My 2019 718 Cayman GTS PDK

[JohnCRS]

I suspect that when we hear the detail from Boris tomorrow afternoon, the practical effect of the ‘relaxation’ of the rules will be broadly similar both sides of the border. I have the North Yorkshire moors at my back door, but I don’t think they have been opened up for run outs. But I guess it is down to individual interpretation. The association of chief police officers will probably have a different interpretation by the end of the week anyway!

 

[Ray]

Brian,

The Muppets who drive up and down the main road outside my home are still having fun. In fact they are having more fun in their Ford ST's and the Fiesta ST's as there wasn't up until a couple of weeks ago many cars on the roads. Police as usual are conspicuous by their absence.

Is Wee Jimmy right or is she wrong? Boris I feel is being guided and one of those guiding lights is trying to safetly get some people back to work.

 

[Brian_Innes]

I have just watched Boris and his science advisers present this evenings briefing on the relaxation of the lockdown restrictions as applied to England only.

You lucky people can now drive your Porsches as far as you like, so long as it is within one day, not involving staying overnight, nor crossing the borders into Wales or Scotland.

I am very envious........to say the very least.

Brian

 

[DWaldie]

I have just watched Boris and his science advisers present this evenings briefing on the relaxation of the lockdown restrictions as applied to England only.

You lucky people can now drive your Porsches as far as you like, so long as it is within one day, not involving staying overnight, nor crossing the borders into Wales or Scotland.

I am very envious........to say the very least.

Brian

Yes, we can drive our cars, but we have to have him as PM. No such thing as a free lunch Brian

 

[Ray]

I have just watched Boris and his science advisers present this evenings briefing on the relaxation of the lockdown restrictions as applied to England only.

You lucky people can now drive your Porsches as far as you like, so long as it is within one day, not involving staying overnight, nor crossing the borders into Wales or Scotland.

I am very envious........to say the very least.

Brian

Yes, we can drive our cars, but we have to have him as PM. No such thing as a free lunch Brian

We could have had Corbyn then what?

 

[jed]

[/quote] Yes, we can drive our cars, but we have to have him as PM. No such thing as a free lunch Brian

[/quote]

Yes, you are so right. Things would have been soooooooooooooo much better with Magic Grandpa in charge and Diane Abbott as Home Secretary.

 

[DWaldie]

I have just watched Boris and his science advisers present this evenings briefing on the relaxation of the lockdown restrictions as applied to England only.

You lucky people can now drive your Porsches as far as you like, so long as it is within one day, not involving staying overnight, nor crossing the borders into Wales or Scotland.

I am very envious........to say the very least.

Brian

Yes, we can drive our cars, but we have to have him as PM. No such thing as a free lunch Brian

We could have had Corbyn then what?

That really would have been the end of the world. Dianne Abbot couldn't have added the numbers up

 

[Nick_USA]

That really would have been the end of the world. Dianne Abbot couldn't have added the numbers up

It was the mismatched shoes that made me smile []

 

[GrahamW]

[/quote] That really would have been the end of the world. Dianne Abbot couldn't have added the numbers up

[/quote] Rumour has it that when Covid-19 testing was announced that she wanted to know what subjects she had to revise to obtain a decent pass mark??

 

[Brian_Innes]

In England you have Boris to thank for the freedom to drive your cars. Meantime we in Scotland are stuck with Wee Jimmy.

I wonder who is cutting her hair? It hasn't grown in over 12 weeks......One rule for some.......

Mine has never been so long since the 70's. I'm not complaining, I would rather have hair than the glossy dome.

Brian

 

[DWaldie]

I wonder who is cutting her hair? It hasn't grown in over 12 weeks......One rule for some.......

Brian

I'd not spotted that. My good lady has been using the shears on me. She's getting so good Imight save a few Bob and skip the Turkish barbers when we get to the other side.

 

[Motorhead]

I wonder who is cutting her hair? It hasn't grown in over 12 weeks......One rule for some.......

Brian

I'd not spotted that. My good lady has been using the shears on me. She's getting so good Imight save a few Bob and skip the Turkish barbers when we get to the other side.

Shears? ... something akin to this then?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blPTKCLXOCA

Jeff

 

[DWaldie]

Somebody's hacked my account and shown it online. I didn't want to start a craze

 

[Scrounger]

I was just waiting for him to hack and ear off!!

 

[DWaldie]

That's what I was expecting my wife to do []

 

[Ray]

Probably the incorrect thread but here goes:

Getting the correct RON for my 3.4S Cayman is problematic. Generally it is supermarket fuel. My question is; Do any of our Cayman owners use a fuel additive? If so which type?

Thanks.

 

[AndrewT]

Probably the incorrect thread but here goes:

Funnily enough I was just thinking that it’s a good job that Brian is trading in his Cayman GTS as his thread has been thoroughly hi jacked now

Getting the correct RON for my 3.4S Cayman is problematic. Generally it is supermarket fuel. My question is; Do any of our Cayman owners use a fuel additive? If so which type?

Thanks.

I don’t use any additive if I can’t get the correct RON as the ECU adapts to it. In Scotland last year I used mostly 97 and on one occasion topped up with 95, all with no noticeable ill effect. Usually I use Tesco 99 Momentum or Shell Optimax.

 

[Wollemi]

95 won’t do any harm as the ECU will adapt to it almost instantly. It takes a bit longer to re-adjust to 98 when you can get some again, about three tankful I believe.

Thanks better than when I ran a Prodrive modified Subaru. the ECU would adjust downwards to prevent damage when running on 95, but it needed a trip to the dealer to re-adjust for 98. And it ran like a dog on 95, so when I went to northe4 Scotland£ I carried octane booster that I got from Demon Tweeks. Things have improved since then.

 

[Motorhead]

Nothing unusual about long-running threads wandering off-topic Andrew!

Yes, as you say the engine knock sensors compensate automatically for fuel quality, so using a lower octane-rated fuel won't cause any harm to the engine. It just means a slightly lower engine performance, which I doubt anyone would notice in normal driving. For light-throttle, low-load operation I wonder if the knock sensors kick-in anyway with lower octane fuels?

The main differences between fuel suppliers are the additives used, and even supermarket fuels have additives.

Jeff

 

[carolinewoodley]

I was told when I bought my car that it was perfectly fine to use 95 RON rather than 97/super, certainly in the UK, and that's what I've used so far (albeit from the likes of Shell, Esso etc rather than a supermarket). Admittedly I have not been driving the car to the limit (impossible on UK public roads anyway!) but I have not noticed that it lacks power []

Interestingly the dealer recommended the higher octane (98 RON) fuel when abroad though - not sure why?