New Carrera T Order

Simon991 · Apr 4, 2018

rob.kellock said:
It is an utterly brilliant and engaging road car, I rather suspect you will love it!

Update! Collection is booked in for 11am on Friday! [

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JAW911 · Apr 5, 2018

Good luck tomorrow - enjoy! Lots of photos please

Simon991 · Apr 5, 2018

JAW911 said:
Good luck tomorrow - enjoy! Lots of photos please

Thanks! The dealer sent me a sneak peak photo this afternoon, but not sure how to post pics on here anymore!?

rob.kellock · Apr 5, 2018

Fantastic!

Hope it all goes well in the morning. Am sure you will love the car.

Simon991 · Apr 5, 2018

rob.kellock said:
Fantastic!

Hope it all goes well in the morning. Am sure you will love the car.

Thanks, Rob! [

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I welcome suggestions on the best method of sharing photos on here. (Now requires the use of some kind of third party photo sharing/storing website?)

rob.kellock · Apr 7, 2018

It's as you suggest - just use a third party host that you are comfortable with.

I used to use photobucket but then they started charging and my photographs stopped being visible on forums.

I just tried Flickr but that only seems to work for the purposes of providing a link rather than displaying the pictures but I've not really tried it out properly yet.

I think imgur is quite popular.

How have the first 24 hours gone? Are you smitten?

Simon991 · Apr 7, 2018

Hi Rob

Thanks. John (JAW) has also suggested Imgur. I'll try them...

Drove the car 125 miles home yesterday and am indeed totally smitten!

I will post an initial review with first impressions shortly.

Cheers,

Simon

rob.kellock · Apr 7, 2018

That’s good news!

Glad you like it.

JAW911 · Apr 7, 2018

Congratulations Simon. Looking forward to seeing the pictures (hope yiu find Ingur straightforward) and hearing all about it.

Simon991 · Apr 7, 2018

rob.kellock said:
That’s good news! Glad you like it.

Some random thoughts about “T Day”: * Great handover at the OPC. 10/10 for Michael, the SE. * This is despite a ding in the trim around the passenger door. Michael mentioned it before I checked the car. Must have happened during transit/preparation.

* Very pleased that he mentioned it, as I may have missed it in my excitement! * They have already ordered the replacement part. * Car otherwise looks perfect! * Michael even got the valeter to give the car a final quick polish here and there, after it had been unveiled! * Am really happy with the look of the car, especially the colour, and the interior, with the beautiful deviated stitching and other Racing Yellow highlights! * Love the seats! 4-way Sports Seats Plus. Really comfortable and I think I prefer them, with their Sport-Tex fabric in the centres, to full leather seats. * Car sounded great on start up in the showroom. * And I'm a big kid, so love the pops, burbles and crackles from the PSE in Sport Mode! * Gear change is excellent, rifle bolt precise. And a nice stubby, shortened gear lever too! * And I didn't stall it once, in 125 miles, after driving only PDKs for the last 2 years!

* I asked Michael about running in. He's worked at Porsche for 32 years and the first half of that was as a technician/mechanic in the workshop/service dept. He said to just make sure the engine's warmed up before giving it the beans. It has a 3-year warranty after all, he said. * To be honest, I think I'll keep it mostly below 4,000 rpm for the first 1,800 to 2,000 miles anyway. * Things do seem more raw and noisy in the cabin, as expected, especially compared to the refined & civilised Panamera. But I really like the whole vibe, enhanced by the manual transmission. * It is nice to be back in something relatively small and wieldy, after the Panny. Really good visibility too!

* Moving from 21” wheels on the Panamera to these 20” wheels seems to result in a pretty good ride for what is a much sportier car. Pleasantly surprised with how the car soaked up the bumps! * I felt at home very quickly, having previously had the 991.1 C2 for 8 months & 11k miles.

* I really like the smaller 360mm steering wheel & noticed the difference immediately, compared to the ‘normal’ size Porsche steering wheel.

* I actually like the heavier steering without the Power Steering +. Just feels more authentic to me and in tune with the ethos of the T. * Lots of lovely torque from the turbocharged engine, giving great flexibility to the driving experience. * Not a priority, but impressed to see an indicated 32 mpg on the journey home. Not bad for a six-cylinder 3.0 twin-turbo Porsche petrol engine for 125 of its first 139 miles! * Oh, and I got a mug and umbrella, in addition to the normal two key rings Am sure I'll think of other stuff as soon as I submit this post...

Simon991 · Apr 7, 2018

JAW911 said:
Congratulations Simon. Looking forward to seeing the pictures (hope yiu find Ingur straightforward) and hearing all about it.

Thanks, John. I will probably try on Monday to tackle the complexities of adding photos!

Seems a great shame that photos can't be more simply shared, as they can on Rennlist and the Macan Forum, without a diversion via a third party website... [8|]