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Boring, same shape as every other boring porker.
Too slow, almost 300 bhp and a 0-60 of 5.4! Who cares about top end unless you are in germany every weekend.
Too heavey. Is it a sports car or a salon?
Too expensive. You can get far better performance and looks for the money.
It will be a status symbol of old women with real tans and very expensive hair who all look like mutton.
Nomex suit on.
Too slow, almost 300 bhp and a 0-60 of 5.4! Who cares about top end unless you are in germany every weekend.
Too heavey. Is it a sports car or a salon?
Too expensive. You can get far better performance and looks for the money.
It will be a status symbol of old women with real tans and very expensive hair who all look like mutton.
Nomex suit on.
rather than that useless contribution why not back your points up with the alternative cars?
would be genuinely interested in what you think will be as fast / good-handling / practical / built as well / comfortable when you want it to be
looks are subjective but I agree this car is £5k over priced
would be genuinely interested in what you think will be as fast / good-handling / practical / built as well / comfortable when you want it to be
looks are subjective but I agree this car is £5k over priced
anniesdad said:
'At that point, balancing the car on the steering and blipping the throttle proved effective'
Interesting....
Steve R
How so? He's talking about maintaining a nice drift isn't he?
Not like that, it's an easy way to unsettle a car by provoking oversteer but doesn't tell you anything about the chasis other than it does exactly what every other mid engined car would do when being driven poorly..
Steve R
kamal996 said:
Just priced up a sensibly spec'd car and its coming out at £48k (£50k with a couple of choice extras)-That feels too rich for the car and close to what used 997s will be in another 12 months. It doesnt feel right at this price
That's what stops me, my car and £20,000.
Is that a good deal
Will
>> Edited by WILL_T on Friday 23 September 08:48
raftom said:
Phew, glad I've got a 3.6 so I can play a game of "mine's bigger than yours and still win" !! But the fact will remain with this thing ... the name. Truly dreadful. And bound to be called Gaymans.
I'm still trying to figure herr Hans and Fritz in the Porsche AG marketing brainstorm:- Vat about Gayman?
- Ya, das sound gutt!
I would imagine its a latin american thing - carrera (mexico), cayenne (french guiana), cayman (amazon crocodile) - only in Spanish it is written Caiman - so that would probably have been a better spelling. I am waiting for the Porsche gaucho, anaconda and piranha.
gooby said:
Boring, same shape as every other boring porker.
Too slow, almost 300 bhp and a 0-60 of 5.4! Who cares about top end unless you are in germany every weekend.
Too heavey. Is it a sports car or a salon?
Too expensive. You can get far better performance and looks for the money.
It will be a status symbol of old women with real tans and very expensive hair who all look like mutton.
Nomex suit on.
I like gooby's drift here. I wish manufacturers of sports cars could earn a cult establishment first with a few stripped out cheaper cars, then deck them in leather and sound deadening when they have earned their performance credentials. I am sure there are very good reasons why this wouldn't work financially or otherwise but just a thought. Fast cars don't have to be more expensive like the RS, which goes beyond stripped out with it's more expensive materials and tooling costs one assumes.
I do like this car with a raunchy exhaust system and other minor mods to differentiate yourself from the old women.
I hope the Cayman is good because mine arrives in December! I think they will be the car Porsche fans have been waiting for - a focused 2 seater coupe that is about handling, driving and like all Porsches, living with daily. I've speced mine very sports like - sport seats, sport chrono, PASM, silver/black. The ceramic brakes are great but at £6k??? ...not for me ta. No flabby extras like satnav/parktronic/heated seats. Just a good proper sports car for having fun. Looking forward to the new year!
To me the key is that it is a mid engined car.
The Boxster S is fantastic for its handling, and a lot of that comes from being mid engined.
Now you get that with the Cayman, with more rigidity (Coupe), and more power.
Cant see the fault in it, it is going to be a real drivers car.
Don't care about all the comments about how it looks, what people will think of you or what have you.
The equation seems great for a track machine.
The Undertaker said:
If they do a CS or RS version then maybe........
200Kg lighter, Recaros, no rear seats etc etc
Very good idea . . .
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