Launch Night

[Bennachie]

It will be interesting to see if they will fire it up....................

[mollytherocker]

Bennachie said:

It will be interesting to see if they will fire it up....................

Haha, I doubt it. I am going on Monday.

[tyrrell]

I will be wearing my old Suburu rally jacket for a

[red997]

might just turn up IN the Subaru
and it's a full rally rep WRX STi
might upset them a bit.
Might even get to look at my car - it's been in with the OPC for nearly 5 weeks now for warranty work...

[mdianuk]

I'm going on Monday, mainly to check out the new dealership and discuss opportunities with the DP, rather than look at the Boxster!

[Bennachie]

Tea and buns tonight...............

I WILL try and start one...........

[davidc1]

I am going to the east London one next week , a treat for the kids mainly.

Edited by davidc1 on Wednesday 20th April 12:01

[Bennachie]

Highlight of the night?

918


and a very nice Carerra Targa.............





and the tea and buns.



oh, the boxster?



meah....







No, no sound.........




How can a flat four reincarnation be that much heavier than a 981? Someone has been eating all the pies........

[mollytherocker]

Bennachie said:

Highlight of the night?

918


and a very nice Carerra Targa.............





and the tea and buns.



oh, the boxster?



meah....







No, no sound.........




How can a flat four reincarnation be that much heavier than a 981? Someone has been eating all the pies........

2 turbos plus all of the plumbing that goes with them....

[bogopper]

mollytherocker said:

Bennachie said:

Highlight of the night?

How can a flat four reincarnation be that much heavier than a 981? Someone has been eating all the pies........

2 turbos plus all of the plumbing that goes with them....

One turbo...

[mollytherocker]

bogopper said:

mollytherocker said:

Bennachie said:

Highlight of the night?

How can a flat four reincarnation be that much heavier than a 981? Someone has been eating all the pies........

2 turbos plus all of the plumbing that goes with them....

One turbo...

My mistake, its the 991.2 that has two.

[DJMC]

I'm going tomorrow evening, mainly to see if they've improved the protective finish to the front brake caliper pad slider lug bolt heads.

Edited by DJMC on Thursday 21st April 16:29

[mollytherocker]

DJMC said:

I'm going tomorrow evening, mainly to see if they've improved the protective finish to the front brake caliper pad slider lug bolt heads.

;-)

I believe they have yes. However, they have had to sacrifice 2 cylinders to fund it.

[DJMC]

mollytherocker said:

I believe they have yes. However, they have had to sacrifice 2 cylinders to fund it.

[StevenRugg]

I'm attending one tomorrow night, but never been to one before. What's the general format? Is there someone talking about all the new features and changes, or a prerecorded video played or something? Also how long is the presentation, before, I presume, time to look around the car (and presumably the rest of the showroom)?

[DJMC]

StevenRugg said:

I'm attending one tomorrow night, but never been to one before. What's the general format? Is there someone talking about all the new features and changes, or a prerecorded video played or something? Also how long is the presentation, before, I presume, time to look around the car (and presumably the rest of the showroom)?

You probably had the email...

The event will take place at our Porsche Centre, with approximate timings as follows:

7.00pm - Official start for event
7.30pm - Presentation begins
9.30pm - Event closes

I'd be a little worried being sat for 2hrs listening/watching!

Who's been and can tell us the answer...?

[StevenRugg]

Yeah, I thought two hours was quite long, but noticed the difference in the words 'presentation' and 'event' from that intinerary, which made me curious about what actually happens.

Looking forward to it of course, regardless!

[PastaSource]

DJMC said:

StevenRugg said:

I'm attending one tomorrow night, but never been to one before. What's the general format? Is there someone talking about all the new features and changes, or a prerecorded video played or something? Also how long is the presentation, before, I presume, time to look around the car (and presumably the rest of the showroom)?

You probably had the email...

The event will take place at our Porsche Centre, with approximate timings as follows:

7.00pm - Official start for event
7.30pm - Presentation begins
9.30pm - Event closes

I'd be a little worried being sat for 2hrs listening/watching!

Who's been and can tell us the answer...?

General format for these things based on those timings:

7.00pm - stand around, cars are covered, get a drink, and some nice finger food. Listen to a nice, live string quartet (if you're lucky).
7.30pm - very short (5-10 mins tops) introduction by dealer principle or similar, plus a German Porsche dude of some description, followed by a short video. Cars are then 'unveiled', and opened for people to look around, sit in and poke, while nice, leather staining, paint smearing finger food continues to make the rounds.
8.00pm - catch up with friendly faces from OPC, arrange test drive, enter competition, etc.
8.15pm - collect brochure/other give-away stuff and time to go home .

Can be hard to get a good view of the car if busy (likewise queue for sitting inside), but if they have three or four cars it doesn't work out too badly if you wait around a while.

[StevenRugg]

PastaSource said:

General format for these things based on those timings:

7.00pm - stand around, cars are covered, get a drink, and some nice finger food. Listen to a nice, live string quartet (if you're lucky).
7.30pm - very short (5-10 mins tops) introduction by dealer principle or similar, plus a German Porsche dude of some description, followed by a short video. Cars are then 'unveiled', and opened for people to look around, sit in and poke, while nice, leather staining, paint smearing finger food continues to make the rounds.
8.00pm - catch up with friendly faces from OPC, arrange test drive, enter competition, etc.
8.15pm - collect brochure/other give-away stuff and time to go home .

Can be hard to get a good view of the car if busy (likewise queue for sitting inside), but if they have three or four cars it doesn't work out too badly if you wait around a while.

Cool, thanks for that. Very useful to know. Cheers.

[neilf]

StevenRugg said:

PastaSource said:

General format for these things based on those timings:

7.00pm - stand around, cars are covered, get a drink, and some nice finger food. Listen to a nice, live string quartet (if you're lucky).
7.30pm - very short (5-10 mins tops) introduction by dealer principle or similar, plus a German Porsche dude of some description, followed by a short video. Cars are then 'unveiled', and opened for people to look around, sit in and poke, while nice, leather staining, paint smearing finger food continues to make the rounds.
8.00pm - catch up with friendly faces from OPC, arrange test drive, enter competition, etc.
8.15pm - collect brochure/other give-away stuff and time to go home .

Can be hard to get a good view of the car if busy (likewise queue for sitting inside), but if they have three or four cars it doesn't work out too badly if you wait around a while.

Cool, thanks for that. Very useful to know. Cheers.

Went to local launch last night. Exactly as above. Lovely evening so spent a while outside in the car park chatting with other owners who invariably turn up in their tasty toys.

OPC also filled up the service bay with some 'approved used' stuff to temp you along with a new GT3RS, GT3, GT4 and a lovely 959 waiting to go to Reading for a fettle.