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It seems like a long time coming, but finally picked up my GT Silver Cayman T from the dealership. After a long wait for build and shipping, she'd been sat at the dock for an extra week or so waiting for certification, but with that done, she was prepped last week and ready for the big day. There is something about seeing it in the flesh for the first time when that cover comes off:
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The configurator preview does not do this car justice, and neither do my amateur photography skills. In the flesh she is stunning. The spec is not built for luxury, so in the interests of weight-saving I eschewed the full leather interior or heavier 14-way motorised seats, kept the lighter wheels and kept the manual transmission - which is so engaging and fun with the short throw, it is now my favourite 'box ever. No buckets, as I need ISOFIX points, but the sports plus seats are great with the leather/sport-tex combination.
I absolutely did not like crawling along in the heavy traffic as I left the dealer, and I have to admit I was nervous as **** about getting a ding or a scrape navigating heavy city traffic. On such a hot day I was also not too keen on being sat stationary watching the oil temp rise as we crept around, but then suddenly we were out into the country and free of the city constraints. I got to have a little fun on the open road (all very much within the law and car's abilities until bits are well "run-in") and before long I was home.
I promised myself some time ago that by a certain age, I would have myself a Porsche. Well, this is it - a dream come true.
The configurator preview does not do this car justice, and neither do my amateur photography skills. In the flesh she is stunning. The spec is not built for luxury, so in the interests of weight-saving I eschewed the full leather interior or heavier 14-way motorised seats, kept the lighter wheels and kept the manual transmission - which is so engaging and fun with the short throw, it is now my favourite 'box ever. No buckets, as I need ISOFIX points, but the sports plus seats are great with the leather/sport-tex combination.
I absolutely did not like crawling along in the heavy traffic as I left the dealer, and I have to admit I was nervous as **** about getting a ding or a scrape navigating heavy city traffic. On such a hot day I was also not too keen on being sat stationary watching the oil temp rise as we crept around, but then suddenly we were out into the country and free of the city constraints. I got to have a little fun on the open road (all very much within the law and car's abilities until bits are well "run-in") and before long I was home.
I promised myself some time ago that by a certain age, I would have myself a Porsche. Well, this is it - a dream come true.
Your drive home and the jitters you experienced is something we all can easily relate to but the most nerve racking drive for me was driving my first child home from the hospital. I couldn't understand why people would be insensitive enough not to realize they should have cleared all the roads.
