My new 2015 991 turbo Diary / Review

PART # 1 This thread comes few days late as I'm busy with my daily life, enjoying my new ride and want to write a comprehensive review about my new 2015 991 turbo as a reference to other fellows. One thing I realized for sure, those journalists who manage to review cars over laps or a day test drive will never ever be a reference to me in the future... I'll take their reviews as entertainment but not factual. In this thread, I'll cover my experience with the car and its features on different days, different drives and different roads. Feel free to comment, suggest, ask, agree/disagree or share yours here. INTRODUCTION: My story of owning a Porsche began with a 987 Cayman S that I purchased back in 2009 then kept modifying till it had a turbo with 3.7L 620HP after shipping it to the U.S. back in 2011. To cut the story short, it was an amazing flying experience on wheels when it ran. But it spent more months dating mechanics at their shops than scaring Bulls and Stallions on the streets or looking pretty in my garage. It did by all means consume me financially and emotionally till it ended up being sold in 2014 for pennies to a big fan who bought it in Dubai and shipped it to Germany. I'm not going to refer to this story any further since P9 documented my happy times and miserable times on every occasion in plenty of threads. But I'll say, if it wasn't a breathing chimney consuming oil like a drunk sailor and if it didn't enjoy one night stands more than a street girl, it'd be till this day in my garage as the ultimate fun machine coming second to Back To The Future's DeLorean. After selling my 987, I took a break for few months till December when I jumped back in for a GT3. http://www.planet-9.com/911-configurations/101638-configuring-991-gt3-need-help-please.html Yet, this hung machine with a boner wasn't meant to be for I missed the allocation by only one day! Yes after configuring the GT3 and going to pay the deposit, Germany was no more accepting allocations for the 991 GT3. THE ORDER: Within 24 hours I bounced back ordering a 991 turbo stretching my budget further than my plan. http://www.planet-9.com/911-configurations/103440-dilemmas-configuring-991-turbo.html Few weeks after placing my order and putting down the deposit, I began worrying about the future concerning the region stability, my employment, my son's education... etc. Call it buyers remorse. Back then I started seeing nothing right about the 991 turbo. Instead, I only saw the downside and negative issues the 991 turbo wouldn't provide me including not opting for the turbo S instead. To cut the story short, I cancelled the order and requested a refund two weeks before shipping the car out of Germany. The dealer confirmed they'll not refund the money till they sell the car while kept on chasing me to see the car when it reached Riyadh to help change my mind. But I refused and went hunting for an Italian mistress from Maranello that I may lure into my garage in few months time. But in the end I woke up from my wet dream with Miss Italy and found Miss Germany in bed. On April 11th, 2015, two days before my 43rd birthday, I contacted the dealer at night to check if they sold the 991 turbo I ordered to refund my deposit. But the car wasn't sold... Call it destiny! I contacted my banker late at night then slept on the thought of bringing her home. At 5 am in the morning I sent an email to the dealer and the banker that I want to conclude the deal. But decided that I need to fly my son from Jordan to receive the keys and start the engine to share this special occasion with him. THE DELIVERY: However, things didn't go as planned. Due to the fact that I got relocated to another city (from Riyadh to Jeddah) in March, the dealer shipped the car to their branch here in Jeddah but forgot the plates and documents! And when I first saw the car with my son on May 14th, I was disgusted. It looked like a sexy girl with beautiful eyes but like a Neanderthal out of a cave with messed up hair... dirty/muddy from the rain following a sand storm during the transport from Riyadh to Jeddah. And still when we went back on Saturday, it wasn't washed yet! My son received the car on May 16th as planned but I had to leave the car till May 18th for the plates and documents to reach here by courier, hoping she'll take a bath by then. (more pictures will follow