918 First thoughts
Discussion
Anjum said:
WP comes with no paint - you're offered a wrap to keep weight down - but I reckon Liquid silver or Liquid Blue looks the b
ks - at a €40K cost!
If I was ordering from new I'd have liquid silver I think, but I've grown rather fond of the black. I'm not sure about the liquid blue from the pics , just looks the same as the silver on my turbo s !ks - at a €40K cost!
I'll just tag on to this thread...picked my car up last Tuesday.
It's had a fair workout, and safe to say I know it inside out now. Fantastic piece of engineering which is hard to appreciate until you get close, and can try it out in all the roles it's capable of:
Last Tuesday morning, under cover
Leipzig on track after laps in Porsche's GT3 and 918
Spa the next morning (hit 321kph on autobahn en route...)
Back to Edinburgh to register in UK
Well looked after at Edinburgh airport
Quick trip to Silverstone
Monday night, needs a rest...
It's had a fair workout, and safe to say I know it inside out now. Fantastic piece of engineering which is hard to appreciate until you get close, and can try it out in all the roles it's capable of:
Last Tuesday morning, under cover
Leipzig on track after laps in Porsche's GT3 and 918
Spa the next morning (hit 321kph on autobahn en route...)
Back to Edinburgh to register in UK
Well looked after at Edinburgh airport
Quick trip to Silverstone
Monday night, needs a rest...
footsoldier said:
I'll just tag on to this thread...picked my car up last Tuesday.
It's had a fair workout, and safe to say I know it inside out now. Fantastic piece of engineering which is hard to appreciate until you get close, and can try it out in all the roles it's capable of:
Last Tuesday morning, under cover
Leipzig on track after laps in Porsche's GT3 and 918
Spa the next morning (hit 321kph on autobahn en route...)
Back to Edinburgh to register in UK
Well looked after at Edinburgh airport
Quick trip to Silverstone
Monday night, needs a rest...
Simply brilliant !It's had a fair workout, and safe to say I know it inside out now. Fantastic piece of engineering which is hard to appreciate until you get close, and can try it out in all the roles it's capable of:
Last Tuesday morning, under cover
Leipzig on track after laps in Porsche's GT3 and 918
Spa the next morning (hit 321kph on autobahn en route...)
Back to Edinburgh to register in UK
Well looked after at Edinburgh airport
Quick trip to Silverstone
Monday night, needs a rest...
What do you thin about the way it drives ?
woppum said:
Simply brilliant !
What do you thin about the way it drives ?
Not sure that I agreed to this going on Youtube, but just found out it's there now...What do you thin about the way it drives ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB17kyCrjs8
This was about the only clean lap, but unfortunately i was in road suspension setting at the time, and has used a lot of the boost on previous lap, so lost a bit of speed on the run up to end.
It drives ok...
footsoldier said:
Not sure that I agreed to this going on Youtube, but just found out it's there now...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB17kyCrjs8
This was about the only clean lap, but unfortunately i was in road suspension setting at the time, and has used a lot of the boost on previous lap, so lost a bit of speed on the run up to end.
It drives ok...
Haha the car is very fast. Good for you using and abusing it too - looking forward to having some time to get mine in trackhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bB17kyCrjs8
This was about the only clean lap, but unfortunately i was in road suspension setting at the time, and has used a lot of the boost on previous lap, so lost a bit of speed on the run up to end.
It drives ok...
Anubis said:
Genuine question - with such power under your foot, do you not find it mentally exhausting concentrating not to warp speed yourself into the car in front?
I mean, in a 'normal' car; even a very fast one like F430, M3, whatever - it still follows the same rules; the more your put your foot down the quicker it'll go, but hyper cars like this are on another level. Having never driven such an amazing machine I've always wondered if you even just slightly tap the gas a bit more than intended do you accidently launch yourself very very fast into an unsuspecting object in front. Exciting yes; but also very scary - no?
Also, barely touching the pedal to go 70mph on the motorway must take a hell of a lot of will power sitting behind your bog standard stuff and watching your rev meter idling at a whole 2k. Do you not find it frustrating knowing it can do soooo much more? It's like having a pet lion on a leash all the time.
I think you are making too much of it. If you have that amount of power under your right foot you adjust the inputs accordingly. Modern superbikes have similar performance (actually quicker until aerodynamics start dominating) and on two wheels you have even more to concentrate on (road surface and ever present dangers from cars pulling out on you, amongst them). But you just adapt. I treat the throttle like, well, like I am holding my life in my hands and never twist it indiscriminately.I mean, in a 'normal' car; even a very fast one like F430, M3, whatever - it still follows the same rules; the more your put your foot down the quicker it'll go, but hyper cars like this are on another level. Having never driven such an amazing machine I've always wondered if you even just slightly tap the gas a bit more than intended do you accidently launch yourself very very fast into an unsuspecting object in front. Exciting yes; but also very scary - no?
Also, barely touching the pedal to go 70mph on the motorway must take a hell of a lot of will power sitting behind your bog standard stuff and watching your rev meter idling at a whole 2k. Do you not find it frustrating knowing it can do soooo much more? It's like having a pet lion on a leash all the time.
Only downside of hyper performance is that your perspective gets skewed. Picked up my hot rod early 911 after a month in the garage having various bits and pieces done. On the drive home I was wondering whether it was broken as it felt so lacking in performance but I think it is just too much time on the bike whilst it was being fettled.
I suppose second downside is that there is so much performance in any gear that I'm often not using the gearbox properly. On country roads could just leave it in sixth as even in sixth overtaking is so straightforward.
Of course I can also leave it in 3rd (or even 2nd if I'm feeling antisocial). Complete overkill but there is quite a buzz to full acceleration, even if you can only savour it for a couple of seconds. I wonder whether owners of the 918 and similar have the same issue of not really having to use the gearbox.
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