Well Clive...
Where's the POWER???, but the Cayman in my hands is as fast round Goodwood as the GTS was once sorted*, which surprised me as it is quite a quick track. I had a GTS cab which is slightly sloppy on the rigidity front and mine had novel suspension settings* for much of my ownership.
Generally and personally, I find the Cayman's performance more accessible on track and on a road, a 997 (Turbos excepted of course) would not get away on a road.
It has the same size front disks as the GTS, despite being 1430kg v 1628kg (actual weights) and I have stayed with standard pads so far and haven't had to clear out the holes after each track day as I needed to do with the GTS. Aside from missing the extra space in the cabin and its Sports v Sports Plus seats, it is much easier to live with, but has less character with which to bond. 9x1 PDK is in a different league and I have replaced the Pirellis with Bridgestones.
I don't miss seeing Wayne every few weeks to check the centre locks, replace disks and pads....
But now the sun is out and Spring has sprung, I miss driving with the hood down but actually, we spend a lot of the summer in Spain and in reality I did not really have much open top motoring.
If I had not got the track day bug and had instead used the GTS for touring, I would not have stressed it so much and would have kept it past 3 years as it is fundamentally a great car with a stonking engine.
Obligatory pic of Cayman with some honest track dirt from Silverstone GP circuit Feb 23...but think I need to look at the front camber setting - still a tad of understeer.
I won't see you at the Exeter Macan launch as they forgot me (so soon!) but having been invited to the Reading night I will go there on the way to the office, and I had to turn down West London and Glasgow, who have never forgotten me....
Ralph
