Macster

cause of how aggressive Porsche is with PDK shift maps to get tranny in as high a gear as possible. As most will leave tranny in auto mode it will be free to upshift and without any perceptible lurch or break in power flow to a higher gear as quickly as possible. Porsche needs this behavior to keep it on the good side of the greenies to meet tougher CO2 and fuel economy standards here and abroad.

I've read reviews of cars equipped with PDK tranny getting into 7th gear and engine barely at fast idle speed.

This will see quite a bit of back flow of combustion chamber gases intentional to essentially pollute incoming air to reduce temp of combustion to keep formation of Nitrogen Oxide down. This formed when combustion temp. gets too high.

The side effect will be more chances for combustion chamber gases to vapor deposit stuff on back of cold intake valves.

A work-around is to keep transmission in manual mode and let engine rpms climb higher before shifting to next higher gear.

However reviews indicate manual shifting so counter-intuitive using either paddles or shift lever that most reviewers prefer to for "everyday" driving let transmission remain in auto mode and of course upshift as quick as it can to next higher car.

I would not be surprised to see a year or two down the road a mod made to engine to provide for injection ports located in intake manifold just ahead of the intake ports and upstream of the intake valves so under some operating conditions engine works as port injected engine vs. 100% direct injection. The port located injector of course will spray fuel onto back of intake valves and help to keep them cleaner.

One rumor I heard was Porsche developing an intake valve cleaner contraption that will be used to feed special cleaner fluid/vapor into intake system while engine running --- probably under computer control -- to help remove valve deposits and other deposits from combustion chamber.

This cleansing will be done and then followed by oil/filter service.

Sincerely,

Macster.

Macster

for $39,999. "book" indicates car should go for less than this amount.

I'd be interested in car more if it had at least one oil/filter service since being put into service Sept. '07. That's too long on that factory fill oil.

Sincerely,

Macster.

Vino

I agree on the price.

I am going to take a step back and even expand my search into other Porsches. I am in no rush and there are just too many Cayman's on the market with prices all over the place. Even the Carrera S can be had in mid to low $50's. The Colorado market seems to stink in terms of finding the "right" car and price. Most of the dealers are at least 15% too high on price and with no CPO it's a no brainer. I did bring my check book and offered good money on the spot if the PPI was good being the car is CPO'd and everything passed on the 06. They passed and it wasn't a low ball offer, I liked the car but not how the car was being sold.
If I read correctly, to CPO the car costs the dealer around $1300 , correct me if I am wrong.

I may just look for a new 09 CS and work with a broker to find a better deal even if it comes from out of state, I'll be happy to drive it back home..
I have very little time to deal, I work almost 7 days a week and have too much on my plate to stress dealing on a car for days or even weeks.

Macster, good luck with your search as well and I'll be following your thread!

Fooshe

I just saw a 2008 Guards Red Cayman S with 6,800 miles and all kinds of options on it (PASM, Sport Exhuast, sport design wheels, adaptive sport seats, high end Bose, Bluetooth, Ipod Conn. and much more go for $46,000!