Buying Advice GT4 vs 718GTS
12-03-2018 | 12:53 PM
#18
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Sometimes it's good to remind yourself about what the GT4 brings to the table:
A few thoughts on the GT4
A few thoughts on the GT4
12-03-2018 | 01:23 PM
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Sometimes it's good to remind yourself about what the GT4 brings to the table:
A few thoughts on the GT4
A few thoughts on the GT4
12-03-2018 | 11:38 PM
#21
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Sometimes it's good to remind yourself about what the GT4 brings to the table:
A few thoughts on the GT4
A few thoughts on the GT4
From the article:
Broadly, there is consensus on the 2015 Cayman GT4. Quite simply most publications and journalists believe this is one of the greatest sports cars ever made and a Porsche icon.
And re the Cayman GTS
The Porsche Cayman GTS is a car you buy because you can’t quite stomach the price of a Cayman GT4. It is great to drive, really quick and even has a decent amount of space. The new 718 Cayman has boatloads of torque but we hate the lack of charisma in its turbocharged four engine. We’d buy a used 981 Cayman GTS with a naturally aspirated flat six and manual box.
12-04-2018 | 05:59 PM
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To be fair, that's US pricing; GB could have had a much bigger delta I suppose.
12-04-2018 | 08:06 PM
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almost $10k difference
12-04-2018 | 11:55 PM
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My wife and I test drove my GT4 and a heavily spec'd 718 Cayman S (Not a GTS) back to back. About two minutes into the Cayman S drive she looked at me and said...and this is word for word..."This car is a f***ing marshmallow". She then proceeded to detail what would happen to some very important body parts of mine if I purchased the 718 and not the GT4. To be clear...they were quite unpleasant things.
So I bought the GT4.
We are both happy and my important bits are still intact..although clearly owned and managed by my spouse.
So I bought the GT4.
We are both happy and my important bits are still intact..although clearly owned and managed by my spouse.
12-05-2018 | 12:51 AM
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My wife and I test drove my GT4 and a heavily spec'd 718 Cayman S (Not a GTS) back to back. About two minutes into the Cayman S drive she looked at me and said...and this is word for word..."This car is a f***ing marshmallow". She then proceeded to detail what would happen to some very important body parts of mine if I purchased the 718 and not the GT4. To be clear...they were quite unpleasant things.
So I bought the GT4.
We are both happy and my important bits are still intact..although clearly owned and managed by my spouse.
So I bought the GT4.
We are both happy and my important bits are still intact..although clearly owned and managed by my spouse.
12-05-2018 | 03:55 AM
#28
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This is a great read from down under and rings very true.
https://www.whichcar.com.au/opinion/...at-six-and-out
"The problem is that I hate the way it sounds, not just because it’s farty and flaccid and awful, but because it is entirely removed from what a proper, flat-six Porsche has always sounded like; a howl of ecstasy so pure you could wash diamonds with it. And no, ‘hate’ is not too strong a word. It riles me, even at high revs."
"My doubts about the latter were raised, hackle-like, with the launch of the 718 Cayman and its Subaru WRX-sounding turbo flat-four, but when I took delivery of a new bikini yellow GTS model I was confident that all would be resolved, because those three letters have always spelled ‘J-O-Y’ in the past."
Hahahah and this
"I am deeply saddened to report, however, that I disliked even the GTS version of the current Cayman so much that I never, even once, took it for a proper drive. Yes, I’m ashamed of me too."
https://www.whichcar.com.au/opinion/...at-six-and-out
"The problem is that I hate the way it sounds, not just because it’s farty and flaccid and awful, but because it is entirely removed from what a proper, flat-six Porsche has always sounded like; a howl of ecstasy so pure you could wash diamonds with it. And no, ‘hate’ is not too strong a word. It riles me, even at high revs."
"My doubts about the latter were raised, hackle-like, with the launch of the 718 Cayman and its Subaru WRX-sounding turbo flat-four, but when I took delivery of a new bikini yellow GTS model I was confident that all would be resolved, because those three letters have always spelled ‘J-O-Y’ in the past."
Hahahah and this
"I am deeply saddened to report, however, that I disliked even the GTS version of the current Cayman so much that I never, even once, took it for a proper drive. Yes, I’m ashamed of me too."
12-05-2018 | 09:08 AM
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and you know what's even worst...that you may think with an exhaust system the 718 sound could be improved...WRONG!!!!
At our last track day I was working on my GT4 and someone said " check out the Subaru..." I wasn't looking so I was expecting an STI but to my surprise there it was... a brand new 718 S with a full exhaust and ECU mod.
Car was pretty fast out of the box but man does the sound sucks big time.....it was even worst when I took to the track and I made several passes on my GT4 with Race Headers and GT3 exhaust conversion...no contest!
At our last track day I was working on my GT4 and someone said " check out the Subaru..." I wasn't looking so I was expecting an STI but to my surprise there it was... a brand new 718 S with a full exhaust and ECU mod.
Car was pretty fast out of the box but man does the sound sucks big time.....it was even worst when I took to the track and I made several passes on my GT4 with Race Headers and GT3 exhaust conversion...no contest!
12-05-2018 | 09:20 AM
#30
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718 GTS - PDK
Great, so I can conclude both of you know zip about performance cars 
and don't understand the trend in suspension is to a softer setting because .....................
Utter garbage, I don't own a GT3 but do own a 981 GTS, 991.2 GTS and a 720S and I still wouldn't buy a 981 GT4. It has nothing to do with money.
My wife and I test drove my GT4 and a heavily spec'd 718 Cayman S (Not a GTS) back to back. About two minutes into the Cayman S drive she looked at me and said...and this is word for word..."This car is a f***ing marshmallow". She then proceeded to detail what would happen to some very important body parts of mine if I purchased the 718 and not the GT4. To be clear...they were quite unpleasant things.
So I bought the GT4.
We are both happy and my important bits are still intact..although clearly owned and managed by my spouse.
So I bought the GT4.
We are both happy and my important bits are still intact..although clearly owned and managed by my spouse.
and don't understand the trend in suspension is to a softer setting because .....................The Porsche Cayman GTS is a car you buy because you can’t quite stomach the price of a Cayman GT4. It is great to drive, really quick and even has a decent amount of space. The new 718 Cayman has boatloads of torque but we hate the lack of charisma in its turbocharged four engine. We’d buy a used 981 Cayman GTS with a naturally aspirated flat six and manual box.