ribroaster3 Posted March 26 Report Share Posted March 26 Got myself a very clean 2014 - 981 Love it 👍 I'm actually surprised at how decent the Jukebox sounds in the car albeit with just front speakers- could really do with a subwoofer behind the seats!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bte123 Posted March 26 Author Report Share Posted March 26 she's an absolute beauty! i love how the white and black elements contrast so well, I'm still in the 'look back at her after parking' phase. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAZ Posted March 26 Report Share Posted March 26 50 minutes ago, bte123 said: she's an absolute beauty! i love how the white and black elements contrast so well, I'm still in the 'look back at her after parking' phase. You’ll always be in that phase - probably pat her bum as well 😊👍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michelin Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 On 2/22/2024 at 11:25 PM, bte123 said: I adore it... 40k, absolutely immaculate inside and out and has been truly loved and adored by the 2 previous owners. There is a snag however... I had a better audio experience in my teenage years driving my mums Ford KA around with an FM receiver linked to an MP3 player. It's the only drawback and will be the first thing I look to upgrade / change. They are atrocious, it's even making me think they're faulty but I think I'm just over thinking it. Does anyone have any experience in upgrading the stock speaker system with a specialist in the UK? I have little to zero interest in trying to do this manually and whilst I've tinkered with custom mods to other cars (most recently the Z4 I had until last week) I really don't want to touch the immaculate trim / interior in this. I've already have people ask me if the plate is private as they cannot believe its a 2013 model. So, any recommendations? Looking forward to joining the community, I'm head over heals in love with the driving experience of this beautiful piece of engineering already! I've just ordered this Discount Car Stereo > Music Streaming > A2D-CDR30 Streaming Add-on module for Porsche CDR30 and CDR31 Radios After years of messing about with the stupid 3.5mm jack plug and charging a bluetooth device, I've finally gone with a hardwired solution. I have similar in my Golf and it works superbly. The speakers are also awful so an upgrade is on the cards. PS The car is stunning! Well done!. Open roads and that PSE.....you can't beat it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bte123 Posted March 27 Author Report Share Posted March 27 I just finished installing my android head unit over the weekend, an absolute doddle and makes such an improvement on the original CDR that was in there. I got mine from here head unit pnp . Now I have in built sat nav through the receiver (taped under the steering wheel) and 2 usb points, one in the passenger footwell and one in the drivers which passed through the trim nice and easily. planning on heading north a little from me and making use of the mid-wales roads that go through the mountains soon, just as soon as there's weather which warrants putting the top down! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ribroaster3 Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 1 hour ago, bte123 said: I just finished installing my android head unit over the weekend, an absolute doddle and makes such an improvement on the original CDR that was in there. I got mine from here head unit pnp . Now I have in built sat nav through the receiver (taped under the steering wheel) and 2 usb points, one in the passenger footwell and one in the drivers which passed through the trim nice and easily. planning on heading north a little from me and making use of the mid-wales roads that go through the mountains soon, just as soon as there's weather which warrants putting the top down! So how close to simply 'plug and play' is the installation?? Im competent with lots of car DIY but electronics leaves me feeling ill/lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabel1 Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 Bought myself a GTS that I'll soon be collecting so figured I'd introduce myself. I've had a host of cars over the years including a 981 GT4 and am a fan of the 981 platform. Decided after many years of manual ( and now loving open top motoring) to go PDK. Don't shoot me ! https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202403117438595?sort=relevance&advertising-location=at_cars&make=Porsche&maximum-mileage=35000&minimum-badge-engine-size=3.0&model=Boxster&page=2&postcode=Co139be&transmission=Automatic&year-from=2012&year-to=2016&fromsra 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonshine Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 1 hour ago, Mabel1 said: Bought myself a GTS that I'll soon be collecting so figured I'd introduce myself. I've had a host of cars over the years including a 981 GT4 and am a fan