Thanks for the kind comments guys....I'll put on a full 'first impressions' review on the main part of the forum later. The car is manual (couldn't afford PDK - this was already 50% over my set budget....talk about 'overspending'!). I had gone to the dealer to look at a 2006/7 model but the Gen-2 in my mind was well worth stretching for. Indeed, it was the strong residuals which are in another league to anything else that I looked at that allowed me to get such a nice new model! Spec is OK...it has Telephone Module, Adaptive Sports Seats, Sport Chrono, Heated Seats, Carbon Interior highlights and Carbon Door Sills and 'those' RS Spyder Wheels. I'm not sure on the wheels and am considering a change to a set of GT2/3 wheels....they also have a centre locking nut which means I've got to get a very long and expensive torque wrench (I like removing the wheels to clean behind them and polish up the calipers....sad, I know). The car also didn't have cruise control so I've just had the retrofitted - I spend a lot of time on the motorway and found it was nearly impossible to keep it legal during the inevitable average speed-controlled 50mph sections you seem to get everywhere now. With regards to events/trackdays etc....this is one of the main reasons I joined the club so you will see me out and about. I also have a habit of going to the Nurburgring a few times every spring/summer and I think I'm going to love this car there. The C63 wasn't the best car round the 'ring....my favourite car so far for that purpose was the BMW M3 V8 that I had two years ago which felt like it was made for that place and I reckon the Porsche is going to be even better!