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Bartm8n

Bartm8n

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hi,

new owner of a 2.9 Cayman PDK, Love the car, feel, look and drive along with fulfilling a boyhood desire! So aside from smiling all the way home from Bristol to Plymouth. (Purchased from OPC Bristol, top guys and amazing service, particularly Michael Bryant!) Anyhow, I noted two things of significance driving home
  1. people look at you and smile (probably because I was smiling a lot!) which is a new experience for me coming off the back of 3 BMW's.
  2. It appears that anything which has a reasonable engine seems to want a race? Is this how my life will now exist as I drive about the highways and biways?
I can cope with the ?????? but am not sure the green mist and my licence can stand up to the duelling morons!!!??

Is this Normal?

cheers

 
Welcome ...

" It appears that anything which has a reasonable engine seems to want a race? "

Not found that scenario `up here` ... more so, whatever one drives the majority of users want to pass you, especially in 30 / 40 / 50 zones.

 
Having passed a slower car when we got to the 50 bit in our local '30 then 40 then finally 50 for a mile, then 40 and back to 30' zone, I kept the Boxster at 50-55 and soon found a matt-wrapped BMW zooming past me and then a diesel Fiat Doblo van. Yes, everyone does seem to want a race. The more that happens, though, the more I find I smugly stick to the speed limit, happy that I've got a faster car that doesn't need to prove anything... :)

And my other car is a diesel Doblo too :)

 
Unfortunately that's often part of the experience. I remember not long after getting my 997.2 turbo a blacked out Mercedes puling up alongside me on the M1 at 70mph. He (and I'm assuming it was a he) was desperate for me to 'have a go'. The wonderful thing is not to rise to it and just sit back in the knowledge that you don't need to race. It often happens when I'm tootling around London too. Often hot hatches will want to try and challenge you at the lights. I just think a) I really don't need to prove anything and b) I'm too old for stuff like that!

Simon

 
I am glad it isn't just me!! I also rise above it, I find having a smile at them as they pass says it all along with the understanding that I must be in something a bit special for them to feel like they do! The latter probably dawns on them a mile down the road!!!!

 
And if you really want to win the battle, then a cheery thumbs-up doesn't half annoy some folks :)

 
Anything from the teen's favourite Corsa to the rep in his A4 think they can beat the Porsche and either will do some stupid tricks being highly dangerous, sometimes it's best to put distance between by slowing down then passing when it's safe to do so, a memorable one was on the M40 some years ago, a young lad in an Alfa, big wing on the back and about 3ft off my tail ( I was driving a 944 turbo in those days ), I slowed until he pulled out and went on at about 110mph so I went back to cruising speed and a few miles further on he was stood on the hard shoulder, his head bowed, policeman wagging his finger! Gave me a laugh!

 
That’s the key point, I think. If you play them at their game you’re either going to lose your license or end up wrapped around their bumper or tangled up with the scenery. Porsche drivers had a terrible reputation in the 80s and I feel a certain responsibility to not drive like an idiot now (well, where I can be seen, anyway!). Leave that to the Corsa drivers. We don’t need to prove anything to anyone in our beautiful cars.

Simon.

 
welcome to the club . The more you drive your car you find that lots of people want to race you and just overtake you I think it’s so much fun.

 
Have to be careful as my son is a policeman and I told him I did not buy my car to drive it fast - I bought it because I love the car for its looks (I have to keep telling myself that when I am tempted to put my foot down!!!)

 
I hope Bartm8n is going to bring his new toy to our Region meeting on the 11th so we can all have a look![;)]

 
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I hope Bartm8n is going to bring his new toy to our Region meeting on the 11th so we can all have a look![;)]
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not looking likely for Wednesday due to other commitments but I will see you all this side of Christmas!!! I received my PCGB pack which was worth the trip to the sorting office to collect, having initially grumbled at the red card having not ordered anything of late!!!

Newbie question......where is the consensus for putting the decals?? Without looking like a geek, I want to use all 3!!!! Would be rude not too!🤓

 
That will be in November then at our winter venue in Bovey Tracey[:)]

My stickers are down the left hand side of the windscreen which seems to be a popular place to put them!

 
tscaptain said:
My stickers are down the left hand side of the windscreen which seems to be a popular place to put them!
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That's where I usually put mine, though next time I'll consider the right hand side of the windscreen (if it's not in the drivers sight line) so that oncoming Porsche Club GB members might see it and manage a wave?

 
I've seen stickers at times fitted on the rear screen or rear quarter lights, behind the mirror is not a bad place, key thing is to make sure they are out of the areas you need to look through.

 
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