718 Cayman Spec & Colours- what have you gone for?

[FourPotPorsche]

OPC Bolton have videod one of their showroom 718 Caymans in silver:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yyQrs-QpZ1s

[alanshaw]

Drove new 718 Cayman on Monday & had good look @ car, now understand why Porsche have added option for sports design front, as std car has front air intakes with slats - can't get behind to clean out, will need small hose on hoover, also front plastic panel under number plate (front) in black plastic - looks cheap, would have looked a lot better with a small mesh grill or slats.

Spotted a Carrera S with 20" wheels in Satin platinum finish, Loads of brake dust on wheels , but @ a distance you wouldn't have known as finish masked the dust.

No discount for me in spite of 16k of extras ..........................

[981UK]

Out of interest - quick poll

What has everyone gone for, a base 718 or S?

[Ozzie Osmond]

WG said:

Sorry Ozzie, disagree re white. I have been running white Spyder since 2010 and it has been easiest car I have had to keep clean. In fact I have Never taken a bucket of water/hose near it ! OK it is a bit of a "garage queen" with only 14K and it isn't taken out in the rain...

Meanwhile, back on planet earth.....

[highscore]

981UK said:

Out of interest - quick poll

What has everyone gone for, a base 718 or S?

My budget meant I had a choice between a well specced Base or a lightly specced S. Went for the base as I feel like it is more than fast enough for road driving and the additional creature comforts I could add really help as it will be my daily driver.

[Ian in Halifax]

Had a 2.7 PDK Boxster and Carrera S again PDK. So gone for Cayman S with PDK sports styling ....in metallic white.

[alanshaw]

981UK said:

Out of interest - quick poll

What has everyone gone for, a base 718 or S?

Went for std Cayman, as 170mph & 0-60 in 4.9s I thought was plenty quick enough for UK, plus afforded me more options........

[Timbola]

S Manual.

Edited by Timbola on Thursday 29th September 12:51

[edo]

S Manual.

[Olderandwiser22]

S PDK

[FourPotPorsche]

S PDK

[Tony9952]

STD Cayman PDK.

[WG]

Ozzie Osmond said:

WG said:

Sorry Ozzie, disagree re white. I have been running white Spyder since 2010 and it has been easiest car I have had to keep clean. In fact I have Never taken a bucket of water/hose near it ! OK it is a bit of a "garage queen" with only 14K and it isn't taken out in the rain...

Meanwhile, back on planet earth.....

Would you like a visa for PlanetWG?

[981UK]

Good mix of Base and S Caymans - agree re the comments, the base version is very quick.

Its interesting, from speaking to a couple of dealers they have all said their selling more base than S versions.

[Ozzie Osmond]

I reckon base with PDK looks a steal, 300 bhp on the road with a few options for less than £50k.

[LiamH66]

Base manual for me - but that's about all I've specced.

Agree that white cars have been about the easiest for me to keep clean too.

Liam

[7184c]

Ozzie Osmond said:

I reckon base with PDK looks a steal, 300 bhp on the road with a few options for less than £50k.

+1

essentials: met paint, leather, heated seats, m/f steering wheel, connect, cruise, elec mirrors, rain sensing wipers, dual climate, sports pipes, light design pack

£47k

[FourPotPorsche]

Since when did the Light Design Package become essential..waste of 200 sovs in my book.

Of course all the other options are essential as I have specced them (other than metallic)

Edited by FourPotPorsche on Thursday 29th September 22:15

[7184c]

FourPotPorsche said:

Since when did the Light Design Package become essential..waste of 200 sovs in my book.

Of course all the other options are essential as I have specced them (other than metallic)

Edited by FourPotPorsche on Thursday 29th September 22:15

worth it so you don't get the "I can't believe you spent this much on a car and theres no visor light for me to do my make up" rant from the mrs.

All of those should really be standard giving you a £45k base car, £47k with PDK. Still in a league of it's own at that price point.

[neilf]

Ozzie Osmond said:

I reckon base with PDK looks a steal, 300 bhp on the road with a few options for less than £50k.

That's exactly what I've done