inshallah) To be honest, during these two days I was questioning my sanity/maturity instead of looking forward to receive the car. Even when I got the call at 3:45 pm to go and receive the car at 5:30 pm I just wanted to get it over with, instead of getting excited. My son was back in Jordan then, so I went with a friend of mine. I went drooling on a GT Silver 981 Boxster GTS at the showroom while signing the documents... I can honestly say, it's the best looking 981 my eyes ever met. Still my 991 turbo was out of sight. Then they handed me the keys and I saw the car for the first time shining and clean. I was stunned, amazed, speechless and happy. I got so excited that I left with the service manual for Cayenne instead of mine and forgot the dummy key that came with my Keyless Entry/Drive option! @ THE SHOWROOM: I sat in the car for the first time and got lost. The smell and touch of leather triggered the sensation of rolling a cigar on the thighs of a Cuban virgin. After months of driving an SUV, I was sitting at 1/3 of the height I'm used to. And although I watched the Video Instructions and read the online guide several times during the wait for delivery over the past six months, I was clueless in front of all the keys, buttons and screens on the dashboard and center console. Aligned the mirrors then shifted the gear to R, when suddenly the rear visibility showed nothing in comparison to my SUV on heels. I didn't notice at first the rear view camera display on the PCM screen. Everything was new to me... like I never drove a Porsche before! 1st DRIVE: I did ride in a 997 turbo before. I did a test drive in a 991 Carrera non-S & S in Bahrain when the 991 generation got released. But never drove a 991 turbo before. That day I drove the car out of the showroom for 45 km before going home. The first few miles I went on praying and thanking God for his blessings while getting used to the car dimensions, views in the mirrors and looking around inside the car. 1) If you drive the car 'responsibly' you never go beyond 2000 RPM revs. The PDK shifts to 7th gear in few seconds after the car starts moving and stays in high gears most of the time. 2) The cabin feels rich there's no question about it. The smell, feeling, comfort and theme all worked together to make the driver realize he's in a very luxurious car. 3) The cabin is so quiet as you drive 'responsibly'. Yet, for the first time I ever heard a car breathe! When driving once I move away my foot from the gas pedal, honestly I hear the sound of one deep breath that lasts about 1.5 seconds. Press the pedal again then off the gas again and it breathes. SHE'S ALIVE!!! I guess this breath sound will turn into gunfires after hard accelerations. We'll see... 4) The car feels heavy like a GT, no doubt about that. I'm not sure if it's the feedback from the steering, the feedback from the surrounding in the cabin, the feedback from not shifting with a MT or the feedback from the isolated cabin. SPARE TIRE: On the first day I drove like an old lady but on one turn I decided to steer it without braking to enjoy the handling. But suddenly the spare tire sitting in its own chair over the backseat rolled! I stopped the car and found it was stripped with a seatbelt yet it managed to roll to the next rear seat. The visibility was terrible with the spare tire any way. I tried to put the tire and its chair in the frunk but the frunk didn't close. So I kept the tire in the frunk and its chair at the back seat till I reached home and removed both and kept them at home. My question to you guys with spare tires, how do you fit it in a 911? I need its seat to come along since it has all the tools for the CL. to be continued... 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Masha'alla Hassaan, congratulations and wish you long, safe and happy drive. Loved the clip where your son started the car, it must be an unforgettable experience for him keep the write up, was interesting to read your experience throughout the process. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hey Hassaan, congratulations! As an owner of a Rhodium BGTS, I was chuffed you refer to my baby in such glowing terms. Yours though is so special. I love the red and black interior.... it's what I would have spec'd for my BGTS had the configurator allowed it. A new 911 turbo... it's something we all long to add to our list. Awesome!!

