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First Day!
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Andrew Killington
New member
first impressions (driver and interested observers)?
Andrew
ORIGINAL: pwebb
Persuaded some colleagues to show an interest....
Picked up the car last night, and apparently the first in Guards Red from the Guildford dealership.
Peter
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What a pleasant change from Silver Seal Grey & Black dare to be different it looks great Good luck with her [8D]Different alloys look fabulous great looking 997 "S"
Only took a couple of snaps that day, so here's the other one. Looks a bit reminiscent of the 959 from this angle, don't you think.
Had a good run at the weekend, and I think I'm going to love this car. Everything I liked about my 996 but with a step up in all departments. Roll on 500miles so I can begin to open her up.
Peter
ClubSport 911
New member
Roll on 500miles so I can begin to open her up
Congratulations on your new purchase. Talk about cheshire cat - I hope it runs half as well as it promises to.
Just a thought....
Modern cars don't need running in (well that's the theory in any case). Older cars with (much) worse piston / bore, and valve / follower surface finishes did... but these days, and on a Porsche, why do you need to "run-in". ?
Who else finds this surprising ?
PS - my career has had the fortune to expose me to a lot of car manufacturing techniques and technologies... certainly in all the car companies I visited (engine plants in europe) by the time we get the cars, they have witouht doubt had more that a handful of revs.
Frankly, I have always personally favoured the "break-in" mentality... but have now been persuaded otherwise through the use of modern materials, lubrication, tolerances and so on....
What's the concensus / wisdom from the forum ?
MikeO
New member
Maybe its just the picture but is the middle air duct in the front bumper filled in? I seen the press cars which had a black panel covering the centre air duct yet some other cars with it open for radiator cooling.
S
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