OK, had my order in for a while, and had swapped my Sept slot to November to open up some of the other options up to me, but hadn't yet had a chance to drive one.
Folks have already posted a lot on here following their drives/collections, but the main points for me though
Performance, yep, it's quick; but as it's so civilised it's deceptive how fast you are going; did get to some 'interesting' speeds on the M4, and slightly quicker into corners that I might have liked - though, despite the 2+ tonnes, it handled it well.
Ride quality on 21"s with PASM/no air was fantastic - personally I'm not going for 21s as I think the car looks 'over wheeled' on them, but if you do like them there's no issue with ride quality - with the PASM at least
Noise, a lot has been said that the Turbo is not vocal enough, and I can understand why some folks say this, but for me it's spot on, a nice burble in the back ground but not too intrusive - in fact civilised enough to consider treating myself to the Burmester. Nice burble on start up too, not enough to disturb the neighbours but enough to signal intent
Handling - ok, the magazines saying it handles more like a Cayman than an SUV might be using a bit of poetic license but it handles really well, on roads I knew I immediately had a lot of confidence in what the car was going to do and was able to 'chuck it around' a bit - I was out in this morning's thunderstorms so couldn't go crazy, but in Sport Plus could start to feel the car move around as I wanted, so those cross country blats after a rubbish day in the office are still going to be fun ;)
So,more than happy with my choice and spent a good amount of time then trying to lock down my spec... after much ooing and arring have decided against the agate/pebble interior as the agate really does look brown in my eyes. Therefore, as it stands at the moment (still have a few weeks to play)..
Sapphire Blue
Black interior
20" RS Spyder Design Wheels
Colour Wheel Centres
Auto dimming mirrors
Seat Heating (front)
Sear ventilation (front)
Park assist (front and rear) with reversing camera (surround view if it's available at point of ordering)
Speed limit display
Steering wheel heating
Smoking package
Mobile phone preparation
To decide
side blades carbon
leather interior package in standard colour, smooth finish leather(black)
carbon interior
carbon steering wheel
Burmester
On-line services
sport chrono
Porsche Entry & Drive
Black surrounds
Towbar