718 Positive Vibes Thread...

718 Positive Vibes Thread...

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neilf

825 posts

110 months

Thursday 27th October 2016
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More noisiness from Armytrix

https://youtu.be/6gXbRYvqEaQ

Edited by neilf on Thursday 27th October 21:01

dreamcar

1,067 posts

110 months

Thursday 27th October 2016
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neilf said:
More nosiness from Armytrix

https://youtu.be/6gXbRYvqEaQ
If you try and make a silk purse out of a sow's ear you still end up with a sow's ear.

hixster

354 posts

216 months

Thursday 27th October 2016
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That exhaust isn't helping things - it sounds awful..

Compare to https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vBKelt4Id8w

Edited by hixster on Thursday 27th October 19:45

dreamcar

1,067 posts

110 months

Friday 28th October 2016
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FourPotPorsche said:
Get back on the sauce ASAP !
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Pinball

456 posts

129 months

Friday 28th October 2016
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dreamcar

1,067 posts

110 months

Friday 28th October 2016
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Pinball said:
Their main issue is price which I'd have to agree with. Priced up a Boxster S to as near as I could to the same spec as my Boxster GTS and the bottom line was £3,000 more than the GTS. Crazy money for a four cylinder sports car, even one as good as the Porsche. Clearly what they've done is not make the Cayman cheaper than the Boxster they've left Cayman price as was and leap frogged the Boxster over it.

Edited by dreamcar on Friday 28th October 09:09

dreamcar

1,067 posts

110 months

Friday 28th October 2016
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Pinball said:
Their main issue is price which I'd have to agree with. Priced up a Boxster S to as near as I could to the same spec as my Boxster GTS and the bottom line was £3,000 more than the GTS. Crazy money for a four cylinder sports car, even one as good as the Porsche. Clearly what they've done is not make the Cayman cheaper than the Boxster they've left Cayman price as was and leap frogged the Boxster over it.

Edited by dreamcar on Friday 28th October 09:14

bcr5784

7,103 posts

144 months

Friday 28th October 2016
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dreamcar said:
Their main issue is price which I'd have to agree with. Priced up a Boxster S to as near as I could to the same spec as my Boxster GTS and the bottom line was £3,000 more than the GTS. Crazy money for a four cylinder sports car, even one as good as the Porsche. Clearly what they've done is not make the Cayman cheaper than the Boxster they've left Cayman price as was and leap frogged the Boxster over it.

Edited by dreamcar on Friday 28th October 09:09
The S always looked like a big hike in price for a car which must cost Porsche very little more to produce. However there was a big (subjective and actual) difference in performance, and the base car did genuinely seem rather slow compared with the competition. Now the base car is genuinely quick (certainly on a par with the 981S), the S is going to look like a poor deal for many people.

Ozzie Osmond

21,189 posts

245 months

Friday 28th October 2016
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If I was buying one of the these I suspect the 300 bhp base car would provide sufficient "go" and I'd almost certainly specify PDK to provide best match with the engine characteristics. It would be quite a lot of car for the money.

Pinball

456 posts

129 months

Friday 28th October 2016
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dreamcar said:
Their main issue is price which I'd have to agree with. Priced up a Boxster S to as near as I could to the same spec as my Boxster GTS and the bottom line was £3,000 more than the GTS. Crazy money for a four cylinder sports car, even one as good as the Porsche. Clearly what they've done is not make the Cayman cheaper than the Boxster they've left Cayman price as was and leap frogged the Boxster over it.

Edited by dreamcar on Friday 28th October 09:14
I'm a Cayman buyer so hadn't really thought much about the Boxster price. From my point of view, I don't view the base car as the S the versions poor cousin, as I had done in previous generations. It now, has enough performance in it's own right plus one which matches the outgoing 981S. Opinions on sound aside, for me, it's the same car but cheaper. Plus the standard spec includes things that were previously options - PCM, Xenon lights, Tracker (Maybe?). I'm not sure if these options go someway to mitigate the Boxster price increase, though.

