Murph7355
New member
An irregular visitor to these hallowed pages these days, mainly because of family "pressures" but also because I've slipped further away from Italian motoring now, having gone to the very dark side with a Porsche 911 (997 C4S) :grin:
Sold my Maserati as it wasn't getting enough use, for a variety of reasons. Lovely car, with magnificent road presence and the best sound from a standard car pretty much ever But needs to be used on fast flowing smooth roads with no ground clearance considerations...which the roads I use are far from.
So in comes a 911. An itch that has needed scratching for a while. 4WD as I intend to use it over winter. An S just because - I like the wider body, and more power is always welcome. Have squeezed the whole family into it, just, so there's still a vague edge of practicality. But it's much, much more compact than the Maserati so eminently more usable on the roads here.
Very early days with it. Handles differently to anything else I've owned and am mindful of where the engine is, so not pushing it too hard at present, but it's a quick car. Sounds great (Porsche Sports Exhaust) and it's a PDK box which is something else new to try...
Apologies to my old friends on here for blotting my copy book with a Beetle :grin: But you know what? It's pretty good!
(I still aim to return to the Italian fold one day, probably when the kids are much bigger...probably needs to be a Lamborghini initially, but I'll need another Ferrari before I stop driving).
Sold my Maserati as it wasn't getting enough use, for a variety of reasons. Lovely car, with magnificent road presence and the best sound from a standard car pretty much ever But needs to be used on fast flowing smooth roads with no ground clearance considerations...which the roads I use are far from.
So in comes a 911. An itch that has needed scratching for a while. 4WD as I intend to use it over winter. An S just because - I like the wider body, and more power is always welcome. Have squeezed the whole family into it, just, so there's still a vague edge of practicality. But it's much, much more compact than the Maserati so eminently more usable on the roads here.
Very early days with it. Handles differently to anything else I've owned and am mindful of where the engine is, so not pushing it too hard at present, but it's a quick car. Sounds great (Porsche Sports Exhaust) and it's a PDK box which is something else new to try...
Apologies to my old friends on here for blotting my copy book with a Beetle :grin: But you know what? It's pretty good!
(I still aim to return to the Italian fold one day, probably when the kids are much bigger...probably needs to be a Lamborghini initially, but I'll need another Ferrari before I stop driving).