dpg123

Our family car is a Macan Turbo (3.6). Only had it a few months and averaging around 22 MPG. Obviously that's pretty bad, but a lot of that is in town (where a diesel would quickly develop DPF issues or be under the threat of being banned by the local authority like Bristol), but at the same time, we only do around 4,000 miles a year so it's not the end of the world. For me, the 400bhp, sound, handling and the totally effortless performance makes up for the cost/enjoyment trade off. It really is a fantastic machine.

Having said that, if  were to do it again, perhaps I'd look closer at the 2.0 - it certainly has a lot of fans.

1 minute ago, ATM said:

How long does Porsche Reading take to reply to these enquiries?

Do I just email them / call them / write to them?

There's an email address on this thread somewhere (or just call Porsche Reading) - it took mine a couple/three weeks to arrive.

13 minutes ago, Paul P said:

Digging deeper on that site. I ended up at this doc. 
 

https://www.brumbreathes.co.uk/download/downloads/id/114/charging-order-unsealed.pdf

Page 16 seems to show the specs relevant.   I read it as euro 4 0.08g/km NoX which from memory (and it’s somewhere in this thread) is the same as the London ULEZ so if you have the nox value on the v5 or you go through the hoops of certificate of compliance to get the nox value then I think you are in a good place to contest the “chargeable”

 Good luck.  

This exactly. If the NoX value is not on the V5C you need to contact Porsche Reading and ask them to supply the Certificate of Compliance for your chassis number. You then provide this and the V5C to whoever the authority is at Birmingham. I think in the meantime you need to pay the fine and then claim it back later when the car is deemed compliant...

4 hours ago, ATM said:

Not read the whole thread....

 

I've just been stung with a 120 pound fine for driving through the clean air zone in Birmingham. 

 

It appears that this site doesn't recognise my 986 as exempt but the tfl or London ULEZ shows it as exempt. I've tried various other websites and they all show the car as exempt. The only site which doesn't show the car as exempt is the one below which I'm assuming they are using.

 

I intend to appeal on that basis - London says it is exempt therefore it is exempt. Unless I should be doing anything else please let me know.

 

https://vehiclecheck.drive-clean-air-zone.service.gov.uk/air_zones/compliance

Did your car come up as exempt with TFL (London) from the start or did you have to go through the bureaucratic BS to get it updated as compliant? 

On 12/14/2021 at 11:51 PM, Stark9 said:

Hey everyone. Was on here a few years ago when I got my 981 S and went on a couple of meets. 130K miles later it was time to sell up with what must have been the highest mileage one around but I loved it.

Now have a 718 S and yes I love it too!! Will post some pics soon 

Your old car??

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202111300092572?postcode=bt276xh&sort=mileage&advertising-location=at_cars&include-delivery-option=on&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=Used&radius=1500&model=Boxster&aggregatedTrim=981 S&make=Porsche&page=9

On 12/17/2021 at 4:07 PM, Rav said:

BBB is right - its a gopro mount. I am the COO for a small start-up company making software for Autonomous vehicles. I drive around collecting data on my gopro of scenarios happening on roads and then replay them on our software to see how an autonomous vehicle would have handled the situation.

 

Oh, now that sounds like a very interesting enterprise! Best of luck with that - good timing!

If you don't mind sharing the name of your firm I'd love to look it up...

What's the large black clip type thing attached to the scuttle in front of the wipers?

I love a filthy looking sports car!

40 minutes ago, Thediver said:

Hello guys,

Thank you for the replies! 

She sailed through emissions test with a new AOS and near side cat. Lamdas were fine eventually.  

Don't forget to ask for your old Cat back from the garage as you can recover a decent chunk of cash selling them for their precious metals.

https://catalyticrecycling.co.uk/ 

I fitted a set of these to my car a few yrs ago now. I can confirm that they are "up to infinitely brighter than standard"*

*when standard are switched off

1 hour ago, Bradders59 said:

Same as  a WW2  Italian tank then. 🤪

I once ready about how the British soldiers used to wear red tunics so that if shot or stabbed in battle but able to carry on, the blood wouldn't be visible, making them appear super-human. 

