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Just back from a drive through France and Switzerland. 1800 miles over 11 days including the dreaded chaos at Folkestone on the 24th July taking 6 hours to move the last 2 miles to the Eurotunnel.
Buckets no good for more then a few hours? I did 15 the first day.
Takeaways, the car is reasonably good on fuel getting high 20s to early 30s depending on road surface and right foot.
LEDs are great especially during a late night run up a mountain in the dark leaving Geneva.
Auto air con is working hard in +38 degrees but unsurprising when you feel the temp of the glass!
Quite tolerant to speed bumps.
Great storage with a full size suitcase in the front.
Bad things, got made redundant while away…..
J Chitty said:
Just back from a drive through France and Switzerland. 1800 miles over 11 days including the dreaded chaos at Folkestone on the 24th July taking 6 hours to move the last 2 miles to the Eurotunnel.
Buckets no good for more then a few hours? I did 15 the first day.
Takeaways, the car is reasonably good on fuel getting high 20s to early 30s depending on road surface and right foot.
LEDs are great especially during a late night run up a mountain in the dark leaving Geneva.
Auto air con is working hard in +38 degrees but unsurprising when you feel the temp of the glass!
Quite tolerant to speed bumps.
Great storage with a full size suitcase in the front.
Bad things, got made redundant while away…..
No not at all, even with the dampers in sport. The real problem is the terrible quality of British roads! Even so, I still find it ok.
Had my 987 Cayman S for 14 years, steering is excellent on the GT4 but lacks feel compared to the old system and the clutch is lighter in my view on the GT4. Can’t say for sure but I think the extended the pedal throw a little to reduce the weight.
Had my 987 Cayman S for 14 years, steering is excellent on the GT4 but lacks feel compared to the old system and the clutch is lighter in my view on the GT4. Can’t say for sure but I think the extended the pedal throw a little to reduce the weight.
Just back from 1,900 mile trip to South of France with loads of KIDS!
We had a couple of other cars for them to chose from as we shared a house with a couple of other families, including a new E class Estate, the kids fighting over who gets to go in the Porsche.
I took 2x6ft teenagers there and 3 slightly smaller teenagers back.
They all love it, rear room is no problem for one 6 footer or 2x sub 5 footers.
I did one leg of 650 miles in 10 hours, including the Channel Tunnel. 3am French time leaving Limousin, around Paris at 6am, back in Lincolnshire at 1pm English time.
2,000 rpm in a C2 is anywhere between 85 mph and 105 mph depending where exactly on the bezel the rev counter hand is pointing, so best to use the speedo!
Average MPG over a fast 650 miles stint was 34.6mpg. Average speed including stops 67 mph over 10 hours according to the trip. That is about about and a half tanks of fuel.
When they say "For your Securitie" on the Autoroute, they mean it. Slow down to 130kph or 110 kph, whatever it should be. Cameras will be ahead and they know your UK address. I know!
I got overtaken by only one car. It was a battered UK reg. silver 15 year old S max, South of Paris on the A10 doing about 120 mph. Must be doing a dodgy Spain to the UK run at 5am in the morning. If you get caught doing those speeds, they will confiscate your vehicle, so probably he hasn't got too much to lose.
Mixed it with a nice blue 992 GT3 with black and red stripe from Arras to Dartford. Guess what, his car was full of KIDS too!
In fact running costs on the 992 have been very good over 40,000 miles. I have had one service from Porsche Nottingham @20,000 miles, three sets of rear tyres and 2 sets of front tyres. A new set of x4 OE tyres fitted is £700.
Oil consumption has been zero. Average fuel consumption 33 mpg.
For a car that gets to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds, I find the overall running costs exceptional.
I spoke to one of the tecs at Porsche Nottingham the other day about the fleet he looks after which includes quite a few 992s. It would appear my daily usage is definitely the exception to the rule, with many cars just coming in for flat battery replacement after having sat dormant it would appear. I now have one of the highest mileage 992s out there.
He says condition wise it is still like new. It certainly looks and feels like it.
With positive appreciation as opposed to depreciation, it makes my 5 years of Tesla ownership look positively expensive.
We had a couple of other cars for them to chose from as we shared a house with a couple of other families, including a new E class Estate, the kids fighting over who gets to go in the Porsche.
I took 2x6ft teenagers there and 3 slightly smaller teenagers back.
They all love it, rear room is no problem for one 6 footer or 2x sub 5 footers.
I did one leg of 650 miles in 10 hours, including the Channel Tunnel. 3am French time leaving Limousin, around Paris at 6am, back in Lincolnshire at 1pm English time.
2,000 rpm in a C2 is anywhere between 85 mph and 105 mph depending where exactly on the bezel the rev counter hand is pointing, so best to use the speedo!
Average MPG over a fast 650 miles stint was 34.6mpg. Average speed including stops 67 mph over 10 hours according to the trip. That is about about and a half tanks of fuel.
When they say "For your Securitie" on the Autoroute, they mean it. Slow down to 130kph or 110 kph, whatever it should be. Cameras will be ahead and they know your UK address. I know!
I got overtaken by only one car. It was a battered UK reg. silver 15 year old S max, South of Paris on the A10 doing about 120 mph. Must be doing a dodgy Spain to the UK run at 5am in the morning. If you get caught doing those speeds, they will confiscate your vehicle, so probably he hasn't got too much to lose.
Mixed it with a nice blue 992 GT3 with black and red stripe from Arras to Dartford. Guess what, his car was full of KIDS too!
In fact running costs on the 992 have been very good over 40,000 miles. I have had one service from Porsche Nottingham @20,000 miles, three sets of rear tyres and 2 sets of front tyres. A new set of x4 OE tyres fitted is £700.
Oil consumption has been zero. Average fuel consumption 33 mpg.
For a car that gets to 60 mph in 3.6 seconds, I find the overall running costs exceptional.
I spoke to one of the tecs at Porsche Nottingham the other day about the fleet he looks after which includes quite a few 992s. It would appear my daily usage is definitely the exception to the rule, with many cars just coming in for flat battery replacement after having sat dormant it would appear. I now have one of the highest mileage 992s out there.
He says condition wise it is still like new. It certainly looks and feels like it.
With positive appreciation as opposed to depreciation, it makes my 5 years of Tesla ownership look positively expensive.
Edited by politeperson on Monday 8th August 18:11
Edited by politeperson on Monday 8th August 19:34
Lovely car too btw
It’s a funny old world, I had been planning to sell the Spyder, even have it advertised. Then I changed the wheels back to standard, from the black 718 Spyder wheels I have been running, been out for some really great runs in the awesome weather we’ve been having …… I don’t think I’ll bother selling it now. 
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