Cayman R . . . thoughts . . .

[Mermaid]

OPC Silverstone?

[jontymo]

Leeds

[Raitzi]

jontymo said:

All in all the best buying experience i have had!!!!

Buying experience I hope that turns into good driving experience also.

[detee]

Was it from Dean at Leeds? I bought a Cayman R from there, and was delighted as well!

[ChrisW.]

That's where mine came from, they are a good lot and have had a great selection of ex-demo options.

As an aside, 'was doing 1.57's at Oulton on standard tyres --- not too shoddy for a road car.

And the best thing is, it's not a GT3 --- it is a daily driver.

Now ask how many people genuinely use their GT3's every day ...

I love these posts

[rigster2]

Beautiful. If I don't get the top down use from the Boxster this year I'll be getting one!

[jontymo]

nsm3 said:

I would check the spelling on the boot lid?

Only kidding, congrats on the new car.

LOL only just seen this, to many wines and all excited

[HokumPokum]

congrats. Cracking car isn't it?

Healthy discount off new + excellent chassis + usable power. What more could you want?

[mrh1275]

Raitzi said:

Lightningman said:

This has been talked about on here before.

The Cayman R isn't special enough to wear an R badge.

He nor I was referring to Speciality. MR car with 330 HP and superb handling is not dull to me.

Boxster spyder is not more special than CR to me also. New 981 boxster is faster and unpractical roof just won't make a car more appealing to me.

Edited by Raitzi on Friday 4th May 17:17

The 981 is NOT faster or lighter than a Spyder

[Raitzi]

mrh1275 said:

The 981 is NOT faster or lighter than a Spyder

You may be right. Porsche claims 7:58 for new Boxster S at ring but they also claimed 7:56 for cayman R but that was not ever proved.

[mrdemon]

mrh1275 said:

The 981 is NOT faster or lighter than a Spyder

Well with my car that maybe the case, but most Spyders are speced back up, so I would say the new one is faster and lighter than 90% of the Spyders out there.

I have not seen another with my spec, ie with the 85kg weight savings.

On track the Spyder seems to be posting faster times than the Cayman R on fast laps also which is interesting.
But not a lot in it, a few seconds here and there.

[mrh1275]

mrdemon said:

mrh1275 said:

The 981 is NOT faster or lighter than a Spyder

Well with my car that maybe the case, but most Spyders are speced back up, so I would say the new one is faster and lighter than 90% of the Spyders out there.

I have not seen another with my spec, ie with the 85kg weight savings.

On track the Spyder seems to be posting faster times than the Cayman R on fast laps also which is interesting.
But not a lot in it, a few seconds here and there.

+1 yes has to be the right spec, and most spyders are speeced up wrong by the clueless idiots running opc's.
mine is manual,short shifter,buckets,spyder alloys and sports exhaust THE RIGHT SPEC!..no aircon,pdk,turbo wheels,sport seats etc

[Raitzi]

mrdemon said:

On track the Spyder seems to be posting faster times than the Cayman R on fast laps also which is interesting.
But not a lot in it, a few seconds here and there.

Cayman R has "crappy" tires as default compared even to S model.

[Phooey]

mrdemon said:

I have not seen another with my spec, ie with the 85kg weight savings.

Mine was virtually same 'press car' spec as yours. I had nav, so add a kilo, and you had leather dash etc, so add a kilo.

Not sure the whole saving is as much as 85kg though, but happy to be corrected.

[mrdemon]

Phooey said:

Mine was virtually same 'press car' spec as yours. I had nav, so add a kilo, and you had leather dash etc, so add a kilo.

Not sure the whole saving is as much as 85kg though, but happy to be corrected.

I'll get mine weighed, after the ti exhuast and li-on battery gets fitted :-p

[Zyp]

mrdemon said:

I'll get mine weighed, after the ti exhuast and li-on battery gets fitted :-p

Why the fixation with lightweight gubbins when your car will never see the track?

[HokumPokum]

I fitted the LiON battery since day 1 and has been on my car for almost 2 years.

I don't have a car trickle charger and it's performed flawlessly the entire time (touch wood).

The max I have left the car undriven is a 2 week stretch and it even started up at -5 degrees 1 cold winter morning...

and yes... 10 kgs of weight near the top of the vehicle.

but you are right.. it is way too expensive and I got it for the novelty.

[mrdemon]

Zyp said:

Why the fixation with lightweight gubbins when your car will never see the track?

I have already been on track :-)

http://www.howfast.co.uk/leaderboard.aspx?

place 44th

I plan to do a few days on track in the Spyder, also booked into the 7th July Porsche day and some other things planned.
what gave you the idea I was not tracking it ?

[BubblesNW]

mrdemon said:

I have already been on track :-)

http://www.howfast.co.uk/leaderboard.aspx?

place 44th

I plan to do a few days on track in the Spyder, also booked into the 7th July Porsche day and some other things planned.
what gave you the idea I was not tracking it ?

Also booked in for the 7th of July at Donny, I will be in the white Cayman S with yellow calipers (on the car) going very slowly around the track. Come and say hello.

[mrdemon]

come and do a evening session there, gives you a heads up, and not so hard on the car ragging it for a full day.

I'll do a few evenings there in June.