New Addition To The Family

[PhilNotHill]

Originally Posted by Brucelee

Gorgeous car. Best of luck.

Makes one wonder why a 911 is an option?

+1

Have not seen this color before...gorgeous.

I presume it is a stick?

[husker boxster]

Thanks everyone!

The first question I always get is "did you get rid of your other one"? I respond "no, every family needs 2 Porsches!". Kind of feel I have the best of both worlds. But I have wondered with all the money I have in these two, I could've bought a new base 911 or a very nice used 911. But the 911 just isn't my cup of tea.

My hot neighbor is a car girl and she stopped by to look at the Cayman. She said I have two rare colored Porsches. I'd have to agree.

Yes, it's a 6 spd. While I was researching Caymans, it seemed the tip prices were below comparably equipped manual prices. I prefer a manual but I don't have a lot of bumper-to-bumper traffic to contend with.

[ddb]

That color really looks great, especially in the sun!

Any major differences compared to the Boxster (other than the obvious)? Acceleration, stiffness, braking, handling, noise? Or do they feel the same?

Are you going to really retire the PT Cruiser?

[husker boxster]

Originally Posted by ddb

Any major differences compared to the Boxster (other than the obvious)? Acceleration, stiffness, braking, handling, noise? Or do they feel the same?

Good question. I do notice some differences but since I haven't driven Punkin much in the last 3 months, I was wondering if I was just imagining things. The Cayman seems livelier even though they have the same HP (the 08 Box got a 10 HP bump to 295 - same as the 07 Cayman). The Boxster has Sport Chrono, the Cayman doesn't. I don't drive in the sport mode very often so maybe the base mode of SC isn't as quick as a non-SC car. The Cayman has a stiffer ride. It has Michelins and the Box has Contis, maybe the difference is there? Handling and brakes are not different. Noise is interesting - the Cayman has a rattle at start up and a constant rattle. The latter is from the little curtain thingy they use to hide the contents in your trunk. It has a couple of sprung arms that rattle. It will be coming out soon to either be fixed or permanently removed. Cayman owners on Planet-9 talk about a "beer can sound" that fits the rattle at start up, which is also in the rear of the car. Need to do some investigating into this one. I hate rattles. So for now the Box wins the quiet award.

Originally Posted by ddb

Are you going to really retire the PT Cruiser?

Sadly, Petey must go. I have to slash inventory. I currently own 4 cars and have a 2 car garage (BTW... I'm single). My 79 Mustang Pace Car resides at my mom's. I spent all weekend cleaning Petey, so he still gets 1 of the available garage slots and the Cayman sits in the driveway. Don't want to keep that arrangement for too long. Petey was a good soldier and was very utilitarian.


UPDATE
Just sold Petey tonight (3/16). :dance:

[husker boxster]

The ad on ebay said the warranty expires the end of Aug of this yr. When I checked CarFax, the in-service date didn't match that (it was Apr 07). He handed me a bunch of paperwork when we were doing the deal and it included a CPO packet. That still didn't add up so I stopped by Woodhouse today after work. They punched it up and said the factory warranty expires 5/10/11 but the CPO extends it to 5/10/13.

Found money. Sweet!!!

[ddb]

Congrats on the warranty and for selling Petey!

[Pilot2519j]

Congratulations, but I have to say that having the top down today in NY was fantastic and I would not trade that. Still I love the Cayman but prefer the Boxster by a scintilla.