A different rant....

A different rant....

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JLZ78

Original Poster:

179 posts

101 months

Wednesday 25th May 2016
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I am getting bored reading the posts from the same people over and over again about 718 engines and GT4 values so thought I would start a proper whinge in true Pistonheads style:

WTF is going on with Cayman drivers, usually GTS owners, who drive around everywhere with the spoiler extended? You know who you are. I counted three today on the commute. It's not a GT4, so why try to make it look like one?

Oh, and Panamera drivers are just as bad, but that's probably because the car has the profile of a pooing dog.

Rant over.

Twinfan

10,125 posts

103 months

Wednesday 25th May 2016
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It's not me - I'd rather it didn't have a spoiler at all!

cayman-black

12,625 posts

215 months

Wednesday 25th May 2016
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JLZ78 said:
I am getting bored reading the posts from the same people over and over again about 718 engines and GT4 values so thought I would start a proper whinge in true Pistonheads style:

WTF is going on with Cayman drivers, usually GTS owners, who drive around everywhere with the spoiler extended? You know who you are. I counted three today on the commute. It's not a GT4, so why try to make it look like one?

Oh, and Panamera drivers are just as bad, but that's probably because the car has the profile of a pooing dog.

Rant over.
No idea. As for the Panamera i can't look at those as the pain is so bad!

monty999

1,113 posts

104 months

Wednesday 25th May 2016
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Think the pooing dog was a Clarksonism about the Chrysler Crossfire. There is a distinct similarity, just a bigger more expensive dog.

charliedb2

74 posts

131 months

Wednesday 25th May 2016
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It absolutely gets me as well. Not just on Porsches, any speed deployed pop up spoiler that has been manually raised is a shocker. I have now come to the overall conclusion it's a positive thing though, it allows you to 100% identify that the person is a cock, there are fewer surer tests.


mollytherocker

14,365 posts

208 months

Wednesday 25th May 2016
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Overriding the rear spoilers operation to create some spoilerage at low speeds is poor form and should be subject to punitive measures.

An extended spoiler on a parked Porsche should be punished by the owner being slapped heavily around the face with a herring.

Stop it. Stop it now.

JLZ78

Original Poster:

179 posts

101 months

Wednesday 25th May 2016
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Glad you all agree.

One Carmine CGTS owner on the M25 this evening could be seen admiring his raised spoiler in stationary traffic. If I hadn't been going the other way I would have got out and slapped him.

It's the Porsche equivalent to putting an 'M' badge on a 320d, or slapping Golf GTi alloys on a 1.4TSI. It should be illegal and perpetrators should be publically shamed.

Haven't seen Boxster owners doing it though. Seems to be the Cayman/Panamera fraternity.

charliedb2

74 posts

131 months

Wednesday 25th May 2016
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A few months back we had a company meeting, so 500 employees descending on a rural hotel. I car shared with a colleague and she drove, when we pulled in the car park I noticed a new guy had a white 997 similar to mine. When we got out of the car he was sat in it still, before getting out he pressed the button to raise the spoiler either because he thought it looked good or because he wanted to let everyone know he was a cock.

I chuckled with my colleague then suddenly stopped and thought sh!t, what if my colleagues thinks that's my bloody car!!!

Not a good feeling (he also genuinely had the collar up on his sports jacket on purpose!)

hunter 66

3,888 posts

219 months

Wednesday 25th May 2016
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In old days the spoiler up meant that the speedo was disconnected to preserve the low milage RS models that are now desired .......simple

JLZ78

Original Poster:

179 posts

101 months

Wednesday 25th May 2016
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Even dealers are doing it. Boycott immediately.


