davenew

I was at the audi/porsche dealer today and saw the new 911 "S" model up close. It had the huge cayenne sized brake calipers and ceramic rotors. The rotors have visible particles in the metal similar to brake pad material. BTW, they charged $15 for the two plastic barrels on the sun visors, where they clip into place.
Dave

mech IFR

huh?

Arcteryx::Stock Rods

2nd 3rd and 4th

davenew

<center><img src="http://dave-new.com/S4/visor.jpg"></center><p>There are plastic "barrels" on the sun visors that make them lock into place, right? Once the plastic barrels break and fall off the visors don't lock into place properly.

TheDetailGuy(666PSI)

Did you put these on your S or do you own a Porsche?

TheDetailGuy(666PSI)

Understandable, but are they special or somthing?Basically why did you buy OEM Porsche vs. OEM Audi?

FixedWing

Those ceramic rotors are garbage. I forced Porsche to take them off my car and refund my money after I destroyed two sets. :-)

Stephen

jonah

"Audi/Porsche Dealer" Although the 911 ones add about 15hp each.

davenew

I was so excited about seeing the ceramic brakes on the porsche I couldn't write clearly. I stopped at my audi dealer who also sells porsche. I ordered OEM audi parts.. and probably got charged porsche prices! If you're not into tech stuff you probably won't understand my enthusiasm for the ceramic brake rotors.
dave

davenew

I've read that they don't wear as well as standard rotors, but that's terrible. Were you at the track or just street driving? I do recall reading an article about a guy and his son taking their enzo to the track. They had to replace all four ceramic rotors after one hard track day. I believe it was $15k or so.
dave