Cayman R Chat

[freedman]

julian987R said:

£37K thereabouts. But could be a very special S. Shame the pics aren't that detailed.

What’s ‘special’ about it, apart from the unusual colour?

[julian987R]

freedman said:

julian987R said:

£37K thereabouts. But could be a very special S. Shame the pics aren't that detailed.

What’s ‘special’ about it, apart from the unusual colour?

well exactly that. you'll never find another yellow manual Gen 2.

[J-P]

julian987R said:

freedman said:

julian987R said:

£37K thereabouts. But could be a very special S. Shame the pics aren't that detailed.

What’s ‘special’ about it, apart from the unusual colour?

well exactly that. you'll never find another yellow manual Gen 2.

Yeah - that's not worth £10k in IMHO.

[AndyP74]

Much as I hate writing these words, it's the right thing to do. I'm selling my Cayman R due to time being swallowed up by children and a job that requires a large chunk of travel.

It's Peridot, manual, sports exhaust, sport chrono, carbon buckets, full OPC service history (the last one in June of this year), just under 14k miles, black wheels.

Anyone on here interested before I start advertising in the usual places?

Edited by AndyP74 on Saturday 3rd September 20:41

[matjk]

Can’t see you having trouble getting rid of that.
How much is it going up for ?

[J-P]

AndyP74 said:

Much as I hate writing these words, it's the right thing to do. I'm selling my Cayman R due to time being swallowed up by children and a job that requires a large chunk of travel.

It's Peridot, manual, sports exhaust, sport chrono, carbon buckets, full OPC service history (the last one in June of this year), just under 14k miles, black wheels.

Anyone on here interested before I start advertising in the usual places?

Edited by AndyP74 on Saturday 3rd September 20:41

Would you like to PM me how much?

[Nurburgsingh]

J-P said:

Would you like to PM me how much?

And me please. If you can add the full spec too, does it have AC?

[freedman]

julian987R said:

well exactly that. you'll never find another yellow manual Gen 2.

Ok, nothing much then

[julian987R]

A lot of (ca)R for the money...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202209059...

[PaulD86]

julian987R said:

A lot of (ca)R for the money...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202209059...

It annoys me when sellers don't even get the basics right. PCM3 listed - it has CDR30. Next MoT due May 2019 - I'd hope not. In the advert it states 76k miles before listing a service at 79xxx miles. It also went over 20k miles between first and 2nd service. Long ago now, and probably didn't cause any great harm, but I never think it looks good when an owner can't even get basic servicing right on a car of this value.

[Da Original Whyayedee]

PaulD86 said:

julian987R said:

A lot of (ca)R for the money...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202209059...

It annoys me when sellers don't even get the basics right. PCM3 listed - it has CDR30. Next MoT due May 2019 - I'd hope not. In the advert it states 76k miles before listing a service at 79xxx miles. It also went over 20k miles between first and 2nd service. Long ago now, and probably didn't cause any great harm, but I never think it looks good when an owner can't even get basic servicing right on a car of this value.

Indeed, a lot of people don't really know what they have though, these cars always end up in the hands of people who aren't as deep in the weeds as details as we might be. You'd have to agree its also priced accordingly for those details mind.

[Nurburgsingh]

Isn’t this a car they’ve sold before? Maybe they just reposted the same advert.

[PaulD86]

Da Original Whyayedee said:

Indeed, a lot of people don't really know what they have though, these cars always end up in the hands of people who aren't as deep in the weeds as details as we might be. You'd have to agree its also priced accordingly for those details mind.

Given that 100% of the selling dealers stock on AT are currently Porsches, I'd expect better. They should know these cars. When a well spec'd car sold for about £36k recently, with a little over half the miles, I can't say £30k for an 80k mile example would be value to me, especially as a PDK. Time will tell how fast it goes.

[Mogsmex]

dont see them with the cruise very often

[Da Original Whyayedee]

PaulD86 said:

Da Original Whyayedee said:

Indeed, a lot of people don't really know what they have though, these cars always end up in the hands of people who aren't as deep in the weeds as details as we might be. You'd have to agree its also priced accordingly for those details mind.

Given that 100% of the selling dealers stock on AT are currently Porsches, I'd expect better. They should know these cars. When a well spec'd car sold for about £36k recently, with a little over half the miles, I can't say £30k for an 80k mile example would be value to me, especially as a PDK. Time will tell how fast it goes.

My mistake, I looked at it quickly and thought it was a private ad, mainly given the price. So yeah, no excuses

[AAAndy]

AndyP74 said:

Much as I hate writing these words, it's the right thing to do. I'm selling my Cayman R due to time being swallowed up by children and a job that requires a large chunk of travel.

It's Peridot, manual, sports exhaust, sport chrono, carbon buckets, full OPC service history (the last one in June of this year), just under 14k miles, black wheels.

Anyone on here interested before I start advertising in the usual places?

Edited by AndyP74 on Saturday 3rd September 20:41

Hi Andy - I remember trying to persuade you to sell this to me back in early 2021. I ended up finding a very similar Peridot CR with 17k miles so worked out for me in the end.

Best of luck with the sale. Hopefully it will sell swiftly (and at good price for you) as it will be one of the best examples that has come to market for some time.

[julian987R]

Well what do we have here...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202209089...

Lovely huh. Fully loaded. Low miles.

[GT03]

julian987R said:

Andyoz said:

julian987R said:

Looks like the white R that had missed a service during peak Covid, circa £38K, has sold. Anyone here?

it was last seen at £36,500 so I expect someone got it for say £35k which was a good move IMO.

yep someone did well there.

I bought this car. The missed service over Covid didn’t put me off - it had barely moved in that time period. Rev range readings showed that it had only spent 0.6 seconds at the rev limiter since new, so it's a very gently driven car! It had also just had a major service at OPC Silverstone, including new N-rated tyres and front discs/pads.

While mechanically sound, it did need some cosmetic TLC. I’ve done a paint correction, restored all the plastics/rubbers, exhaust tips and backbox clean, wheel arch repaint (stone chips), wheel clean and wax, and new centre caps. It’s looking a little better than when I bought it.



I took it to Center Gravity last weekend - everything was original underneath and showed little wear for 50k miles. The front bump stops and rear track control arms had a couple of years left, so I opted to replace those. We went for a geo which aimed for maximum grip from the standard Michelin PS2 tyres, with a neutral balance. Chris also tightened up some exhaust heat shields, which cured a rattle I had previously tried and failed to track down.



It feels far tighter and handles amazingly now, I didn’t want to stop driving it on the way home. Center Gravity offer so much bang for your buck - I can't think of anything else for £1k that would improve the car as much.

Still on the list is brakes (GT3 master cylinder, decent pads and fluid), paintwork (front bumper and arches respray, PPF), and interior (steering wheel, gear knob and handbrake retrim, fitment of cruise control and Apple CarPlay).

[Nurburgsingh]

julian987R said:

Well what do we have here...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202209089...

Lovely huh. F*&King loadsamoney. Low miles.

FTFY

[julian987R]

Nurburgsingh said:

julian987R said:

Well what do we have here...

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202209089...

Lovely huh. F*&King loadsamoney. Low miles.

FTFY

we'll have to agree to disagree as it seems a fair price to me.