Got my CaymanR yesterday
Black 6speed with silver trim
The car is amazing! I will add pictures later today.
I always drove a modified Elise or misc Audi until now...

 

Here she is

 

I have been a HPDE instructor for 15 years and have driven everything up to and including CarreraGT's, race cars, TurboS', GT2's, GT3RS' etc. The CaymanR is un-F-ing real. I just put it through it's paces for the first time in the hills and I can't believe what a deal it is!
It is a mid engined GT3! The suspension, steering, power, bushings, engine mounts, etc.. are SPOT ON! Porsche has outdone themselves!
Yesterday morning I was shopping on lotustalk for my next Lotus. It was about to be a 6,000 mile Chrome Orange 07 ExigeS. My boss asked me what I was doing. Once I told him he went to work to convince me that I could afford the CaymanR we had in stock. He said "you really need to drive what you sell". He was right. I really didn't think I could swing it but I was wrong. Telling him that there was no way I could afford the car was the right move as he was out to prove me wrong.
I just can't believe how good this car is.
With a few little mods it will be track ready as opposed to the Lotus which needs a ton of work to get it up to speed IMHO.
The other thing is that I can go on trips with the wife in the CaymanR, try that in the Lotus.

 

Beautiful and congratulations. Hope to see it at the track.

 

nice car

 

Beautiful car, love the wing!

 

Very nice car. I test drove a Cayman R on an autocross course and fell in love with it. Congratulations and enjoy it!

 

I haven't had the pleasure of driving one, but it's well reviewed in the car mags. Great pick up!

 

That looks amazing in black. I really think that's the color to have for the Cayman R. Since you're out in nor cal, which track are you taking it to first? Infineon or Laguna? I hear Thunderhill is a blast too.

 

Test drove the R they had over at Sonnen and even on a short drive, I could tell that it's a step up from the standard Cayman S.

But I dunno, as a track focused car, the Exige S is hard to beat. Yes, there is some prep involved like the oil pan, fuel tank baffle, and rear toe link, but other than that, the car is really solid and consumables are very cheap.

 

Point well taken. I was about to pull the trigger on the ExigeS but I will go hog wild spending $$$$$$ on Any Lotus. There are so many trick parts available to lighten them up. It is totally addictive. They really are delivered from the factory with so much sub standard stuff everywhere you look. I know, I had an Elise and spent 30K bringing it up to the level that I wanted it. Evn the rearview mirror has to be replaced if you want to be able to see out the front of the car. GM sourced parts are everywhere on their cars. All that $hit has to be tossed pronto.

 

The CaymanR is bushed much tighter, the steering is way firmer, the steering wheel is thicker. It just feels right.
It really does remind me of a roomier ExigeS that is screwed together beautifully everywhere. The only thing that is REALLYdone right on the Lotus is the chassis, end of story(GREAT chassis though). My Lotus buddies and I would laughingly talk about what had cracked or fallen off of our cars lately(seriously).
When I asked the Lotus service tech about my rattling window he said "well it's a Lotus mate".. Wouldn't even attempt to fix it.

 

That is what is so good about the R, it can be taken to Yosemite on one weekend and then taken to T-Hill the next.

 

I'm signed up with Audi Club at Infineon in march so far but I just joined PCA today. Do they do andy HPDE's?

 

PCA doesn't do too many HPDE's. Lots of Porsches at Hooked on Driving and TrackMasters Racing events.