Anyone else get banned from the G8X section for making fun of its looks?

[jmg]

Originally Posted by swagon

Tickets booked, T-minus 8 days until 'new' car collection

Congrats! I haven't been keeping up, what are you getting?

[jmg]

Originally Posted by mzcp

Canyon run. Those GT3’s are so fast. That’s unfair lol

That was fun dodging rocks the GT3 was spitting out of its rear wheels!

[mzcp]

Originally Posted by jmg

That was fun dodging rocks the GT3 was spitting out of its rear wheels!

Next time you go in front of me lol. Nice job with your camera. Everyone in our group complimented your pictures.

[minn19]

Originally Posted by CanAutM3

With my CS, the best I managed was a 3.6s 0-60 on properly warmed PSC2 measured using a Dragy (no 1-foot rollout exclusion). But the conditions needed to be perfect and it was difficult to repeat.

The turbo (on PSC2) launches repeatedly over and over in 2.5~2.6s to 60mph without breaking a sweat, that thing is nuts

Looking forward to hear about the results of the ZL1 science experiment

Geezus that turbo is fast!

[NickyC]

Originally Posted by F8SEVEN

Clutch for clutch, yea, no way. If you managed to have an untouched (i.e. software not updated) 2015 M4 DCT with PSC2s thrown on, I imagine it would have a shot...but only until a certain point, then the Porsche would walk it. The first year F8X cars were nuts. Then they were tamed.

I wholeheartedly agree hah! I love the 15s!

[Arcades]

Originally Posted by minn19

Geezus that turbo is fast!

I'm curious.

Why did you end up choosing the ZL1 again? Miss a V8?

[RugbyBro]

Hey jmg, what's your camera / lens setup? And what are you using in post? I want to start using my camera gear and adobe subscription again

[minn19]

Originally Posted by Arcades

I'm curious.

Why did you end up choosing the ZL1 again? Miss a V8?

That and it’s supercharged so it is very linear power almost like N/A. It’s one of my favorite looking cars of all time and one of the funnest 4 seat coupes with a trunk I could think of. I know you don’t like GM or American brands in general but they do a lot of really cool little things. The PDR will be fun to play with even though the resolution isn’t that good. You don’t have to get a tow hook or other no drill front plate option as they provide you with one that is easy to install/remove. I love GM/Ford’s mag ride suspension. It is probably the best performance bargain on the market IMO.

I considered a lot of other options, thought seriously about a Panamera 4S. It was “used” with a few hundred miles on it and 10k over MSRP. Really nice car but figured it’s way to close of a Cayenne type driving experience. I made the mistake of test driving too many 991.2s and 992s. I really want a 992 S (or above) but refuse to pay what the market is asking right now. Check this thing out, 170k for a used 4S and is a fairly light build, it doesn’t even have full leather. I looked it up and I think it is 20-30k over original MSRP. Nice car no doubt, but sucks when you know can a get a nicer GTS build for that money if one could get an allocation.

https://minneapolis.porschedealer.co...ab2a91ms223245

I’ll drive a brand new fun/fairly versatile 70k car until this craziness passes and I can get what I want.

Hopefully not TL/DR, but that is my main thoughts on it.

[minn19]

I really liked this 991.2 but I prefer the current sports plus seats for comfort. Again, 4 years old barely under it’s original MSRP so not a horrible deal in this market. Still, 4 year old S and almost 130k and they aren’t budging a dime on any cars.

https://minneapolis.porschedealer.co...ab2a9xjs123494

Edit: I’ve looked nationally and it only seems to get worse.

[NickyC]

Originally Posted by minn19

I really liked this 991.2 but I prefer the current sports plus seats for comfort. Again, 4 years old barely under it’s original MSRP so not a horrible deal in this market. Still, 4 year old S and almost 130k and they aren’t budging a dime on any cars.

https://minneapolis.porschedealer.co...ab2a9xjs123494

Edit: I’ve looked nationally and it only seems to get worse.

It's depressing is what it is.

[jmg]

Originally Posted by RugbyBro

Hey jmg, what's your camera / lens setup? And what are you using in post? I want to start using my camera gear and adobe subscription again

My old Canon 6D. For those shots I use a 16-35mm f/2.8L. I also have a 135mm f/2.0L, 85mm f/1.8, 70-300mm f/5.6, and and a 24-105mm f/4.0L. I use Lightroom for a first pass, then Photoshop for the heavy lifting. Then back into Lightroom for a final pass and developing.

I shoot in unprocessed raw then find all the shadows, color and light in post processing.

The silver GT3 on the right was actually a good 8-10 feet to the right. I moved it left in photoshop for better composition.

[Arcades]

Originally Posted by minn19

That and it’s supercharged so it is very linear power almost like N/A. It’s one of my favorite looking cars of all time and one of the funnest 4 seat coupes with a trunk I could think of. I know you don’t like GM or American brands in general but they do a lot of really cool little things. The PDR will be fun to play with even though the resolution isn’t that good. You don’t have to get a tow hook or other no drill front plate option as they provide you with one that is easy to install/remove. I love GM/Ford’s mag ride suspension. It is probably the best performance bargain on the market IMO.

