How hard is it to find a decent Cayman R??

[Beanoir]

PorscheGT4 said:

my OF is 5,1" just pop a cushion in the bucket and she drives it ok.

Thing with girls is they want to be able to see the bonnet for some reason !

the steering wheel comes forward, the buckets slides forward, it's a non issue for small people and imo a bigger issue with taller people as you cannot drop the bucket unless you take out the rollers and fix it in place, that then drops the bucket a bit more if you are >6 foot and want to wear a helmet.

F**K the cushion - she's not driving it - discussion over!

[nsm3]

My OH at 5' used to use a cushion in the Exige as she couldn't see over the dash! Never had the need for her to drive one of the porkers, thank gawd, I don't like curbed alloys

[bcr5784]

PorscheGT4 said:

my OF is 5,1" just pop a cushion in the bucket and she drives it ok.

Thing with girls is they want to be able to see the bonnet for some reason !

Funnily enough I like to see the bonnet too (effete I know)- and it rather defeats the objective of the buckets (to hold you in place properly) if you are sat on a cushion. But I only raise the point because Sarnie (long time ago I know),, or anyone else thinking of buying one might be vertically challenged too and might think that sitting on a cushion might not be to their taste. Could even be a woman - some I believe do drive quite well.

[John McM]

I've just bought a Cayman R (ex UK car so knock one off the list). I'm 6'4" and fit with my helmet on, with the bucket seats. I had to lower my track seats in the 964 so I imagine this is a lower seating position out of the factory.

[EricE]

Makes me wonder, would a 6'2" driver with helmet pass the broomstick test in the Spyder?

[Sarnie]

Not seen this one before, White,manual, black spyder wheels;

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

[matjk]

Expensive, thats OPC pricing but with a crap warranty, out of interest why did so many of these get fitted with sport seats? buckets where free, well not free but included with the car and most seem to have chosen standard sports seats, seems odd to me

[V800MJH]

Sarnie said:

Not seen this one before, White,manual, black spyder wheels;

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

That does look bloody lovely though. And although I would prefer buckets, it would be nice to have heated seats in the winter!!

[Sarnie]

V800MJH said:

That does look bloody lovely though. And although I would prefer buckets, it would be nice to have heated seats in the winter!!

No buckets or PCM would be deal breakers for me personally.

No Chrono, Xenon's or mention of AC either....

Looks nice though

[bcr5784]

matjk said:

Expensive, thats OPC pricing but with a crap warranty, out of interest why did so many of these get fitted with sport seats? buckets where free, well not free but included with the car and most seem to have chosen standard sports seats, seems odd to me

There is the previously mentioned height adjust issue. But, for some, kudos doubtless plays a part in buying one of the more "hard core" limited edition models. But when speccing it quite a few soften things off - cruise controls, more comfy seats etc get fitted. I could certainly believe that, as a whole, the buyers of second hand versions of limited edition models are genuinely more "hard core" than the original purchasers. Hence the second hand demand for buckets, manual boxes etc.

While as a bit of a tight-wad, I'm always very tempted by a freebie, I suspect in the case of the buckets they cost Porsche no more than the standard sports seats - so you aren't really getting better value (Porsche prices for seat "upgrades" are all over the place between the various models).

[EricE]

matjk said:

buckets where free, well not free but included with the car and most seem to have chosen standard sports seats, seems odd to me

The Cayman R did not sell very well after it was launched so many cars were specced by the dealers who thought it would be easier to sell them in a usable spec for people using them as daily driver — Sports Seats are much easier to get in and out of and usually go hand in hand with PDK.

[nsm3]

Don't forget the Turbo wheels - wtf was going on with the OPC's speccing those up?

[Beanoir]

Sarnie said:

Not seen this one before, White,manual, black spyder wheels;

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

Fastest colour for an R

[V800MJH]

Sarnie said:

No buckets or PCM would be deal breakers for me personally.

No Chrono, Xenon's or mention of AC either....

Looks nice though

It says AC in the advert.

You can also see the Xenons in the photos?

Chrono can be fitted at an OPC cant it. Apart from the wart.

PCM is the NAV right? It would be nice, but not essential for me.

[Sarnie]

V800MJH said:

It says AC in the advert.

You can also see the Xenons in the photos?

Chrono can be fitted at an OPC cant it. Apart from the wart.

PCM is the NAV right? It would be nice, but not essential for me.

It doesn't have Xenon's, there no chrome washers in front of the lights.

PCM was a massive deal breaker for me personally, others less so I'm sure.

[V800MJH]

Sarnie said:

It doesn't have Xenon's, there no chrome washers in front of the lights.

PCM was a massive deal breaker for me personally, others less so I'm sure.

Oh really thanks for clearing that up. I wouldn't have know better until actually seeing the car! Not that I'm going to see it anyway.

[Sarnie]

Beanoir said:

Fastest colour for an R

It must be, they've priced it higher than a lower mileage silver one they have

[Beanoir]

Its got PSE though by the looks of it.

I wonder what else was included in the £4k extras??

[DoubleSix]

It's Carrera white which must has been a PTS as I've never heard of it...

Doesn't look like full leather to me despite the advert claiming as such...


A dealer that doesn't have any knowledge of their stock is very off putting for me; amateurs.

[Beanoir]

DoubleSix said:

It's Carrera white which must has been a PTS as I've never heard of it...

Its actually called Carrara white (pedantic), rather than the 911 namesake - it was a standard colour offered on the Cayman R and later cars can have the same colour in metallic or pearlescent I believe.

I think the paint code is B4 as opposed to 0Q for white. Its a very bright white, makes my Diamond White XR2 look almost cream in colour even though it's just been painted.

Edited by Beanoir on Friday 6th March 09:38