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I'm new to forums of any kind and this is my first ever post. I have been watching this thread since ordering my 718S last year and after a very enjoyable journey yesterday I felt compelled to comment.
It was probably the most enjoyable business trip I have ever carried out by car, Leaving home nice an early on the first beautiful day of the year I headed up from Durham on the A68 to Falkirk for a couple of stops, then onto Glasgow and home via M74, A69 and A68.
I bought my 718 as a sports car but was amazed by its all-round capabilities. It was comfortable, 20 inch wheels no PASM, and after 7 1/2 hours driving time I got out feeling fresh and would have very happily kept on going, The handling and grip on the twisties was amazing and the power for overtaking always present with no signs of any lag, This is a very powerful car. I did use the 'mad' button on the sports chrono a couple of times when overtaking, that is great fun and highly recommended.
It was a 378 mile round trip and I averaged 29mpg, arriving home with 26 miles of range left in the tank. Couldn't believe I did the whole journey without refuelling although I did have to ease off a little on the final stretch as it's amazing what a bit of spirited acceleration will do to the projected range figure.
My only niggle being the fact that the apple car play proved to be useless. I rang the dealer on route to complain of it not working to be told that the PCM needs an update and they can't keep up those constantly coming from Apple for the iPhones.
I don't mean this to sound like an advert for the 718 but I have owned many cars over the years and this was such an enjoyable trip. I got out of the car, sat and had a beer watching it ticking away cooling down and felt that I needed to share the experience. As we all know the wife will only listen for so long before you get told that you're boring her!
It was probably the most enjoyable business trip I have ever carried out by car, Leaving home nice an early on the first beautiful day of the year I headed up from Durham on the A68 to Falkirk for a couple of stops, then onto Glasgow and home via M74, A69 and A68.
I bought my 718 as a sports car but was amazed by its all-round capabilities. It was comfortable, 20 inch wheels no PASM, and after 7 1/2 hours driving time I got out feeling fresh and would have very happily kept on going, The handling and grip on the twisties was amazing and the power for overtaking always present with no signs of any lag, This is a very powerful car. I did use the 'mad' button on the sports chrono a couple of times when overtaking, that is great fun and highly recommended.
It was a 378 mile round trip and I averaged 29mpg, arriving home with 26 miles of range left in the tank. Couldn't believe I did the whole journey without refuelling although I did have to ease off a little on the final stretch as it's amazing what a bit of spirited acceleration will do to the projected range figure.
My only niggle being the fact that the apple car play proved to be useless. I rang the dealer on route to complain of it not working to be told that the PCM needs an update and they can't keep up those constantly coming from Apple for the iPhones.
I don't mean this to sound like an advert for the 718 but I have owned many cars over the years and this was such an enjoyable trip. I got out of the car, sat and had a beer watching it ticking away cooling down and felt that I needed to share the experience. As we all know the wife will only listen for so long before you get told that you're boring her!
Pinball said:
OP, great choice of car 
What's your CarPlay problem? I've a 67 plate car and all the latest iOS updates, only issue I have is not being able to skip tracks with the favourite button on the wheel, which works fine in every other music source, including using the phone via Bluetooth or plugged in as an iPod.
It's mainly SIRI that isn't working. When I try to use it to make calls or read texts through car play, with the phone connected, it just keeps searching and says it is unable to connect and to try later. What's your CarPlay problem? I've a 67 plate car and all the latest iOS updates, only issue I have is not being able to skip tracks with the favourite button on the wheel, which works fine in every other music source, including using the phone via Bluetooth or plugged in as an iPod.Edited by Pinball on Friday 20th April 13:32
DJMC said:
Congratulations!
For the type of driving you did, are you happy with 29mpg? What had you been used to before with your previous car?
I marvel at my 2.7 981's ability to out-mpg the 2012 TTS I had before. On a run it's 10mpg more than the TTS could ever manage, around 42mpg for the Cayman.
Very happy with the mpg, it was mainly A roads and I was "making good progress"For the type of driving you did, are you happy with 29mpg? What had you been used to before with your previous car?
I marvel at my 2.7 981's ability to out-mpg the 2012 TTS I had before. On a run it's 10mpg more than the TTS could ever manage, around 42mpg for the Cayman.
Pinball said:
OP, great choice of car What's your CarPlay problem? I've a 67 plate car and all the latest iOS updates, only issue I have is not being able to skip tracks with the favourite button on the wheel, which works fine in every other music source, including using the phone via Bluetooth or plugged in as an iPod.
It's mainly SIRI that isn't working. When I try to use it to make calls or read texts through car play, with the phone connected, it just keeps searching and says it is unable to connect and to try later. What's your CarPlay problem? I've a 67 plate car and all the latest iOS updates, only issue I have is not being able to skip tracks with the favourite button on the wheel, which works fine in every other music source, including using the phone via Bluetooth or plugged in as an iPod.Edited by Pinball on Friday 20th April 13:32
mattnovak said:
Looking forward to collecting mine, soon hopefully - just waiting on an update from Porsche SIlverstone. Did you go PDK or manual?
Oh, and I'm part-exchanging an NA flat 6 against it.
I went PDK, Could have have gone either way really but was so impressed with the pdk box, the gear shifts are lightning fast and its so clever how it 'learns' the way you are driving.Oh, and I'm part-exchanging an NA flat 6 against it.
When I am pushing on it's great to put it in manual and hold the gears until you want it to shift. On the flip side it makes it really easy to crawl along in the all too frequent traffic jams!
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