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My 2022 Cayman GTS
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I'm a big fan of Zunsport grilles however I only recently got round to getting one for the centre opening (don't ask!). I am having trouble fitting it as the clips are "too short" and won't reach behind the bodywork to clip round. As they are basically 'U' shaped I think I'll have to take a file to the tip of the 'U' that clips behind and thereby shorten them. Anyone had this problem?Scrounger said:
Dan, how do you clean out once a year? In other words, do you manage to get the clips off again with just a screwdriver?
Just returned from a little 3 day escape from the kids with day 1 shopping, or more looking, around Bicester Shopping Village and gawping at the seriously expensive cars in the VIP parking followed by day 2 at PEC Silverstone on our experience day which was fabulous. The great thing about these is that you can split the session with your guest and tailor it to your needs so, Er in doors had the first hour and a half mainly on the kick plate as she said she was a bit rubbish followed by some quick trips around the twisties. I, on the other hand, wanted to get to know the cars capabilities in handling, stopping and accelerating. I also wanted to get more practice in on apex spotting and using the PDK in manual as my gearing was a little to be desired. Needless to say the car way, way outweighs the capabilities of the driver. The car is super quick even without using launch control. Just use the hold function and stomp on the loud pedal when you're ready to go. Chr!$t Almighty this thing shifts and stops on a dime. Admittedly the PEC car had ceramics but the instructor said the braking capacity isn't much less on the steel brakes but there are obvious advantages to ceramics over steels which we all know.
I was a little hesitant on taking corners at speed but confidence grew the more I went around the track and using the flappy paddles give so much control rather than having to take a hand off the wheel to row through the gears. Heresy I know but I really feel happier with the PDK and glad I chose it. Breakfast and Lunch was superb as always and I even managed to scrounge some goodies.
Day 3 was a trip to Silverstone Museum. Well worth a trip and although expensive it's for a good cause and a great way of keeping the history of Silverstone. Speaking to one of the volunteers, all the vehicles (bar 2) are original and on loan to the museum by the owners. I'd also recommend doing the walk up to the main track. We were fortunate enough to be there whist a Caterham race was on and you could see the preparations for the GP in a couple of weeks.
Also surprised to see how small the Mercedes hybrid power unit is.
Accommodation wise, we stayed at the Paisley Pair in Brackley. Excellent location with Silverstone being 10 mins away. It's a Marstons chain but newly developed with a BP on the doorstep and a Sainsburys around the corner. If you like steak, treat yourself to a trip to Towcester and visit DnA Steak and Grill. Superb.
Car wise, an average of 34.5 mpg I'm happy with. I opened the taps on exiting the M6 Toll and OMG the thing sounds wondrous.
Now sitting at 2500 miles.
Dan
I was a little hesitant on taking corners at speed but confidence grew the more I went around the track and using the flappy paddles give so much control rather than having to take a hand off the wheel to row through the gears. Heresy I know but I really feel happier with the PDK and glad I chose it. Breakfast and Lunch was superb as always and I even managed to scrounge some goodies.
Day 3 was a trip to Silverstone Museum. Well worth a trip and although expensive it's for a good cause and a great way of keeping the history of Silverstone. Speaking to one of the volunteers, all the vehicles (bar 2) are original and on loan to the museum by the owners. I'd also recommend doing the walk up to the main track. We were fortunate enough to be there whist a Caterham race was on and you could see the preparations for the GP in a couple of weeks.
Also surprised to see how small the Mercedes hybrid power unit is.
Accommodation wise, we stayed at the Paisley Pair in Brackley. Excellent location with Silverstone being 10 mins away. It's a Marstons chain but newly developed with a BP on the doorstep and a Sainsburys around the corner. If you like steak, treat yourself to a trip to Towcester and visit DnA Steak and Grill. Superb.
Car wise, an average of 34.5 mpg I'm happy with. I opened the taps on exiting the M6 Toll and OMG the thing sounds wondrous.
Now sitting at 2500 miles.
Dan
mattsmo818
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Looking forward to this, i've got my experience day booked for 19th July. Any pointers?
Also taking the OH to Bicester Village the day before too!
Also taking the OH to Bicester Village the day before too!
No real pointers but the centre opens at 0800. There are only a couple of cars in the Centre itself and the shop isn't great but the staff are superb and if you get the weather the rooftop viewing platform is excellent to see both the PEC circuit and Silverstone.
Try and do the museum on the same day if you can as they are almost across the road from each other. There is another hotel 2 mins from the circuit called Silverstone golf club and hotel which is also very good. Decide what you'd like to do in advance if you can. The time really does fly.
Fingers crossed the weather gods are kind.
Dan
Try and do the museum on the same day if you can as they are almost across the road from each other. There is another hotel 2 mins from the circuit called Silverstone golf club and hotel which is also very good. Decide what you'd like to do in advance if you can. The time really does fly.
Fingers crossed the weather gods are kind.
Dan
So you give the connect code to the dealer and they set up everything in your 'Porsche Car Connect' web page. There you'll see your cars details and what connect subscriptions you have.
Re the tracker, you need to ring Vodafone to activate it once you collect. Your SA should give you a contact number for you to ring.
Dan
Re the tracker, you need to ring Vodafone to activate it once you collect. Your SA should give you a contact number for you to ring.