I like that you are sharing the experience with your son. US 911 cars do not get spares. I'm jealous. Suncoast sells this https://www.suncoastparts.com/product//991SPARE.html . But that won't work because you got CL.

Great narrative Hassaan! I'm very happy you're living the dream! Enjoy it good health my friend, like Chow said, it's great you're getting your son involved, I get little Strat involved in my CS, it's been a great four years to be (June)! Remember, let me know when you're headed down here! Starbucks and Porsches!

Congrats! To your new mistress, your awesome son and your ability to write!

Great experience with ur son. Congrats! After break in period, maybe u can write a comparison of 991 vs ur old Cayman ?

Congratulations and good luck in the future. Your comments about journalists are spot on. No one can judge a car from a test drive or even from a day of driving. I'm often amused here by posters who drive a 911 for an hour and then decide that the handling is poor, the engine is in the wrong place, the PDK is boring and every other thing that comes to mind. Coming from a 987 to a 991 should be an interesting experience and I look forward to hearing what you think about the transition. Enjoy your beautiful car.

It's beautiful... beautiful... beautiful... If I had the money and wasn't worried about my family locking me in a mental hospital, I'd have left with the Boxster GTS along with my turbo. No compliment, it's stunning... You 981 GTS owners are blessed.

I will inshallah... 2650 km to get there

^^^^^ Excellent point. When I first started reading comments like that, I did find them amusing too. Now I just ignore them because they have no clue whatsoever. If you don't live with a car, you have no idea what its about. Except for a very few, auto journalists are just doing their job. Write review, get paid, move on to their next car. Most never own what they actually write about. Test drives are even worse. At least the auto journalists have a press car for a day or two and trash them about. People who test drive a 911 are more likely worried about breaking a car they don't own and having to pay for a $130 car and have no clue at all what its all about. Spot on.

PART # 2 AUTO START/STOP/COASTING: Well, I used Start/Stop/Coasting feature on the 1st day. Not because I wanted to but because I didn't have the chance to configure the car then and didn't know how to turn it off at first. 1) with 40+ C temperature outside it couldn't stay off longer than 30 seconds at red traffic lights. The engine kept starting back on again then turning off over and over every 30 seconds or so. 2) it felt nice at first 3) then it felt strange with people looking at me as the engine starts again. Either they thought I'm cheap to worry about gas consumption in a country where fuel costs much cheaper than water, or they thought I stalled the car 4) did I care? ...absolutely not. 5) would I continue using the Start/Stop? I already disabled it. Maybe in the winter I'd give it a try again but in this summer heat, I don't want the engine to keep turning off and on over and over in traffic jams and at traffic lights... especially during break in period. 6) as for Coasting... It's a feature you don't feel and doesn't bother you. But I felt it's far better than the Start/Stop. I found it's very useful not to brake the engine after a hard pull followed by removing your foot off the gas pedal. If it's turned off, after a hard pull the engine slows the car sharply after I remove my foot off the gas pedal. However, since Coasting can't be split from Start/Stop, I had to lose this feature and keep it turned off. BREAK-IN PERIOD: Of course I decided to nanny the car the first 3000 km. After all, it did cost me a chunk of money. That was valid for three days till I started realizing the contradiction in Porsche's own words. 1) Ok, I'm not supposed to go beyond 4200 revs, no launch control or Sport/Sport+. 2) It drives 'responsibly' all the time below 2000 revs. 3) It has Coasting feature that drops the revs to 800 revs idling the engine... which is highly undesirable as per the user manual..! 4) It has the Start/Stop engine feature that keeps turning the engine off and on continuously while the user manual advised to go on long drives instead of short ones and avoid off/on engine procedures! Give me a break!!! Can you please Porsche decide which one to follow? Your user manual or your default feature settings? So what I ended up deciding to follow during break in period is this: 1) No launch control 2) No Sport/Sport+ 3) No aggressive driving (justified occasional hard pulls allowed) 4) No Auto Start/Stop/Coasting HARD PULL: There's nothing like the first time especially when you're not prepared. After only 200 km on the clock on my way to work in the morning I was getting squeezed between an absent minded driver and the curb stone of the median. Without thinking, I had to escape. So I gunned the gas pedal (almost floored it) without Sport/Sport+. The feeling/sensation combined with a momentarily loss of awareness as I got taken by surprise followed by adrenalin rush... OMG! I yelled cheerfully realizing what just happened. The car was triggered like a bullet away and far ahead. No words and no video can help me transfer that feeling to you. You have to experience it by surprise without planning for it to make sense of it. You literally get your head banged to the seat, your neck and shoulders get pushed back and restrained from the G-force... the best part was that after everything was done, my mind realized what just happened. GT out of hell... this sleeper 991 turbo just revealed its real identity. It's a BULLET. There's no drama, there's no tire spin, there's no sign of what's to come or what was done. It does it all in stealth mode. Mission accomplished, with precision. Next! ...to be continued.

