Anyone ever drive a Cayman?
12-13-2007, 10:53 AM
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Typical ignorance badge arrogance here. It's comedic.
The S2000 is a fantastic car and I would easily take an S2000 (yea a Honda guys) over a base Cayman and would be hard pressed to spend $50Gs on a Cayman S over the very capable and celebrated Honda S2000 in the low $30s.
The amount of huff and puff in responses to ucrazy's post is commensurate to how often and how deep the poster bows in front of the Porsche throne which is bordering pathetic.
If you love sports cars (light and nimble), you gotta love the Honda S2000. Same goes for the Cayman/S.
The S2000 is a fantastic car and I would easily take an S2000 (yea a Honda guys) over a base Cayman and would be hard pressed to spend $50Gs on a Cayman S over the very capable and celebrated Honda S2000 in the low $30s.
The amount of huff and puff in responses to ucrazy's post is commensurate to how often and how deep the poster bows in front of the Porsche throne which is bordering pathetic.
If you love sports cars (light and nimble), you gotta love the Honda S2000. Same goes for the Cayman/S.
12-13-2007, 05:54 PM
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Drove a Cayman S at PSDS. If it were not for needing to transport my 8 year old from time-to-time, I would definitely own one. Also drove a Boxter S at the same, and I'll never say a bad word about one again. Call it a "chick car" if you want, but its light, responsive, and an absolute blast to drive. You can push it way too hard and get away with it.
12-13-2007, 06:29 PM
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2006 Porsche Boxster US sales: 7879
It's strange that Honda sells fewer S2000s than Porsche sells Boxsters, even with a MAJOR price advantage and uh, all that "better performance".
I bought my Miata from a new S2000 owner. He admitted to having second thoughts on the S2000 purchase because it requires one to drive it like they're angry all the time, whereas the Mazda rewards virtually any driving style. I thought that was a good way to put it.
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12-13-2007, 06:47 PM
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12-13-2007, 08:06 PM
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12-13-2007, 08:07 PM
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your 996 turbo can be criticized just as harshly as the s2000, but we already know what those are so let's just say both cars offer a unique value to the consumers who choose to buy them
12-13-2007, 08:49 PM
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I'm simple-minded because I think it's strange that two cars that you claim compete directly with each other have sales figures that don't support that, even though there's a major price advantage on the slower-selling car?
If you take into account used cars when determining a model's competition, you're using the term "competes with..." drastically different than most anyone else in the automotive industry.
If you take into account used cars when determining a model's competition, you're using the term "competes with..." drastically different than most anyone else in the automotive industry.
12-13-2007, 11:01 PM
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the only problem with the cayman is Porsche themselves ... they are holding back the cars true potential and wants to keep it as the lil bro of the almighty 911.
The bad thing about the cayman is its little or no warning when you crossed its performance boundaries... it'll spin like a top... while the 911 will give you some warning before it lets go...
The bad thing about the cayman is its little or no warning when you crossed its performance boundaries... it'll spin like a top... while the 911 will give you some warning before it lets go...
12-14-2007, 01:19 AM
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That's one of the side-effects of a low polar moment of inertia. If you are going to drive the limit, you'd better be paying attention. When I got my Boxster, I seriously had to recalibrate my internal gyroscope to be about 4X more sensitive, but it can be done. Now, with other cars, they feel like slow motion to me.
12-16-2007, 08:29 AM
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I drove a base Caymen and the 04 996C2 back to back. I bought the 996. It was tempting to consider a brand new Caymen vs. a used 996 dollar for dollar, (acutally the Caymen I drove was a few thousand less than the used 996). The Caymen was a very well mannered and fun car, but as soon as I heard my mind saying "my wife would love this car" I knew it was too tame for me. Plus, the interior felt noticeably smaller than the 996 and I was already in love with the growl of the PSE on the 996. I also have a thing for the jump seats as reminiscent of the 68 911 I once owned.
12-16-2007, 11:09 AM
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I took the day off and drove a Cayman S and an 04 996 back to back. I really like the Cayman S dynamics. With a limited test drive I played with the motor and handling going through underpasses. It's a sweet car.
Afterwards I drove the 04 996 coupe. The motor didn't feel as 'smooth', but obviously stronger, so I'm curious if the 3.4 996 motor is as smooth as the Cayman. I wonder if the 3.4 is more to my liking.
Afterwards I drove the 04 996 coupe. The motor didn't feel as 'smooth', but obviously stronger, so I'm curious if the 3.4 996 motor is as smooth as the Cayman. I wonder if the 3.4 is more to my liking.
12-16-2007, 12:35 PM
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I had a cayman S as a loner for a day. I put 150 miles on it and loved it. I bougt one two weeks later. It feels more nimble a shifts nicer than my996. The engine feels as strong as my 3.6
