Cayman R Chat

[worldwidewebs]

My friend bought the blue one (picks it up in a week or two) and his intention is for it to be his daily. When I had my R it was my daily too and I sold it back in 2015 with nearly 34k on the clock - according to the MOT check, it's now on about 50k.

We're a long time dead. Drive 'em, enjoy 'em.

[Marc_Hill]

Mines on 46k. The first owner racked up the majority of them. The second owner barely used it in 6 years. It was on 44k when I got it last year. Did a trip to Germany in the first month and then it’s barely been out since. My excuse though is family life and I don’t see the point in dailying it down the m1 into London everyday.

Edited by Marc_Hill on Friday 10th March 19:35

[Resto157]

No much coming up for sale, I’m on the hunt for a manual and thought there’d be more coming to market as we approach spring and with what’s going on with the economy.

[ATM]

Resto157 said:

No much coming up for sale, I’m on the hunt for a manual and thought there’d be more coming to market as we approach spring and with what’s going on with the economy.

Think it will take few more months for people to start to feel real pain. I'm trying to wait till we see people on the news going on about how bad it is constantly before buying any more toys.

[AAAndy]

Resto157 said:

No much coming up for sale, I’m on the hunt for a manual and thought there’d be more coming to market as we approach spring and with what’s going on with the economy.

I am not sure that the changes in the market / economy will flush out the manual cars that you are hunting for. There are only c.100 in the country. I may be wrong, but I would suspect that most are with people who own them outright and are tucked up in garages as 2nd or 3rd cars for weekend or very occasional use (and few more that are SORN).

Not the case for all, but may cover a lot of the cars. Some people may also be moving onto to other cars though, and will sell to fund the next car.

[Driving for charity UK]

Has anyone gone for the NM Automotive or Design 911 Apple Carplay/Android Auto option for PCM 3.0?

I am specifically interested in how good the Android Auto is on PCM 3.0?

If there is any difference between the NM Automotive or Joy Auto option offered by Design 911

Did you you think it was worth the upgrade etc etc

Thoughts and experiences greatly appreciated.

[in_the_zone]

Long time lurker, first time poster!

Got a 996 c2 which I've had for just shy of 2 years. Great car but not raw enough.

Man maths says that an R is a safe place to park money.

Test driven a base 2.7 years ago loved it!

Would be used for B roads and the odd school / milk run child seat a problem?

It has to be a manual with buckets. Not fussed about anything else. Where can I find one!?

What other cars did you consider? Anyone made the switch from a 996?

Not my only car have a Mk8 Fiesta ST for the daily and a Caterham for the track.. Think an R would be a good addition?

Thanks

[jimmy p]

Don't think you can get a child car seat to fit in the buckets

[Marc_Hill]

jimmy p said:

Don't think you can get a child car seat to fit in the buckets

Pretty sure mine does. Must admit I haven’t sat him in it, but I have offered it up to the seat and it seemed to fit inside the bolsters.

[frayz]

Pretty sure there are a few seats that fit including a high back booster from Volvo.
I too will be on the hunt for one that fits both the R's carbon buckets and a Recaro Pole Position.

[STiG911]

frayz said:

Pretty sure there are a few seats that fit including a high back booster from Volvo.
I too will be on the hunt for one that fits both the R's carbon buckets and a Recaro Pole Position.

[PaulD86]

If you find one, how do you disable the passenger airbag on the R? I might be wrong but I was sure someone told me the standard seats with isofix detect a kids chair and disable the airbag. I don't have kids (hence I have the Porsche) but I'm wondering now.... my 6 month olf goddaughter may turn out to be a petrolhead. Her dad is.

[Pflanzgarten]

You can buy the airbag deactivation key module and retrofit.

[frayz]

Or for a one off, just unplug it under the seat which will kill the SRS circuit. Lol

[Nurburgsingh]

Thinking back to the olden days when my pair were still that small - placing a towel or something between the seat and the alcantara is a must. I bet all of you have popped the seat on the floor either just before putting it in or taking it out of the car... scratchy plastic and alcantara dont mix.

and some of the bigger seats like a recaro start are quite heavy and can crush the pile on alcantara.

[in_the_zone]

Looks like I will be buying a new car seat then.

Anybody on here had a guards red manual up for sale near Leamington spa?

Was on my watch list possibly now sold.

[AAAndy]

Looks like a nice Peridot car has been recently listed (if you are after a pdk). Apologies if it’s old news but I only spotted it this evening.

https://jasmine-porschalink.co.uk/vehicle/2011-por...

[LiamH66]

AAAndy said:

Looks like a nice Peridot car has been recently listed (if you are after a pdk). Apologies if it’s old news but I only spotted it this evening.

https://jasmine-porschalink.co.uk/vehicle/2011-por...

Not old news, it was on the 2 post lift being prepped for sale when I was at Jasmine last week. I tried really hard not to look at it too much, and confessed that if I was in the market for a "weekend play-thing", that would probably be it. Although trying hard not to look at it, I think probably a very nice one from a cursory glance or 2. I'll now try really hard not to check how much they want for it!

Liam

[Fortunately once I had been relieved of the cost of genuine Porsche disc and pad replacement for my 981 GT4 I felt suitably less flush, which helped my lack of pursuit. I just sneaked a look at the listing, and luckily it's PDK, which is lovely, but somehow not for me.]

Edited by LiamH66 on Tuesday 28th March 22:56

[tighnamara]

R out of hibernation, MOT completed this week and will be taxed 1st April.

Not used much last year (300 miles) and don't think it will be getting used much this year, possibly will be up for sale in a few months if not seeing the time to get out on the road with it.

Anyone else just getting theirs out of the garage for the "better" weather.................underside photo for a change when up on the ramp.

Edited by tighnamara on Thursday 30th March 13:55

[Andyoz]

Saw this and thought of you lads

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/2023031151...