An impulse purchase last week where I've ended up purchasing a 987.2 Cayman S. The car is fully specced up and after driving friends 981/781 the alertness of the 987 steering really stood out so I decided to jump at it.
Still have the Z4M and yesterday drove both back to back about 140 miles. On road I found the Cayman deceptively fast relative to the Z4M and more composed, the stock 987 is comparable to my Z4M with significant upgrades (KW V3, engine mounts, AP front and rear brakes etc). The charm of the Z4M is in it's imperfections, it feels more alive at lower speeds and more frightening at higher speeds partly due to it's slight chassis woolliness.
987.2 retains it's communicative nature from 1/10 to 10/10ths, at no point do I lose "contact" with what the car is doing and the engines also seem comparable. S54 appears to have a more zingy top end but that maybe due to a relatively lazy mid range where the P car seems to rip through the mid range (Porsche is PDK so that may play a part.)
The main reason for buying the Porsche was to take it on track, I find the E85 chassis a little bit too involving on track and becomes a bit unpredictable when pushing on where I'm reacting to the car rather than telling it what to do. I find it a superb and enjoyable road sports car so it won't be going anywhere soon.
987 was at Ninemeister for the past week having a Wavetrac, Girodiscs and geo which has made it even better. Both very fun cars but I actually find them refreshingly different.
Still have the Z4M and yesterday drove both back to back about 140 miles. On road I found the Cayman deceptively fast relative to the Z4M and more composed, the stock 987 is comparable to my Z4M with significant upgrades (KW V3, engine mounts, AP front and rear brakes etc). The charm of the Z4M is in it's imperfections, it feels more alive at lower speeds and more frightening at higher speeds partly due to it's slight chassis woolliness.
987.2 retains it's communicative nature from 1/10 to 10/10ths, at no point do I lose "contact" with what the car is doing and the engines also seem comparable. S54 appears to have a more zingy top end but that maybe due to a relatively lazy mid range where the P car seems to rip through the mid range (Porsche is PDK so that may play a part.)
The main reason for buying the Porsche was to take it on track, I find the E85 chassis a little bit too involving on track and becomes a bit unpredictable when pushing on where I'm reacting to the car rather than telling it what to do. I find it a superb and enjoyable road sports car so it won't be going anywhere soon.
987 was at Ninemeister for the past week having a Wavetrac, Girodiscs and geo which has made it even better. Both very fun cars but I actually find them refreshingly different.
