981…Waiting in anticipation – Running Report page 6

SFO – Posted November 23, 2013

I like the Cayman S wheels !!

Cougarbox – Posted November 23, 2013

What video camera are you using ?

it’s one of these but via a different seller in Australia (cost about £60 with shipping etc)

https://www.google.com/search?q=The+SJ1000+Action+Cam&rlz=1C1GIVA_enGB822GB822&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZxfLE-6fiAhWDThUIHXlUBQAQ_AUIDygC&biw=1278&bih=1283#imgdii=A289-j02fk987M:&imgrc=uAMW83_NfrGujM:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-HD-1080P-Waterproof-Sport-DV-Camera-Diving-Bike-Helmet-Car-Record-New-/171180205274?pt=UK_Computing_Sound_Vision_Projectors&hash=item27db22a4da

I just wanted a cheap HD Hero type thing that didn’t cost too much money…comes with loads of mounts inc 3m sticky pads… the only deficiency is that the weatherproof mount has a screw thread socket for mounting (which is good) but the camera itself doesn’t…this means that you either need to mount it in the waterproof housing and have next to no sound or fashion a duck tape / cable tie type affair using one of the other mounts (as the other mounts don’t hold the camera as securely enough to have it externally mounted at speed!)…

It’s good handheld on the beach running in and out of the water with the kids though :thumbsup_still:

Stuart21UK – Posted December 4, 2013
link to a review of the above

http://www.techmoan.com/blog/2013/6/9/sj1000-at-lasta-good-cheap-action-camera.html

Stuart21UK – Posted March 8, 2014

I’m now up to around 5500 miles since taking ownership in mid September 2013…given that I am a heavy wearer of dark coloured jeans the seats were looking a little blueish….they are Gtechiq’d but still needed a clean so here are before and after pics. I used only Autoglym Leather Cleaner and then re-treated with their leather feeder too. Will Re-protect with Gtechiq tomorrow. Its hard to see in pic 1 how blue they had become on the seat and o/s bolster.

Before cleaning

After cleaning

Stuart21UK – Posted March 8, 2014

Also have had a visit from Silverstone OPC Aftersales Manager to look at crease in passenger o/s bolster…initial response from Porsche was referring to ‘it is normal to experience wear and creases on bolsters blah blah blah…not a manufacturing fault’. He is pushing it forward having inspected it for himself.

topradio – Posted March 8, 2014

Comes up nice. The blue on the driver’s seat is obvious even in the picture. Our SLK has a grey interior and the blue from my jeans does rub off onto the seats but it doesn’t show too much as the leather has a sort of blue tinge anyway.

temporarychicken – Posted March 8, 2014

If that crease was on the driver’s side, and you’d done 8k miles, then sure, the OPC could claim wear and tear and it would be hard to disagree.

But in your case, it’s the passengers side and much less mileage, so I don’t think this is wear and tear. The fact the driver’s side is mint further supports this argument. Unless you have been giving an elephant a lift on a regular basis, then your OPC is not being fair in this matter!

Stuart21UK – Posted March 11, 2014

This is my very colour coordinated mother, she’s 79 this September and in a few months time (all going well) she will be using my Porsche Driving Experience (the one you get when you buy a new car)…

…this was her trying to make sure she could get behind the wheel, with the prospect of still operating the controls :).

In her advancing years she is going through her ‘to do’ list…over the last couple of years she’s been up in a hot air balloon and a helicopter…she recently said she wanted to drive a sports car around a track…I didn’t see a single seater as the best way for her to achieve this!

Boxob – Posted March 11, 2014 (edited)

Good on her. Never too late to learn.

Menoporsche – Posted March 11, 2014

You go girl!

