Simonk Posted 5July, 2014 Report Share Posted 5July, 2014 It's been a crazy couple weeks in the Simonk driveway. If you'd told me two months ago I was going to have 3 Porsches in the driveway, I would have laughed at you but here we are. The irony of one of them being a Cayenne certainly isn't lost on me given my anti SUV sentiment. But Mrs Simonk wanted an SUV and what could I do about it? Well, I steered her away from the Volvo and the Jeep and towards an X5 and the Cayenne. At first, the Cayenne really was just about the badge but the more research I did, the more the Cayenne came out on top and to be honest, it really is a nice piece of machinery to drive. I wouldn't go as far as saying I'm an SUV convert but it is nice to drive and it will tow the boat nicely. I've been thinking about selling the Clubsport for quite a while as the lease was up. The plan was to get into another HSV but with a Cayenne in the driveway, there was no need to have two large cars. So then I had the amazing idea of the 996. The kids fit in the back no worries and it shouldn't suffer too much from depreciation. Being a carsales tragic, I pretty much already knew which cars I was going to go for and after a good PPI, I picked it up yesterday. What a fantastic and underrated car!!! Plans are the IMS upgrade in the next week or two, upgrade the stereo with an Alpine touch screen with all the bells and whistles, might lower it but will decide on that later, might do the Gundo Hack on the exhaust but will think about that a bit more also. For now, I'll just enjoy it. Oh yeah...the blue. Any second hand car buyer knows you can't be too picky about colour when a good car comes along. I didn't set out to get a fleet of blue Porsches but these were the pick of the bunch when the time came to hand over my hard earned. I have to say though, each of the 3 look awesome in blue. IMG_2501 by Simonk76, on Flickr IMG_2502 by Simonk76, on Flickr IMG_2506 by Simonk76, on Flickr IMG_2508 by Simonk76, on Flickr IMG_2511 by Simonk76, on Flickr IMG_2514 by Simonk76, on Flickr IMG_2515 by Simonk76, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAFE Posted 5July, 2014 Report Share Posted 5July, 2014 its all about the timing.... Congratulations... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonoz Posted 5July, 2014 Report Share Posted 5July, 2014 A man after my own heart! A driveway covered in Porsches. Congratulations on the fleet. We also are finding the Cayenne to be quite terrific. Its certainly improved our motoring life beyond our expectations. Love the blue theme, and the 911 looks outstanding with those wheels. Now if Porsche would just build a ute so I could offload the Ranger.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Harold Posted 5July, 2014 Report Share Posted 5July, 2014 Congratulations, the blue does look great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberpunky Posted 5July, 2014 Report Share Posted 5July, 2014 Very nice collection there Simon. Go see Sam and Brett at Phatt Audio Concepts for the Alpine set up(and tell them I sent you down there). I trained Sam many years ago, and they are the only ppl I would let work on my car, if I didn't do everything myself http://phattaudio.com.au/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 5July, 2014 Report Share Posted 5July, 2014 Now if Porsche would just build a ute so I could offload the Ranger.... V8 ute could easily be yours , for not many $ Just need a clever bodyshop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzieman Posted 5July, 2014 Report Share Posted 5July, 2014 btw Simon , feel no guilt about driveways covered in Porsches. Caring owners are always in demand in this community. Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harvs11 Posted 5July, 2014 Report Share Posted 5July, 2014 Who says the blues are a bad thing? Wheels on the 996 look great. Your pics remind me of those house plans that have sports cars shown in the driveway to bump up the value. We'll done Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh Posted 5July, 2014 Report Share Posted 5July, 2014 Nice one mate, true to the formula for ideal # of Porsches - always P (current # you have) + 1! That 996 looks great too, look forward to seeing it in the flesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevMcRev Posted 5July, 2014 Report Share Posted 5July, 2014 Nice collection! I were eyeing that blue cayenne on carsales too! Test drove one that happened to be Silver and were thinking would it be a bit tragic in the driveway next to my silver 996...but having never driven the V6 one I found it a bit lame - so did the missus. Got to be an S! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonk Posted 5July, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 5July, 2014 Very nice collection there Simon. Go see Sam and Brett at Phatt Audio Concepts for the Alpine set up(and tell them I sent you down there). I trained Sam many years ago, and they are the only ppl I would let work on my car, if I didn't do everything myself http://phattaudio.com.au/ Thanks Bruce. A mate of mine used to work for Alpine and he referred me to Phat audio too. I'll be doing the install myself. Just need to work out the best source for a 2din fascia. Hopefully if I drop your name and my mates name, Phat willl give me double discount on a head unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByronBayChris Posted 5July, 2014 Report Share Posted 5July, 2014 Nice. I like the blue one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-banger Posted 5July, 2014 Report Share Posted 5July, 2014 Congrats Simon. Betcha the neighbours are jealous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyberpunky Posted 5July, 2014 Report Share Posted 5July, 2014 If you have any issues or questions with install, let me know mate, happy to help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleazius Posted 5July, 2014 Report Share Posted 5July, 2014 Loving the blue line up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Man Posted 5July, 2014 Report Share Posted 5July, 2014 Sensational! Can never have too many Porsches. Enjoy them Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airhead Posted 5July, 2014 Report Share Posted 5July, 2014 I'm feeling a bit blue now. Nice little P group there Simon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espskk Posted 5July, 2014 Report Share Posted 5July, 2014 Very nice Simon. In regard to the Gundo hack or fister mod or whatever you would like to call it, in the words of Nike. "Just do it." I had a local exhaust shop do my mufflers a few weeks back and what a difference. The noise is amazing, it makes no difference to performance but it certainly makes a difference to the head turns from nearby people. It cost me $200, I removed and replaced the mufflers myself.Cheers Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Posted 6July, 2014 Report Share Posted 6July, 2014 Really good bunch of cars man, the 996 looks really good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
espskk Posted 9July, 2014 Report Share Posted 9July, 2014 After having a quick look at youtube, I think this video is very close to the result that a gundo hack or fister mod obtains. I'm still smiling Cheers Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stepo Posted 10July, 2014 Report Share Posted 10July, 2014 What a great result Simon...... living the dream! Funny how things work, I ended up with three black cars (only 1 Porsche at the moment)......lucky I don't mind washing them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveT Posted 10July, 2014 Report Share Posted 10July, 2014 Nice PFleet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withers Posted 10July, 2014 Report Share Posted 10July, 2014 Lucky man Simon! I don't have a driveway! Ha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonk Posted 10July, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 10July, 2014 After having a quick look at youtube, I think this video is very close to the result that a gundo hack or fister mod obtains. I'm still smiling Cheers Steve Ok, IMS goes in Monday then I think it will be off to the exhaust shop to get the mufflers hacked. That sounds great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgy Posted 10July, 2014 Report Share Posted 10July, 2014 I dream of an all Porsche garage.... You are living the dream! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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