Is it a good time to change my Boxster for a Cayman

[Chops45]

Is it a good time to change my Boxster for a Cayman, I’ve seen a Cayman at my local OPC it is as near as dam it the spec I would choose if I were buying a new one.
It has only done 25 miles and has PDK. sports chrono, sports steering wheel as well as a few other options.
It’s priced at about £3000 under the list price I have a Boxster to PX
I would appreciate any comments.

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BIRMA said:

I tend to wait until the Boxster or Cayman cars are about four years old before I change to another one. That way you can buy one privately that generally has a good OPC history and a bit of OPC warranty for about half the price it was new, well at least that's what I do. For instance I bought a 2008 Boxster RS60 with PCCB's 25K miles with a year left on the OPC warranty. I've had it just over a year now and so far the £26K I paid for it seems to be an absolute bargain. I went down to an open day at my local OPC and saw a new 981 Cayman in glittery black, PSE and PCCB's it was £70K retail and I said to myself in about four years time I'll buy one like that for less than £30K and probably be able to sell my Boxster for a decent price, this idea of mine saves me quite a lot of money.

I have to agree in a kind of way, I bought (privately) my current 56 Boxster 2.7 when it was 4 months old with 1000 miles and saved £4000 from list price.

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mrdemon said:

are you sure you want the newer 981.

I was put off by them when I looked, much more Audi than sports car.
depends what you want I guess but you might find it a bit of a shock driving one.

I don’t see driving one as a shock, as I have been driving my Boxster for 6 years the only thing that would be different would be PDK gearbox.

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Thanks for all the comments; I had a test drive today in a Cayman with a PDK gearbox and I must say I was very impressed with it, very smooth acceleration all the way up through the gears.
My only problem is that its Guards Red my first choice would be Basalt Black.
It seems to be a slack time of the year as the OPC are very keen to give me a good deal.