Which explains why the French wore brown trousers...

4 hours ago, Davey P said:

Come on mate, don't hold back, tell us what you really think... 

Don't get me started!!

BTW, what's the "functional outlet" actually for? Is it a chimney from the exhaust silencer to make your boot less useful and much hotter? Or is it a drain pipe to keep the exhaust clamps wet so they corrode quicker?

On 11/25/2021 at 4:44 PM, Daboy3000 said:

 

Poor thing, just why?

 

https://www.italiansteelart.com/porsche-boxster-retromod/

Good Lord! I laughed out loud when I saw this! It's like they went to the aisle in Halfords where they stock the fake "GTI" badges and chrome wiper arm covers, and bought everything, went home and spent 20 minutes splattering it all over their car! What are those headlights and front indicator/vents all about?! That handle on the bonnet?? The front bumper chrome thingys? It's hideous!

I have Admiral as my house insurer and they are a complete bunch of c....

23 hours ago, Jonobigblind said:

Not just ageing well, mine has developed some intelligence and decided to fix itself.  I had the common issue with the indicator that wouldn’t stay on if turning right.  Somehow, my 986 sensed my procrastination and thought best to fix itself. 
 

How many other cars are awesome enough to take care of their owner like that?

I think mine must have developed the powers of speech and asked yours how it fixed itself! Either that or it developed a sense of humour and  was just F'ing with me, because I had the exact same thing happen - except it was the wiper stalk...spooky!

45 minutes ago, bally4563 said:

Check the subframe bolts and the integrity of the undertrays

And as 1/2 cwt said: Have the hood seals been lubricated with Gummi Pflege or similar?

16 hours ago, BBB said:

Replace girlfriend? Or just ask her to be quieter.

This - you should really let her out of the frunk.

When I had my condensers and desiccator replaced, the air con made a droning noise from what seemed like under the frunk, somewhere around the bulkhead. I had it's regassed again and it went away. Maybe there's not enough gas / pressure / oil in the system (I read somewhere it needs quite a lot of oil as the compressor and pipes all lead to the rear of the car so it's a bigger system than normal).

On 11/1/2021 at 4:29 PM, SilverBud said:

I've just resent all the documents to them again lol.

I also contacted DVLA – 6 week turnaround to add the data from the CoC onto my V5C.

You don't need to do this to get the ULEZ database though. You just need to point out the relevant section on the COC and accompany that with page 1 and 2 of the V5C. 

17 minutes ago, SilverBud said:

Just spoken with TfL and Porsche. Porsche advise to contact the DVLA to update the V5C??

TfL have said that they may have not checked the Chasis/VIN numbers correctly. Total washout! Another 5 days of waiting to come Grrr!

If my assumption is correct this most recent letter is claiming that TfL can't corrolate between the two documents (V5C and CoC) due to VIN number not being present on BOTH documents. Well that's not true because the VIN is refernced on the cover letter that accompanied the CoC (both of which were provided to TfL), and the VIN is present on the V5C (also provided). TfL have confirmed recipt of all the above documents 😮

You're doing all the right things - you just need to persevere! TFL have no incentive to update your record in a hurry (it pays for them to keep you on the black list) and you can bet the person behind the TFL computer literally couldn't care less! 

All in all I think it took me around a month to complete the process from start to finish. 

5 hours ago, DaveEFI said:

In most of the UK we've had free or concessions on PT for OAPs for long before Khan was mayor. And free travel for LT employees and their immediate family.

The average base pay for a tube driver is £55,000. And, of course, it involves 7 day shift working which can start before 5am. And not a job many would fancy - sitting on your own in a dark tunnel for most of the day.

