GTS 4.0

[JurassicGTS]

The warranty shouldn’t be affected with a valve controller - it’s a simple plug-in device and so involves no modifications. I’ve had no issues with Toyota with my Supra either despite a new exhaust - I think it would be different if the cats were removed / replaced, but it was a ‘slip on’ exhaust instead, as would be the Lichfield version. The ECU tune is a potentially different matter, but Toyota designed the car with after-market tuning in mind and the dealers haven’t noticed it at all anyway in several visits -but annoyingly overwrote it when doing a warranty recall for safety system software! However it was easy to reinstall at a modest cost.

Re the driving experience, I think I got the invite around May, so that would be 8 months after I paid my deposit.

Hmm, Toyota and Porsche are probably very different animals when it comes to what's allowed under warranty, you can't even hard wire a dash cam

If the valve controller is purely plug and play I will look at that if/when I get my 4.0

8 months fir the PDE would be perfect, I would rather have a May/June date. Did you have date options or where you given just one date?

 

[owensc1]

I was offered an earliest date a week or two before but scheduled in one slightly later that suited me - they were solidly booked at the time until November. You’ll be contacted by letter or email to call the Experience Centre and can discuss options then. I gather they have 100+ cars on site, so can cater for just about every mechanical configuration and I specifically asked to drive a manual GTS. Hopefully you’ll get a contact soon.

Re the Cargraphic device, I understand it uses existing plug points and basically adds an extra ECU to keep the valves open through the full rev range when you select Sports mode. It is removable without trace too if you want to be safe for servicing, but I don’t yet know how accessible it is. More details can be found on RPM Technik’s website and there is a good video online of a test of the device by Janko Lind if you Google Cargraphic directly too.

 

[JurassicGTS]

I was offered an earliest date a week or two before but scheduled in one slightly later that suited me - they were solidly booked at the time until November. You’ll be contacted by letter or email to call the Experience Centre and can discuss options then. I gather they have 100+ cars on site, so can cater for just about every mechanical configuration and I specifically asked to drive a manual GTS. Hopefully you’ll get a contact soon.

Re the Cargraphic device, I understand it uses existing plug points and basically adds an extra ECU to keep the valves open through the full rev range when you select Sports mode. It is removable without trace too if you want to be safe for servicing, but I don’t yet know how accessible it is. More details can be found on RPM Technik’s website and there is a good video online of a test of the device by Janko Lind if you Google Cargraphic directly too.

Great, thanks for your response and information.

Just watched Harry's Garage...again. Really got my 4.0 juices flowing again.

 

[Cobydog]

Just watched Harry's Garage...again. Really got my 4.0 juices flowing again.

I must have watched that video about 10 times along with every other 4.0 video and review on YouTube as well lol.........I'm picking up the car on Monday and can't wait !

 

[JurassicGTS]

Just watched Harry's Garage...again. Really got my 4.0 juices flowing again.

I must have watched that video about 10 times along with every other 4.0 video and review on YouTube as well lol.........I'm picking up the car on Monday and can't wait !

Congratulations, I am not jealous at all

 

[Wollemi]

I got a Cargraphic controller for my first GTS4.0, after clearing it with my OPC that it wouldn't cause an issue with warranty. I had it fitted by RPM Specialist Cars, it took about an hour to do; 2 minutes to fit, and 58 minutes to get to where it needed to be fitted they told me!

 

[JurassicGTS]

The car I test drove had 3 of the 4 wheels kerbed.

It was running Pirellis and they seem so stretched over the wheels, in particular the rear wheels, the rims had no protection.

Other cars for sale on A/T seem to have Michelins and don't look as stretched. Those running Michelins do they offer better protection?

 

[jed]

The car I test drove had 3 of the 4 wheels kerbed.

It was running Pirellis and they seem so stretched over the wheels, in particular the rear wheels, the rims had no protection.

Other cars for sale on A/T seem to have Michelins and don't look as stretched. Those running Michelins do they offer better protection?

Yes, the Michelins provide much better wheel protection. Unfortunately you cannot specify what tyres you want when you submit an order - I've tried!

 

[Wollemi]

The car I test drove had 3 of the 4 wheels kerbed.

It was running Pirellis and they seem so stretched over the wheels, in particular the rear wheels, the rims had no protection.

Other cars for sale on A/T seem to have Michelins and don't look as stretched. Those running Michelins do they offer better protection?

