Discussion
BillyB said:
With these sort of cars, unless you are happy to wait a long time, colour has to be a secondary requirement
(says someone who always ends up with car colours he doesn't like)
yup (says someone who always ends up with car colours he doesn't like)
I looked at a few and I wanted a peridot one as it's (definitively) the best colour
my car is (imho) absolutely perfect spec.............but it's white
When I bought my car in 2014 there were two for sale (manual) at OPCs. One was white and one was peridot. Spec wise the white had PCM, cruise and one other option the peridot car didn't have and dynamic lighting was the only option the peridot had which the white didn't.... but peridot was a no-brainer for me. Price was six and half-a-dozen. If the peridot had had the wrong wheels, chairs or PDK, I'd have bought the white one though. So I agree, if the core spec you want requires a comromise on colour you make it... or face a potentially long wait!
In typical Porsche fashion it felt like there were a lot more differences to the R than simply those stated in the literature.
For example, they mentioned that the car had slightly more power ... but did they ever say that it has a wider exhaust manifold which made it far more than an ECU flash ... etc.
It was also the sum of the parts which Porsche had chosen ... and I am convinced that it drew them on to productionise a GT4 ... and then work out how they could hold it back from the GT3 whilst using as many common components as possible.
For example, they mentioned that the car had slightly more power ... but did they ever say that it has a wider exhaust manifold which made it far more than an ECU flash ... etc.
It was also the sum of the parts which Porsche had chosen ... and I am convinced that it drew them on to productionise a GT4 ... and then work out how they could hold it back from the GT3 whilst using as many common components as possible.
Just had my first experience of RPM over in Knaresborough.
They fixed the PSE that another specialist said could not be fixed and had to be replaced. They did a whole bunch of other little bits and bobs of tidying and fitted the Cargraphics manifold.
All good and cost less than I was expecting - which is always good.
They fixed the PSE that another specialist said could not be fixed and had to be replaced. They did a whole bunch of other little bits and bobs of tidying and fitted the Cargraphics manifold.
All good and cost less than I was expecting - which is always good.
Old Trout said:
Just had my first experience of RPM over in Knaresborough.
They fixed the PSE that another specialist said could not be fixed and had to be replaced. They did a whole bunch of other little bits and bobs of tidying and fitted the Cargraphics manifold.
All good and cost less than I was expecting - which is always good.
Great that you had a good experience and that the manifolds are now fitted.They fixed the PSE that another specialist said could not be fixed and had to be replaced. They did a whole bunch of other little bits and bobs of tidying and fitted the Cargraphics manifold.
All good and cost less than I was expecting - which is always good.
I saw a set of cargraphic manifolds on a white Cayman R last time I was at a JZM- open day. It was on the ramps so I was able to have a good nosey. Visually they looked lovely and well made. (anyone on here?)
How are you finding them with regards to enhanced noise and any do you feel any difference in power / throttle response? I am guessing that the cats also flow more freely.
ks. AAAndy said:
Great that you had a good experience and that the manifolds are now fitted.
I saw a set of cargraphic manifolds on a white Cayman R last time I was at a JZM- open day. It was on the ramps so I was able to have a good nosey. Visually they looked lovely and well made. (anyone on here?)
How are you finding them with regards to enhanced noise and any do you feel any difference in power / throttle response? I am guessing that the cats also flow more freely.
Not had a proper drive in it yet - will report back when I have.I saw a set of cargraphic manifolds on a white Cayman R last time I was at a JZM- open day. It was on the ramps so I was able to have a good nosey. Visually they looked lovely and well made. (anyone on here?)
How are you finding them with regards to enhanced noise and any do you feel any difference in power / throttle response? I am guessing that the cats also flow more freely.
These cars are typically 2nd cars and so travel fewer miles. Mine is a 2nd car and I average about 4k miles a year and do 15k in my other car. Some people get very excited about the value of these cars. Great though they are, they aren't a 997 GT3 4-litres, or anything exotic and they benefit from being driven (just listen to how tappy a 987 engine is when first run if it has been sitting for a while). However some like to keep the miles down to "preserve the value". It's understandable when people come on this thread looking for a "low miles car" and people do pay a premium for such, but the Cayman R is a drivers car. Great to hear yours it racking up the miles. If you want to invest, buy shares, if you buy a Cayman R you should drive and enjoy it. It's what they are for. I wish I could drive mine miore, but time has been the biggest barrier. Hopefully I can get my house rennovation done by summer and put some miles on mine - it'll break 40k miles this year and I'm sure that will make it less desirable to some. Who cares? I didn't buy it to keep the miles low for the next owner not to drive it either. Happy motoring 
Nick-31zj0 said:
Hi all,
Quick question about mileage.
Nearly every R I see for sale is very low mileage. Why aren’t there more 60-100k miles cars out there?
60k is only 5k a year so surely that’s still low mileage?
Mines got 62k on it so I feel like I’ve got an old scrapper!
I follow a lad on Instagram with over 100K on his one, so they are out there. Quick question about mileage.
Nearly every R I see for sale is very low mileage. Why aren’t there more 60-100k miles cars out there?
60k is only 5k a year so surely that’s still low mileage?
Mines got 62k on it so I feel like I’ve got an old scrapper!
Unfortunately mileage on these is seen as blasphemous, which it ridiculous as its a often claimed to be a "drivers car". We wont be allowed to drive them soon anyway so who cares, none of us are getting out of here with any alive, leave alone any money to go with us!
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