1 month into my turbo ownership.. my experience. the good and the bad
#31
03-12-2008, 07:17 PM
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Sorry Steve, but I have NEVER seen a TT that got 30mpg....there's got to be something wrong with your on board computer.... Hell, I only got 28 mpg out of the 3.4 liter 996...and that was on cruise control setting it at 65 for a couple hundred miles.
#32
03-12-2008, 08:01 PM
This thread is never going to stay on topic with there being mention of 30 mpg.
Please send the ECU to Porsche so they can duplicate it. Then we'd be god to go vs CAFE.
My car isnt even close to 30 mpg, ever. Low 20's at best.
Either your car is lying to you or has the ability to shut down 5 cylinders and use 1 while cruising in 6th.
Please send the ECU to Porsche so they can duplicate it. Then we'd be god to go vs CAFE.
My car isnt even close to 30 mpg, ever. Low 20's at best.
Either your car is lying to you or has the ability to shut down 5 cylinders and use 1 while cruising in 6th.
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03-12-2008, 08:56 PM
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Please send the ECU to Porsche so they can duplicate it. Then we'd be god to go vs CAFE.
My car isnt even close to 30 mpg, ever. Low 20's at best.
Either your car is lying to you or has the ability to shut down 5 cylinders and use 1 while cruising in 6th.
Please send the ECU to Porsche so they can duplicate it. Then we'd be god to go vs CAFE.
My car isnt even close to 30 mpg, ever. Low 20's at best.
Either your car is lying to you or has the ability to shut down 5 cylinders and use 1 while cruising in 6th.
Just curious....you know i love the GTR /on topic
Congrats again Steve on your ride...enjoy it each and every time you get in it. Haters...ehh, ignore them. I often find that haters will hate if you give them a chance. Kill them with kindness (be super cool about your hot car) and they usually stop - or like others have said - just make a joke out of their question....thats what i do when people in my town ask me about my Cayenne.....which for me, having my Blacked out Cayenne S in my little town is like having an Enzo in NYC!
#34
03-12-2008, 09:05 PM
Tell em it's a kit. 20K and 2 years of hard time in the garage... and ta-DA - SUPERvolkswagon. If they're dumb enough to ask, they're dumb enough to believe it.
#36
03-13-2008, 08:46 AM
Steve you just need to put a little grey around your temples and make it look like it's a little hard to jump in the car.........
You think thats bad try driving a new Ferrari, LOL.....
You think thats bad try driving a new Ferrari, LOL.....
#37
03-13-2008, 11:58 AM
Steve, thats a great post...u hit the nail on the head...i lived in queens just sold my house cause my neighbors were all in my **** and kept hitting my trucks bumpers..besides a monthly bill for an extra garage and body shop repairs i decided to move to north hills,long island...i cant wait to move in...im italian as well i had the whole mob n drug dealer **** to..meanwhile im a mortgage banker...the turbo is a looker and a beast in boost on our highways...TO ALL THE HATERS....**** THEM....CATCH US IF U CAN....
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03-13-2008, 12:05 PM
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#39
03-13-2008, 12:10 PM
noroom4error,
i thought that was you.. .kuz as you were putting the gum on my window, your GF put her phone number on the opposite window with a big kiss mark next to it
j/k
i thought that was you.. .kuz as you were putting the gum on my window, your GF put her phone number on the opposite window with a big kiss mark next to it
j/k
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03-13-2008, 12:12 PM
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#41
03-13-2008, 01:20 PM
I live in S Cal...dont really have problems...most people are really nice. I also make sure to not be a a-hole either...I thank them ask about their car and compliment it even if its not so great...a bit of humility goes a long way..
JB
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#42
03-13-2008, 03:18 PM
lol
just went to autozone for some wheel polish..
guy comes up to me and tells me "i just saw an 03 with 6000 miles go for $36,000 same color.. was it you ?
i said yes actually it was...
he said "not bad, but i think the car was leaking while it was at the auction line"
just went to autozone for some wheel polish..
guy comes up to me and tells me "i just saw an 03 with 6000 miles go for $36,000 same color.. was it you ?
i said yes actually it was...
he said "not bad, but i think the car was leaking while it was at the auction line"
#45
03-13-2008, 03:56 PM
Weird experience for you.. Even since building my G, M3 and so on years ago, when I was much younger people respected me and the car...
In my GT2? I get nothing but thumbs up, good nods and responses, shocks me to hear from people around my age, close to mid 20's getting "hated" on or tons of questions, again iv'e never had that issue!
Keep on enjoying it man, i'll probably never get to see it like you promised but its all good :P
And I can totally relate to this one
"out of those 8 people, 7 of them have a "friend who has a xxx that will smoke the porsche"."
I just laugh, shrug it off and why my car rarely gets driven on the street anymore, it becomes a hassle when people try and race you non stop, and it DOES happen here way too much/often in NY where everyone is out of Fast and the Furious!
In my GT2? I get nothing but thumbs up, good nods and responses, shocks me to hear from people around my age, close to mid 20's getting "hated" on or tons of questions, again iv'e never had that issue!
Keep on enjoying it man, i'll probably never get to see it like you promised but its all good :P
And I can totally relate to this one
"out of those 8 people, 7 of them have a "friend who has a xxx that will smoke the porsche"."
I just laugh, shrug it off and why my car rarely gets driven on the street anymore, it becomes a hassle when people try and race you non stop, and it DOES happen here way too much/often in NY where everyone is out of Fast and the Furious!
thats because ur such a nice guy martin! very humble and level headed.