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Back in the late 80's and early 90's we would regularly turn out for a AROC Essex meet and be the only ones to arrive in an Alfa.

At one venue the landlord said he'd cancel the table booking, which was normally 12-20 people, unless at least two Alfas appeared in the carpark :roll:
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Little bit of an update:

Still waiting on the car, I'm just about to lock in my specification now which has changed from the above (only a little) , Dealer are saying I should receive about May. In the meantime though I have a courtesy Porsche track day at Silverstone in April to enjoy for which I'll be taking out both the 4.0GTS and GT4! Should be fun!

New Spec:
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Cool. What did you change? (I only see a picture)


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Cool. What did you change? (I only see a picture)


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I have an eye watering amount in options now!! #-o
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I got some wall art done too!
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love this ^^^^ !
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Wowwww Carl 8)
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Coming to a track near you soon

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MadTaz wrote:
tmk wrote:
Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:00 am
Cool. What did you change? (I only see a picture)


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I have an eye watering amount in options now!! #-o
Ah seeing the pics next to each other I can see a very subtle difference on the wheelsImageImageSuspect the difference is bigger in person.

Options is where they really get you (maybe it’s a trick; the longer they’ll make you wait the more options you’ll addImage), but they sound nice. Wish I had extended leather, so that’s definitively a worthwhile box to tick! Image Car looks awesome. Looking forward to real pics!


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Re: New Car Ordered

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Little update:

When you order a new car form the dealer, Porsche send you on an experience day at Silverstone, this was a great day out I drove the same spec car as I've ordered and Scott whom came as a paid guest took out the amazing manual GT4 for the day!

The day consists of Track, over two circuits, some skid pan training as well as an ice hill, all really good fun and you are not held back by the instructors :D so you can go a hard or soft as you like on the cars! In addition you can spend more or less time on one area depending on what you want to learn/do.

An expensive day (if paying) but honestly a really good experience!

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That's amazing,some stunning cars there,best of luck with the new car ;)
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Mazda did a similar service for the first few (?) RX8 owners, in conjunction with Prodrive, in 2003.

There was also this > https://www.carpages.co.uk/mazda/mazda-rx8-11-06-05.asp
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warpc0il wrote:
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Mazda did a similar service for the first few (?) RX8 owners, in conjunction with Prodrive, in 2003.

There was also this > https://www.carpages.co.uk/mazda/mazda-rx8-11-06-05.asp
Yes they did! I did that too! The only difference being Mazda made you use your own car which might not be for everyone when its only 4 months old.

Again though fantastic day and the instructor basically didn't care how hard you pushed the car as it was yours!
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warpc0il wrote:
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Mazda did a similar service for the first few (?) RX8 owners, in conjunction with Prodrive, in 2003.

There was also this > https://www.carpages.co.uk/mazda/mazda-rx8-11-06-05.asp
I did that day it was fabulous
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Got a recent update and the new car is born! finally!
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The longest waiting days have just started.
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Got a recent update and the new car is born! finally!

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what colour have you painted it's bedroom?
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what colour have you painted it's bedroom?
The bedroom is still being built! :)
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Just out of curiosity will it arrive with a speed limiter fitted now that the EU has decreed all new cars have to have them - a Porsche with a speed limiter seems a bit at odds with what a Porsche is.

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Just out of curiosity will it arrive with a speed limiter fitted now that the EU has decreed all new cars have to have them - a Porsche with a speed limiter seems a bit at odds with what a Porsche is.

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MadTaz wrote:
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what colour have you painted it's bedroom?
The bedroom is still being built! :)

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Thats bigger than Scotts workshop.....was!
Haha! yes true! Although Scott's new workshop is about 1600Sqft, my one is a mere 650Sqft :(
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Will Scott be able to walk across it easily as currently its just 3 or 4 steps to get something off another bench, he will need more energy.
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