Caymen as a daily

[tim2100]

I am potentially looking at getting a 2nd hand Cayman S to use as a daily driver. Will this be hideously expensive to run? Are they reliable for daily use?

FWIW I am looking ~2006 3.4 S with low milage.

Edited by tim2100 on Friday 16th May 11:24

[Eagerbeaver]

Difficult to answer. They are intended to be used daily but not sure what you consider to be expensive.

They can be expensive if something goes wrong but normal maintenance and fuel consumption are OK.

Try it for a year, if you don't feel it's worth it, get shut.

[993kimbo]

anonymous said:

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Drives me mad, too.




(Someone will say it's just a Boxer with a roof in a minute).

Edited by 993kimbo on Friday 16th May 08:07

[badger51]

Boxer with a roof :-)

I love mine but only for weekends and holidays I think mine would loose its appeal if used everyday

Running cost are a personal thing some people can't believe what pay in rd tax and fuel but hay ho they don't drive a Porsche :-)

B

[mrdemon]

tim2100 said:

I am potentially looking at getting a 2nd hand Caymen S to use as a daily driver. Will this be hideously expensive to run? Are they reliable for daily use?

FWIW I am looking ~2006 3.4 S with low milage.

I have used cayman's for a daily for 4 years in total, cheap to run imo VS a M3v8 or a C63 but more expensive to run than a Ford KA

I would look at co2 levels and dates of the cars as that might be a £480 tax on a 06

my gen 1 was £280 and my new Cayman is £280 ones in the middle can be circa £500 and that's not good for resale on a £20k car

[shoestring7]

993kimbo said:

anonymous said:

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Drives me mad, too.




(Someone will say it's just a Boxer with a roof in a minute).

Edited by 993kimbo on Friday 16th May 08:07

Isn't it a Boxter?

I ran a Cayman 2.7 as a daily for a couple of years. As painless a way of running a car as it gets, service every couple of years (although I changed the oil as 1,000 and 12,000 miles), 18" tyres were cheap-ish, and I could get 30mpg on a run and 25-ish on a red-lining thrash. The thing about modern Porsches is there are no compromises, it starts, the driving position is perfect, its quiet at a cruise, there's luggage space, heating & ventilation just do their thing, and there's even a wireless. Oh yes, and one of the best chassis ever put under a road car comes with it.

I now have a couple of older 911s so I know what a pain 'character' can be when you're not in the mood.

SS7

[tim2100]

anonymous said:

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Ooops. Apologies, I have corrected my post.

[tim2100]

mrdemon said:

tim2100 said:

I am potentially looking at getting a 2nd hand Caymen S to use as a daily driver. Will this be hideously expensive to run? Are they reliable for daily use?

FWIW I am looking ~2006 3.4 S with low milage.

I have used cayman's for a daily for 4 years in total, cheap to run imo VS a M3v8 or a C63 but more expensive to run than a Ford KA

I would look at co2 levels and dates of the cars as that might be a £480 tax on a 06

my gen 1 was £280 and my new Cayman is £280 ones in the middle can be circa £500 and that's not good for resale on a £20k car

That's good to know. What sort of running costs annually should I put aside (tax/insurance aside) for about 8k miles pa?

[tim2100]

shoestring7 said:

Isn't it a Boxter?

I ran a Cayman 2.7 as a daily for a couple of years. As painless a way of running a car as it gets, service every couple of years (although I changed the oil as 1,000 and 12,000 miles), 18" tyres were cheap-ish, and I could get 30mpg on a run and 25-ish on a red-lining thrash. The thing about modern Porsches is there are no compromises, it starts, the driving position is perfect, its quiet at a cruise, there's luggage space, heating & ventilation just do their thing, and there's even a wireless. Oh yes, and one of the best chassis ever put under a road car comes with it.

I now have a couple of older 911s so I know what a pain 'character' can be when you're not in the mood.

SS7

That 'character' is what puts me off older 911's. 25-30 mpg I can deal with, (will be a bit different than 40+ with my current car)

How 'cheap' are the 18" tyres and what sort of mileage do you get out of a set?

