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Old Jul 25, 2005 | 03:05 AM
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Saw a Cayman in the flesh today in downtown L.A., they were filming a commercial by the Bonavenure Hotel. Unfortunately I did not have my camera and I was in a shuttle from my club to Staples Center and didn't even have time for a camera-phone pic.
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Old Jul 25, 2005 | 03:59 AM
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Here in L.A.? Interesting...
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Old Jul 25, 2005 | 10:28 AM
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OK......now how 'bout some general thoughts on what it looked like? Impressions? What color?
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Old Jul 25, 2005 | 02:23 PM
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It was silver. Did not get more than a quick look as we drove by. At least it doesn't look like a 911!
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 09:20 AM
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A friend saw this one yesterday at the Nürburgring. An english journalist was testing it.
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 10:16 AM
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That is so cool......thanks Pierre! Looks like Cobalt Blue, not one of my choices, but good to see it in another color. At first glance I thought the side vents were black, but looking at them closely I believe they are painted body color.......good. Not really fond of the CC wheels, would have liked to have seen the Cayman S wheels up close.

Did you friend take any more pictures?
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 11:01 AM
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Mike, I'll check it with him about additional pics.
BTW, don't you guys think the Cayman is sitting too high? Definitely a need for a sport suspension here...
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Originally Posted by Pierre
Mike, I'll check it with him about additional pics.
BTW, don't you guys think the Cayman is sitting too high? Definitely a need for a sport suspension here...
Greetings,
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Actually I think this one DOES have the only sport suspension that will be available in the states......PASM. Looks like it's sitting pretty low for the US market at least. Take a look at this picture.......I believe the Silver one has PASM and the Blue one does not.......you can see the difference in the ride height. Looks like the front is most affected.
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Yep, the silver one definitely looks lower. And better!
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Pierre
A friend saw this one yesterday at the Nürburgring. An english journalist was testing it.
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Wow that's beautiful...
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Old Aug 3, 2005 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by kcrpca.org
At first I thought that was a visual anomaly but I took this picture and blew it way up and sure enough the gaps between the tires and fenders are larger on both front and rear on the blue car vs. the silver car. Of course the silver car could have more weight in the trunks... Note the blue car has the PCCB's and the Silver car does not, so it would be "odd" to build a car without PASM but with PCCB IMHO, vs the reverse, but maybe they did so for testing purposes, again hard to say. Overall I concur the Cayman needs a lower ride height and since H&R and others are making springs for the 987S (PASM models even) then I'm sure someone will for the Cayman eventually.
If I'm not mistaken the few mag articles that I have read say the Silver one had PASM and 6 speed, while the blue one had Sport Chrono, Tiptronic, and PCCB.
And most of the pictures I have seen of them seem to support this. I think Porsche just wanted to "mix-up" the options a little, but your right,.....those combos don't make too much sense.
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