Dan
Fantastic to meet you in person earlier tonight Dan [
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I just wanted to post in your thread that in the flesh your car looks absolutely epic. Such a fantastic spec, and so cool that you went your own way with it. It's mega.
I hope to see it again soon so we can jump in the passenger seats of each others car and compare notes []
]I just wanted to post in your thread that in the flesh your car looks absolutely epic. Such a fantastic spec, and so cool that you went your own way with it. It's mega.
I hope to see it again soon so we can jump in the passenger seats of each others car and compare notes [
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Likewise Dave. Your GT4 is ace and those LWBS are to die for. I'll definitely take you up on your kind offer of a passenger ride. Our 'after hours' chat when everyone had gone home was very interesting with our opinions on certain things being very similar.
What a great place Ninemeister is and the GTS is now booked in on Monday for a 4 wheel alignment. I'll ask nicely if I can take some photos during the process and post them when I get home. I'm very much going in blind when it comes to geo. The main aim is to ensure everything is pointing in the right direction and at factory specs. I have no intention of tracking the car but do occasionally like a little spirited driving on fast B roads but 85% of my driving is done either round town or on the motorway. I'd like to ensure even tyre wear so not looking at an aggressive camber so any thoughts would be most welcome. I can honestly say my lust for a classic 911 is even greater now after seeing the Brewster Green resto in the showroom but I haven't got £140k to throw at one as I didn't win the lottery on Friday night. A big thanks to Matt Staines and Ninemeister for a great night.
On to oil. I've now got into a routing of checking my oil level at every fuel stop. My previous base Cayman was pretty steady on its oil level and only dropped below full once. The GTS is all over the place. One minute it can be below half, then above half, then at half! Who said technology is best?!
Dan
What a great place Ninemeister is and the GTS is now booked in on Monday for a 4 wheel alignment. I'll ask nicely if I can take some photos during the process and post them when I get home. I'm very much going in blind when it comes to geo. The main aim is to ensure everything is pointing in the right direction and at factory specs. I have no intention of tracking the car but do occasionally like a little spirited driving on fast B roads but 85% of my driving is done either round town or on the motorway. I'd like to ensure even tyre wear so not looking at an aggressive camber so any thoughts would be most welcome. I can honestly say my lust for a classic 911 is even greater now after seeing the Brewster Green resto in the showroom but I haven't got £140k to throw at one as I didn't win the lottery on Friday night. A big thanks to Matt Staines and Ninemeister for a great night.
On to oil. I've now got into a routing of checking my oil level at every fuel stop. My previous base Cayman was pretty steady on its oil level and only dropped below full once. The GTS is all over the place. One minute it can be below half, then above half, then at half! Who said technology is best?!
Dan
I'll take you out any time Dan, and if you've got or can get hold of a helmet you're welcome to jump in around Oulton Park on 30th Sept at the Club's track day []
Great stuff re. your geo, and my recommendations for what you're after would be:
[ol][*]zero toe on the front axle[*]maximise the camber all round using only the standard parts, you'll probably get something like -1.5 degrees front and rear[*]Have a healthy amount of rear toe, at least the middle of the specified range for your car if not 75% of the maximum[/ol]I found those settings on my old GTS, and on my GT4 before I went more extreme, to be a good starting point. A nice stable car that was great on the road.
]Great stuff re. your geo, and my recommendations for what you're after would be:
[ol][*]zero toe on the front axle[*]maximise the camber all round using only the standard parts, you'll probably get something like -1.5 degrees front and rear[*]Have a healthy amount of rear toe, at least the middle of the specified range for your car if not 75% of the maximum[/ol]I found those settings on my old GTS, and on my GT4 before I went more extreme, to be a good starting point. A nice stable car that was great on the road.
A trip to Ninemeister this morning for a 4 wheel alignment. I wasn't concerned over the set up from the factory but wanted to make sure everything was within limits and the wheels were pointing in the same direction at the same time!
The tech for the day was a great guy by the name of Robin. Happy to talk as he went along explaining what he was doing and how it affects the way the wheels move and how it improves handling. We opted for a semi fast road set up with more positive turn in and, as a complete novice with geo, I was happy to leave him with it.
Sadly the Hunter machine hadn't saved the initial readings but Robin said they weren't anything to be over concerned about. Factory alignments are ok for the first couple of thousand miles but he did say it's best to get the alignment checked once everything has settled.
Nice to be able to see a nice shiny exhaust as well
Overall a great morning. It's good to have a welcoming indie on the doorstep who are happy to talk about your car AND for you to watch while they work and explain what they're doing. I even managed to grab a T-shirt []
Dan
The tech for the day was a great guy by the name of Robin. Happy to talk as he went along explaining what he was doing and how it affects the way the wheels move and how it improves handling. We opted for a semi fast road set up with more positive turn in and, as a complete novice with geo, I was happy to leave him with it.
Sadly the Hunter machine hadn't saved the initial readings but Robin said they weren't anything to be over concerned about. Factory alignments are ok for the first couple of thousand miles but he did say it's best to get the alignment checked once everything has settled.
Nice to be able to see a nice shiny exhaust as well
Overall a great morning. It's good to have a welcoming indie on the doorstep who are happy to talk about your car AND for you to watch while they work and explain what they're doing. I even managed to grab a T-shirt [
]Dan
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