Porsche Cayman

k.alexander

First, with Veteran’s Day yesterday, allow me to thank you for your service! Genuinely, Thank You!

Second, Good for you! I’ve been agonizing over the decision. I over over over analyze everything. Happy you were able to make the decision quicker and hopefully easier.

If you read my posts on here, I’m completely with you, the Audis, the M3/4, and whatever the hell Merc makes nowadays (just the fact that I can’t think of what it is, is telling) just don’t do it for me anymore. The RC350–eh, just like the new Supra, which I just realized today doesn’t come in a stick...”I may as well just keep driving the Z”.

”I may as well just keep driving the Z” — should be my catchphrase. :-)

I’ve basically narrowed down the cars I’m interested in to the Cayman. The other stuff in roughly the same price range is just boring, and cars one level up: the GTRs, the 911s, are both out of my comfort zone price range and are also overkill for what I’m looking to use the car for.

So it’s do I spend money and get the Cayman or do I keep driving the Z (see what I did there? :-) ) and see if something pops up over the next few years.

Anyways enough about me. So you got a base PDK? Curious on your thoughts about the car; I mean I’m sure they’re all super-positive right now, but still curious. PDK is amazing from having just spent the weekend with it, it’s just brilliant, really! But I figure I’ve got one more old-school manual car in me. I was between the base and the S, and figured for how long I plan on keeping this car, I can’t go down from the 332hp Z to a 300hp CB, even though with the weight difference (to say nothing of the mid-engine layout) the performance of the base is about on par with the Z.

What other options did you end up with?
Mind PM’ing me, would love to know what kind of car you got, new, used, CPO; and at what discount.

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USMCram

Thanks, dude. I really appreciate that.

Going for the PDK was a tough choice, but it's amazing how that thing shifts.
I almost went for a used S, but I got better financing with a new model and my trade in.

Now that I've had a chance to drive it around a bit more, I'm really happy with my choice, and I'll agree with your earlier statement. This thing actually sounds a lot better than the Z.

So far, I like it. Gets the same amount of attention (good and bad) as the Z, but that's to be expected.

The drop in power bothered me too, but honestly, you can't tell. It actually puts out more power to the wheels than the NISMO. It's the main reason I considered getting a used S. Not only that but I did a little research and found out you can do a basic Cobb tune on it and get about 345 HP out of it, no mods. So, there is that. I think the fact that it's already boosted it will make it easier, and cheaper to mod later on. I wanted to TT my Z but I couldn't justify the 20+ K it would have cost to do it.

I kept the options pretty basic. 20" Carrera wheels, apple carplay ( 2k less than PCM w/ Nav ). Got my wife's old 6s, but in a google fi data only sim and it's my new NAV. lol. Porsche Nav is ok, but not as good as Waze. My wifes Macan has it and it's hit or miss, so it wasn't too big of a deal not having it.
Got sports exhaust, no sport chrono package.
Only thing I will change on it is replacing the steering with the multifunction controls, as mine didn't come with it. I thought I would be ok without it, but now I think I need it.

I really wanted to wait for the T. The way it's setup and being sold, is exactly why I bought the NISMO initially, but with the issues I was having, I didn't want to wait.

Like I told my wife, and the salesman, I'll just use this, and when I'm in a better position, I'll get the GT4 RS that's coming out this summer. (obviously not going to be this summer that I get it. lol)

But yea, shoot me a message.