Im getting a Cayman S from Porsche this weekend for 2 days

[timmo]

Porsche are lending me a Manual Cayman S for 2 days this weekend and before you all ask !!!
It has a mileage restriction so I cant go to the ring in it.

I was thinking of heading from London to Bath via the Cotswolds

I wonder what reception I will get from the 911 drivers !

[kayc]

timmo said:

Porsche are lending me a Manual Cayman S for 2 days this weekend and before you all ask !!!
It has a mileage restriction so I cant go to the ring in it.

I was thinking of heading from London to Bath via the Cotswolds

I wonder what reception I will get from the 911 drivers !

Its not the 911 drivers you need to worry about..its the kids keeping up with you in their 'blinged-up' hot-hatches that will bother you

[Nurburgsingh]

timmo said:

Porsche are lending me a Manual Cayman S for 2 days this weekend and before you all ask !!!
It has a mileage restriction so I cant go to the ring in it.

Take it on the back of a trailer...

[kentmotorcompany]

timmo said:

Porsche are lending me a Manual Cayman S for 2 days this weekend and before you all ask !!!
It has a mileage restriction so I cant go to the ring in it.

I was thinking of heading from London to Bath via the Cotswolds

I wonder what reception I will get from the 911 drivers !

Brilliant!!
May I ask why?

[C2'S'man]

I had one for 24 hours from Monday to Tuesday this week and took it in the Yorkshire Dales, Masham/Buttertubs Pass/Hawes/etc.

I wondered how it would compare with the GT3, and was very impressed, when it totally demolished the road from Hawes to Ingleton. Hand on heart, I dont think the GT3 would have been any quicker, however it was a fast B road, which the GT3 can be a bit nervous on. However on a track.....

I managed 270 miles, and they put the petrol in! Excellent day out!!!!

[korma007]

how did you wrangle that? I am trying to spend near on 60K on a 2nd hand turbo and it took me 3 weeks of beging for them to condescend to let me have a test drive for an hour?

I assumae you have bought from them already?

[C2'S'man]

Actually, didnt have to try and wrangle anything, they keep asking me to take the bloody things!!!! I had the same scenario with a Boxster 'S' 2 months ago when I got a choice of the 24 hour thing or a track day experience at Elvington which is the one I went for.

Didnt buy the GT3 from an OPC, dont do that anymore, I bought it privately. The car was 2 years old in April, and I renewed the warranty at that point. That, is when i suppose, I was entered in the Porsche system, as being a GT3 owner and thats when all the offers from Porsche GB started winging their way at me.

As I have said, the offers are from Porsche GB, not my local OPC, but why some and not others get the offers/extended test drives I really dont know.

After the drive with the Cayman on Monday, I mailed Porsche GB informing them what a great time I had, and could I do the same with a 997 turbo (no more 997 GT3's available)If you dont ask.....

[cardigankid]

Don't be a cock. Head for Cape Wrath

[scorcher_70]

korma007 said:

how did you wrangle that? I am trying to spend near on 60K on a 2nd hand turbo and it took me 3 weeks of beging for them to condescend to let me have a test drive for an hour?

I assumae you have bought from them already?

Blimey - that's a bit rough on you. I gave OPC Mid Sussex a ring at 2pm on Friday afternoon, and was driving a 60k TT an hour later.

And putting down my deposit an hour after that

[30121980]

korma007 - mark.............I owned a new cayman s last year, may/june.had it for a full 28 days before i traded it in........after speaking to you `the 996 turbo probs x50 is the car for you as you`ll be sadly dissapointed if you get anything less

all the best

ps. the cayman s handles like a dream just not enough power for me personally.but is a great car(s version)

[Davey S2]

Friend has one at the moment on 24 hr test drive and I went out in it last night and was massively impressed.

Handling was fantastic (even compared with my old S2 Exige) and the ride quality was in a different league.

I know everyone bangs on about a lack of power but it depends what car you are used to. After a high revving 1.8 litre engine putting out 190 bhp the Cayman felt very muscular with lots of torque.

A 996 TT may be a more accomplished GT car but can you get one with less than 10,000 on the clock for under £40K from an OPC?

[K Man S]

kayc said:

timmo said:

Porsche are lending me a Manual Cayman S for 2 days this weekend and before you all ask !!!
It has a mileage restriction so I cant go to the ring in it.

I was thinking of heading from London to Bath via the Cotswolds

I wonder what reception I will get from the 911 drivers !

Its not the 911 drivers you need to worry about..its the kids keeping up with you in their 'blinged-up' hot-hatches that will bother you

What a load of rubbish. Clearly never driven one.

