Cayman R Chat

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Marc_Hill

248 posts

128 months

Thursday 2nd March
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What makes you ask that?

Nurburgsingh

4,493 posts

225 months

Thursday 2nd March
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J-P said:
So is there going to be a 718 R then?
What would it be?

There’s already a T / GT4 / GT4RS

J-P

Original Poster:

4,293 posts

193 months

Thursday 2nd March
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Marc_Hill said:
What makes you ask that?
Rumour mill... basically a manual GT4 RS with no aero.

jayxx83

452 posts

183 months

Thursday 2nd March
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The car graphic / manthey open it up no end. Once those mani reached volumetric efficiency you away.

None of this artificial pegged backed against the q
Equivalent 911 bks.


J-P

Original Poster:

4,293 posts

193 months

Friday 3rd March
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jayxx83 said:
The car graphic / manthey open it up no end. Once those mani reached volumetric efficiency you away.

None of this artificial pegged backed against the q
Equivalent 911 bks.
True.

Old Trout

1,648 posts

162 months

Old Trout

1,648 posts

162 months

Sunday 5th March
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AAAndy said:
Great that you had a good experience and that the manifolds are now fitted.

I saw a set of cargraphic manifolds on a white Cayman R last time I was at a JZM- open day. It was on the ramps so I was able to have a good nosey. Visually they looked lovely and well made. (anyone on here?)

How are you finding them with regards to enhanced noise and any do you feel any difference in power / throttle response? I am guessing that the cats also flow more freely.
Not had a proper drive in it yet - will report back when I have.

worldwidewebs

1,842 posts

237 months

Sunday 5th March
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Old Trout said:
Yep wink

matjk

1,085 posts

127 months

Monday 6th March
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I love that colour on the R, lovely looking machine

Nick-31zj0

3 posts

90 months

Wednesday 8th March
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Hi all,
Quick question about mileage.
Nearly every R I see for sale is very low mileage. Why aren’t there more 60-100k miles cars out there?
60k is only 5k a year so surely that’s still low mileage?

Mines got 62k on it so I feel like I’ve got an old scrapper!

PaulD86

1,536 posts

113 months

Thursday 9th March
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These cars are typically 2nd cars and so travel fewer miles. Mine is a 2nd car and I average about 4k miles a year and do 15k in my other car. Some people get very excited about the value of these cars. Great though they are, they aren't a 997 GT3 4-litres, or anything exotic and they benefit from being driven (just listen to how tappy a 987 engine is when first run if it has been sitting for a while). However some like to keep the miles down to "preserve the value". It's understandable when people come on this thread looking for a "low miles car" and people do pay a premium for such, but the Cayman R is a drivers car. Great to hear yours it racking up the miles. If you want to invest, buy shares, if you buy a Cayman R you should drive and enjoy it. It's what they are for. I wish I could drive mine miore, but time has been the biggest barrier. Hopefully I can get my house rennovation done by summer and put some miles on mine - it'll break 40k miles this year and I'm sure that will make it less desirable to some. Who cares? I didn't buy it to keep the miles low for the next owner not to drive it either. Happy motoring biggrin

frayz

2,609 posts

146 months

Thursday 9th March
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Nick-31zj0 said:
Hi all,
Quick question about mileage.
Nearly every R I see for sale is very low mileage. Why aren’t there more 60-100k miles cars out there?
60k is only 5k a year so surely that’s still low mileage?

Mines got 62k on it so I feel like I’ve got an old scrapper!
I follow a lad on Instagram with over 100K on his one, so they are out there.

Unfortunately mileage on these is seen as blasphemous, which it ridiculous as its a often claimed to be a "drivers car". We wont be allowed to drive them soon anyway so who cares, none of us are getting out of here with any alive, leave alone any money to go with us! biggrin

worldwidewebs

1,842 posts

237 months

Thursday 9th March
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My friend bought the blue one (picks it up in a week or two) and his intention is for it to be his daily. When I had my R it was my daily too and I sold it back in 2015 with nearly 34k on the clock - according to the MOT check, it's now on about 50k.

We're a long time dead. Drive 'em, enjoy 'em.

Marc_Hill

248 posts

128 months

Thursday 9th March
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Mines on 46k. The first owner racked up the majority of them. The second owner barely used it in 6 years. It was on 44k when I got it last year. Did a trip to Germany in the first month and then it’s barely been out since. My excuse though is family life and I don’t see the point in dailying it down the m1 into London everyday.

Edited by Marc_Hill on Friday 10th March 19:35

Resto157

34 posts

81 months

Thursday 9th March
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No much coming up for sale, I’m on the hunt for a manual and thought there’d be more coming to market as we approach spring and with what’s going on with the economy.

ATM

16,353 posts

206 months

Friday 10th March
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Resto157 said:
No much coming up for sale, I’m on the hunt for a manual and thought there’d be more coming to market as we approach spring and with what’s going on with the economy.
Think it will take few more months for people to start to feel real pain. I'm trying to wait till we see people on the news going on about how bad it is constantly before buying any more toys.

AAAndy

699 posts

239 months

Friday 10th March
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Resto157 said:
No much coming up for sale, I’m on the hunt for a manual and thought there’d be more coming to market as we approach spring and with what’s going on with the economy.
I am not sure that the changes in the market / economy will flush out the manual cars that you are hunting for. There are only c.100 in the country. I may be wrong, but I would suspect that most are with people who own them outright and are tucked up in garages as 2nd or 3rd cars for weekend or very occasional use (and few more that are SORN).

Not the case for all, but may cover a lot of the cars. Some people may also be moving onto to other cars though, and will sell to fund the next car.

Driving for charity UK

168 posts

94 months

Monday 13th March
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Has anyone gone for the NM Automotive or Design 911 Apple Carplay/Android Auto option for PCM 3.0?

I am specifically interested in how good the Android Auto is on PCM 3.0?

If there is any difference between the NM Automotive or Joy Auto option offered by Design 911

Did you you think it was worth the upgrade etc etc

Thoughts and experiences greatly appreciated.

in_the_zone

1 posts

Yesterday (19:41)
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Long time lurker, first time poster!

Got a 996 c2 which I've had for just shy of 2 years. Great car but not raw enough.

Man maths says that an R is a safe place to park money.

Test driven a base 2.7 years ago loved it!

Would be used for B roads and the odd school / milk run child seat a problem?

It has to be a manual with buckets. Not fussed about anything else. Where can I find one!?

What other cars did you consider? Anyone made the switch from a 996?

Not my only car have a Mk8 Fiesta ST for the daily and a Caterham for the track.. Think an R would be a good addition?

Thanks

jimmy p

912 posts

153 months

Yesterday (19:43)
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Don't think you can get a child car seat to fit in the buckets