Just picked up my first Porsche
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Ever since losing my Renault-sport Clio 182 a few years ago I've missed going for a drive 'just for fun'. I love my supercharged V8 Jaaag but it's a big and heavy car, and not something to throw around on the local country lanes.
I looked at the VX220's and the Lotus Elise/Exige, but then I do go back home (the Netherlands) a few times a year by car, often via France and Belgium so wanted a bit more bootspace, and a few more luxuries (electric roof etc) for the longer trips away so I started looking at Boxster's.
Initially wanted a manual, but after driving a PDK box I actually really liked it, so one this one came up a couple hours away from here I went to see it, and just picked it up today.
Very pleased with it, it's a 2011 987.2 (2nd generation) S, which has the 3.4 liter engine, and pulls like a train and handles unlike anything I've ever driven, though this is the first mid-engined car I've had.
The Sport Chrono pack comes up 'Sport' and 'Sport Plus' mode and that definitely turns the car into a different beast, and it sticks to the road like glue, I haven't stopped smiling since I got it.
Just need the weather to perk up a bit now!
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Also tidied up the garage so she's got somewhere nice to live, before and after :
I looked at the VX220's and the Lotus Elise/Exige, but then I do go back home (the Netherlands) a few times a year by car, often via France and Belgium so wanted a bit more bootspace, and a few more luxuries (electric roof etc) for the longer trips away so I started looking at Boxster's.
Initially wanted a manual, but after driving a PDK box I actually really liked it, so one this one came up a couple hours away from here I went to see it, and just picked it up today.
Very pleased with it, it's a 2011 987.2 (2nd generation) S, which has the 3.4 liter engine, and pulls like a train and handles unlike anything I've ever driven, though this is the first mid-engined car I've had.
The Sport Chrono pack comes up 'Sport' and 'Sport Plus' mode and that definitely turns the car into a different beast, and it sticks to the road like glue, I haven't stopped smiling since I got it.
Just need the weather to perk up a bit now!
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Also tidied up the garage so she's got somewhere nice to live, before and after :
mattman said:
Only thing I would do is to get that front number plate sorted - it’s off centre and makes my teeth itch 
I hadn't noticed to be honest, but I am planning on changing the plate for a different one, but for a completely different reason... 
I go back home (the Netherlands) a few times a year, and Dutch plates are yellow with a blue NL logo front and back. However I used to live in the South, right against the German border (less then 10 minutes away) and German plates are white with a blue D next to it.
So I don't like white plate with a blue logo, as it makes the car look German, especially in my old neck of the woods. And no one wants to be mistaken for a German...
So it's gonna be replaced with an all white plate, and then I'll make sure it's proper centred too...
Just got back from a little euro trip back home (The Netherlands).
Managed to do 1183 miles in 12 days, through 4 countries (UK, France, Belgium, Holland) and it was an absolute blast!
Put it in auto on the cruise control on the motorway and it's a great Grand Tourer, but on the Dutch countrylanes put it in 'manual' and Sport mode and it's a completely different beast. Very impressed with it still.
Though compared to the year before, definitely less boot space to take back Dutch snacks and Belgian beers...
Time to start planning a trip to Switserland/Italy I think, when Covid rules allow so...
Managed to do 1183 miles in 12 days, through 4 countries (UK, France, Belgium, Holland) and it was an absolute blast!
Put it in auto on the cruise control on the motorway and it's a great Grand Tourer, but on the Dutch countrylanes put it in 'manual' and Sport mode and it's a completely different beast. Very impressed with it still.
Though compared to the year before, definitely less boot space to take back Dutch snacks and Belgian beers...
Time to start planning a trip to Switserland/Italy I think, when Covid rules allow so...
So, one year in (tomorrow) and still very pleased with it.
Since buying it a year ago I've done over 5248 miles, whereas in my daily I only averaged around 1500 miles a year for the last few years, so it's getting well used.
Done a trip to the Cotswold in it, and been back home (the Netherlands) and it's just perfect for that.
Two boots, so plenty of room for luggage, cruise control for the motorway journeys, but once at location and on the local country lanes you stick it in manual and Sport mode and it's a completely different beast.
Only once have I felt like it could do with more power, which was on the local A13 when a little Audi came off the sliproad and pulled right in front of me, and when the car in front of him moved out of the way I thought I'd just quickly overtake him, but he put his foot down and was gone, and I could just not keep up, which surprised me a bit
My daily driver is a supercharged 4.2 V8 with a few mods and there's no much it won't keep up with, so when this little Audi kept pulling away I was like errr what's going on, but then the Boxster only has 310 BPH and the Audi turned out to be an RS3 so I never really stood a chance.
But then that's not what I got this car for. It's for the local twisty roads, and fortunately it's got some nice roads nearby, and i's just nice to be able to go for a drive, just for fun. Something I hadn't done in a while as the daily is just not really the car for that.
Looking very much forwards to July, where we'll be taking it through Europe for 16 days, stopping in Luxembough, Baden-Baden, doing the famous B500 route to Brienz (Switzerland), followed by the Grimsel-, Nufenen-, Furka- and Gotthart pass the next day. Then down to the lakes (Como and Garda) in Italy for a week, followed by Bormio to do the Stelvio pass, onto Stuttgart for a couple nights (Porsche museum) and ending the trip in the French champagne region of Reims.
Here's to another year of great motoring fun!
Medic-one said:
Looking very much forwards to July, where we'll be taking it through Europe for 16 days, stopping in Luxembough, Baden-Baden, doing the famous B500 route to Brienz (Switzerland), followed by the Grimsel-, Nufenen-, Furka- and Gotthart pass the next day. Then down to the lakes (Como and Garda) in Italy for a week, followed by Bormio to do the Stelvio pass, onto Stuttgart for a couple nights (Porsche museum) and ending the trip in the French champagne region of Reims.
If anyone was interested in it, there's a write out with loads of photo's of the trip here: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...
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