of the 981 platform. Decided after many years of manual ( and now loving open top motoring) to go PDK. Don't shoot me ! https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202403117438595?sort=relevance&advertising-location=at_cars&make=Porsche&maximum-mileage=35000&minimum-badge-engine-size=3.0&model=Boxster&page=2&postcode=Co139be&transmission=Automatic&year-from=2012&year-to=2016&fromsra Hi there, Gerry (Elan362) from PH here - welcome!! Lovely car ❤️ ! I’m sure you will love it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermot Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 Harbour Cars are going well at the moment, I also bought a BGTS from them 2 weeks ago. It was the one that featured in this YouTube video 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabel1 Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 Ah you bought the one with the red roof and PCCB . Lovely car and unusual. Hope you're enjoying the car despite the weather ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermot Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 That is the one. I drove it home, it has been in the garage ever since. Hope to get out this weekend. I found the option price list and had been looking up the build sheet to see what the option list comes out at. 1st registered by Porsche GB Reading, could it have been a "Management" car ? Special colour: Carmine red £1,595 429 911 Turbo Design Wheels £890 250 Porsche Doppelkupplug (PDK) £2,351 450 Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake (PCCB) £4,977 220 Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV), incl. mechanically locking rear diff £890 XDG Wheels painted in black high gloss [complete, incl. Porsche crest] £801 P07 Adaptive sports seats plus (18-way, electric) [memory/steering column] £1,914 632 Bi-xenon headlights incl. PDLS+ £308 089 GTS black exterior package. [Painted black (high-gloss): Frontspoilerandairintake Lower section of exterior mirrors, Side air intake Rearapron] £680 636 Park Assist front & rear £599 XLS Sports tailpipe £365 088 GTS interior package [Carmine red/rhodium silver. Comprising: Seams in contrasting colour Seat belt edges in contrasting colour GTS logo stitched to headrest in contrasting colour, Floor mats with seams and Porsche logo in contrasting colour Carbon trim on switch panel, door panel and centre console] £2015 454 Cruise control £267 573 2-zone automatic air conditioning [Climate Control] £518 342 Seat heating £284 CPK Vehicle key painted [in car colour] £170 P23 PCM [Head Unit], incl. navigation module with universal audio interface £2,141 680 BOSE surround sound system [Speakers] £801 666 Telephone module [CDR+ or PCM] £527 XHM Carbon centre console trim £341 691 Digital radio [PCM] £324 Total Options £22,758 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabel1 Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 5 minutes ago, Dermot said: That is the one. I drove it home, it has been in the garage ever since. Hope to get out this weekend. I found the option price list and had been looking up the build sheet to see what the option list comes out at. 1st registered by Porsche GB Reading, could it have been a "Management" car ? Special colour: Carmine red £1,595 429 911 Turbo Design Wheels £890 250 Porsche Doppelkupplug (PDK) £2,351 450 Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake (PCCB) £4,977 220 Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV), incl. mechanically locking rear diff £890 XDG Wheels painted in black high gloss [complete, incl. Porsche crest] £801 P07 Adaptive sports seats plus (18-way, electric) [memory/steering column] £1,914 632 Bi-xenon headlights incl. PDLS+ £308 089 GTS black exterior package. [Painted black (high-gloss): Frontspoilerandairintake Lower section of exterior mirrors, Side air intake Rearapron] £680 636 Park Assist front & rear £599 XLS Sports tailpipe £365 088 GTS interior package [Carmine red/rhodium silver. Comprising: Seams in contrasting colour Seat belt edges in contrasting colour GTS logo stitched to headrest in contrasting colour, Floor mats with seams and Porsche logo in contrasting colour Carbon trim on switch panel, door panel and centre console] £2015 454 Cruise control £267 573 2-zone automatic air conditioning [Climate Control] £518 342 Seat heating £284 CPK Vehicle key painted [in car colour] £170 P23 PCM [Head Unit], incl. navigation module with universal audio interface £2,141 680 BOSE surround sound system [Speakers] £801 666 Telephone module [CDR+ or PCM] £527 XHM Carbon centre console trim £341 691 Digital radio [PCM] £324 Total Options £22,758 5 minutes ago, Dermot said: That is the one. I drove it home, it has been in the garage ever since. Hope to get out this weekend. I found the option price list and had been looking up the build sheet to see what the option list comes out at. 1st registered by Porsche GB Reading, could it have been a "Management" car ? Special colour: Carmine red £1,595 