Belt Up!!

"Belt up!"

A rather British saying, meaning - nicely - "be quiet" but probably more accurately, "shut up!". But I use it in a more 'prepare-to-launch' fashion, as in "Put your seatbelt on, we're about to take off!"

Because 'take off' is what the 718 does. It doesn't take much pedal input to launch the Boxster off the line, and rapidly you find yourself grabbing for second gear without really even thinking about it. Lovely.

Being a bit fastidious about my red beauty, I saw something the other day. Or rather I heard something: a little scritch, scritch sound. Now car interiors are the worst place for annoying squeaks and rattles, niggling auditory 'splinters' that burrow their way into your consciousness, especially on a long drive. With my traditional summer drive to NB planned starting tomorrow, I had to get this travesty dealt with, otherwise I'd have a 1000+ kilometres of annoyance plaguing me.

After some experimentation and exploration I discovered the culprit; the seatbelt insertion point - the housing rubs against the centre console making the irritating sound, not to mention marking up the surface. Strangely, it's only just started doing this with 24,000 km on the clock...

Anyway, the solution was a simple, inexpensive one. A small silicone collar from Amazon made just for this purpose. Silence! Ahhhh. And a side benefit of making it that much easier to click the seatbelt into place. Win!

Ready for the road trip!

~ Luke