Jun 15, 2006 10:46:05 AM
Jun 15, 2006 12:19:54 PM
Jun 15, 2006 12:36:06 PM
Jun 15, 2006 12:38:43 PM
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RC said:
1. right, my 997 Turbo is basalt black met.
2. no, exhaust pipes are the original ones, the chromed pipes weren't available when I ordered the car
3. no, I always wanted Tiptronic S on the 997 Turbo, never had even the slightest thought about manual for some reasons
4. yes, I was pretty sad that my wife got Tiptronic S on her Boxster S and although I got used to it and it works fine, it still isn't at par with manual
5. some of you guys, to use the words of Carlos Mencia, don't pay attention. The Tiptronic S in the 997 Turbo has NOTHING to do with the setup used in ALL the other current Porsche models.
6. I was actually doing 284 kph on the speedo on our way to Garmisch, the 275 kph were achieved when I had to slow down because I had my wife take the picture and she didn't turn on the camera fast enough. The Cayenne Turbo Powerkit is an unbelievable family car, the brake system is out of this world. Also had some "fun" with another Cayenne Turbo with austrian license plates (YANG4 at the end...) and I realized how well my Turbo is going (which would probably explain the frustration CR had in his F430 Spider... . I pulled away in any speed range and the austrian CT driver came two times on my right side and was laughing and shaking his head according to my wife. The difference in performance was HUGE, I pulled away around 100 meters in a few seconds each time and don't forget that my CT was fully loaded with luggage, kids, wife and of course me.
7. I never drive at the limit with my family and therefore never had a criticial situation. NEVER. But most people worldwide would probably think I'm nuts but believe me, from my point of view, it is safe. The CTP is an unbelievable car and if maintained properly, a blast to drive. And since it seems I have lots of power too (press car), I may enjoy it even more now.
8. the tire pressure was that high because of the outside temperature (32 degrees Celsius) and probably higher asphalt temperature. I put 0.2 bar over the factory recommended tire pressure (2.6 bar front and 3.4 bar rear for a fully loaded car) due to the high speed driving.
If you have more questions, ask.
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RC said:
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1. I would prefer my wife over Angelina Jolie ANYTIME because she isn't ugly either and I like blondes more.
2. I'm at Lago di Garda (lake Garda) right now in North Italy.
3. my Cayenne Turbo Powerkit really amazes me each and every day, power is pretty good and it is no secret that the Cayenne Turbo S uses the same hardware AND same software like the Powerkit Turbo, meaning that no Powerkit car should have less than 521 HP.
4. there was some sort of protective stuff on my 997 Turbo, this is why it looks like two different colour tones. The car just came down the trailer, there was no time for cleaning it.
5. the shifter is not painted in ext. colour, I got the carbon package and the shifter is part of it. Carbon looks very nice in the 997 Turbo, I'll post more pictures as soon as the whole protective sheets inside the car are removed.
6. the back of the front seats is painted in ext. colour, nice option, will definetely post pictures too next week.
Thanks for the kind words, guys and sorry for the short reply but right now I'm using the TV in my hotel room for internet access because some jack.ss moved the antenna of the hotel lobby access point and I don't have any signal in my room anymore. I plan to correct this problem later on when nobody is in hotel lobby anymore. Thanks god I have a powerful Atheros WLan card in my UMPC, even with the correct position of the antenna in the lobby, the signal is only at around 20 dB in my room since the rooms aren't supposed to have WLan access.
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STRADALE said:
RC,
I just realized something. I thought you had to have the triangle airbag w/ the tip but you have the sports steering wheel. Is that available in the US too?
I had thought this was one draw-back of the tip that was really bugging me, I don't like the traingular airbag. I was 75% for the manual 25% fo the tip a month ago but it's more like 50/50 now. (lots of days recently commuting in heavy traffic). I think I'm hoping like anything you can order the tip like yours w/ that wheel.