My 2022 Cayman GTS

[ralphmusic]

Yes my wife thinks I'm extremely sad and need to take up something more satisfying like gardening!!

Dan

Our wives would get on well!

 

[Motorhead]

Just mounting the naughty step Dan!

Very fortunate timing … yours must have been one of the last cars to have been built before the enforced shut-down of the line. Fingers crossed the journey to the dealer and then to you goes without incident.

Jeff

 

[Scrounger]

So insurance quote is done and Hasting is coming out cheapest at £493 but I've never used them before so a little sceptical. Admiral are in at £656. I was insured with them on my current car for the first year at not much less however they sky rocketed in the second year.

I'll give my current insurer, Highway through Chris Knott, a call and see what they quote.

Dan

 

[JaseGT4]

So insurance quote is done and Hasting is coming out cheapest at £493 but I've never used them before so a little sceptical. Admiral are in at £656. I was insured with them on my current car for the first year at not much less however they sky rocketed in the second year.

I'll give my current insurer, Highway through Chris Knott, a call and see what they quote.

Dan

That's a lot - £220 on my multicar policy with Admiral

 

[Tetris Keyring]

£220 is really good. Mines £540 with Admiral. Cheapest I could find

You must live in a nicer area than me

 

[Scrounger]

TBH I think it's quite good. This is my only car as the wife has a company car so not able to get a multi car policy and I don't want to put my son's car on my insurance.

Dan

 

[Scrounger]

So the car is currently sat at Emden waiting on a lift to Blighty. Sadly it looks as though I quite literally missed the boat that left for Grimsby yesterday. Oh well. I also didn’t win they tyre lottery and have got Pirelli’s

Dan

 

[Martin_Davis]

Hopefully not too much longer to wait Dan, at least you know it’s on the way.

I.’m looking forward to seeing it in the metal, I’m sure that it’ll be worth the wait.

 

[Motorhead]

I also didn’t win they tyre lottery and have got Pirelli’s

Dan,

Maybe not your preferred choice, but with all the reported part shortages at least they were able to fit some tyres!

I’m sure that they’ll be a fine complement to the total package.

Jeff

 

[Scrounger]

Thanks Both.

Neckar Highway is currently loading at Emden bound for Grimsby with an ETA of the 17th.

There may be a nicely specced Base cayman with 10500 miles on the clock going up for sale at the dealer in the next couple of weeks., unless someone on here wants it. I'll be sad to see it go TBH.

Dan

 

[JaseGT4]

That looks fantastic Dan, let us know what you think of the GTS and how it compares to your current car when it arrives.

 

[Neil Chadwick]

My car also arrived a couple of weeks ago with Pirelli's. My 981s also had Pirelli's and the 987 Michelins and then Bridgestones. I know that everyone raves about the Michelin's but I really do wonder how many people would ever see a performance distance unless they were doing serious track work. I know from my time racing motorcycles that we were like sheep when it came to tyres (unless you were sponsored to use a specific brand) always following the guy that was doing the winning or talking the loudest, usually with the most expensive option. Quite often someone would smoke everyone with tyres that were perceived to be less than the perfect choice/much cheaper.

On the subject of the car , I am really happy with it. On the online reviews it seemed very quiet compared to the 981 and this couldn't be further from the truth. Car sounds fantastic ( even at warmup) and you can really notice the extra torque.

Couple of things I have noticed which are very different to the 981 are that the water / oil temp numbers increase unrealistically fast. On the 981 it used to take about 10 miles/25 mins for the water / oil temp to be in the 90's whereas on my GTS they get up into the 70's/80's after about 10 mins and are not in line with the blue graphic, which indicates a lower temp. I'm taking it back to the dealer for this to be checked as it doesn't seem right to me. Temps are totally stable once they reach operating temperature.

Neil

 

[Ryan9729]

Great stuff Dan, you really did well ordering in November and the car arriving soon. By contrast I ordered in August and have been informed my delivery date will be July this year but TBH not holding my breathe.

