New cousin......

[MexicoCityM3]

Yes! Welcome to Porsche ownership, have fun paying the parts gods.

Interesting while I was browsing the manuals. There is a separate one for "Cicuit Use". Lots of things are explicitly "forbidden". Like non-Porsche approved pads for example. Lol.

[AutobahnSHO]

Felicitaciones! 

[Rupert]

Interesting while I was browsing the manuals. There is a separate one for "Cicuit Use". Lots of things are explicitly "forbidden". Like non-Porsche approved pads for example. Lol.

Porschephiles can be pretty touchy about all that stuff.

[FlatBlackCaddy]

I'd like to extend my usual offer. Free high end detail job. Just drop off friday and pick it up sunday night.

[giant_mtb]

I'd like to extend my usual offer. Free high end detail job. Just drop off friday and pick it up sunday night.

...then drive it to me and I'll detail it again!  Then you could fly me to Mexico to detail it after the drive back!  It'll need it...

[MX793]

Porschephiles can be pretty touchy about all that stuff.

Seems to be a very German thing.  For example, VW has its own oil standards as separate from widely used industry standards that American and Japanese cars use.

[giant_mtb]

Seems to be a very German thing.  For example, VW has its own oil standards as separate from widely used industry standards that American and Japanese cars use.

When my bro bought his Q5, he was needlessly bitchy about getting gas from "Audi Certified" stations.

[MexicoCityM3]

This today.....



.....and a few minutes later...



Nothing major.....

[FlatBlackCaddy]

Just a routine shakedown I'm sure. What did it cost you?

[MexicoCityM3]

Just a routine shakedown I'm sure. What did it cost you?

Very reasonable. About US$60 per car.

[MexicoCityM3]

[FlatBlackCaddy]

Very reasonable. About US$60 per car.

So do you pay the cop directly?

[MexicoCityM3]

So do you pay the cop directly?

Yes. He had more bargaining power this time because the GT4 is still on a provisional permit. That allowed him to use some obscure law to threaten with having it towed. Otherwise it'd have been the regular - lawful - fine which is paid at a bank later.

[FlatBlackCaddy]

So, all joking aside, it was a shakedown. So the cop got 150 bucks (us?) on that stop and he just pocketed it?

[MexicoCityM3]

So, all joking aside, it was a shakedown. So the cop got 150 bucks (us?) on that stop and he just pocketed it?

120. Yes.

[FlatBlackCaddy]

This pretty common down there?

[veeman]

Congratulations on the Porsche!  What are you considering for the family car now?  Can you get your hands on a 5 series BMW wagon?  Either that or BMW X5 is what I'm guessing you're considering.

[MexicoCityM3]

This pretty common down there?

Unfortunately yes.

[MexicoCityM3]

Congratulations on the Porsche!  What are you considering for the family car now?  Can you get your hands on a 5 series BMW wagon?  Either that or BMW X5 is what I'm guessing you're considering.

Thanks!

X5 5.0i or XC90.

[dazzleman]

Dude, that's hilarious.  When I saw the picture at the beginning of the thread, I was planning to comment that the car looks really fun, and that you could get yourself into some trouble with it.  Then I saw this.   

Best of luck with the new wheels.  I really like the look of it.

[MexicoCityM3]

More pics. Back home now. The 1M is every bit as fast at altitude, may even beat it.

But the GT4 feels sportier in every way otherwise.

Can't wait to track them back to back and see what times I manage initially.

[cawimmer430]

Thanks for supporting the German economy!!!   

Nice ride! 

[cawimmer430]

Seems to be a very German thing.  For example, VW has its own oil standards as separate from widely used industry standards that American and Japanese cars use.

It's definitely a German thing.

Why make things simple when you can make them complicated? You need to see how my tax form looks like!

[giant_mtb]

Unfortunately yes.

That's fucked.

[dazzleman]

More pics. Back home now. The 1M is every bit as fast at altitude, may even beat it.

But the GT4 feels sportier in every way otherwise.

Can't wait to track them back to back and see what times I manage initially.

How fast were.you going when you got clipped?   That ride is SWEET!  Can you drive up to the auto show next.year in it, and give us all a ride? 

[veeman]

Thanks!

X5 5.0i or XC90.

Congratulations on your upcoming new X5 5.0i.   

[Rupert]

Just buy your own, Dave.

[MexicoCityM3]

How fast were.you going when you got clipped?   That ride is SWEET!  Can you drive up to the auto show next.year in it, and give us all a ride? 

Thanks Dave. Get one! Or maybe a 911.

I was doing 170kph about 105MPH. I was at the time driving the 1M and we both got busted.

[FlatBlackCaddy]

I imagine foreigners would have had to pay double.

Sounds like a policeman could make a pretty comfortable living, thats not even accounting for the organized crime/cartel payoffs.

[MexicoCityM3]

I imagine foreigners would have had to pay double.

Sounds like a policeman could make a pretty comfortable living, thats not even accounting for the organized crime/cartel payoffs.

Federales are paid well and yes these "bonuses" are very low risk/high return. Organized crime collaboration is not that common with these guys. They live well enough to add that risk, even if profitable. Municipal level underpaid cops are much more susceptible to that.