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A Toy with Upgraded audio package, switchable sports exhaust system, plenty of dBs, exhaust sound not as good as it used to be.
My guess is you are taking delivery of a Boxster or a Cayman?


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+1, Porsche 718 Boxster/Cayman? (4cyl)

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Hi Leighton,

Trust all is well with you and yours. How's that 800D performing? Even now I still look across the room as miss it.

My next car ... ok I'll spill the beans.

(Boxster, Cayman or ...?)
718 Cayman S
Sapphire Blue
20-inch Carrera Sport wheels, in black
LED adaptive lights

Black leather interior
Black leather sports-plus electrically adjustable seats
Sat Nav. / Apple car play / ...

PDK 7 speed dual clutch gearbox
Limited slip differential and torque vectoring
Active dampers
Sports suspension -20mm lowered
Sports exhaust, with black twin tail pipes
Sports Chrono / launch control / active engine mounts

Carbon composite brakes (maybe, I've got a test drive lined up at Silverstone so I can decide)

You get the drift ...


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cool

I hope you avoid the "drift"

Silverstone would be good.

Hector


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Carl,

The 800D is still great & performing well, up to 2400 CD's on Sooloos (long way to go to catch up with you).

You won't need a great stereo with your Porsche, just drive & enjoy. Albeit, the 4 cylinder wont sound as good as the 6 cylinder, but faster.

I have owned Boxster S's since 2006, currently have a RS60 special. Boxsters / Caymans are the most practical & best handling Porsche's built, and are great as toys (not too bad for every day car also).

Leighton


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Hi Boss,
Which type? How long could 4pcs AAA battery last?
Just joking wink


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Carl,

I had no idea, after all these years! Is it a daily driver or a track special? Judging from the options, more than just a track car. Are they offering a club sport yet?

When I was tracking my 911 years ago (pre wife and then kids...) , the addition of one piece racing seats was a game changing upgrade. One of many non stop upgrades... Have Pcar ceramic brakes become more resilient?

I am very envious. Enjoy


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A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do!

Excellent choice. Niiiice....



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As someone who owned a car with semi-race brakes (old school, not carbon) can I suggest that a race track is not the place to test these - you want a busy stop/start queuing high street from cold. They did work well though, but only if driving like a pr@t that I would never consider doing these days (seriously).


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A few questions suggest themselves here:

1) What's Carl doing in Off Topic?!

2) Carl: out of interest, why a Boxster rather than a Cayman? Just interested in the thought process.

3) Malcolm: What is your new toy? Is it going to necessitate a new avatar?!


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No, I still have the Aston for dry weekends. For my daily driver I have now got a Lexus RX450h (quite a change from my previous Range Rover). I thought I would try a hybrid as my other half has had an IS300h for a while and that is excellent. There is also the issue of Diesel emissions these days...

The Lexus is like the starship Enterprise compared to the RR and has, shall we say, interesting styling (designed by Darth Vader?)

We will see how it performs over a longer period.


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Excellent choice; I do like the Lexus range. How's the Mark Levinson sounding? When you say Starship Enterprise, do you mean it has far more knobs & whistles?

Without wanting to of off topic, I read a fairly compelling report a while ago that suggested that, despite the diesel emissions, the total environmental impact of a diesel car was lower than the petrol equivalent, but that's a story for another day...


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