429 911 Turbo Design Wheels £890 250 Porsche Doppelkupplug (PDK) £2,351 450 Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake (PCCB) £4,977 220 Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV), incl. mechanically locking rear diff £890 XDG Wheels painted in black high gloss [complete, incl. Porsche crest] £801 P07 Adaptive sports seats plus (18-way, electric) [memory/steering column] £1,914 632 Bi-xenon headlights incl. PDLS+ £308 089 GTS black exterior package. [Painted black (high-gloss): Frontspoilerandairintake Lower section of exterior mirrors, Side air intake Rearapron] £680 636 Park Assist front & rear £599 XLS Sports tailpipe £365 088 GTS interior package [Carmine red/rhodium silver. Comprising: Seams in contrasting colour Seat belt edges in contrasting colour GTS logo stitched to headrest in contrasting colour, Floor mats with seams and Porsche logo in contrasting colour Carbon trim on switch panel, door panel and centre console] £2015 454 Cruise control £267 573 2-zone automatic air conditioning [Climate Control] £518 342 Seat heating £284 CPK Vehicle key painted [in car colour] £170 P23 PCM [Head Unit], incl. navigation module with universal audio interface £2,141 680 BOSE surround sound system [Speakers] £801 666 Telephone module [CDR+ or PCM] £527 XHM Carbon centre console trim £341 691 Digital radio [PCM] £324 Total Options £22,758 Enormous spec especially with the PCCB. Really happy with mine but I'm not collecting until the weekend after Easter as they are closing for the holiday weekend. My car might live outside so I'll be buying a full winter Porsche cover from design 911. Have to say Harbour cars do have a good reputation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracy Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 43 minutes ago, Dermot said: That is the one. I drove it home, it has been in the garage ever since. Hope to get out this weekend. I found the option price list and had been looking up the build sheet to see what the option list comes out at. 1st registered by Porsche GB Reading, could it have been a "Management" car ? Special colour: Carmine red £1,595 429 911 Turbo Design Wheels £890 250 Porsche Doppelkupplug (PDK) £2,351 450 Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake (PCCB) £4,977 220 Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV), incl. mechanically locking rear diff £890 XDG Wheels painted in black high gloss [complete, incl. Porsche crest] £801 P07 Adaptive sports seats plus (18-way, electric) [memory/steering column] £1,914 632 Bi-xenon headlights incl. PDLS+ £308 089 GTS black exterior package. [Painted black (high-gloss): Frontspoilerandairintake Lower section of exterior mirrors, Side air intake Rearapron] £680 636 Park Assist front & rear £599 XLS Sports tailpipe £365 088 GTS interior package [Carmine red/rhodium silver. Comprising: Seams in contrasting colour Seat belt edges in contrasting colour GTS logo stitched to headrest in contrasting colour, Floor mats with seams and Porsche logo in contrasting colour Carbon trim on switch panel, door panel and centre console] £2015 454 Cruise control £267 573 2-zone automatic air conditioning [Climate Control] £518 342 Seat heating £284 CPK Vehicle key painted [in car colour] £170 P23 PCM [Head Unit], incl. navigation module with universal audio interface £2,141 680 BOSE surround sound system [Speakers] £801 666 Telephone module [CDR+ or PCM] £527 XHM Carbon centre console trim £341 691 Digital radio [PCM] £324 Total Options £22,758 That is my friends old car Mike he just sold it. Think it was sold in a day. Its absolutely mint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabel1 Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 50 minutes ago, Dermot said: That is the one. I drove it home, it has been in the garage ever since. Hope to get out this weekend. I found the option price list and had been looking up the build sheet to see what the option list comes out at. 1st registered by Porsche GB Reading, could it have been a "Management" car ? Special colour: Carmine red £1,595 429 911 Turbo Design Wheels £890 250 Porsche Doppelkupplug (PDK) £2,351 450 Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake (PCCB) £4,977 220 Porsche Torque Vectoring (PTV), incl. mechanically locking rear diff £890 XDG Wheels painted in black high gloss [complete, incl. Porsche crest] £801 P07 Adaptive sports seats plus (18-way, electric) [memory/steering column] £1,914 632 Bi-xenon headlights incl. PDLS+ £308 089 GTS black exterior package. [Painted black (high-gloss): Frontspoilerandairintake Lower section of exterior mirrors, Side air intake Rearapron] £680 636 Park Assist front & rear £599 XLS Sports tailpipe £365 088 GTS interior package [Carmine red/rhodium silver. Comprising: Seams in contrasting colour Seat belt edges in contrasting colour GTS logo stitched to headrest in contrasting colour, Floor mats with seams and Porsche logo in contrasting colour Carbon trim on switch panel, door panel and centre console] £2015 454 Cruise control £267 573 2-zone automatic air conditioning [Climate Control] £518 342 Seat heating £284 CPK Vehicle key painted [in car colour] £170 P23 PCM [Head Unit], incl. navigation module with universal audio interface £2,141 680 BOSE surround sound system [Speakers] £801 666 Telephone module [CDR+ or PCM] £527 XHM Carbon centre console trim £341 691 Digital radio [PCM] £324 Total Options £22,758 I saw that list price new on my car was 68.5k Yours will have been closer to 73/74? