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jonttt said:I love driving in the wet, it is just more fun on quite roads.......
jonttt said:I was out in Manchester on Saturday for a mates 50th and stay over at his. Rain was hit and miss on Saturday with a forecast for heavy rain all day on Sunday. Normally I would take my 'daily" without a second thought but I took the boxster. It is literally the first time I have really driven it with the roof up any distance in 18 months !
Sure enough on the Sunday lunchtime drive back it was torrential rain. I took the back roads :grin:
I love driving in the wet, it is just more fun on quite roads.......
The drive was more magnificent than ever, the sound of that engine combined with the lack of traction and squirming rear end was just endless fun. To those who go on about the steering on a 981 :hand: , get those rear wheels loose, the power down and the car just handles so predictably through the twisties in the wet. There is simply no way I would have had more fun in any other road car on those roads in those conditions. Just enough power to scare you and keep you on your toes and the predicatablity only a NA engine can offer, a 718 would have been a nightmare to drive that fast and I would simply have had to leave a much greater margin for error.
The sound of that engine through the countryside is just unworldly and every time it just reminds me of the Harry Catchpole review in Majorca... always worth a link and would you believe unless you are listening on a decent speaker system the sound just does not do the car justice ...........
It was a thrilling drive home and the best of it is, the car is sat on the drive almost spotless, with the upcoming hose pipe ban its the best way to wash the car :wink:
Nik said:Friend of mine at work got his major for £770. Same works, but could be because he has used the same OPC for all servicing for the past 2-3 years now.
Must admit, even on low mileage cars, I still have an annual oil change. Been recommended to do so by a few engineers.