Sorry for the delay... Here are 18 pictures I took this morning in a parking of a Mosque north of Jeddah, KSA: My 2015 991 turbo by Hassaan Abdeen , on Flickr My 2015 991 turbo by Hassaan Abdeen , on Flickr My 2015 991 turbo by Hassaan Abdeen , on Flickr My 2015 991 turbo by Hassaan Abdeen , on Flickr My 2015 991 turbo by Hassaan Abdeen , on Flickr My 2015 991 turbo by Hassaan Abdeen , on Flickr My 2015 991 turbo by Hassaan Abdeen , on Flickr My 2015 991 turbo by Hassaan Abdeen , on Flickr My 2015 991 turbo by Hassaan Abdeen , on Flickr My 2015 991 turbo by Hassaan Abdeen , on Flickr My 2015 991 turbo by Hassaan Abdeen , on Flickr My 2015 991 turbo by Hassaan Abdeen , on Flickr My 2015 991 turbo by Hassaan Abdeen , on Flickr My 2015 991 turbo by Hassaan Abdeen , on Flickr My 2015 991 turbo by Hassaan Abdeen , on Flickr My 2015 991 turbo by Hassaan Abdeen , on Flickr My 2015 991 turbo by Hassaan Abdeen , on Flickr My 2015 991 turbo by Hassaan Abdeen , on Flickr

A beautiful car in a beautiful setting. Nice photos.

Hassaan, congratulations on your new mistress! As usual it's a delight to live vicariously through your expressive prose. I'm jealous!

Thank you Zeyad... He's still so excited about this opportunity. To be honest, I think it's a useless feature for CL wheels. No one would change a tire on the side of the road for a CL wheel. It doesn't make sense. All will toe the car. Plus what's the use of the spare wheel if you can't fit in the car! Thank you Strat. I'm afraid my son will travel alone in the summer to the U.S. and I'll change my booking to Christmas with my son. Nothing is confirmed yet. Thank you Mike. Although I'm jealous of your 3rd yellow 981 Spyder you're building and your contract with Top Gear to review the GT4 on snow this winter upon factory delivery for their coming season... Thank you buddy... I miss hearing from you here. My goal with this thread is to get members' attention to the 911 in general and the turbo in details. It's a very different machine in every sense than the 987 I owned and we all love. Plus I'm trying to document lessons learned about the options I loaded the car with what worked and what was not necessary. Thank you all gentlemen... to be continued soon.

Very nice review! And fantastic car! Didn't know you finally bought the car you had ordered once, before cancelling the order. I feel very happy for you.

@hassaan. مبروك. هذا جميل. It's like having سيارة زناء. Enjoy[emoji2] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Hassaan, I'll be around here for quite a while and I'll be sure to follow your posts. I've driven a non turbo 991 and I really like it. It is on the short list as a daily driver but it will be the standard model with a PDK . 350 hp is more than enough for this old man on the street. (My girlfriend is a bit snobby when it comes to cars and she thinks I need something Italian! LOL) But I get all my automotive driving thrills on the track. If I find the need to get that massive acceleration rush I can always turn up the boost to 700hp in the 2800 lb race Cayman . BTW I love the paint on your beast. She is beautiful and sophisticated.

PART # 3 BRA / TINTING: I learned that ClearPlex gets scratched from the use of wipers. And the rate of unsatisfied customers is high here due to the dusty weather. Therefore I was advised to use a cheap disposable Sun-Gard film for windshield protection. Those who have different opinions, please advise. For now, I went for full body Xpel film protection, Sun-Gard transparent windows tinting, disposable/replaceable every four months Sun-Gard windshield protection and full body Nano-Ceramic detailing. The job took three days to finish. The original cost was 4,500 USD but got a hefty discount as they were happy to do such job for my turbo as an advertisement for their customers. I guess this could be the only time I'd get a discount for my Porsche for usually every other service I may opt for in the future I'd be used and overcharged. I can say they did a very good job in the end considering all the curves and angles the car's body has. The hood, doors, wings and rear sides had full wraps each without joints. The locations I'm not happy with are: 1) the Xpel film cutting around rear Porsche letters & 911 numbers, simply because I refused to have them removed. Only if you look stand 30 cm close intentionally looking for it you'd see the cuts. 2) the Xpel film cutting around the front headlight washers. 3) the disposable Sun-Gard film cutting at the edges of the windshield. Other than the above locations you'd never guess the car is wrapped. And I here leave you with the pictures of the one and only mod I'll do to this car... سبحان الله العظيم وبحمده Xpel film full body installation by Hassaan Abdeen Xpel film full body installation by Hassaan Abdeen Xpel film full body installation by Hassaan Abdeen Xpel film full body installation by Hassaan Abdeen Xpel film full body installation by Hassaan Abdeen Xpel film full body installation by Hassaan Abdeen Xpel film full body installation by Hassaan Abdeen Xpel film full body installation by Hassaan Abdeen Xpel film full body installation by Hassaan Abdeen Xpel film full body installation by Hassaan Abdeen Xpel film full body installation by Hassaan Abdeen Xpel film full body installation by Hassaan Abdeen Xpel film full body installation by Hassaan Abdeen Xpel film full body installation by Hassaan Abdeen