 

[Twinfan]

Couple of things I have noticed which are very different to the 981 are that the water / oil temp numbers increase unrealistically fast. On the 981 it used to take about 10 miles/25 mins for the water / oil temp to be in the 90's whereas on my GTS they get up into the 70's/80's after about 10 mins and are not in line with the blue graphic, which indicates a lower temp. I'm taking it back to the dealer for this to be checked as it doesn't seem right to me. Temps are totally stable once they reach operating temperature.

The new 4.0 heats up quicker and runs hotter than the 981. Totally normal.

 

[Wollemi]

Couple of things I have noticed which are very different to the 981 are that the water / oil temp numbers increase unrealistically fast. On the 981 it used to take about 10 miles/25 mins for the water / oil temp to be in the 90's whereas on my GTS they get up into the 70's/80's after about 10 mins and are not in line with the blue graphic, which indicates a lower temp. I'm taking it back to the dealer for this to be checked as it doesn't seem right to me. Temps are totally stable once they reach operating temperature.

The new 4.0 heats up quicker and runs hotter than the 981. Totally normal.

Possibly interestingly my PDK GTS4.0 takes a lot longer to come up to full working oil temperature than my previous manual GTS4.0. About twice as long in fact, and this is even if I use the devil‘s gearbox in manual mode keeping the revs higher than the normal auto setting would do

 

[Neil Chadwick]

Thanks for the info re warm up. Appreciate that its a totally new engine design but I'd still like to understand why its so much faster than the 981.

If I find anything out from the OPC tech I'll share it.

Neil

 

[Scrounger]

Wrong thread folks. This about my build not a general GTS discussion.

Ralph, any chance you could tidy this thread up please.

TVM.

Dan

 

[ralphmusic]

Dan,

The perils of a forum I’m afraid and best not to delete.

I am sure posters will stay on topic from now on.

Ralph

 

[Tetris Keyring]

Couple of things I have noticed which are very different to the 981 are that the water / oil temp numbers increase unrealistically fast. On the 981 it used to take about 10 miles/25 mins for the water / oil temp to be in the 90's whereas on my GTS they get up into the 70's/80's after about 10 mins and are not in line with the blue graphic, which indicates a lower temp. I'm taking it back to the dealer for this to be checked as it doesn't seem right to me. Temps are totally stable once they reach operating temperature.

The new 4.0 heats up quicker and runs hotter than the 981. Totally normal.

Possibly interestingly my PDK GTS4.0 takes a lot longer to come up to full working oil temperature than my previous manual GTS4.0. About twice as long in fact, and this is even if I use the devil‘s gearbox in manual mode keeping the revs higher than the normal auto setting would do

Apologies as off topic, but Graham really interested in your move from a manual to PDK GTS 4.0 as I'm thinking of doing the same. If you don't mind me asking what was your situation/motivation for changing and what are your thoughts on the switch from manual to PDK? Thanks Kerry

 

[Jhemus]

Couple of things I have noticed which are very different to the 981 are that the water / oil temp numbers increase unrealistically fast. On the 981 it used to take about 10 miles/25 mins for the water / oil temp to be in the 90's whereas on my GTS they get up into the 70's/80's after about 10 mins and are not in line with the blue graphic, which indicates a lower temp. I'm taking it back to the dealer for this to be checked as it doesn't seem right to me. Temps are totally stable once they reach operating temperature.

The new 4.0 heats up quicker and runs hotter than the 981. Totally normal.

Possibly interestingly my PDK GTS4.0 takes a lot longer to come up to full working oil temperature than my previous manual GTS4.0. About twice as long in fact, and this is even if I use the devil‘s gearbox in manual mode keeping the revs higher than the normal auto setting would do

Apologies as off topic, but Graham really interested in your move from a manual to PDK GTS 4.0 as I'm thinking of doing the same. If you don't mind me asking what was your situation/motivation for changing and what are your thoughts on the switch from manual to PDK? Thanks Kerry

I would be interested too - still can’t quite make my mind up as to which one to go for!