Porsche 911 Turbo
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Lovely car.. But a bit of atrocious driving on the glenshane earlier on.. Knew I recognised the reg from somewhere
There's always someone watching lmao
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Lovely car.. But a bit of atrocious driving on the glenshane earlier on.. Knew I recognised the reg from somewhere
Yeah, atrocious driving from the 45mph brigade lol
That's it away for its service, looking forward to hearing the sharkwerks exhaust!
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People don't often share good stories, so I wanted to share a recent experience with both George McMillan and Ashgood Porsche.
When I was buying the car, I had a pre-purchase inspection carried out and Ashgood sorted any niggles found. One of these issues was a small haze of oil on the engine, not a big leak, just a light coating of oil. They said they got this fixed at their local specialist and we agreed that if it returned, they would sort it.]
So, when getting the Sharkwerks fitted, we noticed the haze had returned. Upon investigation it was a seal that needed replaced however it required quite a large strip down of parts of the engine, so lots of labour! George kindly contacted Ashgood and put forward all the relevant information and they agreed to pay for it.
You hear lots of horror stories of dealers, but this is a good example of a dealer taking responsibility - fair play Ashgood Porsche! Highly recommended!
Exhaust is fitted, service and Geo done - car is driving and sounding great!
When I was buying the car, I had a pre-purchase inspection carried out and Ashgood sorted any niggles found. One of these issues was a small haze of oil on the engine, not a big leak, just a light coating of oil. They said they got this fixed at their local specialist and we agreed that if it returned, they would sort it.]
So, when getting the Sharkwerks fitted, we noticed the haze had returned. Upon investigation it was a seal that needed replaced however it required quite a large strip down of parts of the engine, so lots of labour! George kindly contacted Ashgood and put forward all the relevant information and they agreed to pay for it.
You hear lots of horror stories of dealers, but this is a good example of a dealer taking responsibility - fair play Ashgood Porsche! Highly recommended!
Exhaust is fitted, service and Geo done - car is driving and sounding great!
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Sorry not me! There’s another grey 997.2 turbo with the center-locks
I plan to yeah, the weather is looking bleak but if it’s not terrible i’ll come!
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Great day out today!
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On the final boat on our return trip from the Nurburgring with @Rob
It's been the best trip so far, the weather was incredible (though too hot really for the cars). I completed 7 TF laps in the 911, three on the Friday evening and then Four on the Sunday. Rob timed me (I wasn't aware he was) and on a fairly steady lap it resulted in 9 mins dead bridge to gantry - happy with that!
We met up with @nigelmcg - thanks again for the Passenger laps, my wife was really pleased to get out in your M3.
We then did the RSR trackway on the Monday in hired Swifts from Rent4Ring. Such awesome setup cars with fantastic suspension, brakes and tyres. I completed 19 laps on the trackday. There swifts really did keep up and often pass supercars - one of the photos shows us right on the tail of a GT3RS. (I'm in the purple swift)
Overall an incredible trip and I can't wait to organise next years trip.
It's been the best trip so far, the weather was incredible (though too hot really for the cars). I completed 7 TF laps in the 911, three on the Friday evening and then Four on the Sunday. Rob timed me (I wasn't aware he was) and on a fairly steady lap it resulted in 9 mins dead bridge to gantry - happy with that!
We met up with @nigelmcg - thanks again for the Passenger laps, my wife was really pleased to get out in your M3.
We then did the RSR trackway on the Monday in hired Swifts from Rent4Ring. Such awesome setup cars with fantastic suspension, brakes and tyres. I completed 19 laps on the trackday. There swifts really did keep up and often pass supercars - one of the photos shows us right on the tail of a GT3RS. (I'm in the purple swift)
Overall an incredible trip and I can't wait to organise next years trip.
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So jealous! I'd love to have a go in those Swifts round the ring sometime.
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Being in a rented Swift rather than your own GT3 RS probably helps in willingness to push on a bit 
That sounds like the perfect weekend, and you did have the weather for it
That sounds like the perfect weekend, and you did have the weather for it
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I only had one of the laps timed in the swift and it was 9.23 bridge to gantry. Happy with that!
They are good craic, I think this was actually my fastest GPS timed lap, I had a few more around the same sort of time that day.
That sounds like an awesome trip. After seeing some bad crashes on the ring caused by other cars so out of your direct control I would be too scared to take the 260Z there. Would love to drive the swifts round there though.
Fair play for taking your pride and joy 911 out for some laps, I’m too chicken and would prob be doing 10min laps in my own car with taking it easy
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Fantastic, Id love to do a euro road trip with a couple of days at the ring. 911 looks perfect on the ring too. Nice one.
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That is quick sir!! I didn't have the bottle to carry my speed out of Flugplatz and into the next couple of corners before going down into the Fox Hole.. Reckon there's easily 20 seconds to be had in that very short section alone but also the risk of a very high speed crash.