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracy Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 Small world . We are good friends and compared specs. My cars got almost the same amount of options but no ceramic brakes plus mine's metallic white on Carrera 20" Classics. Been out on drives together. it's a great car wants for nothing like mine. Enjoy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermot Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 23 minutes ago, Mabel1 said: I saw that list price new on my car was 68.5k Yours will have been closer to 73/74? My estimate is £75.5K 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabel1 Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 2 minutes ago, Dermot said: My estimate is £75.5K I did consider the newer 718 GTS however having driven my car I knew it was the one I wanted . Out of curiosity did Harbour budge on the sticker price for you ? They held firm on mine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dermot Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 29 minutes ago, Mabel1 said: I did consider the newer 718 GTS however having driven my car I knew it was the one I wanted . Out of curiosity did Harbour budge on the sticker price for you ? They held firm on mine No, not a penny off. They claim to have had multiple interest. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabel1 Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 1 hour ago, Dermot said: No, not a penny off. They claim to have had multiple interest. Pretty much said the same to me. TBH the car is in amazing shape and I wasn't going to walk away as it's a car I want to keep and tbf the spec on our cars would be hard to find again . Some come up but rarely in that spec and in carmine. Not sure if you've previously had PDK but I was super impressed with it . I drove the white manual at OPc Portsmouth on the same day . Lovely car but the interior was no match and PDK sealed the deal for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bte123 Posted March 27 Author Report Share Posted March 27 it couldn't be much more straight forward, but don't take my word for it... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabel1 Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 4 minutes ago, bte123 said: it couldn't be much more straight forward, but don't take my word for it... Actually that looks good however I'm curious to know if I can get something that works with the already OEM unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonshine Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 1 hour ago, Mabel1 said: Actually that looks good however I'm curious to know if I can get something that works with the already OEM unit. I use a Mr12volt unit, but this requires you to open the PCM up to fit the board and ribbon cables Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ribroaster3 Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 13 hours ago, bte123 said: it couldn't be much more straight forward, but don't take my word for it... Cool let us know how you get on with yours once you've mastered the user experience!!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracy Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 (edited) 19 hours ago, Dermot said: No, not a penny off. They claim to have had multiple interest. No Surprise really good cars always sell people are happy paying the top end for right cars. Edited March 28 by tracy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracy Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 17 hours ago, Mabel1 said: Pretty much said the same to me. TBH the car is in amazing shape and I wasn't going to walk away as it's a car I want to keep and tbf the spec on our cars would be hard to find again . Some come up but rarely in that spec and in carmine. Not sure if you've previously had PDK but I was super impressed with it . I drove the white manual at OPc Portsmouth on the same day . Lovely car but the interior was no match and PDK sealed the deal for me. GTS are high spec to start with but you can still rack a lots of options. I did compare when Mike owned his car to mine I had well over 17k of extras on mine so I guess Mike's ceramics pushed the extra 5k making 22k of options. Very easy to start adding stuff but not to many with huge option lists. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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