Yes, the N0 Michelin PS4S have significantly better rim protection than the Pirelli P-Zero alternative. Interestingly the N0 Michelin has much better rim protection than the generic version of the PS4S.

 

[JurassicGTS]

Great thanks both.

 

[owensc1]

Wollemi - Did you find the Cargraphic controller worthwhile then? The standard exhaust seemed really flat without it in the mid-range.

And if you have any pics of your Av Green GTS you’d be happy to share, I‘d be really grateful as I’ve only ever seen a handful of cars in that shade; mostly 911s or Caymans too. Many thanks

 

[Scrounger]

I'm tempted by the Cargraphic controller but the thought of taking the interior apart gives me goose bumps

Dan

 

[Cobydog]

stunning manual GT Silver picked up yesterday from Porsche Cardiff.

Hugely impressed with it on the somewhat murky drive home - I’m going to enjoy this car a lot and didn’t sleep too much last night thinking of all the trips I’m going to make !

Credit to Kelvin and Jac at the dealership - both went above and beyond to get my car ready for me and to make the deal work.

Thought I’d taken a picture after the cover came off - I didn’t

 

[JurassicGTS]

Congratulations on your new set of wheels.

I will be very interested to hear your comparisons from your old 981 to the 718

 

[Cobydog]

Thank you

I'll need to drive it some more (a lot more lol) but initial feel is just wonderful.....and that engine is epic.

I had a massive grin when they pulled the cover back and I saw the car for the first time and that just got wider when I sat in it, started it and when I drove it. I'm smiling now thinking about it.

The manual box, for me, is already a hands down winner. I feel far more in control and in touch with the car and realised how much I've missed driving a manual since my last 3 sports cars have been auto.

 

[Wollemi]

Wollemi - Did you find the Cargraphic controller worthwhile then? The standard exhaust seemed really flat without it in the mid-range.

And if you have any pics of your Av Green GTS you’d be happy to share, I‘d be really grateful as I’ve only ever seen a handful of cars in that shade; mostly 911s or Caymans too. Many thanks

I thought that the Cargraphic controller was definitely worth, especially when you are pressing on, having the exhaust sound throughout the rev range rather sound# far more natural, and just more enjoyable to drive. Its good that’s it switchable, if you are driving sedately then it‘s a less pleasant sound in that 2,000 - 3,800 range, so I don’t have the controller active all the time. But when you want it it works very well.

I’m happy to share photos but Aventurine Green is one of those colours that looks different in photos to real life. It looks different in different lighting too.

I did look fabulous, really classic and classy, but far more interesting than a plain grey. I never had anything but favourable comments.

I'm tempted by the Cargraphic controller but the thought of taking the interior apart gives me goose bumps

Dan

Dan, for the cost of an hours labour at a top notch independent like RPM in Knaresborough it’s not worth trying to fit it yourself. They can easily fit it whilst you wait too.

 

[owensc1]

Many thanks Wollemi for your useful ciomments

 

[Wollemi]

Here are photos of my Aventurine Green car

at the side of Pen-Y-Ghent

Sadly not our house!

On the "EVO platform" west of Kielder.

 

[JurassicGTS]

Lovely looking machine

Swindon have one in AG, which would have tempted me, but it's low spec for its price and has a red roof. Whilst I like the red roof, don't think it goes with AG.

 

[JurassicGTS]

Wollemi - Did you find the Cargraphic controller worthwhile then? The standard exhaust seemed really flat without it in the mid-range.

And if you have any pics of your Av Green GTS you’d be happy to share, I‘d be really grateful as I’ve only ever seen a handful of cars in that shade; mostly 911s or Caymans too. Many thanks

I thought that the Cargraphic controller was definitely worth, especially when you are pressing on, having the exhaust sound throughout the rev range rather sound# far more natural, and just more enjoyable to drive. Its good that’s it switchable, if you are driving sedately then it‘s a less pleasant sound in that 2,000 - 3,800 range, so I don’t have the controller active all the time. But when you want it it works very well.

I’m happy to share photos but Aventurine Green is one of those colours that looks different in photos to real life. It looks different in different lighting too.

I did look fabulous, really classic and classy, but far more interesting than a plain grey. I never had anything but favourable comments.

I'm tempted by the Cargraphic controller but the thought of taking the interior apart gives me goose bumps

Dan

Dan, for the cost of an hours labour at a top notch independent like RPM in Knaresborough it’s not worth trying to fit it yourself. They can easily fit it whilst you wait too.

Where do they fit the control switch?