Well done Don - looks the dogs!!
Cayman GTS
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Very unusual to see a manual S/GTS Chris. PCs usually only have a manual 2.7L as a demonstrator - if you're lucky..! With such a high take-up of PDK (~80% on new Porsches these days), sadly it looks as though the days of the manual gearbox are numbered and could become a cost option. Mind you, future rarity could make manual 'box cars more desirable. Jeff
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Lol. Just so many, I will post them up soooon...
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Individual equipment Guards Red Black leather interior Bi-Xenon Headlights with PDLS+ with dynamic high beam Reversing camera incl. ParkAssist front and rear Electric folding outside mirrors Automatically dimming interior and exterior mirrors with integrated rain sensor Fuel cap in aluminium Look Exclusive Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK) Power steering Plus Sports tailpipe Exclusive 20-inch Carrera S wheel Wheels painted in satin platinum Exclusive Seat heating Smoking package Elimination alcantara Vehicle key painted Exclusive Adaptive sports seats Plus, electrical (18- way) with memory package Guards Red seat belts Exclusive SportDesign steering wheel Key pouch in leather Exclusive Rooflining in Alcantara Sound Package Plus Telephone module Voice control Porsche Communication Management (PCM) incl navigation module with universal audio interface Online services Third Year Porsche Assistance Third Year Warranty Probably forgotten the odd bits but this is pretty much it...
I did drive the Manual S last year as the Sheffield OPC had one in when mine went for a service, I had expected it to be at best as good as the 987 but yes it is a step on from even that, I do however like PDK and whether paddles or buttons is an individual preference the advantage of buttons being you can change up and down with either hand, motoring journalists prefer the paddles as it is becoming the standard shift much as in the early days of motoring when the three pedal layout was different between manufacturers. So I'm told, as even I am not that old. Can you imagine driving a model T Ford holding the clutch pedal down to keep drive engaged and it was the middle pedal! Some old cars even have a secondary throttle operated by a lever behind the steering wheel ( early cruise control ) we no doubt have it easy today with some very good choices.[
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A very comprehensive option list Don. Looks as though you don't plan to reverse into anything...! I think you'll find the PDLS headlights very useful for fast A/B-road driving. Did you opt for the smoking package to get the additional power socket? Any side-view pics of the car available? Interested to see what the satin platinum Carrera S wheels look like against the red. Jeff
That's right Kevan. I think that many vintage cars such as the 3.5/4.5L Bentley have the throttle pedal in the centre with the brake pedal on the right and clutch pedal on the left. That, and with the gearchange on the right (outside the car), hand throttle and ignition advance/retard levers on the steering column makes for a very challenging drive. As you say, all the modern driver aids make driving a car much easier these days; but then driving conditions are more difficult. Jeff
True Jeff, in those days it was well heeled enthusiasts but now anyone who wants to get from A to B seems to think of driving as a necessary evil and a right rather than a privilege and a responsibility to do it correctly hence why we see so many rubbish drivers and bad behaviour on the roads and no I don't think of speeding in that vein but there are lots of other more dangerous practises such as pulling out rather than letting someone travelling faster pass before doing so. As my dad told me so many years ago "if you cause somebody else to have to brake to avoid you, you're at fault" not in compliance with the rule that if you hit ssomeone in the rear it's automatically your fault unless you can prove they swerved in front of you. I was driving in Germany on my last holiday and would cover 300 miles or more some days with less stress than my daily commute to work. Purely down to the driving behaviour and yet there they have stretches where there are no speed restrictions and the speeds of some vehicles can be quite high. A couple of other things I noticed, on their dual carriageways long stretches where lorries were not allowed to overtake, lorries have to drive a safe distance apart, road surfaces were so much quieter that I could have the stereo on listening to the music at such low volume that I could also hear my standard exhaust while cruising in excess of 80mph. Traffic density in parts was almost as in the UK but it was a pleasure to drive there.
Took this photo about an hour ago. Le Mans tomorrow. My nearly GTS spec S. Would you believe that playing wing man to an E type jag and an MG RV8 led to an amazing 38mpg down to the ferry yesterday!! I liked the car before I set off, I love it now.
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Great photo Rob and really pleased you are enjoying Cayman - need to get the dust off mine this week and get some miles on. Hope you have a great time et Le Mans.ORIGINAL: rob.kellock Took this photo about an hour ago. Le Mans tomorrow. My nearly GTS spec S. Would you believe that playing wing man to an E type jag and an MG RV8 led to an amazing 38mpg down to the ferry yesterday!! I liked the car before I set off, I love it now.
Thanks Peter - up for brekkie and off to Le Mans shortly...
Went to the Porsche Experience at Silverstone to drive the three Cayman models on Weds. Confirmed a few things : Manual transmission just doesn't make sense any more (even if it does rev match, on downshifts). The new sports exhaust makes an fantastic sound. Built in sport mode, makes sport chrono irrelevant to me. apart from the base model obviously having less grunt than the two others, most of the difference's came from the spec of the cars, whether they have PASM etc what mode, wheel size etc. Was surprised how much i liked the electric steering, esp the fact, with PSM on it even gives you a twitch in the direction to steer when the back goes, seemed to make the kickplate easier for me. A quick lunchhour on the configuator adding the options i would like to the three cars results in : Cayman £49k, S £58k, GTS £62k On that basis, as you might expect, the S is least good value, and then it's a question for me to ponder, as to wether the GTS is worth £13k (or 26%) extra over the base model. Cheers Jon
I drove all 3 thought the manual with rev Match was the most fun, GTS felt like just a normal cayman S (which it is) so not impressed with the day to be honest, only came away thinking a manual is still the right choice. Cannot work out how people can spec 100k car, I added loads of kit and PCCB it was 74k . What was odd is I speced a better S and it came out cheaper and with more custom parts and leather and colour coding.
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