Topic: CTC Review: 2009 Porsche Cayman

[Turbo Bob]

"Just Bob" there is no apples-to-apples comparison between the Coxster and the 2009 Porsche Cayman. The lotus is a hobby car for the track while the Cayman is 4-door sports car that you can ride everyday in comfort and style with real passengers in the back seat. I can go to my country club in a Cayman just as well as I can go to downtown to watch an Opera with my wife. I have owned pretty much every German make over the years and I would certainly agree with "Autorevu.blogspot.com" that my current Cayman-S is the best ride ever. Can't wait to test drive this Cayman.

The Coxster is the Cayman, i.e. Coupe/Boxster, it's a joke.  If the Cayman is a 4 door car with a back seat then I think you need to take your meds.

You have obviously never driven a Lotus either.  So until you come back to this planet... 

[tpl]

Bob, part of Ashar's text looks suspiciously like a quote from an ad/article about for the BMW M5 that I faintly remember. The names changed to protect the guilty of course.

[Turbo Bob]

Ha ha, I'm sure he'll be back to answer when his mum lets him use the internet again.

[No H2O]

It's sad to see the US price not matching the Canadian one.

You mean the other way around.

You mean like the US$76,300 versus the CA$94,800 pricing for the 911 Carrera? Just browsing, of course. 

I guess our CA$94,800 gives us a flat 6 compared to the US model's flat 4. 

[kevlar]

75k base price, 265hp  and ugly to boot.....no thank you.   

[The Mighty Duck]

My GTi does that. When stopped the wipers go down one level until you take off again plus when you put the car in reverse the rear wiper wipes.

As to power seats, I actually don't like them at all. I had them in my Mazda6 and am very glad they don't come on the GTi. Everytime my partner left the seat forward it would have stand there waiting for the seat to move ever so slowly back to my position. I also love the fact that VW uses a dial for the recline vs a lever.

My Fit does the wipe-when-shifting-into-reverse, too, which is a very nice touch. Doesn't stop the wipers when not moving, though.

Completely agree on power seats...

[Yanick]

Yeah i suppose it's the other way around hcrv lol Canadian dollar is rarely the basis for anything anyway hehe.

Yeah exactly, our dollar is 0.90$ something so 76 300 should be 84 777$ if i'm right... I suppose rich people in Canada are richer than in the US... oh wait, it's again another way around!!

Well, Porsche has the fame, so they do what they want... But sadly with the same money you can have plenty other cars (didn't say i dont want a Porsche, if there is any people that give one, if that exist... no? too bad) that on our Quebec-destroyed roads could be a better living in a day-to-day basis... Those guys did'nt understood than a price better matched means better sales... Well it's not like they had financial problems but.. oh wait a minute!

my two cents hehe

[dbw1]

This past spring I picked up a one owner, base 2004 Boxster with 2 year Porsche cpo warranty for well under $30k.....about the same as a new civic si. I have not enjoyed driving this much in years. I've put 15000km on it this summer and every one has been great. My plan is to run it for a couple of years, maybe getting a new one then depending on overall experience with the car and Porsche Canada.

[Turbo Bob]

This past spring I picked up a one owner, base 2004 Boxster with 2 year Porsche cpo warranty for well under $30k.....about the same as a new civic si. I have not enjoyed driving this much in years. I've put 15000km on it this summer and every one has been great. My plan is to run it for a couple of years, maybe getting a new one then depending on overall experience with the car and Porsche Canada.

Nice, well done!  Put some pics in the Show & Shine section. 

[TopGun]

On day 4, there is an MSRP listed of $66,000...I think the $75,000 listed on Day 1 is more like it.

That's a lot of cake. I'm with Wing...I figure if you've got that much, get the S...which has been labelled by many of the mags as the best sports car experience out there.

[Flinter]

The Cayman has been described by many as the Porsche for people who can't afford a 911. I can understand that perspective but I couldn't disagree more. Although I've never driven this car, it just pushes all my buttons. I think the car is sized right, the exterior styling is sexy, I love the simple purposeful elegance of the interior. combined with a flat 6 mounted mid-ship behind the driver and an excellent chassis. This is what a sports car should be.

I remember the first time I got a close look at one at the Auto show... I was just spellbound. One of the Porsche folks must have saw me in my trance (with a little drool coming from the corner of my mouth) and asked if I'd like to sit in the car. Nearly lost control of my bodily functions when I sat in the driver's seat. 

I suspect that if I had $70K-80K lying around, one of these puppies would find it's way into my garage. I'd take the Cayman S in Porsche Racing Green Metallic with the Cocoa Leather Interior. I think I'd head for the Cabot Trail or my favorite old low traffic stomping ground in Northern NL (Gros Morne, Great Northern Peninsula) and have some fun.

Unfortunately, I suspect the only way I could ever possibly afford a car like this is pre-owned. Based upon what I read about maintenance costs for used Porsches, I can't see myself ever taking that plunge.

Oh well, we can always dream.

[ovr50]

Agree with you, Flinter, it is an awesome machine. A neighbor of mine picked up a 2006 Cayman S a few weeks ago, and he is thrilled with it. He promised me a ride, but haven't taken him up on that offer yet. Might start a chain-reaction that I don't want to get into right now. 

[Flinter]

... He promised me a ride, but haven't taken him up on that offer yet. Might start a chain-reaction that I don't want to get into right now. 

I hear ya there. 

 I like to think I'm a fairly rational person about most things. However, I suspect that if I ever took one of these things for a drive, all rational thought leaving the building in a hurry. Next thing, I'm raiding the RRSP and trying to sell any of my "spare" body parts on the black market. 

[TopGun]

Agree with you, Flinter, it is an awesome machine.
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Well, I'll add some fuel on the fire...I got my new MotorTrendy mag a couple of days ago...and they called their 2009 Best Driver's Car the Cayman S with the wretched auto-box.

[ovr50]

Agree with you, Flinter, it is an awesome machine.
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Well, I'll add some fuel on the fire...I got my new MotorTrendy mag a couple of days ago...and they called their 2009 Best Driver's Car the Cayman S with the wretched auto-box.

Some of the modern auto trannies are hardly "wretched" any way you cut it....they beat the crap out manuals in all hands except maybe professional racers. Even there, often the auto wins. Course there are those that will go to their graves still shifting gears and the left leg twitching uncontrollably.....

[TopGun]

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....they beat the crap out manuals in all hands except maybe professional racers.....

Can't argue that...wing in Mini could beat the crap out of me in an R8 for speed around a race course...I just don't care unless I'm actually racing.

In terms of fun to drive, removing a major interface between the driver and the machine cannot improve the driving experience.  This isn't like adding leather...or alloy wheels...none of those things remove the driver from the machine significantly.

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Course there are those that will go to their graves still shifting gears and the left leg twitching uncontrollably..

Oh...I thought my leg was starting to feel funny...

[mmret]

the left leg twitching uncontrollably.....

And the right hand tightly clenched about a knob.