Been a while since I was on here..... update?

Chaps, it's been a while since I was on here, although I was thinking about the Club GTI forum the other day, and thought I'd log on and see how things have been in the last few years?

Can someone update me on what's been going on in a few sentances? GVK still pounding around the ring in his MK2? Golden still giving good tech advice? Rich kill himself in his 20VT blue mk2?

Give me the highlights!

Cheers.

 

gvk is still pounding around in the vr6 mk2. i think he was at the ring in the last week, he did a good write up.

the board really has been busy

 

What happened to Richgit and his 20vt MK2, he used to be my hero!

 

Its a long story but there was a big "divide" and Rich went to another forum along with a few others like Golden etc. Pretty much all the ones that caused trouble so clubgti is now a better place for it

 

golden and rich on dubmarines now

you sold the coupe then simma, but sticking with the hairdressers cars theme?

 

still got the coupe at the moment, but have stepped into a Porker for my sins!

Hairdresser? That's a Cayman S, not a boxster! I do enjoy a manicure though, so I'm just semi-ghey!

So is phatty still moaning?

 

Phatty is now fixed through eating right and exercising, loads less grumpy

porker looks great, mates got a boxster, and it's a great drive so I bet that's even better. Things must be going well for you

 

things are going good thanks, how's your coupe treating you? Been reliable so far?

 

Boxster and cayman are on the same chassis

 

cayman more rigid, and newer than mates

 

Hairy muff

Boxster with a hard top, Best of both worlds

 

they pop back everynow and then.

Porsche is a bit of a step up!

 

Still got the old mk2 !



Saw a thread by you on ph with the Cayman

 

nice pic GVK! I will be taking it to a few tracks in the UK, not sure if I have the balls to chuck it around the ring till I'm confident with the mid engine handling!

I love the Pie & Piston section oh PH, there's a fair few funny bastids on there!

Jon, Porsche is definately many steps up for me - it still feels wierd driving it around to be honest. Like someone else is supposed to be driving it, not me! Sure it'll become normal after a while. Still not brave enough to turn the traction/stability off in the wet on the roads, it cut in and stopped me going sideways last night twice! Once in front of Buckingham palace (there's no grip on that surface in the wet!)!

 

I think I remember you, weren't you the chap who's dad had like a modified mk3 cab with a lairy interior? Or am I confusing you with someone else?

 

Thats me! It had a V6 24V 4motion engine put in it and it went like stink!
But my dad got bored and bought an old Boxster, But since had traded it in for a 54 997
The cab got sold a year agao now.

 

he's nocking about it a 997 now, you let that slip under the radar mat

 

simma coupes done another 60k now, not had much bother really, rusty brake pipes, and wastegate bolts worked loose. On the whole it's been great

 

Cayman is a different beast to a Boxster (especially an old 986, good cars but based on a lot older technology compared to the 987 range - was made in 1996 don't forget) - next time you go to the porsche garage with your dad, have a look at the Cayman brochure or one in the flesh - it's more focused in terms of being a drivers car etc.... A 300bhp Cayman S isn't on the same planet as a 986 Boxster

Has your dad got a non S 997, or an S? 2wd or 4wd? I don't see many other options apart from a 911 for my next car, not sure on which model (although budget will determine that when I come to change I'm sure). Prob either a C2S or a GT3 if I can stretch to one. 999 may even be out by then, look forward to seeing how that will look!

So you driving a Lupo or that Corrado?

 

Cool, I did 45k in mine over less than 4 years, no major probs for me either apart from standard radiator and oil cooler replacement, also injector rail got clogged, and that's it. As reliable as my MK3 GTI to be honest, which was a shock!

Good cars for the performance and cost though, as long as you're lucky and treat them right - they can deliver!