2006 Porsche 987 Cayman 3.4 S Bore Score Edition

[bgunn]

anonymous said:

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Good. If it was perfect, I doubt you'd connect with it as well. Slightly flawed beauty is better

[bgunn]

anonymous said:

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Ahh, you need the engine hanging off the bum of the thing to get true nose wibble - but I thought it was pretty nice on the whole and that was with front springs that were closely related to those placed within biro pens. Must be epic now!

I'm in two minds what to do about my wheels. On one hand, I think it looks great on the 18s it's on. On another, I think it'd look sublime on a set of (993) hollow twists (and lose a good chunk of unsprung weight). On another entirely, I think just buy a set of 17" twists and enjoy the more playful nature it'll bring. Now CG have tweaked, its properly grippy and rather awesome, though.

[braddo]

I didn't know you had a thread going, just stumbled upon it and read the last couple of pages. Car looks superb and loving the titanium exhaust studs!

The 17 inch wheels look really good and I'm sure that manufacturers intentionally make their smallest wheels look extra weedy by the offsets they pick, otherwise more people would be happy with the smaller diameter wheels and enjoy the handling benefits (whether they notice them or not).

[ATM]

braddo said:

I didn't know you had a thread going, just stumbled upon it and read the last couple of pages. Car looks superb and loving the titanium exhaust studs!

The 17 inch wheels look really good and I'm sure that manufacturers intentionally make their smallest wheels look extra weedy by the offsets they pick, otherwise more people would be happy with the smaller diameter wheels and enjoy the handling benefits (whether they notice them or not).

On the 987 the 17 wheels a lot thinner than all others. So they may sit a bit more on-board. A set if spacers would sort that easily enough. Maybe we should put them on his list of to dos for him. He may connect with the car even more with a slightly wider track.

[ATM]

anonymous said:

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Not for looks - I agree - but wider track for more grip.

[ATM]

anonymous said:

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Does it slide or can you feel it slip? I might have to try a Cayman myself. I've never driven a 987.

[ORD]

Gorgeous driving car, the 987. It is a better drive than the 997 in most ways and is definitely a lot more enjoyable than the 981, in my view.

[Dammit]

It was good fun - and you might be interested to hear that due to your rather negative experience with a certain suspension provider I've just sent two and a half bags Ohlins way (was going to use the same spring vendor as you to go with the R/T units).

Booked into CG on the 18th of September when I'm back from Trumpville.

[jakesmith]

What are those wheels called on the Passat please?

[bgunn]

jakesmith said:

What are those wheels called on the Passat please?

I like to call them "Jonathan"..

[jakesmith]

Which one are u Mr. C?

[Chris Stott]

Looks the dogs danglies on those. Great stance.

[Rocket.]

will look good on the back of yours...

[bgunn]

Le croc monsieur?

[CB 987]

Spotted this parked up earlier today, ride height and 17's looked spot on.

Also spotted a very clean silver 986 with ambers parked just up the hill, I've seen this a few times and it just looks very 'right'.

Cheers.

[snotrag]

Got the mag the other day, it, for a flight of Saturday. Weird how I immediately knew who the little red car on the front belonged to!

[LanceRS]

snotrag said:

Got the mag the other day, it, for a flight of Saturday. Weird how I immediately knew who the little red car on the front belonged to!

Me too. Picked up my copy at Stanstead

[ditchvisitor]

OP are you based Oxford way?

[MRobbins1987]

Lovely Car, guards red looks superb, I quite like speed yellow on the Cayman to. Other than the bore score issues what are the general maintenance costs on these? Servicing, brakes etc. I assume they are quite well put together.

[ATM]

dumab said:

MRobbins1987 said:

Lovely Car, guards red looks superb, I quite like speed yellow on the Cayman to. Other than the bore score issues what are the general maintenance costs on these? Servicing, brakes etc. I assume they are quite well put together.

Mine over 9 months cost me an average £250 per month. plus fuel.

Mine had done 16k

Brakes are easy to do yourself. So is oil if you want extra oil changes. Some folk on here even go as far as suspension arms and components. Like this man himself changing the shocks and springs.

Early Boxster brakes are ridiculously cheap, so I'd suspect the cayman discs and pads are similar.