Six months on
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 6:29 pm
So some people are looking for info - here we go.
Fed up with the seat on the Elise creaking (and seeing an Exige at 121K in Murray's/Leven) and having some funds available from a pension i went looking about.
Tried Aberdeen Porsche and they couldn't have been less interested if they had tried (i probably wasn't well enough dressed or turned up in the wrong car) - from what i've heard this isn't an unusual occurence.
I was thinking about trying an Alpine, but don't really like the looks.Couldn't find anywhere easy to try the mid-engined Alfa
Spotted a possible at Porsche Perth and went down with little hope of getting good service, but i couldn't have been more wrong.
Completely different experience from Aberdeen, staff were knowledgeable and enthusiastic (it may have helped that they had only been open for a few months).
Arranged a test drive for later, went down and went out with Hamish in a Cayman with all the toys and was quite impressed (it rode really well on 20 inch wheels and 35 section tyres although i hated the normal/sport/supersport modes on the auto box).Hamish soon figured out i wasn't that interested.
Went back and took out the car i was interested in - a Black Edition 997.2 - it's a run out edition apparently.
Different league handling wise, really felt solid, although compared to the Elise the front end does move around a lot.
They did try to sell me up to a C4s with PDK of approximately the same age (that's their job), but i stuck to a manual car (must be an age thing).
Had it for a while now (haven't even found out half of what the PCM music/phone etc system can do I suspect, but i don't care that much).
Goes well in any gear, i haven't had it flat out in any gear yet (probably time i did a trackday).
Car will understeer at even very low speeds if you're off the accelerator, but turns in beautifully at all speeds otherwise - i doubt i've even scratched the surface of the handling.
Managed to get it out of shape on a cold damp road once and it communicated and responded immediately.
Getting good at ignoring all the morons who want to race (why are they nearly always 4x4 drivers?)
Just a great car to be in.
Lady P by arg918, on Flickr
Fed up with the seat on the Elise creaking (and seeing an Exige at 121K in Murray's/Leven) and having some funds available from a pension i went looking about.
Tried Aberdeen Porsche and they couldn't have been less interested if they had tried (i probably wasn't well enough dressed or turned up in the wrong car) - from what i've heard this isn't an unusual occurence.
I was thinking about trying an Alpine, but don't really like the looks.Couldn't find anywhere easy to try the mid-engined Alfa
Spotted a possible at Porsche Perth and went down with little hope of getting good service, but i couldn't have been more wrong.
Completely different experience from Aberdeen, staff were knowledgeable and enthusiastic (it may have helped that they had only been open for a few months).
Arranged a test drive for later, went down and went out with Hamish in a Cayman with all the toys and was quite impressed (it rode really well on 20 inch wheels and 35 section tyres although i hated the normal/sport/supersport modes on the auto box).Hamish soon figured out i wasn't that interested.
Went back and took out the car i was interested in - a Black Edition 997.2 - it's a run out edition apparently.
Different league handling wise, really felt solid, although compared to the Elise the front end does move around a lot.
They did try to sell me up to a C4s with PDK of approximately the same age (that's their job), but i stuck to a manual car (must be an age thing).
Had it for a while now (haven't even found out half of what the PCM music/phone etc system can do I suspect, but i don't care that much).
Goes well in any gear, i haven't had it flat out in any gear yet (probably time i did a trackday).
Car will understeer at even very low speeds if you're off the accelerator, but turns in beautifully at all speeds otherwise - i doubt i've even scratched the surface of the handling.
Managed to get it out of shape on a cold damp road once and it communicated and responded immediately.
Getting good at ignoring all the morons who want to race (why are they nearly always 4x4 drivers?)
Just a great car to be in.
Lady P by arg918, on Flickr
