My New Car (warning more Porsche content)
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martin clark
pinko bodger
AKA ' shiney Racing Primer'.
It seems a popular approach in recent years - but it's a bit gash, to my taste.
re Rug Doc - the 50s produced some properly interesting flat grey colours. BMC 'Clarendon Grey' is a good one that looks great on contemporary Series 2 Morris Minors - it's like watercolour Payne's grey - there's a body and depth to it, both red and blue hues in it; not just a flat 50% screen. And it was a cellulose-based coating - proper, bastard-hard stuff that finished properly; wonderfully even, and flat: unlike today's water-based, fish-eyed, crappy mist coats.
That's not for me. I'm currently stuck with a silver car, I wouldn't have chosen it but when your gearbox lets go and you need wheels, now, colour is the last thing you get to choose. £900, you replace that knackered tyre, deliver it and take away the dead one, is as good as it gets. 4 months and 5k miles on I have no complaints. MoT in June, we'll see.
I've had 2 silver cars, don't like it. Same for white, no thanks. 3 reds, never been sorry I had a red car. Likewise green and blue. Given free rein I'd have ASBO orange or Kawa green on a hot hatch, yellow is good too. Sensible cars, maybe something a little calmer. But never wet f*ing tarmac grey.
I've had 2 silver cars, don't like it. Same for white, no thanks. 3 reds, never been sorry I had a red car. Likewise green and blue. Given free rein I'd have ASBO orange or Kawa green on a hot hatch, yellow is good too. Sensible cars, maybe something a little calmer. But never wet f*ing tarmac grey.
Joe, is it true that brightly coloured pasta is more expensive to insure than dull colours?
I'm with you. Some greys are worth having. Crap primer grey isn't. Great as a primer to show up imperfections, otherwise useless.
One thing I never got the hang of was the 70s obsession with beige. Especially Citroen. I had a beige 1977 2CV when I was in France, because it's the law. It was in Sahara beige. They had another 3 or 4 near identical colours, all equally grim. If ever a car cried out for a decent red, green or yellow, the 2CV was it.
on the subject of grey and 2CVs, the original 50s-60s grey is great. Cool as penguin piss. Keep your Porsches.
martin clark
pinko bodger
Joe -
Slippery on turn-in?
Shoulda bought the Cannelloni V-12:
https://designson.ideo.com/food/pasta-ferrari/
Slippery on turn-in?
Shoulda bought the Cannelloni V-12:
https://designson.ideo.com/food/pasta-ferrari/
vuk
\o/ choose anarchy
it's gonna get cooked by a guy in a golf.
TheDecameron
Unicorns fart glitter.
...and ascertain your wonga situation. In about a fortnight, the investment advice mailings will start to drop through the letterbox.
gintonic
50 shades of grey pussy cats
you will of course note, the post you are replying to, I posted nearly a year ago.....so I am in a good position to comment on your reverse prediction.
Simply put, you're wrong, nothing was received.....
richardg
Admonishtrator
Having it welded on permanently, targa looks, coupe handling?
Nero
Re: Tired
Come on spill the beans (cannellini). How long did it take you to reverse it into the garage? That looks tight
-alan-
pfm Member
Hadn't realise the Cayman was such a decent looking car - looks great from that angle.
Yiz are all wrong on the colour front btw. Two biggest challenges facing any Porsche driver are (a) how to drive it properly without attracting the attention of the Five-O and (b) how to avoid attracting too much attention from those who might otherwise deem you to be a typical Porsche driving onanist. Grey works perfectly - even better if it hasn't been washed for a month or so
Yiz are all wrong on the colour front btw. Two biggest challenges facing any Porsche driver are (a) how to drive it properly without attracting the attention of the Five-O and (b) how to avoid attracting too much attention from those who might otherwise deem you to be a typical Porsche driving onanist. Grey works perfectly - even better if it hasn't been washed for a month or so
gintonic
50 shades of grey pussy cats
about 10 seconds....I am well practised. Used squeeze the Macan in that space.
360° cameras and parking sensors help.....
gintonic
50 shades of grey pussy cats
it is a prettier thing than I thought.
from the upstairs window
2020-02-21_10-42-56 by uh_simon, on Flickrthis mornings drive out was nice, dont like the turbo lag but it does go, the steering feels very sensitive. Brakes are very good. Road noise is more intrusive than I remember from my 981, and way noisier than the Targa.
There is no doubt it is a great car, but it feels like it is missing something.....ah yes.....2L Turbo engine is too quiet, even with the Sports exhaust open.....doesn't sound like sports car.....
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