Zach L

@SCMike about 1/2 the Cayman R have the "S" and were built in Stuttgart with a rare base Cayman or Cayman S every so often, but most of the Stuttgart cars are 2012 model year from what I've seen. I believe what may have happened is Porsche started the Stuttgart production line for the Boxster Spyder, occassionally doing a base Boxster or Boxster S, then switched the line or added Cayman production once Spyder/Boxster production was winding down.

The Valmet contract apparently ended in May 2011. That seems too early for their to be any 2012 model years produced in Finland. Perhaps they extended it a few months? Usually the model year change over happens after the August factory break, with next year's model year starting in late Augest/early September.

Zach L

@sectachrome 11th digit in the VIN is "S".

Zach L

Likely yes, it's PASM. Also, having a wheels that are pushed out further flush with the fender edge gives the illusion of the car being lower... even if the ride height has not changed. These are Spyder wheels which are a half to one inch wider than other wheel options, and a lower offset. Also, it's a heavily edited marketing photo.

ekam

Open your driver door and look.

Zach L

@ekam @Snakebit you may both have very early cars in each respective generation. I wouldn't be surprised if there's an outsized amount of German built models at the start/end of production runs. Also, may be that customer optioned/ordered cars usually went to Stuttgart rather than Finland?

SCMike

Just latching onto your earlier query to someone else on a different question......
As others have said, you have grabbed a pretty unusual base Boxster build. You may already know this: an interesting Porsche production database is available for free in vinanalytics.com by just providing your VIN. If you sign in to the site (at no cost), you get access to a bit more data (such as your car's build sequence number) than as just an anonymous visitor.

Possible981boxst

Update: so it’s still in the inspection process after 2 weeks. I called them to ask what’s going on and the rep said it’s still in the reconditioning stage. She said they are waiting for a part, and it should be ready by Sept. 1st… I think I might be moving on from this one.

Snakebit

I don't know if any of that is bad news. Could be the opposite.
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Possible981boxst

yeah I’m just getting a little impatient. I wanted to gift myself a new car for my birthday (sept 2). And now I’m starting to see some 981s.

nesposito

Don't be impatient. I put a hold on a Cayman S on March 17th of this year. The car was in "reconditioning" Until the first week of May. I spoke to a friend who is a Carvana exec and he said with cars like a Porsche it's very possible they've sent it to a dealer or specialist for a repair or have to wait for parts. I wouldn't walk away. My car turned out to be a great deal when all was said and done. Took 8 weeks for delivery but it was worth the wait.

Schwinn

Ditto, you can't be impatient. I think my car took a month in inspection/reconditioning... I forget exactly. But it's well worth the wait. 987.2 are hard to come by, and drive very different from the 981. I drove all the versions from the 986 thorugh the 981, and found the 987.2 was the best feel for what I wanted... so you just need to be patient.

Possible981boxst

i know I know haha. Seems like I’ve been waiting forever because I’ve been searching for one since January.

Snakebit

Took me 63 years to get my first Porsche.

​​​​​​Once you finally get it, you will forget the wait and simply pinch yourself every time you get in it.

The Duke

Hey! Me too! What's wrong with us?

At least we didn't wait any longer!

Snakebit

Don't know about you but according to my grown children, their dad is sometimes a slow learner.

Fine. But better late than NEVER
back at you sir.