Automotive

in Suttgart, if you don't mind.

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Best wishes

Alkiro

So happy to see you back dear Oliver
Keep it coming
Sincerely
D

my friend 🙏

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Do they have the exclusive Turbo S on display?

🙏 for the warm welcome ☺️






@Thomas, this one is for you ...

Good and bad, that the new GT3 has similar specs that soften the current GT3 RS value but then ppl will be looking forward to the next GT3 RS.
Never ending desire...I guess it's true Desire is suffering.
Rgds
Raymond

Still on my list together with the MERC museum ...

me ... Monday - Friday, I am very close ... most of the time 😉

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the more the merrier.

definitely worth a visit. I have seen the BMW Welt in Munich and I am sure to stop by both the Porsche and Mercedes museums in Stuttgart. Thank you for the photos, cheers, Filip

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....your new car?

Nice to see you are back (but maybe I've seen you at a pic from Zenith Event @ Baselworld...right?)

stere

... probably yes 😜🙏

... a blue "bastard" for Don ...





A nice 911 GTS, just for the pleasure 😉

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It's so blasphemous that Porsche now makes more SUVs than sports cars.
But it gets worse! I want a Porsche SUV more than a Porsche 911.

I know a new Cayenne is about to be released but the current model is amazing. Bought one as the house car but I can't get my wife to share it, her Targa just sits unless the weather is perfect. Don't tell her but I took the Targa for a spin on Saturday.

The Cayenne drives well, is quite smooth, and handles very well. Only fault I can think of is the long options list and it's unfortunately it's still more costly than what I want to pay. But it is a great machine.
I may opt for the Macan, as it's sufficient for what I need.
If you give me a choice of any normal Porsche in the parking lot, I'd choose a Cayenne or Macan over their two door offerings. Blasphemous, but the honest truth.
You gotta try that Wraith. That's my absolute favorite.

Something that her parents could easily get in and out of. We had a MB GLA and it was just too small. The walkers could not fit in the storage area.

I do like the Wraith, but it is just huge.

It's less than 2 inches longer than an S550. 

And it's glorious to drive. 

Few faults for the Wraith; 1, it's too heavy and this is noticeable when braking; 2, when you open the door in a normal parking lot, you can't see the edge of the door and thus are more prone to hitting the cars near you.  Definitely need to be careful; 3, interior glove compartments have that cheap glued on flocking you'd see in a Toyota Yaris rental car, leather would be more appropriate; and 4, interior transmission tunnel carpeting seems to be too big, sometimes there are ripples along the side of the carpeting. 

Yeah, the Mercedes GLA does seem a little cozy and the ride in the GLA 45 I was in was super stiff with those "racing" seats.  I've had the liberty to pilot the GL 63 AMG, now called the GLS 63 and I have to say that's also an excellent car.  Brakes are a little underpowered for the car, would definitely benefit from a carbon ceramic braking system. 

Have you had a G-wagon yet?  Are they any good?  I've test driven the 2014 G550, decent, not great, but worth considering.  The 2010 G55 AMG was way too stiff, interior rattled, and was just painful to be in.  I hear the current G63 isn't as stiff as the G55 and is more complaint.  All the G-wagon vehicles are very aerodynamically noisy vehicles on the highway too, making it a little unpelasant. 

The one must have option on the Wraith is Canadel Panelling with a satin finish.




This is Negra Canadel.








Think this one is Walnut.

Maybe someday.

The one thing that they didn't tune the audio system for...  The Canadel paneling makes the car sound slightly differently than the grained leather panels.  Rolls Royce didn't tune the audio system differently for cars with canadel panels vs. leather door panels. 

The first photo is definitely the Inspired By Film edition Wraith, my personal favorite out of the three "editions" which include Film, Music, and Fashion.  The Film with the gray interior is the one to get!  The Music is perhaps the most stunning with its rose gold speaker grills, but the Film may be more endearing.  The Fashion is exactly that, fashionable...  Yves Saint Laurent once said, "Fashions fade, style is eternal" and it's appropriate here in this context. 

The Film Edition Wraith is the one I'd get if I could choose. 

I really don't have enough experience in the G Wagon other than maybe an hour of cumulative experience.  I'm told that they're somewhat tiresome on the highway, imprecise recirculating ball steering needs constant correction, they're noisy on the highway due to noisy aerodynamics, and the seating position seems off to me.  Maybe a Cayenne is the right way to go. 

Thanks for sharing.

It has been a wile, nice to see you back. As from 1st of July we will live in Basel, suppose we will have time to catch up soon?