Cayman GTS Order - Sports Bucket Seats - Help

[miskalachi]

Hi all,

Put my deposit down at my OPC yesterday for my Cayman GTS. Spec is nearly finalised but I was hoping you could help with a two questions I have about the Sport Buckets before going ahead with them.

1) Is the backrest manually adjustable or fixed
2) What is the comfort of them actually like for day to day driving (this will be my only car and I do about 10k per year)

I'm in my late twenties, slim, but have suffered with minor/occasional back pain from a sports injury in the past and whilst I would like to opt for the seats because they look great and I've heard they are really supportive, I am keen to understand what people on here think of them for day to day driving/comfort because I don't want to be kicking myself weeks in after if they start becoming a 'pain'. (excuse the pun)

Thanks,
Michael

[miskalachi]

It's quite difficult to find a car that's local to me with buckets, if anyone is aware of any in the Manchester / Cheshire area then please let me know.

Does the backrest not adjust? I heard the angle of them is more forgiving (less upright) than the buckets in a GT3, is that correct?

[miskalachi]

Thanks for your initial comments guys, people with experience of them, please keep letting me know your thoughts...

Going to try and hunt a car down with them to try them for real before taking the plunge, I need to lock my build in asap though.

[miskalachi]

rudester said:

I'd echo the comments already about getting in and out of the car. If you are not careful there can begin to look tatty quite quickly.
The only time I had issues with back pain were on a 900 mile round trip to the highlands.
One other consideration that might not affect you now, you can’t fit a child seat in the bucket, at least not in the CR that I was running.
My new car has the adaptive sport seats, which are a good compromise.

No kids for the not too distant future, hence me being able to afford and have a sports car without the other half moaning!

So, advice when parking, furthest away as possible to find a nice wide open space to get in and out of? it'll keep me fit eh?

[miskalachi]

I was planning on getting them heated as well for that extra comfort.

It's now a toss up now between paying more for GT Silver paint and keeping the standard GTS seats or going for Jet Black paint with the buckets. Decisions .. decisons!

[miskalachi]

I've actually just this minute managed to find someone local to me with a Cayman S with the bucket seats. I'm going to have a drive of his car this week, I'll hopefully then be able to make a final decision. Let you know how I get on....

[miskalachi]

BubblesNW said:

There are plenty of cars around with standard seats so there is a very large market to choose from when it comes time to sell yours and make it stand out from the crowd. However, some people will be looking for a car specifically with buckets so I don't thinks it will make it harder to sell on.

It really depends on the rest of the specification; if you go for comfort options and buckets then yes, it could be hard to move on. But if you go for sports suspension, sports exhaust etc then buckets would be expected imho.

Just try them and see what you think. I find them very comfortable and not that difficult to get in and out of and I'm no 20 year old skinny athlete.

I'm also in the Manchester / Cheshire area if your other option falls through and you want to try them out.

Hi BubblesNW, thanks for the offer, I will DM you now.

[miskalachi]

So after an hour or so driving this evening in a Cayman S with buckets, I've decided against them. For some, I guess they will be great but because of previous back issues, I felt pain kicking in within 20 minutes or so behind the wheel. It's a shame because I think they look incredible and really set the interior off, but as a few of you have mentioned, it would be an expensive mistake to make!

So the final spec on the car;

Cayman GTS
GT Silver Metallic
GTS Interior Pack (Carmine Red)
Exterior mirror lower trims painted
Electric folding outside mirrors
ParkAssist rear
Sports suspension X73
PDK
20-inch Carrera S wheel painted in satin black
Smoking package
Seat Heating
BOSE
PCM
Phone Prep

Very happy with choice but now for the wait.....

Thanks for all your help and I'll be sure to stick around!

[miskalachi]

RBT0 said:

Satin black now available for UK?

I believe so, after my OPC contacted Germany and quoted the I no. 344 that's in the UK Cayman brochure.

Hopefully it goes through the system without any niggles, not been told otherwise yet..

[miskalachi]

RBT0 said:

Well done.
Honestly when I ordered mine I was sure about satin platinum but my salesman told me he could have asked the headquarter for satin black, anyway expecting its availability in a couple of months; demonstration that now you can order it.

I hope so! time will tell. What colour car have you gone for?