New to the Forum - first post

[motorcityscotty]

Hi fellow Cayman enthusiasts, i just joined the forum and wanted to share my new ride with you, I am nearly 50 years old now and  have owned a few Porsches in my time , but this is my first new one, I toyed with the idea of an older 911, but was put off by the examples i saw here in Michigan, the bad roads and weather beat the hell out of cars here so I decided that the Cayman was the car for me, (  I have loved the Cayman since it first came out and  i have no kids so don't need rear seats,)   to my eyes the Cayman is perfectly proportioned. 

So what did i buy ?  -  a 2.7 because the police are everywhere here and i struggle to get my Mustang above 4000 rpm so there was no point in spending the extra 10k on something i could rarely use,  i wanted PDK and sport chrono with the paddles not the push pull buttons.... i also wanted Bose and heated seats. I did not want 20" wheels as i have had too many damaged rims on my company cars so i found an example with 19's which i think suit the car well.

I also wanted a non black interior and a rare exterior color so i went for Dark Blue metallic with Luxor beige interior.

 

I am a few thousand miles in now and love the car, it's bigger than i expected and heavier - not unlike my old 928 but it does sound lovely.  I'm still  bonding and using it as often as possible.

I don't see many Cayman's in and around the Detroit area so most people i run into in gas stations have no clue what the car is, they usually like what they see though.

 

I still enjoy using my 944 though , it's also a 2.7 and it's amazing to feel the progress Porsche made in 26 years...

 

[Beanoir™]

Welcome!!  

 

Nice choice, love the colour combo!  What Mustang did you have?

[Uncle Dave]

 

Welcome to CaymanOC! 

[Bluedot]

Welcome!

Nice looking car

It may well be Michigan but that's a very British looking house and gardens in the background!

[DJMC]

Welcome.

I remember when the 944 was THE best handling car when it was still being produced. How much of a step up is the 981?

[motorcityscotty]

 

I'm not showing off - i work for Ford as a designer so i am fortunate to have company cars, this is my second Ecoboost mustang  ( closest i could get to a 944 turbo )  i am however ditching the mustang to use my 944 as a daily and reduce running costs and lease costs. There is a huge difference between the 981 and the 944, the 944 is tiny and a lot slower thanks to the gearing, it's a lot narrower as well which makes it more intimate and placeable on the road. I can also rev the hell out of it and nobody pays much attention as i am usually slower than them  anyway. The 981 is a modern car, PDK means there is constant power, it has a more emotive soundtrack, and the view out over the hood or in the side mirrors over those haunches is amazing. the 40GB hard drive and bose sound is incredible and in sport plus it's pretty swift off the line.

I havent chucked it about too much yet but it feels very sticky - more so than the 944 on initial turn in.... winter and snow is going to be fun !

[Beanoir™]

Wicked garage! I wish I had space for 3! 

 

 

Edited June 8, 2016 by Beanoir

[DJMC]

Off at a tangent... have you downloaded much to the 40GB drive? I have only 8GB of music tracks but it'll only record maybe 20-30 on, say, a 2hr drive before it cuts off. Re-starting it, it starts from the beginning again! I think the solution is to transfer only a few hundred MB at a time, then get the next set of tracks and do the same, yawn!....

[motorcityscotty]

I have uploaded about 8gb into my jukebox, it took about an hour , i felt like  a right pillock sitting in the car park with the engine running listening to the stereo.... it sounds great though, i also have satellite radio which is so, so  depending on the channel , you can hear the compressed signal . 

Much more useful is the maximum speed display in the multifunction display, it shows you the speed limit for the area, it;s great when you are not sure if its a 30 or 40 zone.