So, yesterday we managed to get out in our 911s, despite the threat of rain later. The roads to Pickering and Whitby were sadly quite busy, this I don't mind but when you have a queue of 15 cars behind Mr Camper van or Ms blue rinse and nobody overtakes or leaves safe gaps it becomes a chore! There were some nice moments on the drive out - a little detour brought us close to some nibbling sheep at the side of the road and I had to shout 'F off Shaun' as one thought about crossing while we pootled slowly past, and my buddy trying to go up a farm entrance before realising his mistake.
Parked up in Whitby near The Endeavour Pub, which thankfully says on the outside 'Bring your own fish & chips', handily there's a chippy next door, so we did and a nice pint to wash it down.
Suitably refreshed, we set off back, trying to plan a route a little off the main way back to avoid too much traffic, which was mostly successful, so when a safe opportunity rose, we played leapfrog.
I'm gelling well with it (as I thought I would), far quicker than my old M3, the feedback is far better, the controls much tighter and I really love the short shift! The car chunters and burbles a little if you tap the throttle while coasting, but rather quietly, it's not like these idiots with pop & bang maps that seem to have proliferated in our towns recently. I am also noticing that while the throttle isn't bad, the sport mode on my M3 was faster, especially for down shifting, so something to add soon.
As I said in the initial pick up post, the grip from the tyres is a fair bit more than my M3 on MPSS, It hasn't unstuck yet apart from a little lift off oversteer on a roundabout, not showing off, just finding limits and learning how it rotates and only when safe to do so.
Sadly, we didn't have time to swap DSC controllers, another time definitely, but when following over certain bumps, his appeared to 'nod' more? Maybe that's more a perception thing. However, with my dampers 'on' it was stiffer but not by too much. More exploration needed
Arriving back home to our local for a final pint and debrief, both fully enjoying the drive an me learning the car.
Interestingly, on the trip computer, he did 24mpg, while mine said 23mpg over 144 miles. No idea if that's because his is PDK, I'm a little eager to select a lower gear to enjoy the noise or different fuel (Jet super vs Tesco 99), probably a combination.
Anyway, I'm loving the car and looking at what bits I need to sort to put my stamp on it (centre grill mesh as it has the outers, sport button at some point, possibly swapping to Carrera Classics as Sport Design wheels aren't my favourite)
Cracking pair!
Parked up in Whitby near The Endeavour Pub, which thankfully says on the outside 'Bring your own fish & chips', handily there's a chippy next door, so we did and a nice pint to wash it down.
Suitably refreshed, we set off back, trying to plan a route a little off the main way back to avoid too much traffic, which was mostly successful, so when a safe opportunity rose, we played leapfrog.
I'm gelling well with it (as I thought I would), far quicker than my old M3, the feedback is far better, the controls much tighter and I really love the short shift! The car chunters and burbles a little if you tap the throttle while coasting, but rather quietly, it's not like these idiots with pop & bang maps that seem to have proliferated in our towns recently. I am also noticing that while the throttle isn't bad, the sport mode on my M3 was faster, especially for down shifting, so something to add soon.
As I said in the initial pick up post, the grip from the tyres is a fair bit more than my M3 on MPSS, It hasn't unstuck yet apart from a little lift off oversteer on a roundabout, not showing off, just finding limits and learning how it rotates and only when safe to do so.
Sadly, we didn't have time to swap DSC controllers, another time definitely, but when following over certain bumps, his appeared to 'nod' more? Maybe that's more a perception thing. However, with my dampers 'on' it was stiffer but not by too much. More exploration needed
Arriving back home to our local for a final pint and debrief, both fully enjoying the drive an me learning the car.
Interestingly, on the trip computer, he did 24mpg, while mine said 23mpg over 144 miles. No idea if that's because his is PDK, I'm a little eager to select a lower gear to enjoy the noise or different fuel (Jet super vs Tesco 99), probably a combination.
Anyway, I'm loving the car and looking at what bits I need to sort to put my stamp on it (centre grill mesh as it has the outers, sport button at some point, possibly swapping to Carrera Classics as Sport Design wheels aren't my favourite)
Cracking pair!
