Porsche owner ...What's the daily drive.....
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AndrewD said:
SRT Hellcat said:
F150 Ligthning for many years.
Haha that's good going. Obviously you don't find it too big for UK roads. Interested how you get on with it?All have been bog standard save for a 380mm front discs with 8 pot brembo brakes. 380bhp 450ft lb of torque. 5.2 to 60 and 150 flat.
Averages 17mpg. Bullet proof reliability and costs nothing in maintenance. Oil and filter and an air filter. Discs last 100,000 miles, pads 50,000. Bodywork is 6'8" and will go through a 7 foot width restriction. 6'6" is very tight but doable.
With its cart sprung axle it moves around a lot on bumpy roads through corners. But Jackie Stewart set the damping and anti roll bar rates on this truck so for a 2.5 tonne lump it equites itself very well. A typical example of Lightning fun was coming off a roundabout with a mile run to another roundabout. Guy in front who I did not know was in a 360 cab with his son I presume. He nailed it off the roundabout. He glanced in his mirror as he braked for the next roundabout to see a me still glued to his arse. The double take was priceless. The missus as usual laughed and said you are a c**t
SRT Hellcat said:
I've run one for 14 years. I am on my fourth. As a daily driver I need something that I can drive quickly if I wish or mostly feel chilled back in. I cannot have a vehicle that feels like a coiled up spring waiting to be unleashed or I would be in prison. 993GT2 would be a great example of the coiled spring.
All have been bog standard save for a 380mm front discs with 8 pot brembo brakes. 380bhp 450ft lb of torque. 5.2 to 60 and 150 flat.
Averages 17mpg. Bullet proof reliability and costs nothing in maintenance. Oil and filter and an air filter. Discs last 100,000 miles, pads 50,000. Bodywork is 6'8" and will go through a 7 foot width restriction. 6'6" is very tight but doable.
With its cart sprung axle it moves around a lot on bumpy roads through corners. But Jackie Stewart set the damping and anti roll bar rates on this truck so for a 2.5 tonne lump it equites itself very well. A typical example of Lightning fun was coming off a roundabout with a mile run to another roundabout. Guy in front who I did not know was in a 360 cab with his son I presume. He nailed it off the roundabout. He glanced in his mirror as he braked for the next roundabout to see a me still glued to his arse. The double take was priceless.
'Nuff said All have been bog standard save for a 380mm front discs with 8 pot brembo brakes. 380bhp 450ft lb of torque. 5.2 to 60 and 150 flat.
Averages 17mpg. Bullet proof reliability and costs nothing in maintenance. Oil and filter and an air filter. Discs last 100,000 miles, pads 50,000. Bodywork is 6'8" and will go through a 7 foot width restriction. 6'6" is very tight but doable.
With its cart sprung axle it moves around a lot on bumpy roads through corners. But Jackie Stewart set the damping and anti roll bar rates on this truck so for a 2.5 tonne lump it equites itself very well. A typical example of Lightning fun was coming off a roundabout with a mile run to another roundabout. Guy in front who I did not know was in a 360 cab with his son I presume. He nailed it off the roundabout. He glanced in his mirror as he braked for the next roundabout to see a me still glued to his arse. The double take was priceless.
SRT Hellcat said:
The missus as usual laughed and said you are a c**t
Seems a tad harsh 
RDMcG said:
My poor old Cayenne DD is used for dog hauling, towing, winter, offroading and will be replaced by the next gen Cayenne in 2018 ( which will be used for exactly the same thing.)................
Has the gearbox needed anything during that time? I have a high-mile '08 Cayenne S and I haven't been able to find out if there is an accepted sensible mileage for changing transmission fluid, for example. My car's miles came from the previous owner bombing up and down French autoroutes and it wears the mileage extremely well.On topic, I dislike commuting by car so daily transport is bicycle or tube.
braddo said:
Has the gearbox needed anything during that time? I have a high-mile '08 Cayenne S and I haven't been able to find out if there is an accepted sensible mileage for changing transmission fluid, for example. My car's miles came from the previous owner bombing up and down French autoroutes and it wears the mileage extremely well.On topic, I dislike commuting by car so daily transport is bicycle or tube.
have a tranny failure but never happened.
RDMcG said:
My poor old Cayenne DD is used for dog hauling, towing, winter, offroading and will be replaced by the next gen Cayenne in 2018 ( which will be used for exactly the same thing.)................
I thought they were just for dropping kids of at school, what are you doing getting it dirty !!!YoungMD said:
I thought they were just for dropping kids of at school, what are you doing getting it dirty !!!
LOL you should see my Jeep Wrangler after a day in the desert... these are working vehicles with lots of road rash on them, but are properly dealer serviced so very good mechanically.
Having checked the thread, looks like I have to be "That Guy".
Why does anyone own a 911, a very useable daily driver, and then drive.... something else? I've never understood this logic. Mileage, depreciation etc.... these are just excuses. Cars are meant to be driven, why would you want to drive something "worse"? it's like being married to Jennifer Anniston but stepping out with Dot from eastenders!
(We have an XC90 T8 for family outings, but when I got to work/out with the kids on my own it's always the 911).
Why does anyone own a 911, a very useable daily driver, and then drive.... something else? I've never understood this logic. Mileage, depreciation etc.... these are just excuses. Cars are meant to be driven, why would you want to drive something "worse"? it's like being married to Jennifer Anniston but stepping out with Dot from eastenders!
(We have an XC90 T8 for family outings, but when I got to work/out with the kids on my own it's always the 911).
MrJingles705 said:
Having checked the thread, looks like I have to be "That Guy".
Why does anyone own a 911, a very usable daily driver, and then drive.... something else?
Check again, and the reasons are in plain sight; bikes, boards, dogs, kids etc. etc. that many of us shift if not daily, then at least once weekly. Needs must.Why does anyone own a 911, a very usable daily driver, and then drive.... something else?
Plus, from my POV, it always feels so very special and 'alive' when I finally park the van and get some quality time in the 911. Each to their own of course, and I can definitely see the appeal of a 911 as a daily drive and prefer to see them used than polished and garaged all the time!
Digga said:
heck again, and the reasons are in plain sight; bikes, boards, dogs, kids etc. etc. that many of us shift if not daily, then at least once weekly. Needs must.
Plus, from my POV, it always feels so very special and 'alive' when I finally park the van and get some quality time in the 911.
Sorry, I was speaking about the daily drive into the office (unless you are talkig dogs and boards to the office.... in which case, sign me up!).Plus, from my POV, it always feels so very special and 'alive' when I finally park the van and get some quality time in the 911.
We still have the XC90 for family gubbins; but for the 5 days I spend going to the office I want to enjoy myself.
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