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TBP88's last car
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M3boi
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TBP88
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I'm a nice guy, I'm sure he "knows what he has" and doesn't want "tyre kickers and low ballers".
AshG108
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Call me biased but the Gentian Blue here looks superior. The Simpler wing suites it so much more and it looks stunning.
TBP88
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Managed to join a bit of a run on Sunday AM passed, the pass itself was a bit too damp for my liking so only did 2 runs along before calling it quits. Confidence heavily sapped by a big moment in the first hairpin. A bit more water than I expected, a bit too much power too early and the rear end of the car decided to take a small walk.
Nothing too dramatic, and fortunately was in the slowest corner of the whole pass so I could catch it relatively easily. One of the CPT car photographers was there, I've put in his watermarked image as we enter Franschoek.
The CPT winter has been *ATROCIOUS*, so I've barely done any mileage at all the last few months. I'll likely be a bit more wet-weather confident when I eventually wear these dunlops down and replace with some more street ready PS4/PS5/whatever is reasonable and well reviewed.
Give him a follow on instagram if that's your sort of thing. He has plenty of snaps of nice cars (and bikes?)
Nothing too dramatic, and fortunately was in the slowest corner of the whole pass so I could catch it relatively easily. One of the CPT car photographers was there, I've put in his watermarked image as we enter Franschoek.
The CPT winter has been *ATROCIOUS*, so I've barely done any mileage at all the last few months. I'll likely be a bit more wet-weather confident when I eventually wear these dunlops down and replace with some more street ready PS4/PS5/whatever is reasonable and well reviewed.
Give him a follow on instagram if that's your sort of thing. He has plenty of snaps of nice cars (and bikes?)
TBP88
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I was in a bit of a rush as I had somewhere else to be that day. But generally on the highways I stick to the rule of "at least this will just be a fine, not an arrest" level of speeding.
M3boi
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Tell him! Lawd knows I have been for months.
Guess what I'm getting you for your birthday.
🤤
MR_Y
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Looking good 👍
Any updates?
Sabretooth tiger
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M3boi
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Can’t really blame him tbf.
TBP88
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Actually heading in for a service in 1.5wks, will let you gents all know story there - MIGHT be time for new tyres too, they feel a bit tired (only 8000km in!). I did around 5000km in yr 1, 3000km in yr 2 (having a baby does things to your chances to go on runs!).
I'll probably average around 4-5000km from hereon in. Went on a GT4 run here a few weeks ago that was quite epic, the coastal road near gordons bay (rooi els side) is fully open and the GT4 is epic there. Also great to trail others in the same machinary (but more bravery!) and see how they tackle the twisties.
That aside it's still faultless, sometimes sits for 3 weeks and starts on the first twist. Filthy dirty now as well, but I can't be bothered to wash it when the dealer will do that in 10days time. I've changed jobs and am now 4km from work, so I drive in 2x a week, hitch a ride with the mrs 1x a week and cycle 2x a week.
Anyone who cycles for fun *must* have a death wish on our roads. Fortunately most of my commute is backroads (and at 4km is short too). Ironically, cycling is slightly faster than driving net of everything given the horrendous southern suburbs traffic.
It's now 2yrs of ownership and I can still not really see myself getting rid of it. If some of the older stuff was staying reasonable in costs I could see myself swapping for that (say a 997.2GT3), but those are now ~3m (wild considering I could have had one of those for slightly less than the GT4 around 2-3yrs earlier than I actually got the car - if only I had money 2-3yrs earlier!) so I do look at it still as the forever car. The spec is spot on as well - buckets would have been nice, especially now that the car really has settled into "weekender" duties solely but even then the option was ~120k, a 2nd hand set is insanely pricey overseas, would love to know whether they ever end up at breakers and what the costs are locally - if anyone knows, hit me up (curousity only, hugely unlikely to spend that kind of money any time in the near future).
In terms of mods for the car I'd love to get it android auto - coded, though I maybe must just convert to crapple (eugh), maybe rear wing risers and maybe rims (eventually). Though I'd be very weary, the stock rim is just about perfect (especially in this shade vs the dark blue, 99% of GT4s (either gen) have the gunmetal finish which is so boring).
