Cars We Drive!

[OtterMeanGreen]

Just saw a Ferrari 430 Spider zoom past me on some boondock back road. On that same road in the middle of nowhere was a flatbed towing a stranded Tesla lol.

 

[HRoi]

My gf won a new Mustang convertible today. So that was cool.

Wait, what? Like, a raffle or something?

 

[Jmm722]

Wait, what? Like, a raffle or something?

Yeah, it was a charity raffle. It covered tags, title, etc. She is picking it up next week.

 

[OtterMeanGreen]

Awesome paint job.

 

[otc]

In California for a long weekend.

Got offered a V8 mustang convertible for an extra $10/day.

The 10sp transmission is a little weird, but the 460hp is nice

 

[Piobaire]

Geez, that's one more gear than the Douchmobile's. I have to say the next gen transmission really helps smooth power delivery for me.

 

[Jmm722]

In California for a long weekend.

Got offered a V8 mustang convertible for an extra $10/day.

The 10sp transmission is a little weird, but the 460hp is nice

I believe the 10 speed learns your driving habits ans adapts the shifts over time to become more efficient and to predict your driving habits. That doesn't translate well to a rental unfortunately. It takes a few thousand miles of one driver to adapt.

I had a fully loaded 2018 Mustang ordered when they ran out of magneride suspensions, so I cancelled it and bought my car instead. The exhaust toggle and drive modes were pretty good. The stock exhaust in track mode sounded great.

 

[Piobaire]

Don't most modern cars have a ****** that learns your driving habits? Also, I think there's a pretty simple reset so you can at least get back to factory default for the weekend.

 

[Jmm722]

I parked next to a 488 Pista today getting ice cream. Unsurprisingly, they did not eat the ice cream in the car.

 

[Thrift Vader]

Spotted this outside a Thrift shop.
1970 Nissan Skyline.

 

[TheFoo]

Went camping down in Virginia this weekend. Finally passed 1,000 miles on the odometer, marking the end of break-in. Promptly ran up to 9,000 rpm. Divine lunacy.

 

[TheFoo]

How regularly do you all do oil and filter changes? I'm gonna take my car in now that I've hit 1,000 miles. Some folks recommend doing it every 2-3,000 miles thereafter. Obviously, the factory is not so stringent with their service guidelines.

 

[HRoi]

For the GT cars - first oil change after 1200 miles, after that, once a year given that i drive less than 5,000 miles a year.

If i drove more than 10k miles, i’d change the oil every 10k. If i did regular track days, i would turn the car over to the care of one of the half-dozen Porsche motorsport teams/garages around here and change it after every xx event as they recommend.

The folks who street drive and change oil every 3k - if they ever asked me for my opinion i’d tell them to at least send out for a Blackstone analysis to see if their usage actually does demand frequent oil changes. Just to see if they’re wasting money or not.

But it will never hurt - at worst they’re just throwing away money. Those guys who change the oil every 3k are the guys i will want to stalk until they sell their cars, and try to buy them when they do.

 

[TheFoo]

For the GT cars - first oil change after 1200 miles, after that, once a year given that i drive less than 5,000 miles a year.

If i drove more than 10k miles, i’d change the oil every 10k. If i did regular track days, i would turn the car over to the care of one of the half-dozen Porsche motorsport teams/garages around here and change it after every xx event as they recommend.

The folks who street drive and change oil every 3k - if they ever asked me for my opinion i’d tell them to at least send out for a Blackstone analysis to see if their usage actually does demand frequent oil changes. Just to see if they’re wasting money or not.

But it will never hurt - at worst they’re just throwing away money. Those guys who change the oil every 3k are the guys i will want to stalk until they sell their cars, and try to buy them when they do.

Thanks--this accords with my thinking. Doesn't hurt. Happy to spend the incremental money to keep my car tip-top.

 

[culverwood]

Well if you are only doing 2000 miles a year based on your current usage that will be less than once a year, so not very incremental.

The 718 GT4 looks good value in the UK compared to the base models