed fitted.
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