Thank you... Yeah, trust I didn't believe I'll get the car even after paying for it till I got the keys on the day of delivery. LOL! Your Google translator is playing tricks on you. The first part means "congratulations it looks beautiful" but wrong pronoun. And the last parts says "car of adultery"!!!' I'm not sure you meant so. :hilarious: Thank you buddy. Your girlfriend is a keeper. I admire women who have passion for sports cars. Having both 987/981 along with a 991 in the stable would be a very unique experience, let along having an Itlian exotic. But the pockets need to be deep for maintenance. I'm sure you know that. Stay blessed, all.

Part # 4 2WD/4WD: This was something new to me. I thought the turbo/S were 4WD all the time. But gladly it turned out not so. My favorite screen on the Multifunction Display is AllWheel Screen. If you're driving at a normal pace, the car drives on RWD only. Pull hard or corner, all wheels come to life and the 4WD starts varying accordingly showing it all in the display below. 4WS: Till this day I can't say I got a complete sense of the four wheel steering feature. I'm sure a track can explore 100% it's benefits. But I could feel it and hear the rear tires turn when the car is idle as I turn the steering wheel. I could see how small the u-turn radius is. I could feel how agile the car is in changing lanes and corners on high speeds despite its weight and width on highways. I guess this is an important feature in transforming the 991 turbo from a GT to a an agile rocket on track. GROUND CLEARANCE: It was one of the biggest concerns when I ordered the 991 GT3 and then my 991 turbo. After 600 km so far, I can tell you this. The car sits high enough that not a single slope, bump, hump or pothole mattered. At the parking, I so it sits as high if not higher than sedans and compacts at work where it's a safety requirement to park on reverse. Of course the front aerodynamic skirt is not deployed yet to full extent since I didn't trigger the Sport+ button so far. ...to be continued

Hassaan, Congrats with your new car - she's a beauty. I enjoy reading your posts - thanks for sharing!

Thank you, but... I feel jealous from your listed classics in your signature! I don't know what's happening to me, but my passion for classics keep growing. And I see you had a Targa in the past. A very unique jewel back then and I happen to be one of the very few who love the 991 Targa. If I was married, thank God I'm not, I'd buy her a Targa. Care to start a thread about your experience with classic 911s ?

cant wait to read more. your car is beautiful.

Thank you... All Porsches are beautiful and each has a different character that we continue to lust for. Just like morning's first sip of exotic coffee, it could be the smell, the taste, the feeling it triggers or just the fantasy journey it takes you to while still you hold your hot cup in a cold winter. You'd wish you can live through eternity... till the bill comes. That's when you wake up and sleepwalk through your day till... your next morning's cup of coffee.

Part # 5 PDK vs MT: There's no question about it, I'd never buy an automatic transmission in a sports car and I so much love the stick shift. Even in stop & go traffic jams, I always loved/enjoyed my 987 with MT in the past. But PDK is no automatic transmission. It's a different gearbox that takes away manual shifts. And I am in love with the PDK and there's no turning back. Assuming Porsche offers MT on the 991 turbo, I'd never opt for it, it's a step way back for this particular beast. To those who own a PDK, my words are old news. To those who never did, I say this: PDK gears are just meaningless numbers on the dashboard. I never felt the gear change in normal driving or hard acceleration... I just hear get to hear the engine screaming in cycles. The gear numbers just keep changing on the dashboard and the car keeps pulling constantly in one breath and in one go. I wish I could test a Tesla just to see how smoother it can be. Still I'm not used to using the steering pedals or the PDK in manual mode properly for the car ends changing gears automatically in auto mode, and I tend to forget to upshift in time in manual mode. Maybe in time I'll master it, or I'd just continue delegating my shifting authority to its superior gear. YES, I miss the MT in my 987 but I wouldn't opt for it for my 991. ...to be continued.

