After 8 months of ownership

[AndrewCS]

After 8 months of ownership, I'm loving my 981S.

In the past I have had 'fairly' hot Renaultsport hatches (remapped megane 225, remapped clio 200T), so mainly turbo cars.

I was not sure about going to NA engine, but I bit the bullet. I'm glad I did.

The Cayman is such a nice car to drive, you can drive it slow or fast and the noise!

I had a deposit down on a new base 718 manual, but decided to go for Porsche approved 2.5 year old PDK 981S in yellow, with a nice spec I think.

(does not have PSE, which I would like now though) and saved 6k in the process over new. But you can't beat getting a new car though.

OPC could not tell me when I would get the 718 (back in Oct. 2016), so I went for secondhand. Looking at the prices now and what I paid at the time, I'm pretty sure I can sell (not that I will) it now, without making a loss. The 718 I think is doing the 981 a lot of good on depreciation.

Derek

Me too Derek, one month and one thousand miles []

Both my `used` Cayman`s were presented in an `as new - better than new` condition hence did not miss anything !

 

[Buddy]

Amongst the register we all prefer our choice model of Cayman for whatever reason, some take offence when others state their preference but that is futile, it is our personal choice for whatever reason and if I could have any of the cars I have driven and owned in the past fifty years with fond memories of driving each of them I would today think in some cases, "what a load of rubbish" but each developed my motoring tastes to where they are today.

I don't say that the Cayman can't take further development after my own 987S but as it goes I may or may not like what comes, as Jeff says, things will change with hybridisation, for better or worse we will each decide for ourselves, we will discuss, some will disagree but it is a personal taste. Steering is a very personal taste, it is after all our most direct connection to the handling of a chassis, I quite look forward to hybridisation as regenerative braking along with knocking a couple of hundred extra horsepower out of front or rear axle should be interesting. ( Anyone working on a retro fit? )

In regard of residual values I think it sensible for us to look at the values of the various models of 911 each of which has it's own following who are besotted with their own model preference, we can be likewise and Caymans will always have a value just as 944's, 944 turbos etc have today, some may say as people outside of the Porsche owning fraternity do there is only one Porsche the 911 but we know what a load of tosh that is, many of the register have owned 911's GT3's etc and wisely prefer the Cayman whichever model they have.

Enjoy your Cayman, it's your choice.