Which Cayman (987) would you choose?

[mattstone]

Hey guys,

First time posting here and in a bit of a pickle. I'm yet to drive either, but from spec and mileage alone, which one would you be leaning towards?

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...


https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...


£20k is upper limit of my budget and I'd likely be putting 10k miles on it a year.

Matt

[Ahbefive]

Personally I'd want to find one in an interesting colour. My friends looks great in viper green, (like a mini GT3RS) but in grey and black etc they are a bit plain and forgettable to look at imo.

[ATM]

Cars like this one going for 13ish. Why pay much more?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/283351638742

[CrazyTurboBeast]

This one!!

https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[Twinfan]

ATM said:

Cars like this one going for 13ish. Why pay much more?

Because a Boxster isn't a Cayman.

[mattstone]

Thanks for all your replies guys, I'm holding out a bit longer for the dream one! Thoughts on Tan interior?

[ATM]

mattstone said:

Thanks for all your replies guys, I'm holding out a bit longer for the dream one! Thoughts on Tan interior?

Savannah. I had it in my first Porsche, a 986.2 in Lapis with a blue roof. I think it works better on the 986 platform due to the amount of black plastic. Obviously as I had it in my first Porsche it still looks special to me. Much Much prefer it to boring black. Against all the alu or Silver on the 987 platform I dont like it so much.

[2Btoo]

anonymous said:

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A 2.9 with extended leather is pretty nearly impossible to find. There were a few 2.7's with it but 2.9's? Nada.

I'm with Ahbefive as well - finding one in a colour that is more interesting than black or silver outside with an interior that isn't black (or very-nearly-black) makes things harder still.

I'm seriously considering finding the best 2.9 I can and paying some interior place to re-trim some bits in something other than plastic.

[mattstone]

I now have a metallic grey and tan interior 2.9l reserved, super happy!

[2Btoo]

mattstone said:

I now have a metallic grey and tan interior 2.9l reserved, super happy!

I hate you.

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[jayxx83]

You will love it. Not much below 2k but keep it above 5 and the thing is totally alive!!

[Ahbefive]

jayxx83 said:

You will love it. Not much below 2k but keep it above 5 and the thing is totally alive!!

But at 7k they are all out of puff again.

[Bullet-Proof_Biscuit]

anonymous said:

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Afternoon moose, mildly related: can I just ask how does the explodeyness of the 987 3.4 compare to the 996 3.4? As a friend and I are considering a 996 3.4 and we won't be only considering an engine rebuilt example, but you insinuate this to be the requirement for a Gen1 987 3.4?

Genuinely wondering if there's build differences etc.
Beers!