K Hawes

Are there any problems with 06 Cayman S's that the later (07&08) models don't have? Any specific "warnings" for the 06?

K Hawes

Did a search. One question left. Is 43.7k an excessive amount of miles?

2slow2speed

Check over on Planet-9 there are more active Cayman owners there.

gmsracing

I can't think of any problems on the '06 cars vs the later cars. They really didn't receive any major updates to my knowledge. TPMS was an OPTION, which is kind of cool if you don't have it and want to change/have a couple sets of wheels. A set of TPMS sensors will run you $400+ and that seems like a waste of money to me. Clutch slave's were a bit of a problem, but that affected even later cars. 43k sounds like a daily car to me. I wouldn't worry about it unless you are looking for a low mileage garage queen. I put on about 10k a year on my '08 car. It has about 26k on it now.

STLPCA

No special issues with the '06 MY. Some cars had early production defects which would have been fixed under warranty years ago. '06 cars will be out of warranty, so be extra cautious with your PPI. As noted, TPMS was an '06 option (mandatory for '07+). I chose not to get TPMS since I track my car.

The mileage is about average for a daily driver (10-12k/yr). Find out if the 4 year major service has been done.

John Ferguson

Unless it is a smokin deal, there are low mileage "garage queens" that I would buy before one with that many miles.

Concerning differences with 06 models, the following was posted 3 days ago by Ken Smiley, the owner of planet-9.com and who also owns an 06. So you don't take it out of context, recommend you read the entire thread.

"The problem you have is that you have an early 2006 Cayman S with the early 2005/2006 ECU programming and first generation Cats on the exhaust. These will trip check engine lights for the codes you reported above because the ECU will see values outside of the desired table range because the first gen cats didn't scrub the exhaust enough and the first gen ECU tables were too tight.

Porsche has consistently done 2 things FOR FREE under the Emissions warranty (which is longer than the 4/yr/50K factory warranty so don't let them tell you your car isn't under warranty because it is for emissions and this IS an emissions issue).

What they MUST do (or you can sue if you wish) is to replace your factory header/cats with the newer generation AND flash your ECU with the new ECU code. These 2 things in concert will fix the codes you are getting. This is WELL DOCUMENTED within Porsche and anyone from Porsche who tells you otherwise either is clueless or lying to you."

K Hawes

Thanks for all the replies. Ended up getting a 2007 Cayman S w/ 35k. Same thing a year later.