Stuart21UK – Posted March 12, 2014 (edited)

I’m sure she will be the talk of the Porsche Experience Centre lol…. :thumbsup_still:

She barely understands the internet, I said I’d be Facebooking her picture earlier and I’m not too sure she knows what I actually meant :ermmm:

Edited March 12, 2014 by boxsternoob56

Stuart21UK – Posted March 12, 2014

Just had call from OPC to say Porsche have agreed to replace seat base, both seat bolsters and leather cover including foam underneath….not a a whole base but the major parts that form it above the frame (I guess)…they are non standard parts (as rarely need work or replacement) so quoting 6 – 12 weeks for receipt and will call once received to book in…with full interior valet at same time to ensure colour match 🙂

On 3/8/2014 at 4:20 PM, boxsternoob56 said:
Also have had a visit form OPC Aftersales Manager to look at crease in passenger o/s bolster…initial response from Porsche was referring to ‘it is normal to experience wear and creases on bolsters blah blah blah…not a manufacturing fault’. He is pushing it forward having inspected it for himself.

SFO – Posted March 12, 2014
On 3/12/2014 at 3:43 PM, boxsternoob56 said:
Just had call from OPC to say Porsche have agreed to replace seat base, both seat bolsters and leather cover including foam underneath….not a a whole base but the major parts that form it above the frame (I guess)…they are non standard parts (as rarely need work or replacement) so quoting 6 – 12 weeks for receipt and will call once received to book in…with full interior valet at same time to ensure colour match 🙂

Great news!!

Well done for persevering 🙂

Stuart21UK – Posted March 18, 2014

I had the winter and summer wheels/tyres swapped back today at the OPC…I’m glad to be back on 20″ and didn’t notice too much difference in ride quality except they clearly corner a bit better, feeling more stable and there is slightly less roll too. Anyone optioning 19″ wheels isn’t going to be too short changed though…its an amazing drive on either. Apologies for the poor Iphone pics…

before

after

I’m a bit disappointed at how poorly they were cleaned however…particularly as they were supposed to be ‘cleaned then bubble wrapped and stored over the winter months’…these were dirtier than shown in the pics below, when they first came out with the car. The pics below are after I asked them to attend to the wheels and clean them properly! Ridiculous thing is they had bothered to put tyre wall gel on the tyres but left them dirty?!

I am giving consideration to picking up the winter set and storing them myself…makes it easier to swap back and forth in the future and it also means I can make sure they are cleaned properly (and protected with GTechiq) too..

temporarychicken – Posted March 21, 2014

That’s a bit crappy of Porsche, I have to admit. Your summers look like they have spent the winter in a compost heap, rather than in an OPC-sanctioned storage. Still, as long as they are unmarked and have not deteriorated, that’s the main thing. A bit of dirt won’t hurt them, but poor storage can affect the paint and or the rubber surface.

With reference to the leather, I think you have invalidated the warranty on all seat bolsters by putting your mother in the car. Don’t let the OPC see that photo above!

My mother is 78 and placing her even within a 10 yard radius of any car, her own included, invalidates all and any warranties for any types of upholstery or fabric. She managed to spill a glass of wine on my living room carpet two years ago whilst actually trying to move it out of harms way. I’ve since fitted a wooden floor.

That said, the Mrs. drove my car for the first time this week in almost 9 months since I’ve had it. She said it was too low and tripped over on the sill getting out of it. “Not for me” she said. She will be sticking to the Audi Q5, I’m told!

Stuart21UK – Posted March 21, 2014

Result then my friend :thumbsup_still:

Stuart21UK – Posted March 28, 2014

update…in view of the lack of cleanliness when I had the Carrera S wheels (summer set) put back on…I was worried that the Cayman S’s (winter) may be stored in a dirty state until I need them later this year.

Also the fact they are 25 miles or so away at an OPC means I can’t easily swap back and forth for any unexpected bad weather (ala Temporary Chicken 😉 )

So I arranged to pick them back up from the OPC today..there is no way that I would have let them get away without comment (mine) if they had come out dirty, whether they had cleaned them before storing or at the moment I collected them I don’t know. They were certainly wet on collection but were also clean and unmarked so all is good :thumbsup_still:.

