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Congrats Chief! Excited for you. That will be a long yet wait, yet short at the same time being that dream is now a reality and in the age of life, it will be in your garage in a short minute.
Got here late, Chief. But my thoughts exactly. You could pick it up at the plant in Zuffenhausen, and they should do a 30 day registration and temp plates so you can have a vacation and drive it like it was meant.
If that's a thought, you slow roll it on the A81, but head south. About 20 miles from the A8/A81 interchange no traffic and the golden "no limit" sign.
I just came back from a 3 week Germany trip. Restaurants (Gasthaus) are open. Everything is open. Just have an FFP2 mask.
The Porsche website says "Lunch at the restaurant guest casino, a visit to the museum and a tour of the Porsche factory will not be available until further notice."
Hopefully by the time it's ready, everything will be open (or they'll update their website lol).
Last edited by civicdrivr; 08-27-2021 at 09:44 PM.
Got here late, Chief. But my thoughts exactly. You could pick it up at the plant in Zuffenhausen, and they should do a 30 day registration and temp plates so you can have a vacation and drive it like it was meant.
that was my ultimate goal originally but Germany is not in the travel budget right now for some reason . . . .
If that's a thought, you slow roll it on the A81, but head south. About 20 miles from the A8/A81 interchange no traffic and the golden "no limit" sign.
Let's see if this baby really does top out at 191!
Originally Posted by civicdrivr
The Porsche website says "Lunch at the restaurant guest casino, a visit to the museum and a tour of the Porsche factory will not be available until further notice."
Hopefully by the time it's ready, everything will be open (or they'll update their website lol).
this is gonna drive you nuts for the next few months
lol I'm about at the top of my comfort level on this purchase so it's really kind of easy to keep my wants reined in and under control. Would I like full leather? Yes but then I'm starting to get away (I feel) from a driver's car. If I wanted to go full-on nuts about stripping a car I'd get a Carrera T but I do prefer door pulls that aren't straps.
No, definitely not. Contrasting colored seat belts don't do it for me but apparently a lot of Porschephiles have those in their cars. Not for me Would you?
Although I don't really like red calipers, so I'd go with silver or yellow seatbelts with matching stitching in the cabin and silver, yellow or black calipers.
But we're configuring cars we can't buy with money we don't have, so get what makes you happy lol
Red calipers are standard, it costs $900 to get painted black which I refuse to do. You "get" yellow calipers when you plunk down an additional $9,000 for composite brakes, otherwise yellow is unavailable, ditto silver. It is an additional $540 for colored seat belts which only add to my rationale for not wanting them. Like my SA said as we went over my build, don't listen to your wife, friends or people on the internet.
I've driven the Glen a number of times, lotta fun. The local Porsche Club of America, Niagara Region, has an annual High Performance Driving Educational event there yearly. Classroom/track training combined with hot laps. They just did it last week.
Congrats! I, too, have the same feeling after making large purchases, wtf did I do HA
P car is the way to go. I really wanted an older one instead of the Audi, simply because I knew I could get the majority of my money back but wife overruled
I've gone back and forth a number of times, still unsure. The silver looks more understated and subtle while black looks more traditional. I have a long time to change my mind repeatedly before it arrives. I don't even have a confirmed build date yet.
Last edited by Chief F1 Fan; 09-01-2021 at 07:42 AM.
If I were going colored gauges, I've always preferred Carrera White. But the red does flow with the calipers on the outside.
But, given it's just a ring now & not the full gauge, I'd stick with black.
I checked on the configurator. Used to be the whole tach or chrono was in the selected color.
Now, it's just the outer ring & doesn't look as good, IMO.
Red calipers are standard, it costs $900 to get painted black which I refuse to do. You "get" yellow calipers when you plunk down an additional $9,000 for composite brakes, otherwise yellow is unavailable, ditto silver. It is an additional $540 for colored seat belts which only add to my rationale for not wanting them. Like my SA said as we went over my build, don't listen to your wife, friends or people on the internet.
Congrats. Cant wait to see the actual car.
But i disagree with your SA. You dont listen to your wife and friends, but people on the Internet.... you should listen to
After a shit-ton of research, I've determined Rear Axle Steer is not a necessity I'll likely get to experience on a regular basis. Most of the comments are centered around how well you can pull a U-turn without doing a 3 point turn. The puddle light projectors are lame-o, when you open the door, the Porsche logo lights the ground beneath the door. I added graphite blue leather w/ chalk stitching.
But i disagree with your SA. You dont listen to your wife and friends, but people on the Internet.... you should listen to
You know, to a certain degree you're correct, especially if OP has it in his mind he may be selling this in the future. If enough people said "JFC that's ugly, don't do it" I'd be inclined to listen as people looking at the car may be demonstrative of the audience I'm trying to attract and sell this car to. OTOH, I have no intention of trying to sell this vehicle unless I win the lottery and can move up (GT3 Touring anyone?).
So, Porsche underestimates its 992 CS HP? Awesome.According to Motor Trend, when you do the math backward, starting with the dyno numbers and compensating for the 15-percent drivetrain loss, the Carrera S makes 487 hp (363 kW) and 478 lb-ft (648 Nm) of torque at the crank. That's 44 hp (32 kW) and 88 lb-ft (119 Nm) more than Porsche's official numbers.
Motor Trend says the car they have is an early build, writing, "It's hard to say if its dyno performance is representative of the standard-production 992 Carrera S." If the publication's 911 is representative of the car consumers will be able to purchase, then they will receive a lot more power than advertised. That sounds like a win to us.
08-26-2021, 07:32 AM
lol I'm about at the top of my comfort level on this purchase so it's really kind of easy to keep my wants reined in and under control. Would I like full leather? Yes but then I'm starting to get away (I feel) from a driver's car. If I wanted to go full-on nuts about stripping a car I'd get a Carrera T but I do prefer door pulls that aren't straps.
Would you?