But ja, for anyone thinking "should I take out a big loan and buy my dream car". The answer is, yeah, probably. If it's not gonna bankrupt you and you are confident you can afford the monthly, then why not. The truth is, you do only live once. A car like this is not going to appeal to me at 65 and I'm in a good enough space career wise that while it's expensive, it's not ruinous (which is an important distinction!). As I've said elsewhere, the next step up for me from this is well into the "I'd never spend that money" tier (GT3T with spec is like ~R5mish), and beyond that ferrari/lamborghini does very little for me beyond the old stuff which I'd hate to run.
So yeah, this will remain my last car (barring unexpected career/lotto success). When our baby is a bit bigger and this thing is paid off and we've consolidated finances a bit we'll likely get a fun family car, maybe an F80M3 which by then will be moonmiles and depreciated to the bottom so hopefully can get a half-decent one for not too much and sort it out as a runner.
@M3boi said he's gonna build me a space in his garage for an E36 next year, so maybe that will be the next thing that lands - my initial idea was to buy one of those as a daily to drive to town and back, but I got a better job opportunity closer to home, so it ticked both boxes at once.
I'll probably average around 4-5000km from hereon in. Went on a GT4 run here a few weeks ago that was quite epic, the coastal road near gordons bay (rooi els side) is fully open and the GT4 is epic there. Also great to trail others in the same machinary (but more bravery!) and see how they tackle the twisties.
That aside it's still faultless, sometimes sits for 3 weeks and starts on the first twist. Filthy dirty now as well, but I can't be bothered to wash it when the dealer will do that in 10days time. I've changed jobs and am now 4km from work, so I drive in 2x a week, hitch a ride with the mrs 1x a week and cycle 2x a week.
Anyone who cycles for fun *must* have a death wish on our roads. Fortunately most of my commute is backroads (and at 4km is short too). Ironically, cycling is slightly faster than driving net of everything given the horrendous southern suburbs traffic.
It's now 2yrs of ownership and I can still not really see myself getting rid of it. If some of the older stuff was staying reasonable in costs I could see myself swapping for that (say a 997.2GT3), but those are now ~3m (wild considering I could have had one of those for slightly less than the GT4 around 2-3yrs earlier than I actually got the car - if only I had money 2-3yrs earlier!) so I do look at it still as the forever car. The spec is spot on as well - buckets would have been nice, especially now that the car really has settled into "weekender" duties solely but even then the option was ~120k, a 2nd hand set is insanely pricey overseas, would love to know whether they ever end up at breakers and what the costs are locally - if anyone knows, hit me up (curousity only, hugely unlikely to spend that kind of money any time in the near future).
In terms of mods for the car I'd love to get it android auto - coded, though I maybe must just convert to crapple (eugh), maybe rear wing risers and maybe rims (eventually). Though I'd be very weary, the stock rim is just about perfect (especially in this shade vs the dark blue, 99% of GT4s (either gen) have the gunmetal finish which is so boring).
But ja, for anyone thinking "should I take out a big loan and buy my dream car". The answer is, yeah, probably. If it's not gonna bankrupt you and you are confident you can afford the monthly, then why not. The truth is, you do only live once. A car like this is not going to appeal to me at 65 and I'm in a good enough space career wise that while it's expensive, it's not ruinous (which is an important distinction!). As I've said elsewhere, the next step up for me from this is well into the "I'd never spend that money" tier (GT3T with spec is like ~R5mish), and beyond that ferrari/lamborghini does very little for me beyond the old stuff which I'd hate to run.
So yeah, this will remain my last car (barring unexpected career/lotto success). When our baby is a bit bigger and this thing is paid off and we've consolidated finances a bit we'll likely get a fun family car, maybe an F80M3 which by then will be moonmiles and depreciated to the bottom so hopefully can get a half-decent one for not too much and sort it out as a runner.
@M3boi said he's gonna build me a space in his garage for an E36 next year, so maybe that will be the next thing that lands - my initial idea was to buy one of those as a daily to drive to town and back, but I got a better job opportunity closer to home, so it ticked both boxes at once.
M3boi
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Better start doing more stimulating if you want me to build you an E36, spitters are quitters (guys I’m talking about coffee, promise).
M3boi
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For the route he takes, dailying it would actually be horrible. Its pretty much bumper to bumper, no matter which route you take.
