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It took a couple days, but porsche uploaded pictures of my car as well. Very cool. Now trying to figure out what's the earliest date I can reasonably get this baby on the track
It took a couple days, but porsche uploaded pictures of my car as well. Very cool. Now trying to figure out what's the earliest date I can reasonably get this baby on the track
Honestly haven't even considered what changes I will make other than knowing I'm installing Brey Krause mounts and Schroth harnesses. After that I trust Speed Sport Tuning to make any changes they think advisable. I have a 2013 Boxster S at the moment that they have been taking care of so they are keenly aware of my driving style. I'm pretty sedate with my Boxster as compared to my track dedicated Cayman. At a minimum I'll have to educate myself on toe link options now that you mention it so I'm not taken by surprise if they recommend that. I do expect they will recommend to change the brake pads and fluid as well.
Thanks for mentioning the toe links. I hate sounding surprised every time the shop recommends a change
A week. lol. That's baby talk. Been camped out in Emden since March 21st. April 29 is allegedly the new "On Vessel" date heading to San Diego. Probably Hestia Leader once the SFL Composer gets the hell out of the way. Pretty frustrating.
It was under some heading called "discover your phase" or something like that.
Ha, the "Discover Your Phase" button shows I haven't even been scheduled for production yet, while the "Track Your Dream" button shows CP8 completed and en route to Emden Port. App is a bit buggy to be sure.
I have not been tracking my car closely (GTS) nor has the sales person been giving me regular updates. My original at the dealer date was supposed to be April 8, 2022. Last I heard from the sales person it was June 8, 2022.
I decided to take a look for myself yesterday on the Porsche website and was happy to see I am on the Glovis Supreme estimated 25 days from now to the dealer.
I may get flamed for this observation, but I’m finding the much-discussed gear ratio ‘issue’, especially 2nd, is way overstated in the reviews. Admittedly, I’m still in the break-in limbo of not revving over 5krpm. However, compared to vehicles of not long ago vintage, the power and torque available for shifting at ~5krpm is on par with the total for cars of the recent past – so you can easily find yourself in 4th at a normal highway speed (and certainly not feeling like you should be in 2nd) Admittedly, if I were at a DE and trying to stay in that 6-8krpm sweet spot then things might feel different. However, on normal public highways shifting at more modest rpms is a perfectly fine experience. Thankfully first gear is actually useful too, as I’ve had cars where it was almost unusable, especially for downshifting to do a 180. Stated another way, the car has two personalities: There is the sub 5krpm world where it drives like a very good road car by any standard. The other world (which I have not yet enjoyed) is the upper rpm range where a GT car is born. Hopefully I’ll come to find the gearing ‘feel’ is fine up there too.
I have to say I’ve been thinking a lot about this, and I suspect I will feel the same about both the “tall gearing” and the “muted exhaust”. I get that guys on YouTube that jump from super car to super car making in depth comparisons would have valid points here, but I need to be realistic for a minute as far as my situation. The last “manual” I owned was a 2003 Mazda 3 hatchback that I put 100,000 miles on over 10 years and loved it. My current daily driver is a ‘21 Honda Pilot or my wife’s ‘18 Honda Clarity PHEV. I’ll admit the Pilot has an oddly satisfying intake honk on it when you get it going, but it’s not something I am hooning from stop light to stop light, and there is zero exhaust noise from inside the cabin. Ditto on the tall gearing… while I’m sure to explore the redline for kicks, on back roads the car will probably spend most of it’s time in the 4K - 6k RPM range. Will I still eventually do a full Kline Inconel System and Cargraphic valve controller? Heck yes… but until then I think the stock exhaust will sound fantastic compared to anything I’m used to driving.
I guess in another four weeks or so I can test these theories
04-26-2022 | 11:30 AM
