Ok, just back from a quick trip across to Gert Carnewal. Firstly, what a thoroughly great service. Arrived at 11am, gave the car over to Gert, he showed us to his guest house and told us (Mrs Caymanster with me) to make ourselves at home. 2 hours and a quick snooze on the leather couch, I worked a night shift last night, and the car was done. First impressions were that the look of the RS60 tailpipes is much better than the gen 1 S pipe. Gert warned me that the DME would take a while to adjust to the better airflow so the car wouldn't sound it's best straight away. Still sounded way better when I first turned the key. After settling up (very reasonable for the excellent work and service, a bargain in fact) we said our goodbyes and hit the road again. Every bit of open road or a gap in the traffic was met with a quick blast of the, increasingly, loud pedal and accompanied by a big grin from me. Gert was spot on when he said it would take 60km or so for the full effect to kick in. The car steadily grew in raspiness and volume and then settled at a satisfying yet not too antisocial level. No drone at steady, ahem, motorway speeds either. Suffice to say that our journey back from Gert's to the Eurotunnel was a good 15 minutes quicker than the journey there this morning. Sat nav took us via the Dartford tunnel on the way home because of heavy traffic on the southern and western sections of the M25. You can guess the rest. The sound on full chat in the tunnel gave me goose bumps and drew a thumbs up from a couple of van drivers. That's it really. Thoroughly enjoyed the day. Gert is a top man and his work seems exceptional. May even go back for the 200 cel cats at a later date although I don't want to go too loud. Can't recommend Gert highly enough.
