GT4 appreciation thread

[Fokker]

LoganB said:

Carbon Trim, extended leather with platinum stitching, and 918 buckets.

Absolutely over the moon with it.

Lovely car Logan.

[Dissolved]

Drove past a beautiful yellow one coming off the Severn Bridge back into England on Sunday, looked to be travelling with a 911 as well. First one I've seen in the wild, absolutely stunning.

[Fokker]

Dissolved said:

Drove past a beautiful yellow one coming off the Severn Bridge back into England on Sunday, looked to be travelling with a 911 as well. First one I've seen in the wild, absolutely stunning.

They do look great on the road. I've only ever seen 3 on the road. Not exactly common!

[TDT]

Fokker said:

They do look great on the road. I've only ever seen 3 on the road. Not exactly common!

Before I got mine I'd only ever even seen one in the metal - Red press car PGE - when it was at the body shop after some journo's had given it a thorough beating - needed new rocker panels and a load of work underneath where it had clearly had an off... still looked awesome though...at the time I thought I'd never see one in person.
Next time I saw one.... was the one I bought.... I walked in the showroom...was pretty much handed keys for drive.... game over.
I've never seen another one on the road. I've seen more 911Rs on the road actually..

[LoganB]

Fokker said:

Lovely car Logan.

Thanks. As said. I'm super made up. And it's got over 15k of extra's so it's a great spec with all the good boxes ticked.

Only downside is the previous owner hasn't used it so I'm having to run it in! Had under 500 miles on it when I collected it.
The owners manual suggests keeping the engine speeds down for 1800 miles. Is this what most people do? Seems a lengthy mileage to run a modern engine in? I'm currently limiting myself to 5kish rpm. And was thinking after 1k miles if be okay to stretch it's legs a bit more.
It feels like its just getting going at 5k.

[Fokker]

LoganB said:

Thanks. As said. I'm super made up. And it's got over 15k of extra's so it's a great spec with all the good boxes ticked.

Only downside is the previous owner hasn't used it so I'm having to run it in! Had under 500 miles on it when I collected it.
The owners manual suggests keeping the engine speeds down for 1800 miles. Is this what most people do? Seems a lengthy mileage to run a modern engine in? I'm currently limiting myself to 5kish rpm. And was thinking after 1k miles if be okay to stretch it's legs a bit more.
It feels like its just getting going at 5k.

Quite a few people waited until 1500 or so and gradually ramped it up.
I dare say some went for it from zero but I would say anything after 1000 - 1200 miles you can start to extend it a little.

[Fokker]

Has anyone got the old GT4 configurator link to hand possibly? It was posted on here a couple of months back...

[LoganB]

Fokker said:

LoganB said:

Thanks. As said. I'm super made up. And it's got over 15k of extra's so it's a great spec with all the good boxes ticked.

Only downside is the previous owner hasn't used it so I'm having to run it in! Had under 500 miles on it when I collected it.
The owners manual suggests keeping the engine speeds down for 1800 miles. Is this what most people do? Seems a lengthy mileage to run a modern engine in? I'm currently limiting myself to 5kish rpm. And was thinking after 1k miles if be okay to stretch it's legs a bit more.
It feels like its just getting going at 5k.

Quite a few people waited until 1500 or so and gradually ramped it up.
I dare say some went for it from zero but I would say anything after 1000 - 1200 miles you can start to extend it a little.

Okay, cheers, I'll have to just be patient then! lol

It'll be dude its first service in spring so should just work in right for it being run in. Then I'll get some proper miles on it next summer

[TDT]

If you fancy some aural titillation....

https://youtu.be/atidLxhMlVs and https://youtu.be/3hfk-Gqds

[Fokker]

Chaps where can I get hold of some of these rear wing extenders?
I mean the extenders rather than replacement brakes.

[TDT]

Fokker said:

Chaps where can I get hold of some of these rear wing extenders?
I mean the extenders rather than replacement brakes.

Do you mean the (carbon in some cases) extension on top of the rear wing?

[BubblesNW]

Fokker said:

Chaps where can I get hold of some of these rear wing extenders?
I mean the extenders rather than replacement brakes.

Check your Facebook, I've sent you a link...

[Jeronh]

If any of you GT4 owning chaps are interested, I've got a brand new Sharkwerks exhaust tip going here. Cost me £480 all in so £400 shipped in the UK is fair I think.

Have a look - makes the stock exhaust seem rather puny http://www.sharkwerks.com/products.php?pid=486

Fire me over a message if you're after it.

Jeron

[JayK12]

TDT said:

I walked in the showroom...was pretty much handed keys for drive.... game over.

:lol: dangerous!

This look fking awesome!

[Porsche911R]

JayK12 said:

:lol: dangerous!

This look fking awesome!

are you at Donny today ? or an evening session ?

[JayK12]

Porsche911R said:

JayK12 said:

:lol: dangerous!

This look fking awesome!

are you at Donny today ? or an evening session ?

Nah fked up, forgot to book then when i did remember it was fully booked! Was hoping for a cancellation but nothing has materialised.

[Porsche911R]

JayK12 said:

Nah fked up, forgot to book then when i did remember it was fully booked! Was hoping for a cancellation but nothing has materialised.

did the others go ? I might pop over this afternoon.

[JayK12]

Porsche911R said:

JayK12 said:

Nah fked up, forgot to book then when i did remember it was fully booked! Was hoping for a cancellation but nothing has materialised.

did the others go ? I might pop over this afternoon.

Steve and the chap that owns his old Cayman are going, evening session.

[TDT]

Porsche911R said:

did the others go ? I might pop over this afternoon.

Yep - Boxsey and a couple others will be there... unfortunately - i couldn't get there either.

Brands is next for me at the end of the month.

[boxsey]

TDT said:

Porsche911R said:

did the others go ? I might pop over this afternoon.

Yep - Boxsey and a couple others will be there... unfortunately - i couldn't get there either.

Brands is next for me at the end of the month.

Yes, three of us in GT4s made it there and Grant in my old CR. Jay, you could have got on, I saw a couple of people sign up on the night. However it was a poor evening. Too many cars booked on. I counted about 60 which is too many for an evening session IMO. Lots of queuing to get on circuit because of the numbers and a few idiots that threw themselves into the gravel. Managed a few decent laps in the last hour when things had calmed down a bit but called it a night half hour before the end when there was yet another red flag. Next outing for me will be the PCGB day at Oulton Park and the end of October where driving standards will be far better.