Porsche West London 991 thing tonight....

[Mario149]

Anyone else here going?

[Phooey]

Heard they got some nice Passats on show

[jackliebling]

I am...

[Mario149]

Well, slight change of plan. I WAS going, but since my car AND bike are now both in the garage being looked at for unscheduled work, it seems fate has decided it doesn't want me there tonight

[Not Ideal]

Was invited by a mate but have previous engagement unfortunately.

Any pics be appreciated!

[AndrewIC]

Drove past earlier, at least two 991's in the main room possibly three, looked quiet good from the brief glimpse.

[drpep]

Was gonna go but not feeling too chipper today. Had a poke around a 991 at the nurburgring last month anyhow. Looked nice; maybe a little bulbous in the flesh but that's probably just unfamiliarity. 991: Coming to a London street near you soon!!

[EVOeng]

Phooey said:

Heard they got some nice Passats on show

[Mario149]

I was mainly going to go to see if I could book myself in for a test drive .....

[dazren]

What is the format for these evenings? I'm going to the OPC Bristol one tonight.

[spareparts]

Was a good evening. Valet parking, totty to watch, canapes, champers/beer/juice to swig, £20 voucher to spend on Porsche stuff, free raffle competition to win Porsche stuff, 4 991s to ogle, sit in, feel, touch, photo and loads of Sales people to take orders from you. Sign up for 991 test drive too. Cabriolet was announced (April deliveries) and orders were also being taken.

All good

[Shewie]

dazren said:

What is the format for these evenings? I'm going to the OPC Bristol one tonight.

See you there!

[dazren]

Spareparts. Thanks for the run down. Shewie, may see you there.

DAZ
(6'5 fat git wearing a black jumper)

[khushy]

dazren said:

Spareparts. Thanks for the run down. Shewie, may see you there.

DAZ
(6'5 fat git wearing a black jumper)

bromance?

[tvrman]

Any idea when the Reading one is/was ?

[X-UFO]

khushy said:

bromance?

That me made laugh properly as opposed to just an eyebrow raise. Thanks for that Mr Khushy.

[dazren]

khushy said:

bromance?

Very funny.

Just got back from a flying visit to the garage. The 991 is far better looking and proportioned than piccies would suggest. Just a long wait now until the GT3 version. Hurry up porsche!

There were four cars there tonight, blue, white, black and an off green colour. I presume these were the same cars at London and Cardiff this week.

DAZ.

[g7jhp]

Porsche West London....why don't they call it Porsche Chiswick?

Possibly a little downmarket!

[Shewie]

khushy said:

bromance?

Yeah... Cheers for that!!

I must admit having seen the car in the metal last night it does look better than in the pics, although the metallic green one they had on display did look a little bit Aston V8 Vantage from the rear quarter. It's also quite a big car, especially when you compared them to some of the stunning customer cars on display in the workshop

The interior space and finish seemed much better (although i'm still not convinced about the Panamera centre console and I really do not see the point in an electronic handbrake!)

Its a shame that all 4 cars they had on display were of the Carrera S variety and that they were all similarly specced non-paddle PDK cars at around the £96k mark. I was hoping to have a look at the 7 speed manual.

Aside from that, I think the badge delete option will prove fairly popular and I still think the mirrors look bloody awful...

How does it drive? I'll let you know on the 19th when I go for my test drive - That should be fun!