BGTS exhaust getting louder
Discussion
corvettedave said:
for anyone not to like the pops and bangs, are not true petrol heads, better getting a people carrier too suit sir's taste!, and the whole wasting fuel story, should have purchased a pirus or like, if you added up the amount of fuel wasted in the sport mode, it will be laughable the extra that's wasted
Why should I like an engine malfunctioning? Bizarre. You're clearly not an engineer. RBT0 said:
Here I am. An other Automotive engineer discovered as not true engineer.
Yes because I've bought a CGTS with waste of fuel incorporated.
Well here's a qualified marine chief engineer that also bought an inefficient fuel wasting badly engineered Boxster GTS....!!Yes because I've bought a CGTS with waste of fuel incorporated.
- *Things are getting ridiculous here.***
We've all made a mistake here - not with buying the cars we have but because we've not ignored an obvious troll that simply gets a kick out of winding people up. He knows no better and obviously doesn't understand why people such as us enthuse about the magnificent cars we have purchased with our hard - earned. Hopefully if we ignore him with any luck he'll go away and troll elsewhere.
Edited by dreamcar on Thursday 5th March 07:12
Picked up my daughter from school yesterday in the GTS, with Fart+ (err, sorry Sports+) enabled and in manual mode holding onto low gears as long as possible to get maximum pop, fart, bang, boom, crack and general mayhem happening on downshifts.
The sheer loudness and obnoxiousness of the exhaust is totally addictive and so much fun; either people completely crap themselves as the sound assaults them from behind, or testosterone-laden school lads give you thumbs up and cheers as you violate the airspace around the school grounds.
Meantime, motor engineering types tootle away in their silent sportscars knowing just how fuel efficient and responsible they are being.
Oh, and keep feeding the troll, he's given us much amusement
The sheer loudness and obnoxiousness of the exhaust is totally addictive and so much fun; either people completely crap themselves as the sound assaults them from behind, or testosterone-laden school lads give you thumbs up and cheers as you violate the airspace around the school grounds.
Meantime, motor engineering types tootle away in their silent sportscars knowing just how fuel efficient and responsible they are being.
Oh, and keep feeding the troll, he's given us much amusement
Edited by koorby on Thursday 5th March 09:59
Edited by koorby on Thursday 5th March 10:00
bcr5784 said:
Don't bother I'll see if I can find some adults to debate with.
Well I'll give you 10/10 for persistence. Please do go elsewhere though, you are not welcome on this thread, (or likely on any other if you behave on them as you have here) the rest of us children will just get on and play nicely together.I've taken to warming it up as quickly as I can, sticking it sport(fart)+ and making the maximum number of pops, bangs, farts and crackles as I can on most drives and especially when picking my other half up from her Fleet St offices after work. Load of stuffy law types around there need a bit of livening up Driving around making all this glorious noise is a huge grin factor when you can't actually enjoy the dynamics of the ride because you are stuck in dense London traffic. I don't care if I'm burning a bit of extra fuel, because I like driving the bloody thing. If I wanted to be fuel efficient, I'd use one of our other cars, but I like making a tonne of noise and acting like a child!
+1 another Engineer here btw. Seem's like we all make REALLY poor car choices...
Driving around making all this glorious noise is a huge grin factor when you can't actually enjoy the dynamics of the ride because you are stuck in dense London traffic. I don't care if I'm burning a bit of extra fuel, because I like driving the bloody thing. If I wanted to be fuel efficient, I'd use one of our other cars, but I like making a tonne of noise and acting like a child!+1 another Engineer here btw. Seem's like we all make REALLY poor car choices...
newbieninja said:
I've taken to warming it up as quickly as I can, sticking it sport(fart)+ and making the maximum number of pops, bangs, farts and crackles as I can on most drives and especially when picking my other half up from her Fleet St offices after work. Load of stuffy law types around there need a bit of livening up Driving around making all this glorious noise is a huge grin factor when you can't actually enjoy the dynamics of the ride because you are stuck in dense London traffic. I don't care if I'm burning a bit of extra fuel, because I like driving the bloody thing. If I wanted to be fuel efficient, I'd use one of our other cars, but I like making a tonne of noise and acting like a child!
+1 another Engineer here btw. Seem's like we all make REALLY poor car choices...