[shoestring7]

tim2100 said:

shoestring7 said:

Isn't it a Boxter?

I ran a Cayman 2.7 as a daily for a couple of years. As painless a way of running a car as it gets, service every couple of years (although I changed the oil as 1,000 and 12,000 miles), 18" tyres were cheap-ish, and I could get 30mpg on a run and 25-ish on a red-lining thrash. The thing about modern Porsches is there are no compromises, it starts, the driving position is perfect, its quiet at a cruise, there's luggage space, heating & ventilation just do their thing, and there's even a wireless. Oh yes, and one of the best chassis ever put under a road car comes with it.

I now have a couple of older 911s so I know what a pain 'character' can be when you're not in the mood.

SS7

That 'character' is what puts me off older 911's. 25-30 mpg I can deal with, (will be a bit different than 40+ with my current car)

How 'cheap' are the 18" tyres and what sort of mileage do you get out of a set?

Life depends on the driver and use;

As for prices knock yourself out:

http://www.planet-9.com/faq.php?faq=optionsindex#f...
https://www.blackcircles.com

SS7

[OlberJ]

badger51 said:

but hay ho they don't drive a Porsche :-)

B

Pfft, it's not a real Porsche anyways.




(That's them all ticked off now Shirley?)

[tim2100]

A lot of the cars I have seen are manual with a CD player. Unfortunately I want the auto/tiptronic box on the car, but that aside how difficult is it to retrofit the nav system into the cars?

[cooldude00]

I'm running a 2006 cayman S, tiptronic for the past 4 yrs now... last i checked, costs of ownership (fuel/insurance/service/warranty extension depreciation) is about 5k pa.

Bought with 11k miles, now with 29k miles

Servicing is through OPC, average of 19.2 mpg (town traffic on weekdays coupled with a longer trips and over the continent)

it's not cheap but then again it's a porsche though some may disagree with the last bit

[ilduce]

anonymous said:

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I've failed to find/hear of anyone with an engine going pop twice.
Please back up your hearsay.

[ChipsAndCheese]

I have a manual 06 Cayman S and have used it as my daily driver for the last 4 years and 50k miles. In that time it has been mostly faultless, with mostly only consumables/wear and tear items needing to be renewed. Those consumables/wear and tear items aren't cheap though, so it is by no means a cheap car to run (especially if using Porsche centres or even top-end Porsche specialists).

I have kept a detailed blog on my costs in the My Garage bit of my profile, so that may help to give you an idea of costs. Bear in mind though that I have a Porsche warranty on mine so there are additional costs in there for that (which you can ignore if you don't plan to have the warranty), and as I have used OPCs for servicing (to make things easier with warranty renewals), servicing costs are higher than they would likely have been at a specialist.

[pork911]

993kimbo said:

anonymous said:

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Drives me mad, too.




(Someone will say it's just a Boxer with a roof in a minute).

Edited by 993kimbo on Friday 16th May 08:07

i thought it was with a 'G'

[ilduce]

anonymous said:

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It was a genuine question you big pompous baby.

I know they go pop, mine has already, so I've made many enquiries to see if it happens again and failed to find/hear of anyone.

Now pull your tiny head out of your nappy and at least flesh out your "numerous" comment.

[Mr Ping]

It's friday and we are all sat bored in the office, peace and love guys.

[Actus Reus]

Back on topic - as a daily I'm not totally convinced I'd want one - depends entirely on the usage. The idea of using one in traffic every day would put me off - it's just a bit too compromised for that in my view.

Contrary to the post above I'd probably want a tip for use in traffic as the clutch feels heavy after an hour of stop-start (to me). For day-to-day mixed use I'd want PCM, Bose, PASM and tip at the age you're looking at, and 18s, not 19s. Great cars, in fact sublime cars, but think carefully about how you use it would be my advice.

[ilduce]

anonymous said:

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I've searched this topic extensively and I can't find any evidence of double-popping Caymans.
By your use of the term "well documented" I'd say, neither can you.