I considered a lot of other options, thought seriously about a Panamera 4S. It was “used” with a few hundred miles on it and 10k over MSRP. Really nice car but figured it’s way to close of a Cayenne type driving experience. I made the mistake of test driving too many 991.2s and 992s. I really want a 992 S (or above) but refuse to pay what the market is asking right now. Check this thing out, 170k for a used 4S and is a fairly light build, it doesn’t even have full leather. I looked it up and I think it is 20-30k over original MSRP. Nice car no doubt, but sucks when you know can a get a nicer GTS build for that money if one could get an allocation.

https://minneapolis.porschedealer.co...ab2a91ms223245

I’ll drive a brand new fun/fairly versatile 70k car until this craziness passes and I can get what I want.

Hopefully not TL/DR, but that is my main thoughts on it.

I honestly gave domestic brands a shot but they really aren't my sort of thing. I wanted to learn a bit more about the Dodge Charger but, because I am extremely thin, the car just looks hilarious when I sit in it. That and I am not big on the V8 thing personally. The closest car I had wanted that is (or was...) a V8 is the C63 and we ALL know where that is going at this point...

I been actually leaning the IS500 again. Though with gas prices the way it is, I don't know if getting a V8 is a good idea lol. Considering how much my GT4 costs gas wise, I would be extremely surprised if the IS500 isn't worse. That and I don't know if I am willing to pay above 50k for basically a platform that is what... 10 years old at this point?

Though, my father had asked me to get the Lexus RC-F years before when I placed my M4 order and he likes Lexus. So... maybe.

Originally Posted by jmg

My old Canon 6D. For those shots I use a 16-35mm f/2.8L. I also have a 135mm f/2.0L, 85mm f/1.8, 70-300mm f/5.6, and and a 24-105mm f/4.0L. I use Lightroom for a first pass, then Photoshop for the heavy lifting. Then back into Lightroom for a final pass and developing.

I shoot in unprocessed raw then find all the shadows, color and light in post processing.

The silver GT3 on the right was actually a good 8-10 feet to the right. I moved it left in photoshop for better composition.

I have... no idea what you just said. Wonder how long it took to learn all of that lol.

[jmg]

Originally Posted by Arcades

I honestly gave domestic brands a shot but they really aren't my sort of thing. I wanted to learn a bit more about the Dodge Charger but, because I am extremely thin, the car just looks hilarious when I sit in it. That and I am not big on the V8 thing personally. The closest car I had wanted that is (or was...) a V8 is the C63 and we ALL know where that is going at this point...

I been actually leaning the IS500 again. Though with gas prices the way it is, I don't know if getting a V8 is a good idea lol. Considering how much my GT4 costs gas wise, I would be extremely surprised if the IS500 isn't worse. That and I don't know if I am willing to pay above 50k for basically a platform that is what... 10 years old at this point?

Though, my father had asked me to get the Lexus RC-F years before when I placed my M4 order and he likes Lexus. So... maybe.

I have... no idea what you just said. Wonder how long it took to learn all of that lol.

Lol you get to know the terminology and what all those numbers mean pretty quickly. I took up photography about 7 years ago not knowing a damn thing.

Photoshop is something I took up almost 20 years ago doing web graphics and simple photo edits. However, I didn't really start to use advanced techniques until I got into photography.

I really enjoy it, so its easy to get motivated. I dabbled in trying to turn it into a way to make some extra money by doing a few weddings. I hated it so I stopped and just went back to taking photos for fun. Plus it just wasn't worth giving up a whole day to make much less that what I actually do for a living. Maybe it's also because I like taking pictures of cars more than people lol

[Peertwelve]

Agreed. Photography and cars are two hobbies that fit together perfectly! I'd never heard of a workflow that starts and stops in Lightroom, but I can't argue with those results!

[jmg]

Originally Posted by Peertwelve

Agreed. Photography and cars are two hobbies that fit together perfectly! I'd never heard of a workflow that starts and stops in Lightroom, but I can't argue with those results!

Thanks!

I think of Lightroom as an organizer too. So going back into Lightroom with a finished shot as an uncompressed tiff makes it easier to access all my work in once place and batch export multiple images into accessible formats like jpeg or png.

[Arcades]

Originally Posted by jmg

Thanks!

I think of Lightroom as an organizer too. So going back into Lightroom with a finished shot as an uncompressed tiff makes it easier to access all my work in once place and batch export multiple images into accessible formats like jpeg or png.

I want to get a good pic of my car to use for everything lol.

[Humdizzle]

since we are talking about cameras i got my canon out for the first time this year. some quick edits in lightroom. photoshop to get my camera bag out of the second to last pic and center my exhaust in the first pic.

EOS RP Mirrorless
24-105mm f/4-7.1
50mm f/1.8

[Darth One]

How many times did you make DAMN sure that parking brake was set?

[GB///M]

Originally Posted by Darth One

How many times did you make DAMN sure that parking brake was set?

Would of had to pull a Tom Cruise from Risky Business

[Sedan_Clan]

Originally Posted by Arcades

I want to get a good pic of my car to use for everything lol.

Same here! I need just a couple of well taken photos and I'm good.

[Arcades]

Originally Posted by Darth One

How many times did you make DAMN sure that parking brake was set?

I still despise where the parking brake button on my car is.

I still forget half of the time when I tug it because it is literally out of the way. Thankfully it is the electronic one so it turns off on its own when the car realize I am actually driving.

[Humdizzle]

Originally Posted by Darth One

How many times did you make DAMN sure that parking brake was set?

Luckily its a manual so once its in gear i know its not going anywhere. No electronic voodoo will make that fail. But i did ease off the brakes verrrry slowly before getting out