You will absolutely love it. I live near the "Cat and Fiddle" run - shame you can't trailor it up here and show the superbikes a thing or 2 with me

Edited by K Man S on Thursday 23 August 12:16

[kayc]

K Man S said:

kayc said:

timmo said:

Porsche are lending me a Manual Cayman S for 2 days this weekend and before you all ask !!!
It has a mileage restriction so I cant go to the ring in it.

I was thinking of heading from London to Bath via the Cotswolds

I wonder what reception I will get from the 911 drivers !

Its not the 911 drivers you need to worry about..its the kids keeping up with you in their 'blinged-up' hot-hatches that will bother you

What a load of rubbish. Clearly never driven one.

You will absolutely love it. I live near the "Cat and Fiddle" run - shame you can't trailor it up here and show the superbikes a thing or 2 with me

Edited by K Man S on Thursday 23 August 12:16

Driven 3 different cars on three different occassions,great handling,great brakes..not enough grunt fullstop.If you think a cayman will leave a scooby/evo/r32 for dead on the roads you are fooling yourself.

[K Man S]

kayc said:

K Man S said:

kayc said:

timmo said:

Porsche are lending me a Manual Cayman S for 2 days this weekend and before you all ask !!!
It has a mileage restriction so I cant go to the ring in it.

I was thinking of heading from London to Bath via the Cotswolds

I wonder what reception I will get from the 911 drivers !

Its not the 911 drivers you need to worry about..its the kids keeping up with you in their 'blinged-up' hot-hatches that will bother you

What a load of rubbish. Clearly never driven one.

You will absolutely love it. I live near the "Cat and Fiddle" run - shame you can't trailor it up here and show the superbikes a thing or 2 with me

Edited by K Man S on Thursday 23 August 12:16

Driven 3 different cars on three different occassions,great handling,great brakes..not enough grunt fullstop.If you think a cayman will leave a scooby/evo/r32 for dead on the roads you are fooling yourself.

LOL

1. Scooby or evo? hot hatch?
2. Don't know of that many kids with those cars anyway.
3. R32? Are you taking the pisz?
4. Left for dead? You need your head seeing to.
5. Get your story right. One minute the kids were keeping up; the next they were leaving the CS for dead! Which one is it?

The CS is quicker than the 911 under alot of conditions. The Japanese cars you mention above are quicker to. I think the gentlemen referring to 911's in this thread was talking about the fact that he's more likely to come across a 911 give the area he was in. You may as well have said "watch out for those Koenigseggs they're the ones you want to watch out for"

Edited by K Man S on Thursday 23 August 12:40

[Asterix]

kayc said:

K Man S said:

kayc said:

timmo said:

Porsche are lending me a Manual Cayman S for 2 days this weekend and before you all ask !!!
It has a mileage restriction so I cant go to the ring in it.

I was thinking of heading from London to Bath via the Cotswolds

I wonder what reception I will get from the 911 drivers !

Its not the 911 drivers you need to worry about..its the kids keeping up with you in their 'blinged-up' hot-hatches that will bother you

What a load of rubbish. Clearly never driven one.

You will absolutely love it. I live near the "Cat and Fiddle" run - shame you can't trailor it up here and show the superbikes a thing or 2 with me

Edited by K Man S on Thursday 23 August 12:16

Driven 3 different cars on three different occassions,great handling,great brakes..not enough grunt fullstop.If you think a cayman will leave a scooby/evo/r32 for dead on the roads you are fooling yourself.

A GT3 RS won't leave the above for dead - it'll be faster but in the real world with average drivers there won't be much in it - however, that's not the point.

Again in the real world - the CS isn't much faster than my S2000 but the 'event' and how it does it is a completely different ball game.

That's why I ordered one.

[K Man S]

Asterix said:

kayc said:

K Man S said:

kayc said:

timmo said:

Porsche are lending me a Manual Cayman S for 2 days this weekend and before you all ask !!!
It has a mileage restriction so I cant go to the ring in it.

I was thinking of heading from London to Bath via the Cotswolds

I wonder what reception I will get from the 911 drivers !

Its not the 911 drivers you need to worry about..its the kids keeping up with you in their 'blinged-up' hot-hatches that will bother you

What a load of rubbish. Clearly never driven one.

You will absolutely love it. I live near the "Cat and Fiddle" run - shame you can't trailor it up here and show the superbikes a thing or 2 with me

Edited by K Man S on Thursday 23 August 12:16

Driven 3 different cars on three different occassions,great handling,great brakes..not enough grunt fullstop.If you think a cayman will leave a scooby/evo/r32 for dead on the roads you are fooling yourself.

