Cayman 987 Gen 2 S Man - Best places to search

[dunc_sx]

80 Quattro, thanks for the feedback. I've actually never bought a car from a dealer in my life and they've almost always been great. I have looked at them personally myself first though, hence considering using a respected dealer this time. Either method is fine though, as lon g as the end result is good.

GC, I had spotted that one - strongish money but the real problem is it's ludicrously far away from me. There's a decent bit of extra cost on that whether I get it transported or collect (groan).

Cheers,

Dunc.

[A1VDY]

80quattro said:

There's not many Cayman S Gen II with manual box around, usually half a dozen or so on Autotrader, especially if you knock out private sellers. If you have a open ended timeframe, then you'll hopefully be able to buy one from a recommended specialist such as the ones suggested so far. Otherwise you'll probably have to go with whomever is selling one that meets your colour/spec/mileage requirements. If its not a Porsche specialist who should do a 111 anyway, I would definitely have an independent one done.

This is what I did and put in filters for 3.4S,very low mileage, white, black extended leather, nav, bose and white console/upper.
Looked for 3 months on all the major sites and came across some nice ones from all over the country but didn't come up to my fussy ocd expectations. Finally came across the perfect specimen which hadn't even been driven in the wet... at... a local dealer 1 mile away!!

[Klippie]

anonymous said:

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No wonder so many members on here call you out for being a contemptuous know all, there are abrasive personalities and then there’s your good self, perhaps it would be a good idea to use your vast knowledge of all things to become the messiah of Pistonheads.

[Shjc2]

Been lurking on these forums for a while, but I bought a manual one at that price with 30k miles just over 18 months ago from a private seller and it sailed through it’s 111 point inspection. I would personally skip the warranty as not much goes wrong with these cars anyway and it’s not worth keeping them on the N spec tyres to keep the warranty.

I agree with cmoose regarding Ashgood, unfortunately they did not have any 987.2 S manual stock at the time, but were really helpful with my search and would recommend you give them a call!

Since I’ve had it, I have covered 15k just on weekends and road trips, gone through 10 countries, driven it through snow and rainstorms and it’s performing better than ever. I just don’t understand why people tuck them away for sunny days only!

[bcr5784]

anonymous said:

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To be fair Klippie did add the words 'and allows you to purchase a Porsche warranty' Seems to me that if you had done that you might have found the 111 point check as money well spent.

[dunc_sx]

Shjc2, thanks for the input

On the subject of inspections I was surprised to see that a bore scope check isn't included in the porsche inspections PPI. Therefore I assume this will be the car with any others.

I've currently got a car in my sights and should hear back with further information on Monday.

Dunc.

Edited by dunc_sx on Saturday 18th January 10:17

[dunc_sx]

In the final stages of making a deal (on a 997 c2s not a cayman) and it's come to light that although the service history of the car is known and good the service booklet is missing.

I'm a bit annoyed it got to this stage before I was made aware of this, how important is this considered to be for selling on in future?

Dunc.

[Shjc2]

Was the serving done by an OPC? If you still have the invoices, take it back to the OPC and they will stamp it for you. When I bought my car the service booklet was not stamped but all the invoices were kept in a folder.

Enjoy the 997!

[GC1976]

dunc_sx said:

In the final stages of making a deal (on a 997 c2s not a cayman) and it's come to light that although the service history of the car is known and good the service booklet is missing.

I'm a bit annoyed it got to this stage before I was made aware of this, how important is this considered to be for selling on in future?

Dunc.

Personally speaking? It would be a red flag for me but all in all I’d need to take into account the deal in hand, and whether a copy of the service book could be obtained via Porsche main dealer (doubt this would be feasible if any of the history was from an independent).

If it’s too good to be true, it probably is.

Hope you get the comfort that you need accordingly if it’s the right car for you.

Meanwhile, I spotted this. It probably wouldn’t interest me if my first Boxster S hadn’t been fettled by Parr. The performance of this particular Cayman would also potentially make me more relaxed about the colour scheme.

https://parr-uk.co.uk/product/porsche-cayman-s-tur...

[dunc_sx]

Shjc2, there's no book at all.

GC1976, it's putting me off as well. That Cayman it's not for me, I'm not a straight line speed fan. These things have enough power for me (I've got a silly race car for scary stuff).

Cmoose, it definitely lowers the value of the car in my opinion.

The current state of play is the car has had 7 services, first 4 at OPC and next 3 at an independent specialist. There's invoices for 5 of them (I don't yet know which ones, hopefully the Indy).

I've asked for clarification as this was picked up during the independent inspection.

Dunc.

Edited by dunc_sx on Friday 24th January 16:15

[Shjc2]

Provided you have the invoices for the OPC services, you can buy a service book and they will stamp it for you. I think most future buyers would be comfortable with this. (I personally prefer having the actual invoices as it details what was actually done!)

Unfortunately for the indy services you might be a bit less lucky with it / and future buyers would be more skeptical.

[dunc_sx]

Thanks for the input Shjc2 and cmoose, I was thinking along the same lines.

I've had an email from the garage on the subject saying the previous owner moved house and can't find the service book. If it doesn't turn up they have offered to get a new one stamped for me, so perhaps all is not lost?

Dunc.