A row of knobbers



toys4x4boys

5 posts

123 months

Wednesday 25th May 2016
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I dunno, is it any worse than the 45+ bloke making sure the centre cap faces the correct way on the rims, or the grey hair afflicted 911 driver telling you his air-cooled beetle on roids is so much better than modern cars, as its more raw and natural, and the early 90's vinyl in the cabin is less pompous than leather. Let's not get to gold wheels on a 944 !

mollytherocker

14,365 posts

208 months

Wednesday 25th May 2016
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toys4x4boys said:
I dunno, is it any worse than the 45+ bloke making sure the centre cap faces the correct way on the rims, or the grey hair afflicted 911 driver telling you his air-cooled beetle on roids is so much better than modern cars, as its more raw and natural, and the early 90's vinyl in the cabin is less pompous than leather. Let's not get to gold wheels on a 944 !
Yes, its way worse. Its posing. Posturing. Its pathetic.

Timbo_Mint

623 posts

220 months

Wednesday 25th May 2016
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I've driven once with the spoiler manually put up - I pressed the button by mistake when going for the PSE and didn't realise that it wasn't a simple, single press retract. Please forgive me. I'm on your side I wonder why there is a manual override. Why would I know any better about the aerodynamics of a car than the people who designed and built it.

toys4x4boys

5 posts

123 months

Wednesday 25th May 2016
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mollytherocker said:
Yes, its way worse. Its posing. Posturing. Its pathetic.
Porsche ownership is posing and posturing, and often pathetic, seems a sensible addition to the throng.

Cpb1702

418 posts

114 months

Wednesday 25th May 2016
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It looks cooler with a the spoiler up. I'd have it up. Cantona style. Now he was cool and great.

mollytherocker

14,365 posts

208 months

Wednesday 25th May 2016
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toys4x4boys said:
mollytherocker said:
Yes, its way worse. Its posing. Posturing. Its pathetic.
Porsche ownership is posing and posturing, and often pathetic, seems a sensible addition to the throng.
I have no idea what you mean chap! Whats a throng?

DJMC

3,431 posts

102 months

Wednesday 25th May 2016
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I had this discussion with a dealer principal once, regarding raised TT spoilers...

He pointed out that Plod is aware of what speed most model's spoilers rise and so if you are on the motorway (or other road!) and they see one pop up it's an indication the car is speeding. Whereas, if you enter the motorway with it already raised and get stopped, the spoiler will stay up when on the hard shoulder, rather than going down again, thus indicating you had raised it manually and it wasn't the car doing 78mph which activated it.

He surmised that many owners raise their spoiler as a habit when starting off on any trip, so as to avoid this tell-tale sign of speeding. To be clear it's the popping up which he thought the indicator, whereas an already raised spoiler might be overlooked as the Plod may assume the driver is one step ahead.

Any merit in this?

JLZ78

Original Poster:

179 posts

101 months

Wednesday 25th May 2016
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Hmm, I don't think the plod argument holds merit anymore. The rozzers need more than a spoiler up to do you for speeding.

mollytherocker

14,365 posts

208 months

Wednesday 25th May 2016
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DJMC said:
I had this discussion with a dealer principal once, regarding raised TT spoilers...

He pointed out that Plod is aware of what speed most model's spoilers rise and so if you are on the motorway (or other road!) and they see one pop up it's an indication the car is speeding. Whereas, if you enter the motorway with it already raised and get stopped, the spoiler will stay up when on the hard shoulder, rather than going down again, thus indicating you had raised it manually and it wasn't the car doing 78mph which activated it.

He surmised that many owners raise their spoiler as a habit when starting off on any trip, so as to avoid this tell-tale sign of speeding. To be clear it's the popping up which he thought the indicator, whereas an already raised spoiler might be overlooked as the Plod may assume the driver is one step ahead.

Any merit in this?
No. Thats utter bull crap. No copper watches spoilers! It is nil proof of anything.

MrBarry123

6,025 posts

120 months

Wednesday 25th May 2016
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I'm unsure if it's cool (because spoilers are always cool) or cringey.

I do find it bizarre though that people who do raise the spoiler by default miss the spoiler automatically raising at a certain speed on the motorway - surely there's nothing cooler than seeing that happen?