Hassan, just found this thread and really enjoyed it! Congrats!! Loved your son's smile, too! I think you will find you have a whole new car--an even wilder one--when you pass the break in period and drive it in Sport+ all the time! Even in auto, the PDK will hold whatever gear you choose between 3400 and redline. Till you ask for more. But this is from my 981S experience. I can't wait to read yours.

Part # 6 NAVI: In one word, it's GARBAGE. It's the most worthless feature Porsche sells plus it charges an arm & leg for it. The day Porsche offers Apple CarPlay, I'd be the first at the dealer to remove this NAVI junk out of the system at any price. It's degrading for everything masterpiece about my turbo. Neither it's user friendly, nor up-to-date, or smart like my Garmin or iPhone's Google Map. To get you guys laugh at me: 1) when I first reached home after receiving the car I saved the location on the PCM Navigator. 2) To test it, I requested to go home while keeping the car in place. 3) I saw it worked. I turned off the engine then went inside the house. 4) Next morning I started the engine and went to work. 5) The Navi kept giving directions to go back home as per my last night's route request. 6) I didn't know how to cancel the route despite stopping the car on the side of the road. 7) I ended up going back home just for the Navi to shut up then go back to work! Don't worry I know now how to cancel the route request. ...to be continued.

Laughing hysterically and agreeing! One of my friends is a former Army Ranger. Some time ago, he bought his first car with Nav. He got so tired of that woman telling him what to do, he would make wrong turns on purpose to spite her!

Part # 7 KEYLESS ENTRY/DRIVE: It works perfectly opening the door, frunk and starting the engine. The most interesting feature is opening the frunk. It makes me look like a freak to bystanders as I caress its jaw to open the frunk. I still can't figure out how it works from a touch of a hand. Can anybody here shed a light? ACC / PAS: First of all I highly recommend reading the user manual for it highlights main shortcomings of the system among motorcycles, cars weaving in front of you and when approaching turns. This could be the most controversial feature -to me- my turbo has. I tried it on highways and within the city. Still I find it full of flaws and I still can't justify the premium price I paid for this option. Maybe in a generation or two, it'd become perfect but not yet. - Highways @ heavy traffic + Auto Start/Stop/Coasting off: To cut the story short here. If you live in a civil first world country, it's very useful. But if you live in 3rd world countries where more donkeys drive behind wheels on the road than humans, this option fails. How? We have here idiots who overtake you from the shoulder, drive in the middle of two lanes, weave through lanes with every breath, jump in any 2m gap between cars and text while driving. In such conditions the ACC/PAS continued to brake and slow down the car to maintain a safe distance giving more chances to idiots to jump in and confusing/frustrating the driver behind me. - Highways @ little/no traffic + Auto Start/Stop/Coasting off: The car drives very similar to the basic Cruise Control except one should stay on alert in the circumstances highlighted in the user manual I referred to above. One thing worth mentioning here, the car does NOT brake to full stop at high speeds. It brakes and downshifts brilliantly then if the car ahead keeps slowing down to almost full stop (or another car jumps in between), the PAS alerts the driver to apply the brake further but leaves the action for the driver. Of course I didn't go beyond that point testing if the ACC does stop the car in the end because it'd mean putting both cars at risk. I guess it doesn't fully stop the car in case there's a car behind me. - City roads @ heavy traffic + Auto Start/Stop/Coasting off: Could be the best tested condition for me yet. I activated it as the car began moving in a gridlocked traffic jam. By default the speed limit was set to 30 km/hr. The car didn't go above 20 km/hr due to the traffic condition. It kept moving very slowly maintaining the distance (set to minimum). The kept distance relevant to the speed was little enough not to allow idiots to squeeze in. The system worked well and it does fully stop the car when needed automatically but still the flaws I noticed were 1- once the car stops it goes to HOLD mode that requires the driver to touch the gas pedal again to reactivate the ACC. Even if the traffic moves ahead it stays on hold till you touch the gas pedal. 2- at very low speeds the car wasn't smooth. It doesn't jilt but you can notice the rpm revving while the car feels like it's in neutral mode. I'm not sure if enabling Auto Start/Stop/Coasting could have smoothed or disturbed this scenario. ...to be continued.

