Cayman R . . . thoughts . . .
Discussion
well, yesterday my car went in to OPC Reading for a brake fluid change and I was offered (penciled-in) a new 911 for the whole day. When I got there I was told that the 911 had not yet been brought back (I was early 8am and needed to get away for my day of hooning) so they offered me a Cayman R instead :-)
Black with silver bits, buckets, manual + PSE and thats about it - first impressions . . . its black with silver bits - yuk!
Interior was just bog-standard cayman - same as the Spyder.
Anyway - most important thing - how did it go and handle???
Well overall my impressions are this - its definitely fast and it does handle very well indeed, its very quiet - almost too quiet - surprisingly soft but not wollowly, if you know what I mean - gearbox was good too snickity snick - did it feel much different to Cayman S - NO, did it feel special - NOT REALLY - just fast.
I found it to be very clinical and and bit dull, I also felt that it lacked any character at all, especially when compared to the Spyder which is an epic event wherever you take it - maybe its the looks, maybe its the noise or maybe its just me - but after about 50 miles, I was bored and couldnt wait to get the Spyder back.
Unfortunately I HAD about 280 miles to drive before being reunited with the Spyder
Cayman R = very fast but very dull and it looked like a chavs wet-dream, is my overall view - its had the character engineered out of it.
khushy
PS - there was a new Boxster S outside the front of the showroom - now that did look nice - the way they have done the back of the roof with much more of a 911 slope is fab! It looks amazing - but still not as good as spdy!!!.
Black with silver bits, buckets, manual + PSE and thats about it - first impressions . . . its black with silver bits - yuk!
Interior was just bog-standard cayman - same as the Spyder.
Anyway - most important thing - how did it go and handle???
Well overall my impressions are this - its definitely fast and it does handle very well indeed, its very quiet - almost too quiet - surprisingly soft but not wollowly, if you know what I mean - gearbox was good too snickity snick - did it feel much different to Cayman S - NO, did it feel special - NOT REALLY - just fast.
I found it to be very clinical and and bit dull, I also felt that it lacked any character at all, especially when compared to the Spyder which is an epic event wherever you take it - maybe its the looks, maybe its the noise or maybe its just me - but after about 50 miles, I was bored and couldnt wait to get the Spyder back.
Unfortunately I HAD about 280 miles to drive before being reunited with the Spyder
Cayman R = very fast but very dull and it looked like a chavs wet-dream, is my overall view - its had the character engineered out of it.
khushy
PS - there was a new Boxster S outside the front of the showroom - now that did look nice - the way they have done the back of the roof with much more of a 911 slope is fab! It looks amazing - but still not as good as spdy!!!.
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