2015 GTS advice
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2015 GTS advice
Hello,
2months ago I bought a 981 2014 Cayman S at carmax. Fully loaded, original msrp 87500 US$, at 49000$ with 24000mi on it. I returned it and now regret a lot. Probably will never find a car with perfect options I wanted like that.
Now I found a GTS 2015 with 30000mi on it at 62000$.
it is CPO. Cosidering the cost difference from S I bought, it will be 13000$ more. What do you think?
considering price/value, would you stick to S or go for GTS ?
2months ago I bought a 981 2014 Cayman S at carmax. Fully loaded, original msrp 87500 US$, at 49000$ with 24000mi on it. I returned it and now regret a lot. Probably will never find a car with perfect options I wanted like that.
Now I found a GTS 2015 with 30000mi on it at 62000$.
it is CPO. Cosidering the cost difference from S I bought, it will be 13000$ more. What do you think?
considering price/value, would you stick to S or go for GTS ?
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What were your reasons for returning the S?
When I was shopping two years ago, I was mainly indifferent on S vs GTS as long as it had the exact spec / options I wanted, which were White, CPO, <5K mi, manual, 6MT, X73, PSE, sport steering, chrono, Bose, premium, nice wheels.
Unless you're very particular about having the GTS (higher HP map, alcantara, bumpers), I wouldn't limit to the GTS.
In my case the X73 trumped an otherwise equal GTS that had PASM. It took 4 mths for the right car to show up and when it did, I jumped on it even though it was an S.
Good luck!
When I was shopping two years ago, I was mainly indifferent on S vs GTS as long as it had the exact spec / options I wanted, which were White, CPO, <5K mi, manual, 6MT, X73, PSE, sport steering, chrono, Bose, premium, nice wheels.
Unless you're very particular about having the GTS (higher HP map, alcantara, bumpers), I wouldn't limit to the GTS.
In my case the X73 trumped an otherwise equal GTS that had PASM. It took 4 mths for the right car to show up and when it did, I jumped on it even though it was an S.
Good luck!
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The 2015 one year newer and the MSRP could be 85-95K on typical GTSs (still like other cars, options can matter). The GTS seems to command in the market an additional 5-7K premium which is what it is.
30K miles is nothing: someone probably commuted a bit in it. We got our 2015 last fall with 24K, currently 27K and climbing. We do 5-8K a year on P cars, and this one had some commute miles on it as well.
S's seem to just be a bit harder to find (plenty of bases by comparison), so if you are patient wait it out. If the GTS has the right options is the one, get it and don't look back...which is what we did. It was missing 0 gotta haves
and just a few nice to haves, and when used P car shopping that's a win.
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30K miles is nothing: someone probably commuted a bit in it. We got our 2015 last fall with 24K, currently 27K and climbing. We do 5-8K a year on P cars, and this one had some commute miles on it as well.
S's seem to just be a bit harder to find (plenty of bases by comparison), so if you are patient wait it out. If the GTS has the right options is the one, get it and don't look back...which is what we did. It was missing 0 gotta haves
and just a few nice to haves, and when used P car shopping that's a win.
- b
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The 2015 one year newer and the MSRP could be 85-95K on typical GTSs (still like other cars, options can matter). The GTS seems to command in the market an additional 5-7K premium which is what it is.
30K miles is nothing: someone probably commuted a bit in it. We got our 2015 last fall with 24K, currently 27K and climbing. We do 5-8K a year on P cars, and this one had some commute miles on it as well.
S's seem to just be a bit harder to find (plenty of bases by comparison), so if you are patient wait it out. If the GTS has the right options is the one, get it and don't look back...which is what we did. It was missing 0 gotta haves
and just a few nice to haves, and when used P car shopping that's a win.
- b
30K miles is nothing: someone probably commuted a bit in it. We got our 2015 last fall with 24K, currently 27K and climbing. We do 5-8K a year on P cars, and this one had some commute miles on it as well.
S's seem to just be a bit harder to find (plenty of bases by comparison), so if you are patient wait it out. If the GTS has the right options is the one, get it and don't look back...which is what we did. It was missing 0 gotta haves
and just a few nice to haves, and when used P car shopping that's a win.
- b
