Cayman R - owners/buyers/mods
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Thats the very same! Big thanks to BubblesNW the car is fantastic nice easy purchase (note to anyone selling I'm always buying 
) This particular car is for me but we have bought Boxsters and Caymans for our business before (link in profile not plugging too much on here)
One thing I now must to is drive an R. The spec of this one I cant see the R can be in the grand scheme any better for me. The adaptive dampers and LSD make it perfect for me.
) This particular car is for me but we have bought Boxsters and Caymans for our business before (link in profile not plugging too much on here) One thing I now must to is drive an R. The spec of this one I cant see the R can be in the grand scheme any better for me. The adaptive dampers and LSD make it perfect for me.
Repost from Rennlist.
Pearls of Wisdom from someone who took a 993 to the extreme and now owns a 991 GT3.
If you want a Porsche that does more (is harder, softer, faster, rawer, better for track, better for touring) then you should sell your current Porsche and buy the model that best addresses your needs. Making your current Porsche fit into a niche it was not originally conceived to is expensive, time consuming and often frustrating. Porsche have always made a slightly harder core Porsche of the same variant. IMO keep your Porsche in fine fettle, improve areas of weakness and on older cars replace components with others of better/new design by all means but over time Ive come to believe that it's best to keep your car close to stock and just enjoy it and if you want more then dont slide the slippery slope but rather sell it on and buy the next production Porsche in your budget that addresses the weaknesses you perceive of your current ride or addresses some areas you would like you car to be more or less than it is. If a C2 is too soft try a GTS or a GT3. If a GT3RS is too hard try a GT3 or a GTS etc.
Porsche over the last 40 years have pretty much produced a car that addresses as stock almost every need. You just need to cherry pick the back catalogue at a price range you are comfortable. Taking a 993 for example to GT3 levels is going to be far more expensive than selling it and buying an older GT3. The GT3 will retain value whereas the modified 993 will not be worth much (if any) more than a stock example.
As for me, I learned the same lesson with a 964C4 and it's why I bought an R this time. If that turns out not raw enough I will look at a GT3. I won't try to make the R into a GT3 botherer. Neither would I take an S and try to make it into an R. The money spent make actually make the S less marketable to S buyers, so is a double financial hit.
Pearls of Wisdom from someone who took a 993 to the extreme and now owns a 991 GT3.
If you want a Porsche that does more (is harder, softer, faster, rawer, better for track, better for touring) then you should sell your current Porsche and buy the model that best addresses your needs. Making your current Porsche fit into a niche it was not originally conceived to is expensive, time consuming and often frustrating. Porsche have always made a slightly harder core Porsche of the same variant. IMO keep your Porsche in fine fettle, improve areas of weakness and on older cars replace components with others of better/new design by all means but over time Ive come to believe that it's best to keep your car close to stock and just enjoy it and if you want more then dont slide the slippery slope but rather sell it on and buy the next production Porsche in your budget that addresses the weaknesses you perceive of your current ride or addresses some areas you would like you car to be more or less than it is. If a C2 is too soft try a GTS or a GT3. If a GT3RS is too hard try a GT3 or a GTS etc.
Porsche over the last 40 years have pretty much produced a car that addresses as stock almost every need. You just need to cherry pick the back catalogue at a price range you are comfortable. Taking a 993 for example to GT3 levels is going to be far more expensive than selling it and buying an older GT3. The GT3 will retain value whereas the modified 993 will not be worth much (if any) more than a stock example.
As for me, I learned the same lesson with a 964C4 and it's why I bought an R this time. If that turns out not raw enough I will look at a GT3. I won't try to make the R into a GT3 botherer. Neither would I take an S and try to make it into an R. The money spent make actually make the S less marketable to S buyers, so is a double financial hit.
fridaypassion said:
It was always going to be a divisive car but I wouldnt want to sap the adaptive suspension thats for sure! One of the best things about the car which surprised me.
to soft off to hard on, in fact way to hard on, but then on track still to soft :-)PASM sucks the life out the car imo.
Evening all,
Probably should have posted this here:
The black wheels on my Cayman R have picked up a couple of stone chips after a trip down a unrolled road of gravel (bloody council!).
Has anyone had any experience of getting these repaired? The wheels are perfect apart from the chips so I don't want to pay loads for a refurb.
If I have to get a paint stick anyone have the paint code?
Cheers,
LN7
Probably should have posted this here:
The black wheels on my Cayman R have picked up a couple of stone chips after a trip down a unrolled road of gravel (bloody council!).
Has anyone had any experience of getting these repaired? The wheels are perfect apart from the chips so I don't want to pay loads for a refurb.
If I have to get a paint stick anyone have the paint code?
Cheers,
LN7
Beanoir said:
And there we have it, thank you John.
So anyway, I'm considering buying a 986 2.7 Boxster, any views on that? It doesn't have PASM by the way.
2.7s are great at least they are reliable. The Cayman is much stiffer though and the steering is much better on my new one than previous gen1 boxsters I've had. So anyway, I'm considering buying a 986 2.7 Boxster, any views on that? It doesn't have PASM by the way.
John McM said:
I'm not a member on there, do you have to be a member to post?
Sarnie said:
No offence chaps but a 10k premium over an s for some stiffer shocks (but still the crappy oem variant), marginal weight saving and a very marginal power increase. Nice car but Really?
PR36 said:
Sarnie said:
No offence chaps but a 10k premium over an s for some stiffer shocks (but still the crappy oem variant), marginal weight saving and a very marginal power increase. Nice car but Really?
Yep, thats a lovely looking car even in common and garden silver - well worth the £10k extra
PR36 said:
Sarnie said:
No offence chaps but a 10k premium over an s for some stiffer shocks (but still the crappy oem variant), marginal weight saving and a very marginal power increase. Nice car but Really?
Examples of £37k S;
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...
PR36 said:
Sarnie said:
No offence chaps but a 10k premium over an s for some stiffer shocks (but still the crappy oem variant), marginal weight saving and a very marginal power increase. Nice car but Really?
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