Cayman R Chat

[J-P]

julian987R said:

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.

Too much money!

[julian987R]

J-P said:

julian987R said:

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.

Too much money!

This is the age of the £50K+ R's. I told you it is only going to go one way.

[mr pg]

GT03 your car was on the ramp when I collected my 996 from Chris on Sat.
Glad you enjoyed your visit.

[Jellyfishfields]

julian987R said:

J-P said:

julian987R said:

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.

Too much money!

This is the age of the £50K+ R's. I told you it is only going to go one way.

Who knows, but going by all the GT4 models beginning to appear on the market, I can only see downwards.

Over the shorter term at least.

[LemonTart]

If I were to have one of these it would have to be Peridot green but I am sure not everyone thinks like me so why hasn’t the black car the private sale in Cardiff sold yet? It looks good value listed at £36.5k?

Thanks

[julian987R]

Jellyfishfields said:

Who knows, but going by all the GT4 models beginning to appear on the market, I can only see downwards.

Over the shorter term at least.

doesn't have the same kudos though does it. Gt4's are ten a penny.

[julian987R]

LemonTart said:

If I were to have one of these it would have to be Peridot green but I am sure not everyone thinks like me so why hasn’t the black car the private sale in Cardiff sold yet? It looks good value listed at £36.5k?

Thanks

A Peridot one was mentioned for sale a page or two back in this thread for sale.
Regarding the Cardiff one....when I lived in Bristol, even then, Cardiff left like such a trek - that A road goes on forever and the constant traffic jams are insane. Might be that no-one has the mojo to endure the visit to go see it. I agree, looks great value.

[julian987R]

julian987R said:

A Peridot one was mentioned for sale a page or two back in this thread for sale.
Regarding the Cardiff one....when I lived in Bristol, even then, Cardiff felt like such a trek - that A road goes on forever and the constant traffic jams are insane. Might be that no-one has the mojo to endure the visit to go see it. I agree, looks great value.

[PaulD86]

GT03 said:

Congratulations on the purchase. I'm sure you'll have a lot of fun with it. Sounds like you've made some decent improvements to it already. On the brake front, the GT3 brake cooling air deflectors fit as a straight swap, cost only a few quid and seem to help cool the brakes a bit better. Funnily enough the things you've been doing with yours are some of what I'd like to do with mine. Sadly, however, I've just bought a house so I don't have money to throw at the car

Enjoy your R. And don't worry, there are still plenty of us who enjoy driving our cars more than hypothesising wildly on their values

[ChrisW.]

julian987R said:

Jellyfishfields said:

Who knows, but going by all the GT4 models beginning to appear on the market, I can only see downwards.

Over the shorter term at least.

doesn't have the same kudos though does it. Gt4's are ten a penny.

The 981 GT4 is a great car ... I've had both. But the Cayman R maybe just as much fun as a road car ...

[freedman]

julian987R said:

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

£55k for PDK?

Seems massively over to me (though I would like it to be realistic)

[TDT]

GT03 - congrats - it's a beautiful car. I have a soft spot for the Cayman R, and would love to have one as a daily in the fleet at some point in the future.
I love the size and natural flowing 987 design, subtly tweaked for the R. It's a classic Porsche.

[tracydeedance]

julian987R said:

Well what do we have here...

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

Lovely huh. Fully loaded. Low miles.

Way to much well over priced.

[IanB_76]

GT03 said:

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).

Congrats on the new purchase! They are great cars, and it sounds like you've already got yours uplifted to where it should be from a dynamics point of view - something I am also planning to do in the near future with mine.

Enjoy actually driving it! ;-)

[Jellyfishfields]

julian987R said:

Jellyfishfields said:

Who knows, but going by all the GT4 models beginning to appear on the market, I can only see downwards.

Over the shorter term at least.

doesn't have the same kudos though does it. Gt4's are ten a penny.

Both great cars I'm sure, but if the amount of GT4s continue to rise on the open market then the prices will fall. Anyone looking for a Cayman R as the GT4 price gap narrows then have a choice to make and not all will go for the CR.

[frayz]

Dont get me wrong, I love my CR. but if the prices were similar i cant see anyone picking it over a GT4.
Newer car, better tech, better interior, faster, better chassis (arguably better looking) genuine GT product.
Its no contest for most.

[Da Original Whyayedee]

981 GT4 prices are slipping too..... I'm watching like a hawk on everything at the moment, never know, might even buy something one day.

[ajondyh]

Still a vast difference in GT4 to CR prices.

[Da Original Whyayedee]

Not in Julians Cayman R £100k Utopia there isn't

[Jellyfishfields]

ajondyh said:

Still a vast difference in GT4 to CR prices.

There is still a gap of course, but ilooks to be narrowing and a lot more GT4s for sale.

No bad thing for anyone soon to be in the market for one.