Anyone know this Cayman R?

[fridaypassion]

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

Just wondered if anyone knew this car? Assuming its on SOR with the dealer?

Yes I know its got carbon dipped wheels

[Roadrunner996]

And maybe a carbon wrapped roof ? Can't tell from the angles......
I believe they've recently knocked £5000 off the asking price (I could be wrong)

[MJ911]

that's the car that was up for 37k originally by a private seller, then got flipped within a few days by a dealer for 44k! Now hes taken the private plate off and also dropped the prices 4k. The carbon dipped bits look a bit naff imo and cheapen the look of the car.

[fridaypassion]

Yeah we are at 40k with the dealer but I would have liked the original suspension and was kind of hoping it was tucked away in the back of a garage. Love the colour and spec but I'm a bit busy to be doing loads of work on a newly bought car ie changing wheels and trying to get hold of OEM suspension! The search continues I guess they have rejected a decent offer but I didnt realise they had it on for 44k. Bit optimistic as they were all 35k 6 months back!

[Beanoir]

Shame it hasn't got PCM. Although I suspect the suspension mods and carbon dipped non-spyder wheels would put a lot of potential purchasers off, hence the price drop.

[PorscheGT4]

Beanoir said:

Shame it hasn't got PCM. Although I suspect the suspension mods and carbon dipped non-spyder wheels would put a lot of potential purchasers off, hence the price drop.

PDK and KW3 puts every one off imo let alone the turbo wheels.

[fridaypassion]

Well im looking for a pdk the other bits are sortable but it doesnt come with the original suspension so that's a bit of a pain.

[PorscheGT4]

fridaypassion said:

Well im looking for a pdk the other bits are sortable but it doesnt come with the original suspension so that's a bit of a pain.

PDK cars come up for sale all the time, just buy another one. Car has to be able to be put to oem spec.

Porsche UK have 5 Automatic's on their books atm, easy to buy a PDK car.

loving the R OPC prices though £47k :-)

Edited by PorscheGT4 on Thursday 11th June 18:17

[Beanoir]

I agree, it would cost a fortune to put that car back to standard I think, well worth waiting for another car of the right spec.

[fridaypassion]

Yeah I've only really started looking. If I could get in touch with the owner of the red one I would buy it but the dealers wanting too much money. OPC cars lol I've seen this before when I've sold Porsche cars. Does anyone really actually buy them? I guess they must!

[Sarnie]

fridaypassion said:

they were all 35k 6 months back!

They certainly wasn't all £35k 6 months ago..........I bought mine in December and looked for four months before that and even the cheapest private sale has been circa £37-£38k+.....OPC cars were circa £40k with the best ones £42k-ish.......that seems to have jumped £5k at the moment.....

[fridaypassion]

Well maybe this time last year last time I had a quick look

I offered 38k for the red one I think it was the best offer they will ever get for that car. Keeping a close eye now anyway.

[Sarnie]

fridaypassion said:

Well maybe this time last year last time I had a quick look

I offered 38k for the red one I think it was the best offer they will ever get for that car. Keeping a close eye now anyway.

Ha!

My search took aaaaaaaaaaages;

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

Eventually found mine;

[fridaypassion]

Niiiice!

[PorscheGT4]

fridaypassion said:

Yeah I've only really started looking. If I could get in touch with the owner of the red one I would buy it but the dealers wanting too much money. OPC cars lol I've seen this before when I've sold Porsche cars. Does anyone really actually buy them? I guess they must!

manuals sell straight way with the big 4 options at £45k at OPC's, most people buy from OPC to get the 2 years warranty.

they have never been £35k lol

[fridaypassion]

Yeah OPC are on another planet the last Boxster I had in I think was 18k the OPC equivalent was mid 20s just crazy. Stick your 5k in the bank for issues job done.

[Sarnie]

fridaypassion said:

Yeah OPC are on another planet the last Boxster I had in I think was 18k the OPC equivalent was mid 20s just crazy. Stick your 5k in the bank for issues job done.

I quickly found that my perfect spec either is just not out there or is not for sale. I've checked the classifieds almost every other day since buying mine and I've not seen a single car for sale since that I would have bought over mine. Given that there are only circa 230 UK cars, it's likely that you will have to compromise on something if you actually want to buy a car......

[PorscheGT4]

fridaypassion said:

Yeah OPC are on another planet the last Boxster I had in I think was 18k the OPC equivalent was mid 20s just crazy. Stick your 5k in the bank for issues job done.

I would only let mine go £2k below OPC prices, why sell for less ?

[John McM]

A small data sample on the Rennlist register so far but here are the results:

20 cars registered
9 PDK (45%) 11 Manual (55%)
11 Light weight buckets (55%) 9 Sports seats or after market (45%)
5 Manual with Buckets (45% of Manuals or 25% of all Rs)
7 PDK with Buckets (78% of PDK or 35% of all Rs)

Make of it what you want, which some of you no doubt will.

[fridaypassion]

PorscheGT4 said:

I would only let mine go £2k below OPC prices, why sell for less ?

Well given other none opc dealers cant find a buyer at 5k less id say good luck

Im more than willing to comprimise theres was even the blue one with zero options that would have been a good buy but didn't quite do it for me. Maybe as the gt4 orders start coming through the chances of jumping on a px car will increase. Im wary of spending too much as they are possibly at the peak of appreciation which is probably a dumb time to buy but hey ho. There was a nice green one with 15k on the clock I'm sure that one just dropped off auto trader will watch for that going back on. Do still fancy the red one but they just need to sort that price out.