Chicago987.1

Unfortunately it has to be an auto due to other members of the house that can't drive MT. I was initially looking at the 987.2 variety solely because of the PDK but since this is intended to be a 4th car for just fun drives on the weekend I thought I'd save the $15-20K by getting a Tip car.

A432

Reserve is off and may be a decent deal for someone not concerned with mileage/PDK.....2:50 to go

FlipE

Hold out for a PDK. If I were you, I would not obsess over an S 3.4. You could find a 2.9 PDK in the price range of the car you found, and I believe that a 2.9 PDK with three times the mileage on that car would still be a better car. More-reliable and maybe just as fast.

TheBucketOfTruth

Agreed. Hold out for PDK. Get the smaller engine if you have to. Way less of a compromise having PDK if you have to have auto than an old slushbox.

Zach L

If auto is required, I'd go 987.2 base PDK. The 2.9L might not sing as nicely in higher RPMs as a 987.1 S, but it will be more engaging than an earlier S model with Tiptronic and MUCH more reliable. Since none of these are straight-line cars, the engagement is really more important than power, and the PDK wins that easily over Tiptronic.

JB5835

I'm looking at a couple of 2006 Cayman S with 70K miles on them. Both cars are clean and have some service records, but maybe not all. Am I good to proceed with buying and enjoying or am I inviting trouble? What are the chances I'm buying a car ready to need a lot of work? IMS has not been done on either. Basic maintenance only on both from what I can tell, but both in good condition and seem cared for. Thanks for your feedback.

hlee96

Located on FB from Barrington RI
987.2 boxster w/pdk at 106k miles
asking $11k
"needs top and check engine light comes on intermittently"

FlipE

never mind

A432

For those who don't go to the R/Spyder section

7k-Mile 2012 Porsche Cayman R for sale on BaT Auctions - ending May 1 (Lot #105,757) | Bring a Trailer

andy7777

That one was 90k without a manual or buckets. Yikes. I will be curious how it shakes out now.

KrisA

Current owner is going to have to account for 1000 very expensive miles IMO.

Cayman R pricing is absurd to me, paying huge premium for a car that is really only an suspension upgrade away is nuts to me. Yeah I know the R has a few other tweaks, (aluminum door skins, no door pockets, no instrument hood, 10 undetectable hp, standard aero pack, BS wheels) but this was a 4K spread new. It makes no sense as a 30K spread used.

TheBucketOfTruth

I tend to agree with you, but for those who don't modify their cars or have some desire for something "extra" or rare, it obviously has some value. Also any "last of the X" Porsches now command some premium. I think the wheels they offered on the Spyder and R are phenomenal. I salivated over an Aqua Blue R that was for sale here some years back with silver accents. There's no doubting it would have much more presence than any normal 987.2 S. Could you piece together something better yourself? Probably? Were carbon brakes offered on the 987.2 S? Then add some bucket seats, aluminum doors, some subtle aero parts, a nice set of coilovers which would be better than the R suspension, and some R/Spyder wheels or custom wheels. It all starts to sound sort of expensive. But you're still right in the end just getting a 45k 987.2 S and throwing some mods into it you're probably in better bang for buck territory than an R, but those tweaks done well can add up pretty quickly.

A432

There's also the different psm/dme software the R has. And the doors are identical to the full aluminum doors/door panels off the GT3RS.
Imho it's very similar to the premium that's happening to the RS Americas. Similar changes and low numbers from the factory. (563 for the US)
There is a very rare one for sale right now with Dark Blue Metallic, PCCB and Carbon Buckets. I'll post it in the other thread.

TheBucketOfTruth

A Cayman R? Where?

KrisA

Yes they were offered on the 987.2 S, I've never seen them on the 2.9L car, so I'm thinking they weren't offered there. Same for the bucket seats, they were a IIRC $2700 option on the Cayman S. LSD was also optional. Aero Kit was also available on the S.