I guess I may have grown up - any advice?

[NickyTwoHats]

He everyone

I always said I'd get a Porsche when I finally grew up.

I'm thinking of a second hand Cayman S at c £22k

Any sage advice will be gratefully received.

Best

N2H

[sidicks]

NickyTwoHats said:

He everyone

I always said I'd get a Porsche when I finally grew up.

I'm thinking of a second hand Cayman S at c £22k

Any sage advice will be gratefully received.

Best

N2H

Sage is an underrated herb and goes well with pork.

HTH

[NickyTwoHats]

Hehe

[Trev450]

Do a search on here but don't be frightened off by the 'horror' stories, they're a great car.

[DoubleSix]

NickyTwoHats said:

He everyone

I always said I'd get a Porsche when I finally grew up.

I'm thinking of a second hand Cayman S at c £22k

Any sage advice will be gratefully received.

Best

N2H

Get one. You're a long time dead.

[TubbyNorman]

I've had my 987 Boxster 3.4 S for a couple of months now, p/x'd my VX220 turbo, and wonder why I didn't do it years ago, great cars, but really, you need a folding roof.

[miroku]

Well, I think I am grown up....67 !
On my third, currently a new 2.7 Cayman. Advice from a more "mature owner" DO IT !!!I do not want to go down thinking I wish I had owned etc. You never know what is around the corner!
Now, thinking about that girl called Linda at college..... no that is another story!

[Wollemi]

TubbyNorman said:

I've had my 987 Boxster 3.4 S for a couple of months now, p/x'd my VX220 turbo, and wonder why I didn't do it years ago, great cars, but really, you need a folding roof.

Have to agree, having an open top adds immeasurably to pleasure of driving one of these superb cars. The 987 is perfectly civilised with the roof up so don't see why you'd choose a Cayman over a Boxster.

[bcr5784]

Wollemi said:

Have to agree, having an open top adds immeasurably to pleasure of driving one of these superb cars. The 987 is perfectly civilised with the roof up so don't see why you'd choose a Cayman over a Boxster.

Personally, having had my roof slashed and radio nicked, I'd always prefer a hard roof. (Had my tax disc nicked twice as well - though that's no longer an issue). That said the Boxster is by common consent very civilised with the roof up, and doesn't lose much on handling to the Cayman. It all depends on whether open air motoring floats your particular boat - and perhaps where you are likely to leave your car.

[Wollemi]

TubbyNorman said:

I've had my 987 Boxster 3.4 S for a couple of months now, p/x'd my VX220 turbo, and wonder why I didn't do it years ago, great cars, but really, you need a folding roof.

Have to agree, having an open top adds immeasurably to pleasure of driving one of these superb cars. The 987 is perfectly civilised with the roof up so don't see why you'd choose a Cayman over a Boxster.

[VladD]

Drive a Boxster and a Cayman and see which you like the best.

[juansolo]

NickyTwoHats said:

He everyone

I always said I'd get a Porsche when I finally grew up.

I'm thinking of a second hand Cayman S at c £22k

Any sage advice will be gratefully received.

Best

N2H

Yes; don't grow up, and buy one anyway. Sports cars aren't for grown-ups. People carriers are for grown-ups.

[bcr5784]

juansolo said:

Yes; don't grow up, and buy one anyway. Sports cars aren't for grown-ups. People carriers are for grown-ups.

Oh come on a Porsche is a "sensible" "grown-up" sportscar. It has all sorts of unnecessary fripperies - like a heater, radio, even a decent boot! You don't even need to be a gymnast to get in or out. I didn't grow up enough to feel the need for 4 wheels and a roof for my DD until I was well into middle age. Perhaps I'm a late developer. I had to admire a couple in their late sixties or early seventies whom I met doing a continental tour in a Caterham. Now that's what NOT growing up is really (and should be) like.