Dynamic Turtle

As a former Miltek and current Cobra exhaust user, I'd have to agree. Motordyne gear always seems to sound great, albeit at a price...

Take it to Abbey Motorsport in Oxted - one of the better specialists in the South East. Also worth enquiring about exhaust upgrades while you're at it to unleash a more tuneful ride. Sounds very "meh" as standard... DT

^^^ beat me to it

Easiest way is to absolutely blast it down a quiet, straight motorway runway as Uprev removes the 155mph speed limiter.

It's the smell of....victory, doc.

The problem is the technology and additional complexity never ends. I believe some of us are still mourning the loss carburettors?! I certainly am! It hasn't been a case of endless improvement - perhaps in terms of reliability (not wanting to start an IMS argument) but the sound? The feel? The experience? Not so sure. Worst offender is the 1700kg Cray computer that is the GTR of course... Totally different car and market to the 911 but I think the GT86 was a great big "up yours" and shows the future direction of what we should be looking at. Lower power, lower weight, more slidey fun and cheap to buy & run. Yes it's a sales disaster here but more popular stateside with some keener pricing. Porsche is moving with the times, but if the crowding of the stands at Salon Privé was anything to go by, the Singer 911s are what people would actually buy over the 918 (amazing in the flesh btw), Carrera GT and GT3.

Extra weight, complexity and power are the complete opposite of what Porsche should be delivering. Very sad.

Nightmare, be firm with the garage to get it sorted, zed manifold won't be expensive enough for them to deal with serious customer hassle.

Good shout and you'd have budget left over for the heavy servicing requirement. Not sure what to add as so much has been covered already. I would go Gaydon if only to tell the grandkids that I owned a manual NA Aston once upon a time. The Maser is lovely but a heavy, blunt autoslusher designed principally for the US market. The Vantage is, arguably, becoming a bit of an icon. Nobody will likely give a hoot about the maser in 50 years.

Take it that's a NO then...

It's not just about people, it's about the FTSE, bonds yields and all the industry that supports and is supported by the energy business. $40 oil will probably cause more problems than it solves in the short to medium term.

Not necessarily a good thing, will mean lots of job losses if it stays this low (I.e. below the marginal cost of production for all but the Saudis).

The wing will be a big deal breaker for most people, literally a block of scaffolding. Whoever "designed" it needs his arms cut off.

I heard from the US forums that the Uprev team haven't quite cracked 100% of the 2014+ ECU encryption yet? I assume Ecutek gets around this?

No idea re dynamic drive, will have to ask tmrw although I doubt the old boy will know either way. The silencers probably weight 40kg each, get rid!

I had no idea about the xbox to PC combatibility thing, very interesting! Not sure I'd ever use it though...

Yep auto, but you can still stir the gears "manually" if you want. I appreciate it's probably heavier than the coupe but it needs to go on a crash diet to sharpen things up, like 400kg. What can you do to release a soundtrack? It's typically german / silent for a V8 (admittedly very smooth though).

Having spent the week in the outlaw's 645Ci (cabrio) cruising around the leafier parts of the Vendeé, I can safely say that it'll need more than a V10 to wake it up. Almost as disappointing as my former boss' V10 Audi S6. Take some awesome ingredients and turn them into a very boring dish indeed, thanks BMW. Don't faff around and get the M6 instead!

Any tips re traffic avoidance, hotels, general advice etc (including blunt "don't bother going" honesty!). Would be interested to hear any views on the event. Thanks, DT

Been there and done that - way too much hassle, frustration and expense. Sticking resolutely to the pre-packaged console experience thanks!

What was wrong with the Shelby, apart from horrific petrol consumption?

Good advice chaps, thanks. Still a bit undecided but I'm leaning back towards a One now. Hmmm. Maybe I should just delay the decision another few months, see how it goes and ultimately blow the money on laps at Anglesey instead...

I play destiny on a mates PS4 from time to time (while babysitting - top bloke that I am) and it's fine. People seem to rate the PS4s graphics over the One but I guess that becomes less of an issue with remote / cloud processing which appears to be on the horizon?

Thread resurrection: bit confused about how much it would cost to get the car ceramic coated after a general detail, like £150 roughly?

Thanks JJT, valuable insight there...