This! I had the chance to drive a 2012 Cayman S. The handling, brakes, and gear box were phenomenal.
Still look for them used from time to time.
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This! I had the chance to drive a 2012 Cayman S. The handling, brakes, and gear box were phenomenal.
Still look for them used from time to time.
King Jove
King Of †he Gawds
it's wild to me how porsche guys shyt on the cayman for not being a "real" 911 or even belittle it by calling it a boxster with a hardtop (even tho the boxster is still a proper sports car).This! I had the chance to drive a 2012 Cayman S. The handling, brakes, and gear box were phenomenal.
it's even a better value performance wise than a carrera s ($100,000+ for 420 hp
)plus they got turbo kits for the cayman that you can put on and blow the doors of most 911"s
it's wild to me how porsche guys shyt on the cayman for not being a "real" 911 or even belittle it by calling it a boxster with a hardtop (even tho the boxster is still a proper sports car).
it's even a better value performance wise than a carrera s ($100,000+ for 420 hp
plus they got turbo kits for the cayman that you can put on and blow the doors of most 911"s
It's that Porsche purist think. The cayman would be faster than the 911 if it had the same engine. The cayman is another one of those cars I would like to own but would hate to work on. The boxster is a great sports car as well. You can get them for cheap, but a cheap porsche leads to expensive maintenance. Look into the porsche ims bearing issues if you want to buy an early 2000's porsche.
King Jove
King Of †he Gawds
word. i almost pulled the trigger on a 996 a long time ago because they were dirt cheap but then i read on all the issues they had
word. i almost pulled the trigger on a 996 a long time ago because they were dirt cheap but then i read on all the issues they had
I had the same reaction when I started doing research. I came up with a great big no. Affordable well made performance cars are in short supply.
I mean for the money, the Charger 392 is a waaaayyyyyyyy better performance value than the 328i. I'm surprised you don't like it with a performance skew. That Charger is as fast as an M3 for half the price. Now the interior is made of Tupperware, and you still have to option it up, but for the same money it's faster and much better equipped. I don't like the a la carte stuff. A luxury car should have luxury features. How do you charge $50K for a car without a rear view camera or leather seats
Plus these new BMWs don't drive like the old ones. The E90 and E60 were 
The IMS thing is a little overblown. You get one either with a repair done or do the repair when you buy it and you're good.
The Cayman is great, but it's not special like the 911. You can get an Evora or 4C and have a somewhat similar experience. But there's nothing like a 911. It's an icon. Plus the fact that Porsche held the Cayman back makes the 911 that little bit better, for better or worse. I do all my own maintenance too, and the 911's better access would be key.
U don't listen to current rap do you? That's the "it" car to brag aboutI swear I didnt know...
Mars Blackmon
Pro
I agree, I don't see the appeal in those uber luxo land barges when you can get a similar model that has most of what they have luxury wise and is a lot more fun to drive. I mainly see geezers in those full size German sedans around here. Give me an E43 amg over an S550 all day, not even factoring in that it's $25k less. As far as leasing I know a guy that buys a new German car witin 2-3 years at a time. This dude is a car salesman's dream, it boggles my brain why he doesn't just lease instead of trading in a new car every 2-3 years.
Agree with most of this except the turbo sounding better than a supercharger. That supercharger whine is justmedium horsepower cars are more fun to drive than high horsepower cars.
turbocharged cars sound better than supercharged cars.
drag racing is boring.
rat rods are ugly
roll cages in street cars is stupid.
maseratis are straightand the only reason people praise them is because they're Italian and are affiliated with ferrari.
Mustangs, Chargers, Challengers are all trash cars that wanna be ballers buy
Negged....
Reno89
All Star
I prefer to buy cars with high mileage. For example, if I see a car with six years and only 50000 miles, I'm more than likely not going to go anywhere near that car. It's very possible that car has such low miles because it's spent so much time in the shop and is unreliable. However, if I see your car with 6 years 150000 miles, I'm more likely to buy that vehicle. Why? Because in order for it to average 25000 miles a year consistently, you would have to do all the right things maintenance-wise.
1970s HeRon Flow
Takin Penitentiary Chances
They make BMW's that don't come with leather?? 
I mean for the money, the Charger 392 is a waaaayyyyyyyy better performance value than the 328i. I'm surprised you don't like it with a performance skew. That Charger is as fast as an M3 for half the price. Now the interior is made of Tupperware, and you still have to option it up, but for the same money it's faster and much better equipped. I don't like the a la carte stuff. A luxury car should have luxury features. How do you charge $50K for a car without a rear view camera or leather seats
Yeah that 392 is a beast, but it is the interior that gets me. The one I was looking at was 45k but I could not get over how cruddy the interior was. Plus it was an automatic and you cannot widen the tires in factory wells. For the amount of power it puts out it needs 295/305 width rear tire. You get 275's only. Also the m3/m4 is a hell of a car, and comes with a stick and a really nice interior. The E90 was a great car. If I am cheap for my next car a 335xi sport with a manual my find it's way into my garage.
I like most of the offerings in the sedan class but when you get in to the feel of the car and really start looking at the details the imports have the american cars beat. That is a shame because I really want to buy american but cannot bring myself to do it.
