Any Rennlisters from New Zealand?
The last 2 days have taken me an hour and 20 min to get home.... With plenty of time doing repetitive hill starts because traffic's not fast enough to crawl in 1st. Parnell rise from the strand being the killer.
Reminds me of why I initially went looking for pdk!! However for all other driving, incl the morning commute which flows well, the manual is still fine and 100% better than the C4.
Don't forget your 'OMG, OMG, OMG!' Comment from a few weeks back though... There is a reason the 64 has appeal.
Reminds me of why I initially went looking for pdk!! However for all other driving, incl the morning commute which flows well, the manual is still fine and 100% better than the C4.
Don't forget your 'OMG, OMG, OMG!' Comment from a few weeks back though... There is a reason the 64 has appeal.
You're right though - an extra hour makes a big diff in evening traffic.
Douggie. Are you bringing Lola to Targa Tour in May to keep my 993 company?? I hope that what you meant ;-)
Ive been on the 911 aircooled wagon 15 years, so a little longer than you and a similar length of time as John. The other thing is you havent driven or lived with a PDK or PDK-S equipped car yet. Although I dont disagree with your comments as such I also dont believe they are fully qualified till you have lived with both. The PDK makes a much more compelling argument than I thought it would. The best world is one where you have one of both I guess. As for aircooled vs watercooled I shunned watercooled for over 10 years. I owned a 996 GT3 and thought it was sterile and ugly after my 993RS (which it was). I also thought it was "too fast for NZ roads". I just learnt to drive better now thats all LOL!
I still think the aircooled have more character and are more "fun" than the water-cooled cars generally speaking and I guess I would say the same for manual vs PDK, however its what gets you up and driving that counts and right now Im putting 3:1 kms on the new gear vs old. The new gear is accessable, reliable, low cost of running, good looking with many usful and convenient features and I have to tell you "POWER CORRUPTS" as John already knows from turbo days, theres something about being able tio nail the loud pedal and get pushed forward with a huge shove in a wail of high RPM N/A engine sound. The modern cars and PDK particularly deliver well in this regard.
Interesting times ahead....
Ive been on the 911 aircooled wagon 15 years, so a little longer than you and a similar length of time as John. The other thing is you havent driven or lived with a PDK or PDK-S equipped car yet. Although I dont disagree with your comments as such I also dont believe they are fully qualified till you have lived with both. The PDK makes a much more compelling argument than I thought it would. The best world is one where you have one of both I guess. As for aircooled vs watercooled I shunned watercooled for over 10 years. I owned a 996 GT3 and thought it was sterile and ugly after my 993RS (which it was). I also thought it was "too fast for NZ roads". I just learnt to drive better now thats all LOL!
I still think the aircooled have more character and are more "fun" than the water-cooled cars generally speaking and I guess I would say the same for manual vs PDK, however its what gets you up and driving that counts and right now Im putting 3:1 kms on the new gear vs old. The new gear is accessable, reliable, low cost of running, good looking with many usful and convenient features and I have to tell you "POWER CORRUPTS" as John already knows from turbo days, theres something about being able tio nail the loud pedal and get pushed forward with a huge shove in a wail of high RPM N/A engine sound. The modern cars and PDK particularly deliver well in this regard.
Interesting times ahead....
Power does corrupt. For some reason, the engine I still enjoyed the most on the open road was the Turbo 3.6. It seemed like waves of torque allowed you to overtake anything and it had class. That interior was beautiful, like a timeless gentleman's club. The 996TT was likely a lot faster but didn't feel it. Herman is now loud and torquey, but not as easy to drive as either turbo. The R is a weapon, but not imbued with much character. Enough said. The Cayenne is a moving sofa. Sunday will see another 600km in the latter. Horses for courses.
Fun fishing trip. Got good bites from those I targeted but didn't quite land one. Ha ha.
When the old cars are long gone from the garage I reckon there will be regrets in future. Just saying.
Graeme, why do you own (and love) an old 911?
When the old cars are long gone from the garage I reckon there will be regrets in future. Just saying.
Graeme, why do you own (and love) an old 911?
Reasonable buy do you think Dave? http://www.trademe.co.nz/a.aspx?id=843696805
Bugger that - my commute is less than a minute. Sometimes it's 2 or 3 min's if I play with the girls or make a cuppa.
For a soulless car as you air cooled cars say.........
This has to be a bargain - Cayman S, NZ new with 40k and silver over black. Probably get it for $42K.
It has sports crono and sexy mags........
If it didn't have 2 seats I'd own this and the Audi would be toast............
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used...-841635728.htm
This has to be a bargain - Cayman S, NZ new with 40k and silver over black. Probably get it for $42K.
It has sports crono and sexy mags........
If it didn't have 2 seats I'd own this and the Audi would be toast............
http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used...-841635728.htm