Pinball

456 posts

129 months

Friday 28th October 2016
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An old but detailed article on the engine tech http://blog.caranddriver.com/tech-dive-in-depth-wi...

Dr Gitlin

2,561 posts

238 months

Friday 28th October 2016
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FourPotPorsche said:
"Purists Be Damned." Flame suit at the ready redcard
Yes, I'm not going to lie, some of that was aimed at posters here biggrin


ooid

4,049 posts

99 months

Saturday 29th October 2016
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Quick technical question to new 718 owners;

How is your oil consumption so far? I know the oil consumption could be quite high in the first 5k, in new small-ish turbo engines, but wondering how is the 718 so far? Not sure if you guys can monitor from the dash but would be good to know.

Cheers driving

Pinball

456 posts

129 months

Saturday 29th October 2016
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Tim bo

1,956 posts

139 months

Saturday 29th October 2016
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Pinball said:
Definite +ve vibes there ...

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"Some Porsche “purists” and other pretenders will complain that it has lost its character by installing new turbocharged engines, instead of keeping things naturally aspirated. My view: brilliant! Living in Gauteng has made me appreciate the finer things afforded by turbo engines. Like power. So anything that comes turbocharged is welcome in my books. Sound? Exceptional.

Both 718 Cayman and Boxster seat only two people at a time, so no rear seats. The 718 Cayman and Boxster have their 2.0-litre flat four-cylinder engines and 2.5-litre flat fours right on the back of your head, so you hear every cycle as the pistons shove and push, go right and left. Deep, burbles fill your ears with each acceleration action, each gear change, each swoosh forward."
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Pinball

456 posts

129 months

Saturday 29th October 2016
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Not sure if this has been posted before. Sorry if it already has. 718 Boxster with PSE. I'm assuming it's the base model, not an S from the title and sound.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCvjYP56k2Y

dreamcar

1,067 posts

110 months

Saturday 29th October 2016
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FourPotPorsche said:
Thanks for that and below is a link to another review by somebody else who also likes the sound. No doubt we will be told shortly that he is hearing impaired. He does have a beard though so he must be a Porsche purist rolleyes

http://ourautoexpert.com/2017-porsche-718-cayman-s...
Obviously hearing impaired can be no other explanation shoot


Edited by dreamcar on Saturday 29th October 14:22

Sparkyhd

1,792 posts

94 months

Saturday 29th October 2016
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People go on about the great sound of the 981 at higher revs but my Cayman PDK hardly ever reached higher revs because I'd have lost my licence so I'm not missing anything. I far prefer the low down torque of the 718.

I like the sound of the 718 at startup. It's different but what's not to like. Some people seem very narrow minded and unable to adapt to change. I love my 718 and really happy I traded in my 981. I'm getting so bored with the negativity around here I think I'll move away and concentrate on other threads where negativity is warranted, like Trump and Clinton.

WG

1,010 posts

125 months

Saturday 29th October 2016
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FourPotPorsche said:
Thanks for that and below is a link to another review by somebody else who also likes the sound. No doubt we will be told shortly that he is hearing impaired. He does have a beard though so he must be a Porsche purist rolleyes

http://ourautoexpert.com/2017-porsche-718-cayman-s...
That is a very odd write up. Half way through (or thereabouts - underneath the picture of the red cayman) he describes the bodywork differences between Boxster and Cayman as they were on 987!!! Weird






Edited by WG on Saturday 29th October 16:40

Pinball

456 posts

129 months

Saturday 29th October 2016
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Sparkyhd said:
People go on about the great sound of the 981 at higher revs but my Cayman PDK hardly ever reached higher revs because I'd have lost my licence so I'm not missing anything. I far prefer the low down torque of the 718.

I like the sound of the 718 at startup. It's different but what's not to like. Some people seem very narrow minded and unable to adapt to change. I love my 718 and really happy I traded in my 981. I'm getting so bored with the negativity around here I think I'll move away and concentrate on other threads where negativity is warranted, like Trump and Clinton.
I'm looking forward to their reaction in ten or twenty years once combustion engines and gearboxes have gone.