Porsche 911 997.1 Daily Driver

[FriedMarsBar]

Cheers adean22 I’ll need some Millers shortly, enjoying your thread

[Harfi88]

Great thread, I think you are localish to me. I had my wheels done in satin neodyme last year and I love them. I had the centre caps done in satin black like the 25th anniversary boxster.

[adean22]

FriedMarsBar said:

Cheers adean22 I’ll need some Millers shortly, enjoying your thread

Use the discount code opieblog for 10% off too

[Jhonno]

Wheels look great! Good choice!

[adean22]

Return trip to Plymouth and Cornwall done .

Always surprises me how good this car is at covering long distance , I even got around 27mpg.

I’m gutted I missed the picture opportunity at 120k miles so this is the closest I got :


I always like popping into cheddar gorge if I’m ever near there as it’s a great place to have a look around and drive through the gorge - best part is when exhaust noise echoes all round the gorge .


I have noticed a rattling from the front which is the brake disc heat shield on the front offside brake that’s come loose - something to look at when I service the car in the next few weeks

[adean22]

I ended up with a free weekend so managed to service the car and change the front brake pads

Iv covered 1700 miles in the car in the last week so I wanted it doing sooner than later as iv gone over the 7k mile mark that I always service it by. Iv only gone about 300 miles over so I'm not too fussed.

I went with the usual Millers NT+ 10W 50 and filters etc from Spyder Perfomrnace


The front brake pads were looking pretty low too so I did them at the same time

Here you can see the old vs new brake pads
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Edited by adean22 on Monday 8th April 11:46

Edited by adean22 on Monday 8th April 11:47

[adean22]

I attended a local track day at Three sisters in Wigan, Its only a small track so my expectations were low. However, I was pleasantly surprised as it was a really enjoyable track to drive around. There was a good mix of cars, varied from fully restored MK1 Fiesta all the way to a new Lotus Emira (still one of my favourite cars at the moment).











In other news, if your mate buys a 4WD pickuptruck, I don't recommend going green laning after work to see how capable it is - it results in being stuck for ours and being rescued by a landrover


I then spent the weekend changing the front suspension on a E91 335D. The spring had snapped so it was a good excuse to change everything. Im not a BMW guy at all but im a massive fan of the 335D, it can get 50MPG on the motorway and its still quicker than most cars on the road. I think if I end up needing a practical estate then a 335D will be my first choice

[adean22]

Went to the monthly cars and coffee this weekend in Liverpool, yet again it was a great event - highly recommend it for anyone local. Each month has a good variety of different cars. See a few of my favorites below




In preparation of moving into my own house I've also bought something that iv dreamt of for years - a table coffee table made from a jag V12. You can tell I'm gonna be living alone


Project for summer will be a garage build for the new house

[EBRANDON1]

Seen your car there and looks great mate. Thought I recognised it from this thread!

Also love an engine coffee table. Wanted to put one in a flat we have at hoylake but because we're doing it up to sell apparently it won't appeal to 'most peoples' taste

[motorhole]

Between Manchester and Liverpool you say? I'm also that neck of the woods. Nice 997 you have there and great to see that you use it properly too!

Show my face at CnC Liverpool from time to time so will keep an eye out (987.1 Cayman S in guards red).