First Official Pic of new Cayman

[ChawenHalo]

I'd rather have the £60k GT3 with 3.6k miles in Porsche Nottingham!!!

if you get a porker might as well be a proper one! modern classics for sure.

On a 997 phase 2 there is indeed the clubsport and "X50" type option with more power, lighter exhaust, carbon bucket seats, half roll cage, harness, single locking nut forged wheels. tis wonderful!

 

[Anonymous]

I'd rather have the £60k GT3 with 3.6k miles in Porsche Nottingham!!!

if you get a porker might as well be a proper one! modern classics for sure.)

GT3 is fine if you prefer a bone-jarring ride, I had one just over 6 years ago and I only used it odd days during the week, sold it after 7 months as I could not live with it, I also had an E85 as my everyday car at that time which was a hard ride but nothing like the GT3

Not an odd day car, just a track car.

I'll be testing the 991GT3 when it comes out, but I'm told to expect the same very hard ride.

However I don't think anything can compare to this

 

[sars]

Kryton, does that mean you may move to the dark side?

 

[ChawenHalo]

I'd rather have the £60k GT3 with 3.6k miles in Porsche Nottingham!!!

if you get a porker might as well be a proper one! modern classics for sure.)

GT3 is fine if you prefer a bone-jarring ride, I had one just over 6 years ago and I only used it odd days during the week, sold it after 7 months as I could not live with it, I also had an E85 as my everyday car at that time which was a hard ride but nothing like the GT3

Not an odd day car, just a track car.

I'll be testing the 991GT3 when it comes out, but I'm told to expect the same very hard ride.

However I don't think anything can compare to this

Seriously? I thought the 997 phase 2 GT3 was OK to live with in all honesty. It certainly rides better than the M on small bumpy roads. It is super low though. Sleeping policement are not a problem but parking, pavement (poorly designed with no regulmation in france) are a pain. But that front spliter and underbody aero tray is just plastic and not expensive. Car's not too noisy and I loved the CF bucket seats (the version I drove had all the track pack goodies). drove it for 3 days in sort of circumstances and was surprised by how good the compromise was. better all round visibility than theb Z coupé too, daintier dimensions somehow.

I do remember the Evo 996 GT3 review sayiong how extreme it was though.

 

[rhys4]

You can now configure and price one up on the Porsche website.Not much increase over the old model.

 

[Anonymous]

Kryton, does that mean you may move to the dark side?

Err.... yes if it looks like the photo it looks very much the super-car I think?

Sorry for the late reply but I only visit the site once every few days

 

[Anonymous]

Seriously? I thought the 997 phase 2 GT3 was OK to live with in all honesty. It certainly rides better than the M on small bumpy roads. It is super low though. Sleeping policement are not a problem but parking, pavement (poorly designed with no regulmation in france) are a pain. But that front spliter and underbody aero tray is just plastic and not expensive. Car's not too noisy and I loved the CF bucket seats (the version I drove had all the track pack goodies).

But I'm in my 60's and like a bit of comfort, the bucket seats are a pain you cannot get in and out so easy as normal seats, you just slide into those

 

[Stuart Truman]

A very well off friend who loves Porsches and has owned several says that the 911 is the car everyone wants, the Cayman S is the better car on road and track. Pretty much for the reasons our engineer in residence SARS has pointed out

I went out in a new Boxter S in Munich and loved it. I've tracked 911s at Jonathan Palmer and couldn't get on with them. The instructors didn't like them either

Still, it's all personal opinions isn't it...

 

[original guvnor]

Seriously? I thought the 997 phase 2 GT3 was OK to live with in all honesty. It certainly rides better than the M on small bumpy roads. It is super low though. Sleeping policement are not a problem but parking, pavement (poorly designed with no regulmation in france) are a pain. But that front spliter and underbody aero tray is just plastic and not expensive. Car's not too noisy and I loved the CF bucket seats (the version I drove had all the track pack goodies).

But I'm in my 60's and like a bit of comfort, the bucket seats are a pain you cannot get in and out so easy as normal seats, you just slide into those

You don't have to have bucket seats on a GT3 - specify the comfort pack.