Part # 8 ACC / PAS (more findings): Every Friday morning is an important opportunity for me to drive my turbo on the empty city streets while everybody is sleeping and enjoying the weekend. Most of the time the car is driven with ACC / PAS on as I enjoy the sea view and beach side of the city. Of course there are few occasions where I accelerate hard to enjoy the sound from the open sunroof. Anyway, I was cruising at 80 km/hr with the ACC / PAS on on an empty street as I was looking around me when suddenly the car decelerated, I heard a warning sound and saw 'Please Brake!' message on the dashboard. While I was trying to make a sense of what's happening the car started accelerating again back to 80 km/hr as I saw a chips bag flying away from the car's front to my left side. That could've gone bad if someone was tailgating me for example. I kept driving few minutes later till the system brought the car gradually to full stop at a traffic light behind a car in front of me. That's a good thing about the ACC / PAS system for it does NOT hard brake ever. It decelerates the car where the driver takes notice to take action in case of distraction, and can bring it to a full stop as long as the surrounding circumstances are changing smoothly like slowing down behind a car at a stop sign or traffic light. One thing I wish the system could do, I'd like it to warn me at least with a warning sound and a message on the dashboard if the ACC was not engaged in case I was distracted and getting too close to the car in front of me. ...to be continued.

Love your reviews. Yes the ACC works great for me on the freeways here, with the drivers here. But I see how much it depends on conditions. One feature you haven't mentioned is the precharge. When it wants to slow the car a bit, and suddenly I need to brake more, the pedal is firm and high because it has precharged the brakes. Have you noticed this yet? And a slow and go freeway jam it is great. But we don't have as many crazies here.

Thank you David... You're right. I felt the pedal becoming very firm that the brakes engage immediately when pressed. One thing more I noticed, when accelerating on ACC to reach the max set speed after slowing down, the G-Force reaches 0.2. I don't know if with Sport+ the G Force would be greater or not. Never drove with ACC in Sport+ mode... greater G Force with ACC on might scare the hell out of me though

Maybe it's changed since I lived in the area 30 odd years ago but that very much sounds like a description of driving anywhere around the corridor between DC, New York City and up through Boston during rush hour. Think they would have used the sidewalks if the curbs weren't to high. About the only difference I can think of is no texting then, the donkeys read newspapers instead... I've encountered it elsewhere in the country but this was the first so the memory is more vivid. Les

Part # 9 MANAGEMENT VERDICT When I was first interviewed for my current job, my Program Director who's from Colrado asked me about my hobbies. And I listed my extreme adventures and love for sports cars. Back then he joked saying they need to check me in in a mental institution before hiring me. And we both laughed. Later in December 2014 he was the only one at work to know I ordered my turbo. But that was all till yesterday. Yesterday he visited me from Riyadh in Jeddah (I had my Land Cruiser then) and requested nicely if I could drop him to the airport next day in my turbo. He came to site today and went on expressing his admiration about my turbo parked outside. Then he insisted I drop him to the airport... so I did. He's a senior gentleman who is an ex-military. He's very grand, doesn't talk much and has very little facial expressions to read. But that all changed when he sat in. His first words were, "you can't be married and have such car. You can't have both but you chose wisely Hassaan"! The praises, laughter and conversation we had on the way revealed a very different personality. Even when I took the wrong turn to the airport, he was glad to spend more time in the car. He left with a smile, promising to fly back next week just to have another ride. Usually I don't care what people think about my lifestyle. But getting in touch with my manager's inner soul made my day.

Part # 10 991 vs RR Today I went out for Iftar (sunset dinner when we break our fasting in Ramadan). And immediately as I drove in the parking lot of a fine dining restaurant, the guards provided me access to VIP parking at the front. After I finished Iftar, on my way out I found an RR Ghost parking next to me. I couldn't believe the sheer difference in size between the two despite driving next to several RRs in the past. I took a quick picture before anyone take notice... excuse me for the bad quality. It was a very quick one.

It's so beautiful!!! Congrats!