Men after my own heart newbieninja and koorby, it's that grin/kid inducing feeling that is unbeatable. Was a factor for me anyway, I think I'd struggle to get another 'sports' car without a 'special' sounding exhaust, gives the car so much character, and I wanted to feel something after so many clinical sports cars. I almost bought an F-Type V6S, the exhaust sound was fantastic on the one I tried (V8's better/different again) and it almost had me, the Cayman S I tried immediately after without PSE left me cold(er). A days loan of a 2.7 Cayman with PSE convinced me and (and of what a wonderful car it is to drive even in that configuration) and I ordered the CGTS the day I handed the 2.7 back, the fact the Jag dealer never called me back to arrange an extended drive of the V6S, and offered not a penny off the V6S coupe he had in his showroom at the time (September), which is still sat there to this day. Driving around making all this glorious noise is a huge grin factor when you can't actually enjoy the dynamics of the ride because you are stuck in dense London traffic. I don't care if I'm burning a bit of extra fuel, because I like driving the bloody thing. If I wanted to be fuel efficient, I'd use one of our other cars, but I like making a tonne of noise and acting like a child!+1 another Engineer here btw. Seem's like we all make REALLY poor car choices...
Anyway, for me, sound is/was a big factor, it adds to character (and I mean the kind I want to experience driving with no-one else around as opposed to the look-at-me kind, though hard to have one without the other I guess) - it sets the heart racing, and is what (should IMHO) set these kinds of cars apart, and while I can, I'm more than happy to pay for that...
newbieninja said:
I've taken to warming it up as quickly as I can
Yes this is the only downside, I only have a 7mile trip to work each day, so the car only just warms up as I arrive. Compared to other cars the GTS seems to take an age for water and oils to warm up, so you can hammer the loud pedalTrotmant said:
Yes this is the only downside, I only have a 7mile trip to work each day, so the car only just warms up as I arrive. Compared to other cars the GTS seems to take an age for water and oils to warm up, so you can hammer the loud pedal
During break-in I was super careful, but now I simply wait until it reaches about 25c and start revving up to the 3-4.5k mark. Someone will be along to tell me I'm killing my car, but i find it actually warms up quite quickly if I do that, and when it is at about 90c, it's drive it like you stole it time.newbieninja said:
During break-in I was super careful, but now I simply wait until it reaches about 25c and start revving up to the 3-4.5k mark. Someone will be along to tell me I'm killing my car,
I do the same, I have PDK so tend to keep it in auto for first 5min, before using up manual mode to 4k revs (slowly). sfboy said:
For what its worth I think the noise dies down a little with the PDK in sport after 10k (or maybe I'm just getting used to it).
Still, fully manual, gunning second then lifting off...... beautiful sound.
really? interesting... I've only done a ~3k miles (w/pdk) so can only say it gets louder after first thousand and not noticed any let off. 10k miles is good going? mine is a DD to work, but I ensure I use the other car in the house for a shopping trolley. You must be in yours all the time?Still, fully manual, gunning second then lifting off...... beautiful sound.
We collected our Boxster GTS - fantastic sunny day, roof down of course, and the thing I noticed most was the roar and crackle on manual downshifts. (Mine is PDK). Don't think I'll ever tire of all that waste fuel crackling out of the exhaust! The only downside we noticed was on the motorway at a steady 70 - 75 mph the exhaust was quite boomy and I ended up turning it to quiet mode. Trying to stick to 4,500 rpm for the running in period - not easy - but can't wait for the running in period to end and fully explire the musical repertoire!
But even on the first day - what a car!!!!!!!!!
But even on the first day - what a car!!!!!!!!!
dreamcar said:
We collected our Boxster GTS - fantastic sunny day, roof down of course, and the thing I noticed most was the roar and crackle on manual downshifts. (Mine is PDK). Don't think I'll ever tire of all that waste fuel crackling out of the exhaust! The only downside we noticed was on the motorway at a steady 70 - 75 mph the exhaust was quite boomy and I ended up turning it to quiet mode. Trying to stick to 4,500 rpm for the running in period - not easy - but can't wait for the running in period to end and fully explire the musical repertoire!
But even on the first day - what a car!!!!!!!!!
Good man...any pics?But even on the first day - what a car!!!!!!!!!
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