Preference Question: Sport Chrono or PASM?
01-25-2015, 06:15 PM
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Preference Question: Sport Chrono or PASM?
Looking at some CPO 2014 Cayman S and may be faced with choice between one that has Sport Chrono and one that has torque vectoring and PASM (no Sport Chrono). I am retired and considering Cayman S as fairly exotic "fun" sports car (years ago had British sports cars including Sunbeam Tiger and XKE). Don't intend to track car and would like a good balance of compliant ride and excellent handling (I like my BMW 550 balance of ride/handling and responsive power but it is not as nimble as I expect Cayman S would be).
Given that history, and your experiences with Cayman, which Hobson's choice--Sport Chrono and standard suspension or PASM/torque vectoring--would you suggest?
Given that history, and your experiences with Cayman, which Hobson's choice--Sport Chrono and standard suspension or PASM/torque vectoring--would you suggest?
01-25-2015, 07:18 PM
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I hung out during a track day last summer with a guy who had a 13 S with PTV/PASM, he loved it and certainly had no problems going fast. He had a MT and was fairly good at H/T.
If the car with sport chromo is a PDK and has sport suspension that might even the playing field some. If the car has the stock suspension then I think it's a no brainer to go with PTV/PASM. PASM gives you the best of both worlds.
If the car with sport chromo is a PDK and has sport suspension that might even the playing field some. If the car has the stock suspension then I think it's a no brainer to go with PTV/PASM. PASM gives you the best of both worlds.
01-26-2015, 05:03 PM
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Would avoid PTV, given you a synthetic feel not everybody appreciates. Standard suspension good enough or get the sport suspension. Sport Chrono not a must for me, but nice to have. Would rather decide based on seats, PDK or manual (whatever is your preference), desired rims... retrofitting seats or rims is ridicously expensive.
01-26-2015, 10:03 PM
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Thank you for comments. Due to limited Porsche inventory here and long drive to other Porsche dealers I miss my standard options of test driving cars with various powertrains/options to get feel of car. So I appreciate comments. Regarding Sven76 wheel comment, I think I would prefer 19 inch wheel vs 20 inch wheel because there are snow tire sizes available for 19 inch wheel and not for 20 inch wheels and I don't want two sets of wheels/tires. I would not drive Porsche on snowy/icy roads, but we have many days when roads are clear but it is very cold (15 F) and I don't think summer performance tires can get up to operating temperature so tricky to drive on.