They are now safely stored in my garage at home and when I get a chance I will Gtechniq coat them, potentially also re-doing the Carrera’s too. The wear on them (winters) in the 3-4 months they were on doesn’t look much at all either…I could see these lasting 3 years without issue…

On another note, the Pirelli’s (summers) that are on at the present time are actually more prone to wheel spin than the Continental winter tyres (in not particularly cold or wet conditions either). I also get more noise when maneuvering at low speed (you know the slipping you get due to the car/wheel geometry on full lock). I didn’t notice this at all on the 19″ conti’s and I felt much safer in the Conti’s too…

Made me think of a swap to Michelin Pilot Sports (or Supersport?) when the Pirellis need replacing…. anyone got thought’s on this?

Heard of a couple of people running winter tyres all year around too…wet and cold I think it makes sense…’normal’ temperatures maybe too (with extra tyre wear)…I guess the kicker would be serious tyre wear in hotter conditions but would the grip actually be better as they would be softer (grippier) in temperatures above what they are ideally designed for?

EXY – Posted March 28, 2014

I’d like Michelins on it for when I take delivery please 😀

I think the grip/slippage is Ackerman Theory.

Kevin G – Posted March 29, 2014

At the Porsche Experience day the cars were on winter tyres and I was impressed with them. FWIW My instructor reckoned you could run them for the full 12 months without any issues. No experience myself but I’d be interested in other views.

Stuart21UK – Posted March 29, 2014

that will be several sets of tyres later Exy…so plenty of time to deal with that!

temporarychicken – Posted April 3, 2014

I’ve not done it myself, but received wisdom does seem to permit the idea of running winter tyres through summer.

The only disadvantages I can think of in doing this on a Boxster are:

Cost: My Pirelli Sottozero Winters are twice the price to buy new than my Pirelli P-zero summers, in the same 20″ sizes

Wear Rate: The rubber compound on winters is optimized to be soft and pliable even in sub zero temperatures. This would, in theory mean that they are even softer and grippier than many summer tyre compounds during hot summer temperatures in the UK of 20 degrees plus. This increase in grip is a possible advantage, but by the same token winter tyres would wear more rapidly in the high summer as the rubber becomes softer than the design intended.

Tread Pattern: The tread patterns on winters consist of smaller blocks and lots of sipes (tiny grooves) whereas high performance summers consist of large blocks and ribs with large dedicated water channels for when it rains. This gives high performance summer tyres the edge, but I’m not sure how much.

As to squeaky noises when on lock at low-speed, my WInter tyres make some horrendous noises when on lock over painted concrete. Clearly my car has not heard of the Ackerman theory! The summers, though, are completely quiet on the same surface. Weird.

Stuart21UK – Posted April 3, 2014

no squeal or squeak just the ‘skip’ you get from the summers on mine….but that could be due more to the difference in side wall profile going 19″ to 20″s…

as far as the wet weather, I think I would rather (much) have the winter’s on to cope with it, warm or cold weather….but as you say the hotter (2 months of the year if lucky) months then its possible there will be either terrible wear rates or some other issue

I love the 20″ Carrera wheels though so falling back to the Cayman S’s is something I would only want to do for as short a period as possible for aesthetic reasons 🙂

temporarychicken – Posted April 4, 2014

Hard to go back to 19s when you get used to 20s.

Why does 1 inch make so much difference to men? Lol

Joking apart 20 inch wheels are actually, in terms of visible surface area nearly 11 percent bigger than 19 inch wheels.

That’s real science for you, not just Man maths!

Pandy – Posted April 4, 2014

“There is a slight trade off with stopping distances as a winter tyre does not stop as quickly in the dry as a summer tyre, however, on balance if it is not possible to switch tyres in the winter, experts say you are better off with winter tyres all year round. This is because the difference in stopping distances of summer tyres in winter is far greater than for winter tyres in the summer.”