Porsche 911R - First drive.

[CarCrazedFool]

Collected my 911R at the weekend. What an awesome experience! Porsche Centre Colchester went above and beyond to make it a very special day indeed. Loved every second.

Spent the weekend driving it and even did a back to back comparison with the GTS in the early hours of the morning. I'm currently running her in, so I've kept it below 4k revs. However, first impressions are awesome. You can just feel the lack of weight and the energy waiting to be released above 4k. It rides extremely well over British B roads. The other thing that really stands out, is the noise. You can just hear everything. Throttle opening, intakes etc. The gearbox is a joy and the pedals are perfect for accurate heel and toe.

I'll do a full blog review soon.

In the meantime, heres a vid of it in action:

Porsche 911R - First Drive

Couple of photos too:

[Slickhillsy]

Absolute congrats on the car sir looks ace and love the colour...

The vid, ahhhh you were doing so well in the coolness stakes - until - I spotted the quick flash of driving gloves LOL. Or maybe you had Allan Partridge take the car for a spin for you?

[CarCrazedFool]

Slickhillsy said:

Absolute congrats on the car sir looks ace and love the colour...

The vid, ahhhh you were doing so well in the coolness stakes - until - I spotted the quick flash of driving gloves LOL. Or maybe you had Allan Partridge take the car for a spin for you?

Hahaha. You should see the jumper! I decided to go for the full retro driving experience. Lol.

[Davey S2]

Agree on the colour. Looks fantastic.

[noneedtolift]

Looks mega in that colour, well done! Collecting mine the Friday after next. Can't wait now.

[EGTE]

You do know that we all hate you now, right? :-)

Not jealous at all.......but well done!

[Phooey]

Looks fantastic

[rbh]

Very very nice, I assume its lava orange?

[matsoc]

Great Colour, it would feel excessive in a RS but in the more subtle looking 911R it feels just perfect

[Taffy66]

If you ever want your money back on it can you please give me first dibs as i'm always ready to help the less fortunate ; only joking as the green eyed monster is giving me a distorted view on reality

[CarCrazedFool]

rbh said:

Very very nice, I assume its lava orange?

Yep, Lava orange with matt white stripes and decals.

[Upnorthgt3]

Which airbase is that?

[CarCrazedFool]

Upnorthgt3 said:

Which airbase is that?

Bentwaters Parks

[Upnorthgt3]

Ahh right - been doing some work at Alconbury - thought it might be there - one hanger looks like another though.....

Cool car btw

[vilfredo]

Best looking R. What's all the fuss about the two available colors if, in the end, they agreed to deliver it in the color you wanted?

[ellroy]

Ecoty issue just landed this morning.

Not saying it for any particular reason you understand.....

[footsoldier]

ellroy said:

Ecoty issue just landed this morning.

Not saying it for any particular reason you understand.....

Evo on my door mat as well, and my R landed yesterday,...






Photos by @jk.automotive
Side stripes in the Bundespost...

[Gandahar]

ellroy said:

Ecoty issue just landed this morning.

Not saying it for any particular reason you understand.....

Got a Golf GTI then? Seems to be the best bang per buck in the test, you'd be silly to pay over the odds for anything else

[david hockney]

CarCrazedFool said:

Collected my 911R at the weekend.

Couple of photos too:

The music on your video is truly terrible..... the car however looks superb with the white decals 👍
Nicest looking R I've seen.....

[Mousem40]

Congratulations. What's it like compared to your 7.1RS?