Talk me out of a Porsche Cayman

[Peally]

Built by northern Europeans, for northern Europeans. Like a USP.

Does it drive like an oversized overbuilt brick too? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[Bart Carter]

Just a few thoughts:

Manuals are for people that like to drive.

Automatics are for people that like to steer.

My wife can double clutch in high heels. She has a 2006 Aston Martin Vantage manual 6-Speed. She's a keeper.

[Mjolnir]

This...

https://youtu.be/sBo3Da3e3NE



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[Mjolnir]

And this just in. [emoji41]

https://youtu.be/65jW-FVAd2o



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[NH Shooter]

No Gurney bubble, no care.

How many here can decipher that statement? :-)

[jeep45238]

How many here can decipher that statement? :-)

Look at the dual curvature of the roof meant to allow headroom while retaining a low profile roofline.




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[NH Shooter]

Look at the dual curvature of the roof meant to allow headroom while retaining a low profile roofline.

Not a Gurney bubble, which was specific to a car and a race:

Year - 1967
Place - Lemans, France
The Car - Ford GT-40 MkIV

BTW and FWIW, the 3.5 liter V6 in the new GT is no slouch. It is actually an extremely robust engine capable of far more HP than configured with factory tuning. The fact that the new GT won its class in the 2016 Lemans race is testament to this.

[OlongJohnson]

Does it drive like an oversized overbuilt brick too? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Well, the MR2 Spyder had a 1.8 inch longer wheelbase than a Boxster but was 8 inches shorter overall and weighed about 800 lb less, so...

[rayrevolver]

I was thinking of buying a Tacoma and wanted a stick. So my wife and I stopped at the local Toyota dealer. And when we asked the dealer how long to get a manual equipped Tacoma in, he said, "Do what now?" And he went and got the manager, because they apparently didn't believe that people still bought manual equipped cars.

Same happened to me. I needed a truck, wanted an F150, and found out they stopped making a manual all together. Hindsight, the slush box works fine and has a tow mode. First automatic vehicle I have ever owned.

I drove a Boxster for a few miles and tried to pitch it sideways in a cul-de-sac. Man, lots of fun. Yes it's slower than a lot of cars but you don't buy them for sheer speed.

I drove an F430 and 612, 3 laps each autox. My weekend car at the time was a C5 Z06 and the F430 felt gutless. It was flatter in the corners and the brakes were great. 612 was a beast and no one wanted to drive it. It was a pleasure to hustle around. Changed my whole perspective on shit.

I win the lottery and I will commission a Singer 911. Daily driver would be a F150 Raptor.

Back to Porsche, the maintenance scares me. Wife has an Audi and forbids me to work on it while under warranty. The service costs $100 and $400, every 7500miles (I think). Its crazy. If she let me change the oil it would still be $300 a year.

[mmc45414]

My wife just yelled at me for buying new summer tires for my Pontiac G8 GT. "How can anyone be so stupid as to buy tires you can't use in winter?".

I just bought summer tires for the first time ever, and had to put the Blitzaks back on Monday before I headed to Chicago...


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