986 or 987?? help please. - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

Perfectlap · 09-14-2005, 10:45 AM

I'll take a CaymanS over a 997 any day of the week.
Can't beat mid engine dynamics! wait til RUF get's a hold of it.
btw, I think the 997 looks like a VW beetle had a baby with an RX8.
The 996 Carrera will become a classic.

Adam · 09-14-2005, 09:58 PM

I say keep the 03 S too, but I'm alittle biased.

Do some slight suspension and engine modifications and the 987 will have nothing on your car.

Rail26 · 09-15-2005, 09:46 PM

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Brucelee · 09-16-2005, 06:44 AM

I think it is premature to talk about the Cayman S until we actually have some ON THE ROAD.

The 997 is a sweet ride, drove one recently.

lexuspilot · 09-16-2005, 08:16 AM

Why is the 987 the superior car? Don't forget to include the money to paint the side intakes, cause they look like $hit. And so do the cheap plastic silver interior parts. But I guess all that goes with the japanese transmission.

longislander1 · 09-16-2005, 01:30 PM

Methinks I hear sour grapes, LexusPilot. Just about every auto writer on the face of the earth agrees that the 987 is better. And the Japanese transmission, by the way, is great (Does your name mean that you're also a Lexus owner. Has it got a German transmission?). That doesn't mean the (Finnish-built) 986 is a bad car by any stretch of the imagination. There'll always be something better coming along and the 987 owners will someday find that a new version is passing us by. Some may say that day is almost here with the Cayman. Few of us would be surprised if the Cayman engine ends up in the '07 987S. When that happens, I'm not gonna cry over 15 more horsepower. Hell, I turned down 120 more by not choosing the Corvette.

Over 10 years, I enjoyed every day of my 968 even as other cars began to surpass it in 0-60 and other measures. I say enjoy what you have instead of criticizing what you don't.

lexuspilot · 09-16-2005, 01:36 PM

I don't have sour grapes. I was just replying to the blanket statement above that the 987 is the superior car. I can buy one right now, but I didn't feel compelled to because it didn't feel that superior. I think superior was just the wrong word. Different? Updated? Those would be more apt. I am not stabbing at 987 owners either. I love 987's but that post above had a tone like the 986 was $hit.