I'm lucky enough to have a father who trusts his son enough to drive his 2005 Boxster S... I love the car, I'm use to it, I know how it feels and drives by the back of my hand.

Anyway, I've been lucky enough to find myself in a good position where I can now afford a 2009 base Cayman.

I test drove the car and freak out a little bit because the clutch engaged noticeably higher than my fathers S model. I said to myself this is how the cars must be different. I know they have self adjusting clutches, but had anyone else noticed a difference between a 987 S clutch from a 987.2 clutch. Should the grab at the same point, are they in fact different clutches. The car I test drove only had 12k mi on it and was in mint condition. I didn't think the car was abused.

What do you guys/gals think. Thanks for the help

I'm thinking the s models have a more aggressive clutch?

 

Reviving this thread from the dead....

I do have this similar question as well.
I have only test driven a 2010 Cayman Base (78k miles) and also noticed that the engagement point was very high. It felt like just 1/2" of movement would disengage the clutch. I thought it was because the clutch was almost done with 78k miles but interested to find that you had similar issues with a 12k car.

I have not driven a 987.1 car to compare but I have heard from reviews that the 987.1 does not have a high engagement point (compared to the 981).

 

I have a 981.1 and the clutch engagement point is with the pedal fairly far down. Got the car new in November 2016 and it has always been that way. I drove a buddy's Cayman 987.1 the other day, and his clutch engagement point was with the pedal fairly high. Took me a little while to get used to it. I am not sure why they are different, but they were definitely different. The Cayman had had a recent service including brake and clutch bleed.

 

That’s very interesting because the review I mentioned in my first post said the complete opposite. Anyone else care to chime in?

 

There was no difference between my '08 Boxster Spyder RS60 and '12 Cayman R in reference to where it grabbed. I would hop from one to the other and didn't have to adjust my brain. There was a difference in shifting though mainly due to the Cayman R's short shift option and its tendency to want to grind at the cam crossover point.

 

So, I guess every Cayman no matter 987.1 or 987.2 will be different? Or maybe it has to do with different degrees of clutch wear or clutch adjustment?

 

If anything, the difference could be due to the age of the clutch fluid (moisture content) and type used if not the Porsche product.