2010 Cayman s or 2005 911 s

[aeales123]

Hi guys. I have 25k to spend on a new car. I've always dreamed about a Porsche but am open to ideas. I've driven a regular Cayman (not S) and thought it was great. I've also driven a TTRS plus but it had horrid road noise and didn't feel as special, it was mega fast though.

Any advice would be great :-).

[Heaveho]

I'd take the Cayman in a straight fight between the two Porsches you mention, largely because it'll be a Gen 2 at 2010, and have an engine with very few, if any, known issues. The same can't be said of the engine in a 2005 911 sadly. I suspect you'd find a Cayman S within your budget, if not, you could consider the equivalent Boxster S, you'd get a great low mileage car for that.

Edited by Heaveho on Monday 12th June 23:39

[aeales123]

Amazing thanks for the advice. People are telling me that 911's won't despreciate and that the Cayman will but I'm not sure that I'm too concerned. I also see a lot of 911's with rebuilt engines. Would you take a boxter over a Cayman?

[Heaveho]

Well, I've already got a Boxster, but it's a 2005 3.2S........it's arguably the best compromise for reliability, performance and resale value for that period of Boxster. I'd have a later one, just can't stretch to it at the mo!

I like Caymans, and if they did a 3.2, I'd probably have one, but the early ones were either 2.7 or 3.4. I won't take a chance on a 3.4, too many stories, and I'm not sure how easy a 2.7 would be to sell on.

If I were in the market for a 2010 car, I don't think I'd mind whether I ended up with a 3.4 Boxster or Cayman, the engines are known to be more robust. Nothing wrong with the 2.9, but when they're seemingly both as reliable as each other, no reason not to go for the bigger engine if finances allow.

[aeales123]

Great advice thanks for your help.

[Heaveho]

No probs, there are others on here who know more than me about the subject, if you're lucky they might show up with some more advice. All the best with the search.

[Yidwann]

I had a Cayman S, and I loved it, and miss it a lot! It would get my vote over the 911 you mention, if you can get a 2010 S, then it'll be a 987 gen II and as suggested, the problems with the earlier 3.4's (IMS/Bore Scoring) should be non exsistant.

[aeales123]

This is all great advice thank you. For me it seems like take depreciation in the Cayman or higher running costs of a 911 and I think I'd rather have the better technical car which I think is the Cayman.

[Yidwann]

It was something I considered too, I found the best one I could at the price point I had in mind, I had it for 18 months, had to sell it to fund a house purchase, but in 18 months, I sold it for the same money I bought it for. You'll be bang smack in the middle with a 2010 model where you'll have to expect depreciation, but offset that with a later model 987 that should see no issues.

I was still in the mindset that you read forums, only ever hear from people with issues etc etc, how many cars are out there with no issues whatsoever? But you can't rule out the issues totally, they do exsist.

[nickfrog]

I was in a similar position exactly 15 years ago. 993 or Boxster. Driving both quickly made me realise I preferred the handing of a mid-engine car.