driving home minding my own business ..up along side me at the lights on red is mr Irish young guy ( pikey ) in his new red porsche caymen ..puts down his window and says ,,..is it faaarst? , fast enough i retort ..whats de 0 - 60 he says ....about 5 and a bit i say ....lights go green and he is off ...with me half a car length behind but along side him , into the red bit on the tacho grab second and its like he has gone backwards ...straight past him and pull three or four cars in front then into 3rd..next set of lights we stopped..windows down again ..aye roiyt its feckin fasst enough ...had ya in fust gear do !!....its the other four that count i replied ...cant stop smiling ........zeds rule and when i get my new tubbies coolers and 555's its only going to be quicker :) :dance:

Z-power ! :bow:

wuwhooo well done bud

still smiling ........all on a private track of course ..which happens to have trafic lights hurrumphh cough cough ....

Well done matey.

 

It's always good to take them down a peg after they've spent soo much on a new car...

I love these cars, hey its nice to see someone appreciate them rather than stick thier nose up and scoff.

 

Good kill.

Really don't like the look of the Coxster, there's something not quite right about it.

And it's slooow for the money! :rofl:

Boxsters are slow for a reason - they are for women and hairdressers!

mind you they do handle good though...

 

i often race against my brother in his porsche 911 (993 - 1995) carrera 4 cab and my zed is quicker in a straight line, but he can outhandle and out brake me... not for long though...(i hope) ;)

:dance: :bow: avit fair play theres nothing quite like mr big being shown up by a zed

does the cayman ( boxster coupe ) have the 911 engine 3.2 flat six , ...not keen on the boxster but the caymen has realy nice lines ..and is more of a bloke mobile than its hairdresser cousin

How would a zed fare against a porsche carrera 4s...my boss has one and says he'll murder me in a straight line race. Obviously I'll have to wait until mine is back from filming but will I be able to make him eat his words?

 

Rob

How would a zed fare against a porsche carrera 4s...my boss has one and says he'll murder me in a straight line race. Obviously I'll have to wait until mine is back from filming but will I be able to make him eat his words?

 

Rob

if its just the 4s than no.

Flat-six, 3596cc, 24v

 

Max power: 316bhp @ 6800rpm

 

Max torque: 273lb ft @ 4250rpm

 

0 - 60mph: 5.1sec (claimed)

 

Top Speed: 174mph (claimed)

 

Price: £62,260

 

On sale: Now

 

The new Carrera 4S just doesn't add up. And, odd though it might sound, this is a good thing. I'll explain. What Porsche has done is take the new 316bhp Carrera in four-wheel-drive spec and give it the wider body of the Turbo. Potentially not a good combination. Some of us feel that the latest Carrera already lacks some of the involvement of the previous model. To then give it the Turbo's wider wheels and tyres, chassis and body seems certain to rob it of more delicacy and feedback. Happily, it doesn't turn out quite like that.

 

Although the C4S has the Turbo look, it isn't an exact copy. It lacks the wrap-over rear spoiler and air intakes ahead of the rear wheels (there aren't any turbo intercoolers to feed) and thus looks much cleaner. To balance downforce with the C4S's smaller, Carrera-style flip-up rear spoiler, Porsche's aerodynamics engineers have tweaked the lower lip of the front spoiler, although its wider frontal area means the C4S is a few mph slower than the stock C4 flat-out.

 

Inside nothing much has changed, save the fact that it's fully leather- trimmed. Indeed, the C4S comes with a brimming standard specification that includes Porsche Stability Management (PSM), electric seats, upgraded stereo and metallic paint plus the 18in wheels and tyres and bigger, red-callipered brakes from the Turbo. This makes it pretty good value at ΂£62,260, or ΂£3090 more than the stock C4.

 

Personally, I'd resist ordering my C4S with one of the colourful leather interiors. The cockpit of our test car came in a terracotta hue and we saw another one in turquoise. The colour coding is so extensive that it looks like a can of paint has been exploded inside the car and the masking of the dials and other small patches has been peeled off later, like that episode of Mr Bean where he paints his living room.

 

Twist the key and the exhaust note of the flat-six seems a bit gutsier, a bit bassier than that of the C2 we've included in the eCOTY feature, though the only apparent difference is the C4S's slightly fatter, Turbo-style chrome-lipped tailpipes. Otherwise, once you're rolling you're hard-pushed to tell you aren't in the standard Carrera, which means a supple ride and the usual quality feel to the steering, pedals and gearshift.

 

According to Porsche, the extra grip and stronger braking of the C4S give it a Nurburgring lap time of 8min 16sec, or four seconds quicker than the Carrera 2. The suggestion is that the Turbo-look isn't just for show and makes the C4S a better proposition for track days, which makes sense, I guess.

 

However, decent roads were in short supply around the launch HQ in Brescia, northern Italy, the choice being restricted to slow, smooth, wide and semi-urban or slow, mildly bumpy and sinuous up in the hills. Not exactly the ideal setting for attempting to quantify fully the losses and gains of the wide-body chassis against standard.

What I can say is that the C4S has a nicely planted feel, as if it's keyed into the road in a way that the Turbo and C2 aren't. There's no more feel through the steering but both ends feel grippy and the overall balance and poise is impressive. Although it's got the 18in rims and fat rubber of the Turbo, the Carrera 4S gets its own unique suspension settings, including slightly softer springs, thinner anti-roll bars and re-rated dampers.

 

It's easy to get into the groove and build up a natural rhythm, swinging easily through a rapid-fire sequences of bends, measuring out precisely controlled slugs of power from the finely responsive, normally aspirated flat-six.

 

Although far from a definitive test, this taster seems to suggest that the C4S is an appealing addition to the burgeoning 911 range, not just a Turbo look-alike for those who can't afford the real thing. It also shows that the Carrera remains a sensitive creature that can feel distinctly different dependent on the detail of its chassis specification. So, the C4S is more than the sum of its parts. Which is nice.

So I will win then!! how do the smae stats for the zed look alongside the porsche ones? Oh it is just a 4s by the way although my director has a turbo on order due in march with the new anti lag tubs and a 0-60 of 3.7s!!!!!!!

 

I think I had better race him in the dry though!!!!

 

rob

My wife came home yesterday from shopping at morrisons and when she walked in she said to me "jesus there was a right idiot driving a zed today" as i had seen this thread i said "was it red by any chance?" "yes" she replied :p

 

I just said it was steve teaching a gypo a lesson :dance:

kin ell hellraiser... you just swallowed a porsche book?

yeahhhhhh, zeds rule and makes it even better when you put a TARMAC LAYING, THIEVING, CARAVAN LIVING, HAVE A F*****G BATH YOU STINKING C*** PIKEY in his place. well done bud. lol.

tell us what u really feel yamr6 dont mince ya words lmfao