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  1. 24-03-2018, 09:16 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rickenbacker View Post
    Fwoar!!
    I thought it looked good. That was enough! I've done over 100 miles in it today. Fast miles. Excited miles! It's so much better than I expected, so much more exciting that the SLK, I have yet to find a speed it won't go around a roundabout!

    I am in love!
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    Quote Originally Posted by tinbum View Post
    I thought it looked good. That was enough! I've done over 100 miles in it today. Fast miles. Excited miles! It's so much better than I expected, so much more exciting that the SLK, I have yet to find a speed it won't go around a roundabout!

    I am in love!
    I'm in love with it too!

    Be careful though. I knew a bloke who smashed all four of his 911's alloy wheels in one go, playing on a roundabout.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rickenbacker View Post
    I'm in love with it too!

    Be careful though. I knew a bloke who smashed all four of his 911's alloy wheels in one go, playing on a roundabout.
    Do you 'knew' him cos your welsh or cos he died in the process?
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    Quote Originally Posted by tinbum View Post
    I thought it looked good. That was enough! I've done over 100 miles in it today. Fast miles. Excited miles! It's so much better than I expected, so much more exciting that the SLK, I have yet to find a speed it won't go around a roundabout!

    I am in love!
    No wonder, those tyres the most low profile I've ever set eyes on. Glued to the road, lovely motor Nick.
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  6. 26-03-2018, 04:46 PM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by Roundshot View Post
    No wonder, those tyres the most low profile I've ever set eyes on. Glued to the road, lovely motor Nick.
    Aren't they though? The SLK had 17" rims and big puffy tyres and the ride was frankly horrific! I had prepared Mrs Bum for worse to come with this, but hell, it's a proper sportscar right?

    Not a bit of it! It glides over potholes where the Merc crashed and crunched.

    Oh, and there was a wierd booming noise from the rear that was deeply unpleasant. I googled it and found it's a common issue to do with bootlid closure, so I got creative and made a permanant fix with some ingenuity and the lathe. I put my "fix" on egay earlier, two sets sold already!
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    Quote Originally Posted by tinbum View Post
    Aren't they though? The SLK had 17" rims and big puffy tyres and the ride was frankly horrific! I had prepared Mrs Bum for worse to come with this, but hell, it's a proper sportscar right?

    Not a bit of it! It glides over potholes where the Merc crashed and crunched.

    Oh, and there was a wierd booming noise from the rear that was deeply unpleasant. I googled it and found it's a common issue to do with bootlid closure, so I got creative and made a permanant fix with some ingenuity and the lathe. I put my "fix" on egay earlier, two sets sold already!
    Is the noise Porsche's equivalent to "twang"?
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    tell me the steering wheel is on the correct side... ?
    Always looking for any cheap, interesting, knackered "project" guns. Thanks, JB.
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    Quote Originally Posted by gtfreight View Post
    Is the noise Porsche's equivalent to "twang"?
    It must be!


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    tell me the steering wheel is on the correct side... ?
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