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Caymans can be had pretty cheap and they are more fun to drive than a 911. They just don't hold the snob appeal.
Don't flame me, I have a 997 but a lot of people buy them for different reasons like status. Cayman, with a 997 engine would blow the doors off a 997 on a track, handling is way better.
Don't flame me, I have a 997 but a lot of people buy them for different reasons like status. Cayman, with a 997 engine would blow the doors off a 997 on a track, handling is way better.
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Caymans can be had pretty cheap and they are more fun to drive than a 911. They just don't hold the snob appeal.
Don't flame me, I have a 997 but a lot of people buy them for different reasons like status. Cayman, with a 997 engine would blow the doors off a 997 on a track, handling is way better.
Don't flame me, I have a 997 but a lot of people buy them for different reasons like status. Cayman, with a 997 engine would blow the doors off a 997 on a track, handling is way better.
As for performance, FBL did a 3.8X51 convertions on a Cayman and it was not faster then a Carrera S with X51. Caymans are very nice, but the Carrera does not make some one a snob, it is the person that is a snob before they get a Carrera.
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I have not driven the Cayman enough to give a real comparison but I did think it was a blast and felt much more balanced to me in the few hours I had it. I am going to drive one again next week for a couple of days so maybe my first impression was not accurate. This was the normal non S model and you had to work at it but that made it more interesting. I find I cannot drive the C2S without the CHP being omnipresent out here in So cal so it takes a lot of the fun out of it when the cops are looking to raise revenue in this poorly managed state.
I have a couple of 356 Porsches so I am used to having to work when I drive to keep the proper rpm and gearing balanced. the Cayman is sort of like that but more powerful and of course has all the modern conveniences.
My use of snob appeal is just that: it appeals to many snobs and people that have no clue about the car or it's history and just want to say they have a 911S or TT or whatever without even checking out other models. I spoke with a salesman the other day at a Porsche dealership and he told me people dismiss the Cayman all the time as beneath them, "not a real Porsche" whatever that is supposed to mean. Never even bother to drive them but have never owned any other Porsche. I never said the car made a person a snob but it appeals to snobs.
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Ricardo
I have a couple of 356 Porsches so I am used to having to work when I drive to keep the proper rpm and gearing balanced. the Cayman is sort of like that but more powerful and of course has all the modern conveniences.
My use of snob appeal is just that: it appeals to many snobs and people that have no clue about the car or it's history and just want to say they have a 911S or TT or whatever without even checking out other models. I spoke with a salesman the other day at a Porsche dealership and he told me people dismiss the Cayman all the time as beneath them, "not a real Porsche" whatever that is supposed to mean. Never even bother to drive them but have never owned any other Porsche. I never said the car made a person a snob but it appeals to snobs.
Regards,
Ricardo