Just because you had something before doesn’t mean it’s suitable or appropriate now. For example I used to work for a company that offered Final Salary Pensions but to continue offering them would have ended the the company. So they made changes. New employees understood, old ones remained on the old scheme. It’s normal in the Private Sector. Why not make free travel means tested? Because it would lose votes. Does Richard Branson need a free tube pass? The point I was trying to make was really about being hit up for cash by the London Mayor (Sadiq or Boris, whoever) under the banner of the environment when it’s actually to support TFL when they haven’t done their duty to the tax payer by getting maximum value out of TFL by modernising, efficiency savings, common sense changes. People are struggling. TFL should be fit for purpose AND we can put the money from the Congestion Charge and ULEZ to use making real changes to green initiatives. I would happily pay extra if I believed where the money was actually going but it does sit uncomfortably with me when there are so many obvious changes that can be made to provide a much more efficient system for those who pay for it.

29 minutes ago, DaveEFI said:

Vanity? Due to the pandemic and vastly reduced income, TFL is in financial problems. Vanity projects were near exclusive to the last mayor, Bojo, who is now PM. The garden bridge. Estuary airport. Those vast and expensive Boris buses. And so on. Not saying I think the ULEZ either a good idea or well implemented. Since there are a vast number of modern diesels which passed a lab test so are compliant on paper, but exceed the emissions in practice.

I'm not disagreeing with you (except the bridge nor the airport actually got built). But if you're going to tax people to use a car and claim that the aim is to either reduce congestion or pollution, then put the money into schemes or incentives to actually reduce congestion or pollution. Taxing people out of a car but not offering any improved alternative is simply not good enough. 

The vanity part of this I mentioned is more about directing the tax raised cash into vote winning schemes (free U18 travel and free OAP travel, regardless of means to pay for example) which are crippling TFL but are intended to keep the incumbent Mayor in office (whoever that may be). Also, like all large public sector organizations (23,000 employees for TFL!!) there is scope for huge savings through efficiency and cutting waste. Free travel on TFL for each and every employee and their family - why? Look at the number of sick days (337,650 in 2019-2020...that's nearly 15 days for each and every employee)! How much does a tube driver earn (average is £65k for a 36 hour week with 43 days annual leave (plus the sick days) plus benefits and final salary pension. 

Is it any wonder TFL is in trouble? 

I guess my point is that I resent being charged with the justification of "congestion relief" or "air quality" when we can all see it for what it is - it's a tax to prop up TFL.

If the environment was really that serious then why expand Heathrow? Why not take all the ancient polluting Black Cabs off the road? Why make every junction a "no left turn" and block all the roads with dangerous and unnecessary bike lanes (I cycle to work and they are awful). The congestion where I live (Wandsworth) is worse now than it has ever been due to these road changes.

Finally, the ULEZ expansion was accelerated. Say I needed to renew my car and wanted to buy electric. What's the delivery time for that? If I ordered one today I'd not be able to get it for 9 months or so. 

The whole thing is so badly thought through. What we need is a proper review of TFL and ALL transport throughout London and come up with an affordable integrated plan. If that means road pricing or whatever then fine - but call it that and don't try to BS us and call it something else.

Unfortunately for us, TFL has always been a money raising vehicle for the Mayor. In our case, the Mayor has brought in the ULEZ as well as extending the Congestion Zone charge to basically 24/7 as a money making exercise to spend on vanity & vote winning projects. Very little of this has anything to do with the environment or congestion. People who drive into the ULEZ/Congestion Zones are doing it through necessity - the traffic is so hideous the train/tube is nearly always a faster option. TFL have zero interest in reducing the money they can make by informing anyone of the fact their database is a load of rubbish.

10 minutes ago, Withy said:

I wondered who would spot that first!  Rest assured I will attend to it

Thanks!

FYI, the MOT on your Clio ran out in Sept...

Lovely car - congrats!

But OOOOOOH my eyes are spinning in my head - the filler cap is on upside down! Please go outside and fix it and let me know it's done! My OCD!!

On 8/25/2021 at 2:21 PM, daz05 said:

I can't remember what I paid maybe £850 or so but I think sub £800 would be lucky from an OPC. Just pay the price and enjoy a day out in one of their cars to make up for it.

I got given a 1.0l Fiesta last time my car was in for work, and that was with 2 months notice.