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[User211]

Yes, but it's not a GT3 4 litre naturally aspirated

Infinitely wise. It isn't.

[Marco]

send me some...i will help ya

Are you a worthy cause?

Marco.

[struth]

Are you a worthy cause?

Marco.

very worthy but long lost cause

[Beobloke]

Can anyone lend me £150,000 please?

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/goo...r-xe-project-8

Mrs. B has one of these but, sadly, only with a 2 litre tractor fuel engine in it!

[walpurgis]

Is it industry driving the trend towards non-internal combustion cars or is legislation? Or both?

I can see that this is happening to 'protect the environment', but does it? Nobody seems to address the environmental impact of producing highly toxic batteries and eventually having to safely recycle them. Or the enviromental cost of producing electricity to power electric vehicles as compared to burning hydrocarbon fuel (not all of it is fossil fuel). Hybrid vehicles I suspect are an interim non-solution.

[Firebottle]

Absolutely Geoff, as usual the long term picture is not addressed

[User211]

So I actually ended up in one of these for 45 minutes. In white. Don't like white. Or yellow



Comfortable? Yes. People think these cars are going to be uncomfortable but they aren't. This I would say was just a tinsy bit less comfortable than my Boxster. Still very comfortable, in other words. The longer the drive you have in these cars, the more comfortable you think they are. Strange phenomenon.

Fast? Sure, faster than mine. Sonics? You can hear a whistle from the turbos. When I got back in mine I actually thought it sounded better. Because it does.

Worth the extra money? Well, I don't really think so. The trouble is the Boxsters and Caimans are so good, these have a tough time warranting the extra money. And it is a lot more money.

My vote for the most impressive bang for your buck would be a Caiman 981. You don't even need the S variant, the basic 981 is pretty fabulous really. But you can't take the lid down like a Boxster, which wrecks summer fun. It drives better than my Boxster (not by much but you do realise it) and the naturally aspirated flat 6 is more fun than the 718, though a tad slower.

Don't get me wrong this is a better car. But just look at the frigging price of it. Relatively, not worth it for me. By a long shot. More than happy with mine when I got back in it. It looks a lot better too to my eyes.

[walpurgis]

New Bugatti Chiron. Clarkson is impressed!

https://www.driving.co.uk/car-review...ugatti-chiron/

[Marco]

So I actually ended up in one of these for 45 minutes. In white. Don't like white. Or yellow



Comfortable? Yes. People think these cars are going to be uncomfortable but they aren't. This I would say was just a tinsy bit less comfortable than my Boxster. Still very comfortable, in other words. The longer the drive you have in these cars, the more comfortable you think they are. Strange phenomenon.

Fast? Sure, faster than mine. Sonics? You can hear a whistle from the turbos. When I got back in mine I actually thought it sounded better. Because it does.

Worth the extra money? Well, I don't really think so. The trouble is the Boxsters and Caimans are so good, these have a tough time warranting the extra money. And it is a lot more money.

My vote for the most impressive bang for your buck would be a Caiman 981. You don't even need the S variant, the basic 981 is pretty fabulous really. But you can't take the lid down like a Boxster, which wrecks summer fun. It drives better than my Boxster (not by much but you do realise it) and the naturally aspirated flat 6 is more fun than the 718, though a tad slower.

Don't get me wrong this is a better car. But just look at the frigging price of it. Relatively, not worth it for me. By a long shot. More than happy with mine when I got back in it. It looks a lot better too to my eyes.

Late to this, Justers, soz... Nice car, but why oh why do they show these in such wanky 'gay boy' colours?

The ONLY colour for a 911 is bad-ass black! And then, to highlight the 'brutality' further, I'd love to see one in MATT black (with black wheels), as I think the matt finish you can get now is as cool as fuck

Totally understand that you're happy with yer Boxty, as the money for a new 911 is just madness, although there is no other car like it, if you love what it *is*/does

The Brabster's in having a new timing chain fitted, as I heard a dragging/rattle the other day when I was driving off, and took the car into the garage, where when the cover was taken off the engine compartment, you could hear the rattling down one side...

What my mechanic thinks has happened is that one of the sprockets, holding the timing chain in position, has broken off and is causing it to drag/slip, so rather than risk it failing altogether, which would be catastrophic, the whole thing's being replaced. I'm taking the car to Germany this year, so it has to be right!

It's having an oil and filter change at the same time, just in case any splinters of metal have contaminated the existing oil, and with a timing chain change, a new filter and clean oil should used, so I'm going to try some of this stuff (PETRONAS Syntium 5000 XS), which is supposed to be shit-hot:

https://www.pli-petronas.com/uk/petr...yntium-5000-xs Details here: http://www.extranetpli.eu.petronas.c...4_scat_ENG.pdf

...and a K&N Pro Series oil filter: https://www.knfilters.com/kn/pro_series_oil_filter.aspx

Should be good when I get it back!

Marco.

[CageyH]

Fuchs Titan Race Pro S is also worth looking at.