The eerie waft through traffic

[supermono]

It's odd but lightish London traffic has stopped bothering me since the C350e. Ok I time it right so I'm not completely gridlocked but I think the angst I used to feel was caused by in the 911, clutching and changing gear every 30 seconds for another 50 feet, and both in the 911 and auto Jaag it was the fact you've got that huge engine getting hot, idling, wearing, probably coking up a bit, just not anywhere near its ideal running conditions, and making my mechanical empathy twitch.

Now, I'm listening to a cool sound system, I'm watching folks walking by, and everything's off until I move that 50 feet, and with no vibration, engine noise or real concentration needed at all. The time just seems to pass by to the point it doesn't even seem like it's taking me as long to get out of town.

It's immensely relaxing. Love it

And at a cost of around 3 quid a day for my 50 mile commute compared with 15 quid on that poxy train, there's even more win.

[supermono]

Haha classic fm is a step too far it's planet rock for me or SD card rock...

Preheating yes great I've just set my departure time for 0600 as it happens

Ps the 911 (and two superbikes) still in the garage, I'm not completely bonkers haha

[supermono]

If you'd turned up in a tesla yes but really you're looking at two different markets here. Those are seriously good cars you're trying to compete with, space luxury and speed or just speed in case of 911, a leaf is a quirky bit of fun to these players

[supermono]

REALIST123 said:

Hmm, yes. I know which of those I'd choose for a journey of any distance.

(I do wonder what sort of junk some of you have been driving, going off the above posts? Vibration in traffic, worrying about oil pressure, temperature etc. Dear me.)

Are we sure we're not just trying to convince ourselves about our latest purchases, chaps?

Not in my case, the GT2 happily sits besides the milkfloat at chez supermono. The merc excels by not having to keep working the clutch or waste petrol in traffic, and whilst the 911 is happy to idle all day long (who mentioned oil pressure? not me) it was my mechanical empathy causing me issues if I ever drove it into London. But out on the roads, man I wouldn't want to be anywhere else but in the 911, enthusiastically issuing that beautiful plant food from its red hot exhaust tips.