A GT3 RS won't leave the above for dead - it'll be faster but in the real world with average drivers there won't be much in it - however, that's not the point.

Again in the real world - the CS isn't much faster than my S2000 but the 'event' and how it does it is a completely different ball game.

That's why I ordered one.

You won't regret it. He's just bitter because the Cayman S is quicker than a 993tt round the Nurburgring lol

[kayc]

K Man S said:

Asterix said:

kayc said:

K Man S said:

kayc said:

timmo said:

Porsche are lending me a Manual Cayman S for 2 days this weekend and before you all ask !!!
It has a mileage restriction so I cant go to the ring in it.

I was thinking of heading from London to Bath via the Cotswolds

I wonder what reception I will get from the 911 drivers !

Its not the 911 drivers you need to worry about..its the kids keeping up with you in their 'blinged-up' hot-hatches that will bother you

What a load of rubbish. Clearly never driven one.

You will absolutely love it. I live near the "Cat and Fiddle" run - shame you can't trailor it up here and show the superbikes a thing or 2 with me

Edited by K Man S on Thursday 23 August 12:16

Driven 3 different cars on three different occassions,great handling,great brakes..not enough grunt fullstop.If you think a cayman will leave a scooby/evo/r32 for dead on the roads you are fooling yourself.

A GT3 RS won't leave the above for dead - it'll be faster but in the real world with average drivers there won't be much in it - however, that's not the point.

Again in the real world - the CS isn't much faster than my S2000 but the 'event' and how it does it is a completely different ball game.

That's why I ordered one.

You won't regret it. He's just bitter because the Cayman S is quicker than a 993tt round the Nurburgring lol

On track lack of torque is less of a problem as speeds are kept relatively high and engines are kept at their optimum revs to go quickly..in the real world where travel speeds tend to be erratic due to many unforseen circumstances like other people travelling in the opposite direction,dogs,cats and pedestrians,keeping momentum is harder.Hence a gt3 is quicker on track than a tt but wont get close on the road.Some seriously quick road cars produce very poor track times.Conversely the caymans good track times probably dont represent its performance on the road.

Edited by kayc on Thursday 23 August 12:58

[Davey S2]

I have zero interest in racing anyone on the road whether they are in a max power style Corsa, Hot Hatch, scooby / Evo or a supercar. If you feel the need to you must have a serious inferiority complex or a small nob (or perhaps both)

In the real world and on real roads you dont need any more power or speed than the Cayman S has. It accelarates quickly to a 100+. Get caught on a motorway doing more than that and its an instant ban.

I have no desire to be able to go any faster on nice country A & B roads than I could in my old Lotus Exige (I'm not prepared to go all out on a public road as I'm really not keen on killing myself or more importantly someone else). From my run in the Cayman S last night its just as quick as the Exige (bit slower on the corners but quicker on the straights).

Not fussed about track performance as one of the reasons I sold the Lotus was I was getting a bit bored with them. Probably do one or two a year and for that a Cayman S is plenty quick enough with fantastic handling.

Basically for a fast, comfy, modern, reliable GT car available for around £40k there doesnt appear to be much to touch it.

[K Man S]

I'm lucky enough to own one of these in the real world and don't get wound up or sucked in by the press and the like. In the real world your Cayman S will please you beyond belief under most driving conditions, styles and experiences. I wish you every success over the weekend and don't forget to report back on your real world findings.

[cardigankid]

The Cayman S is a delight, an absolute delight but the more you drive it, while enjoying it enormously, the more you will think, if it just had that little bit more grunt.

Davey, I don't know if you intended to come across like the last presenter of Antiques Roadshow bar three. I can't disagree that the Cayman will take you as fast as you ever need to go on public roads, and like you I have zero interest in getting a fantastic car and then racing or caning it. The Nurburgring would be fantastic but you are surrounded by madmen all giving it their best shot and it would break my heart to crump a new Porsche in that manner.

However.

That is not the same thing as saying that more power is unnecessary. Power/Torque, call it what you will doesn't have to be expressed in terms of sheer speed or lunacy. Its a sensation,and you can feel it in almost every manoeuvre you do with the car. I would stick my neck out and suggest that you are not going to get that kind of thrill in a modern Porsche with less than 300-320 bhp. Just mho.

By the way, and sorry to appear ignorant, but can anyone easily explain torque and power? I think that I have grasped what Torque is thanks to Clarkson's idiocy, but if what we are feeling is Torque then what's the point of Power, and why not just bin it and have even more Torque.