Greetings, I'm new to this forum. Currently have a 2001 BMW M5 (I'm active on m5board.com) and a 1997 328is. I plan on replacing the 328 in the next few months with a Cayman S. Ive been browsing and and looking forward to contributing in the future. I had a few questions regarding the Cayman S.

What are the essential options on the Cayman? I want it to be a drivers car, some track time, but I dont need luxury frills. Things like the sport chrono package, PASM, etc... worth it? Also I would probably drive this car as a daily in some stop and go. Anyone foresee any trouble with this? Ive been looking towards a pre-owned 911 or a new Cayman S but have fallen in love with the Cayman.

Thanks!

Chris

 

Welcome to 6 speed.

Congrats on thinking of getting a cayman S.

For me, I bought my cayman S with the intention of modding it, so the sports chrono and the pasm were actually deterents because for the sports chrono, any of the tuners can remap the throttle response to be either normal or sports, or anything in between (however the factory sports chrono is nice to be able to switch back and forth) and with the pasm, most aftermarket tuners do not have suspension setups that accomodate PASM setups. However, if you keep your car stock, both are nice, but I would argue not a necessity.

The audio option is something you will have to hear yourself and decide.

The thicker sports steering wheel is a steal at the price it is offered for, but this too is personal preference.

The Bixenons would be the only necessary I would consider, the low beams are great, but when you go high, double xenon illuminates the road for miles. I was leading a group of friends back with my highbeams on open highway and we could see so far down the street.

I hope this helped.

 

Welcome to 6speed. Good luck on your Cayman purchase. Great cars.

 

Eddie pretty much summed it up... try to go as base as possible if you intend on tweaking it. I'd not go with PASM and just do PSS9s instead....

 

Thanks for all responses. Very helpful. I've always been a BMW guy but I cant wait to join the Porsche community.

I noticed on the Porsche website there is an option for the "sport steering wheel" and the "thicker wheel." I love the small, thick wheel that came on my M5, are the sport wheel and the thicker wheel both the same thickness versus the basic steering wheel?

Also with wheels? Love the look of the turbo wheels and the sport design wheels. Do most get better aftermarket wheels at a cheaper price or is the offered price a decent buy?

 

The sport wheel is not any thicker. IT is only more ergonomic and slightly smaller in diameter. The thicker wheel is in fact a thicker wheel. Not by much though.

Buying Porsche factory wheels after is a very expensive proposition. Unless you can find a set of takeoffs on Ebay or something. The wheels are usaull half the price when you get tehm with the car.

Hope this helps!

 

Great thanks guys!

My local dealer has an '06 on the lot that they are trying hard to get rid of. Sticker is around 66k they offered it to me for 58k.

http://foreign-cars-europa.porschede...ntoryid=237717


I might go through with this tonight or tomorrow.

 

Vossen10 You have a PM! : )

 

Mine is for sale. Here is the link. Only options are Bose, Zenon and heated seats. I have H&R springs on it and RH custom wheels. No track time although I bought it with that in mind. Save yourself $6-7K.

Here's the link.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2006-...QQcmdZViewItem

 

Listen to what Alex says he is the KING of modified Porsche's

 

NO LONGER AVAILABLE. JUST SOLD.