Cayman R, Boxster Spyder, 981 Cayman S or 997 Turbo?
Discussion
I will be looking to change my car (E90 M3) at some point later this year and I'm currently leaning towards buying my first Porsche. Budget will be around £40-45k. I would want a modern car so not really looking at 964 or 993s. I have therefore narrowed my Porsche choices down to either;
Cayman R
Boxster Spyder
981 Cayman S
or 997 Turbo
Other non-Porsche options on my list are
AM Vantage V8
Audi R8
Ferrari 360 (although I think these will be out of budget by the end of the year)
BMW F10 M5
Jaguar XFR
If it was your money which one of these would you buy and why? Or would there be any other suggestions (I'm not really interested in a GT-R)?
If I do buy a Porsche (or another 2 seater or 2+2) I will be buying a cheapish practical runaround as well for family duties. Obviously if I go for the M5 or XFR I will run just one car.
Cayman R
Boxster Spyder
981 Cayman S
or 997 Turbo
Other non-Porsche options on my list are
AM Vantage V8
Audi R8
Ferrari 360 (although I think these will be out of budget by the end of the year)
BMW F10 M5
Jaguar XFR
If it was your money which one of these would you buy and why? Or would there be any other suggestions (I'm not really interested in a GT-R)?
If I do buy a Porsche (or another 2 seater or 2+2) I will be buying a cheapish practical runaround as well for family duties. Obviously if I go for the M5 or XFR I will run just one car.
Edited by TheHound on Saturday 31st January 20:20
Fish...Thanks for your comments and it's very interesting that you're really enjoying the CR given you have just come from a GT3, that is a massive compliment to the CR.
Itsbtsy... I appreciate that my list is quite varied and the honest answer is I am not 100% sure what I exactley want from my next car. However to give you an idea, it will do about 6k p.a (if a 2 seater or 2+2) and I will use it most days as my daily. It will get a weekly blast down the country lanes and I may also do 1-2 track days a year. I love both straight line speed and accelaration but also want something thats going to be good fun round the bends.
Although I am not particularly bothered about the car being a head turner for the general public, I would like a car that I can look back on admire when park up, as silly as that is. I also like the idea of having the best model in the range.
The 997 turbo appeals to me as it is one of the fastest real world car around and to some extent I like the extra security that AWD offers especially with circa 500bhp. To me the 997 Turbo is also the best looking modern 911, apart from maybe the 991 GT3.
The Cayman R is obviously the halo model in the 987 range and whilst not as fast as the 997 in a straight line it is still more than adequate. Also as Fish said there probably isn't much in it in the bends on a dry day.
The Boxster Spyder offers the open air experience but as I understand doesn't lose that much dynamism against the R as a result. Plus it is one hell of a good looking thing.
All three of the above probably won't lose me that much in deprecation over the net few years. Whilst this isn't the driving factor for my choice it would be pretty nice to get some "free" or cheap motoring from whatever car I buy.
The 981 S is again a fine looking machine and the obvious benfeit with this option is it will be a much new car. However will take a huge hit depreciation wise and will probably be the most common of the porsche choices. Out of the 4 porsche options this is probably at the bottom of my list.
The R8, AM and Ferrari would be event cars and whilst the AM and R8 would be fine as daily's the Ferrari wouldn't work on this basis and this coupled with the likely appreciation over the next several months means that I will probably have to rule this one out.
The two super salooons appeal as I would only need to run one car (whether this actually a benefit or not is debatable), they certainly offer staright line speed and also a level of comfort/lucury the others don't. I think if i did choose one of these it would be very much a head decsion.
At the moment it really is the Porsche choices that appeal to my heart but just don't know which one I would go for. The obvious answer is to test each of them back to back but in reality that may not be the easiest thing to do.
Itsbtsy... I appreciate that my list is quite varied and the honest answer is I am not 100% sure what I exactley want from my next car. However to give you an idea, it will do about 6k p.a (if a 2 seater or 2+2) and I will use it most days as my daily. It will get a weekly blast down the country lanes and I may also do 1-2 track days a year. I love both straight line speed and accelaration but also want something thats going to be good fun round the bends.
Although I am not particularly bothered about the car being a head turner for the general public, I would like a car that I can look back on admire when park up, as silly as that is. I also like the idea of having the best model in the range.
The 997 turbo appeals to me as it is one of the fastest real world car around and to some extent I like the extra security that AWD offers especially with circa 500bhp. To me the 997 Turbo is also the best looking modern 911, apart from maybe the 991 GT3.
The Cayman R is obviously the halo model in the 987 range and whilst not as fast as the 997 in a straight line it is still more than adequate. Also as Fish said there probably isn't much in it in the bends on a dry day.
The Boxster Spyder offers the open air experience but as I understand doesn't lose that much dynamism against the R as a result. Plus it is one hell of a good looking thing.
All three of the above probably won't lose me that much in deprecation over the net few years. Whilst this isn't the driving factor for my choice it would be pretty nice to get some "free" or cheap motoring from whatever car I buy.
The 981 S is again a fine looking machine and the obvious benfeit with this option is it will be a much new car. However will take a huge hit depreciation wise and will probably be the most common of the porsche choices. Out of the 4 porsche options this is probably at the bottom of my list.
The R8, AM and Ferrari would be event cars and whilst the AM and R8 would be fine as daily's the Ferrari wouldn't work on this basis and this coupled with the likely appreciation over the next several months means that I will probably have to rule this one out.
The two super salooons appeal as I would only need to run one car (whether this actually a benefit or not is debatable), they certainly offer staright line speed and also a level of comfort/lucury the others don't. I think if i did choose one of these it would be very much a head decsion.
At the moment it really is the Porsche choices that appeal to my heart but just don't know which one I would go for. The obvious answer is to test each of them back to back but in reality that may not be the easiest thing to do.
Thanks all for your comments. Its good to hear so much love for the Spyder and Cayman R (as well a few for the M5).
My fear is if I was to chose one of those two, would I regret not getting into the Turbo but by the sound of it, it would be the other way round.
Given the other thread about finidng a decent Cayman R, it's probably a good idea if I start keeping my eye out for one now, even if my planned purchase is 7-8 months away.
Now to work out if I want a fixed roof or not as well as my 'essential' spec and the would likes. Decisions, Decisions!
My fear is if I was to chose one of those two, would I regret not getting into the Turbo but by the sound of it, it would be the other way round.
Given the other thread about finidng a decent Cayman R, it's probably a good idea if I start keeping my eye out for one now, even if my planned purchase is 7-8 months away.
Now to work out if I want a fixed roof or not as well as my 'essential' spec and the would likes. Decisions, Decisions!
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