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Re: New Car Ordered
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
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
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Re: New Car Ordered
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:
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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Re: New Car Ordered
Cool. What did you change? (I only see a picture)
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Re: New Car Ordered
Milos has helpfully put a picture up for me, I've added some internal options such as extended leather, and some carbon bits but externally I've opted for the platinum colour wheels instead of matt black which I feel shows off their lines better and also put the sports pack in gloss black rather than the standard matt. Window trims etc are also gloss black.
I have an eye watering amount in options now!!
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Re: New Car Ordered
I got some wall art done too!
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Re: New Car Ordered
love this ^^^^ !
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New Car Ordered
Wowwww Carl
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Re: New Car Ordered
Coming to a track near you soon
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New Car Ordered
Ah seeing the pics next to each other I can see a very subtle difference on the wheelsSuspect the difference is bigger in person.MadTaz wrote:Milos has helpfully put a picture up for me, I've added some internal options such as extended leather, and some carbon bits but externally I've opted for the platinum colour wheels instead of matt black which I feel shows off their lines better and also put the sports pack in gloss black rather than the standard matt. Window trims etc are also gloss black.
I have an eye watering amount in options now!!
Options is where they really get you (maybe it’s a trick; the longer they’ll make you wait the more options you’ll add), but they sound nice. Wish I had extended leather, so that’s definitively a worthwhile box to tick! Car looks awesome. Looking forward to real pics!
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Re: New Car Ordered
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 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!
Anyway some pics:
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 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!
Anyway some pics:
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Re: New Car Ordered
That's amazing,some stunning cars there,best of luck with the new car
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Re: New Car Ordered
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
There was also this > https://www.carpages.co.uk/mazda/mazda-rx8-11-06-05.asp
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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.warpc0il wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 8:14 pmMazda 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
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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I did that day it was fabulouswarpc0il wrote: ↑Fri Apr 29, 2022 8:14 pmMazda 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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a brilliant day in my just run in 1300 mile RX8
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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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Re: New Car Ordered
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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Thats bigger than Scotts workshop.....was!
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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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