Cayman R - owners/buyers/mods

[Dan911]

Axel987 said:

Might hit me up with an offer

Email sent.. (You can have my tips back standard tips in chrome if you want to keep the exhaust complete)

[Dan911]

PorscheGT4 said:

http://www.evoms.com/Porsche_Cayman_987_Performanc...

Thanks. Can I ask if its hard to fit (so I can remove come service time for warranty) and also does the kit add induction noise?

[Dan911]

I have a set of 5mm spacers I might put on the front... With 5mm will I need longer bolts?

[Dan911]

PR36 said:

J-P said:

PR36 said:

So if anyone should wonder what it would be like to change the geo on their car. Today i got my 987.1 S back with RSS lower control arms and toe steer kit with locking plates to add to my pss9 and h and r arb. I have gone from stock geo to running 2 degree camber on rear, 1.5 degree on front and toe .03 front and .07 rear. Holy moly what a difference! i cant pretend to be able to explain the difference in terms of understeer/oversteer and all the technical jargon but i can say for sure the steering response and the degree to which the car wants to turn is transformed. Highly recommend having a drive in a car thats been properly set up, its night and day, definitely recommended.

Sounds great, glad you're pleased with it. Out of interest, who did your geo?

Nine excellence

Im about 10 mins from them.. Might pop in.

[Dan911]

£47k

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

[Dan911]

John McM said:

I took the R to a track day last weekend. Where they belong http://youtu.be/SMBgkrkndRk

The link is a road video?

How was it on track?

[Dan911]

I need to get mine out on track at some point..

Maybe a PH Cayman track day?

[Dan911]

Bored on a Friday afternoon...

Market watch

8 vehicles for sale (PH), 5 manual and 3 PDK, 5 with buckets, 5 with Spyder wheels, 5 with PSE and 5 with Chrono.

Manual averages (over the 5 vehicles)

Miles - 26,380
Price - £42,497

PDK averages (over the 3 vehicles)

Miles - 23,856
Price - £42,991

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Total Manual/PDK averages

Miles - 24,856
Price - £42,744

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Cars out there -

Peridot - Man/Bucket/Spyder/PSE
Red - PDK/Bucket/Spyder
Black - PDK/Chrono
White - Man/Spyder/PSE
Peridot - Man/Bucket/Spyder/Chrono
White - Man/Bucket/Spyder/Chrono/PSE
Silver - Man/Bucket/Chrono/PSE
Aqua - PDK/Bucket/Chrono/PSE


Can you tell I'm bored at work. Does show though that vehicle for sale, Manual cars do more average miles (26,380 v 23,856).

[Dan911]

Craig! said:

I actually bought this after selling my 997.1 GT3RS and as a road car around the North Yorkshire Moors it is sublime.

Whats peoples opinion on my valuation? Not really sure how active or stale the market is at the moment.

Looks well priced to me. Warranty will help out in sale no doubt.

[Dan911]

PorscheGT4 said:

Colours nice, and the dealer would swap the wheels with their blue PDK car.

How bad would the Blue one look with them wheels..

[Dan911]

Beanoir said:

Great photos..

I'm due to take mine to the Alps next month (Only done 900 miles in her from when I collected her last Nov) going with a Mac 4C, so should be fun.

[Dan911]

Just to let you guys know (nothing to do with me)

There is a set of Spyder wheels on ebay.

Dan

[Dan911]

996GT2 said:

Dan911 said:

(Only done 900 miles in her from when I collected her last Nov) going with a Mac 4C, so should be fun.

900 miles since Nov? FFS mate drive it, I picked mine up in March with 29k on it, it's now on 32k - I don't commute, have two other cars and have no real reason to drive anywhere and I've still managed 650 miles a month

Pushing a Cayman R on decent roads is about as good as Porsche driving gets, don't get sucked into this future values/mileage/depreciation BS just enjoy it.

Has Dave bought a 4C then?

Dave did buy the 4C, and loves it.. (its rapid)

Looking forward to a long blast over the Alps. Heading over Tuesday to the Eifel mountains for a few days, then driving down to meet Dave and Warren(911uk) in Zurich, heading into Italy for Friday till Monday. Tag along if you're free..

Happy Days

[Dan911]

PorscheGT4 said:

fridaypassion said:

I use Sport all the time but it hangs onto the gears too long in auto on sport plus. I noticed the traction control allows a hip wiggle not much more.

we told you to buy a manual ! in fact we told you to buy an R ! as it's an R thread ;-)

Direct and to the point... lol

I almost spat my coffee out!

[Dan911]

Taking the car over to the Alps next week.. So hopefully a warm few days with some nice roads. What tyre pressures do you guys run?

Thanks

[Dan911]

New ones to market..


45k

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

47k

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

[Dan911]

MJ911 said:

Bought it oop North,

essential spec as I wanted:-

colour coordinated interior
Alacantra Buckets
Spyder wheels
Sport design steering wheel
Sports Chrono
Auto air-con
Parrot blue-tooth and I-phone/pod connections

Surprised myself by going PDK in the end. Got bored of stock mode by end of first day and only drive in sports or sport plus mode all the time with manual shifts. Sure the full auto mode will come in handy in traffic or long schlepps but I like to be the one deciding when I want to shift gears. Goes like a rocket, #happy chappy

What colour?

Any pic's...

[Dan911]

Sarnie said:

Dan911 said:

What colour?

Any pic's...

Red......read his posts a few back

Doh!

[Dan911]

philnotts said:

What are the opinions on the meteor grey & platinum silver R's?

Grey looks well

[Dan911]

Love the red trim.