Ownership Verified: Porsche Cayman GTS 2016

I don't understand why discussing the Carrera would be a dick move :perplexed: of course I subjectively compared the two, I was cross shopping between the 911 & Cayman after all.

To clarify the loaner car was a 2017 Carrera 2 with the new twin turbo 3.0L flat 6, equipped with PASM as the sole performance option. No sport chrono pack, no active sport exhaust. And PDK (of course).

Overall, I drove it for a few days and thrashed it on some local roads like a rental. The 991 series is a really nice car. If I only had room for one car to do it all, daily drive, road trips, Canyon driving, track, stuck in traffic , it would definitely be a 911 equipped with pdk. Would be far better suited to do everything than the Cayman. But since I have 2 cars I far prefer the focused, smaller Cayman. The 991 is a pretty huge car.

Also the 911 kind of passed/failed the 'mom test' depending on how you look at it:

While riding in the Cayman she complained it was too small, too rough, too loud and generally felt unsafe in it. While riding in the 911 she marveled at how comfortable and roomy it was and thought it felt like riding in a 'normal car'.

That's when I was sure I made the right choice.

And before anyone brings up a 991 GT3 or GT3RS those were far out of the price range I was shopping for, so they're largely irrelevant to this discussion.

Thanks for the write-up. :)

I said it was a "dick move" because I knew sooner or later the comparison between the Cayman and the 911 would be brought up. EVERYTHING must be compared to the 911, it's the law. :p
But really, I know you were cross-shopping and I personally prefer the Cayman, I was just curious to read what was your take now that you lived with it for a while and had the new 911 to play with.
Also, yes, if my mom disliked it, I knew I had the right car. :lol:
 
I think in the efforts to broaden the market appeal of the 911 to a wider audience, this is what we have:

A perfectly fast and high performing sports car that a near 70 year old woman can feel comfortable driving in anything short of the most hardcore trim levels.

The Cayman & Boxster are both inching in that same direction but for now still feel like much more tight, focused cars meant for driving first and every else a distant second.

During my track day I got to drive around my friend's Lotus Evora and that was more like a pure driver's car first and everything else a distant 3rd...
 
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I think in the efforts to broaden the market appeal of the 911 to a wider audience, this is what we have:

A perfectly fast and high performing sports car that a near 70 year old woman can feel comfortable driving in anything short of the most hardcore trim levels.

The Cayman & Boxster are both inching in that same direction but for now still feel like much more tight, focused cars meant for driving first and every else a distant second.

During my track day I got to drive around my friend's Lotus Evora and that was more like a pure driver's car first and everything else a distant 3rd...

The fact that the Evora is the "diluted" Lotus tells us a lot about their line-up...
 
Attended a mini euro meet this morning at a new Pirelli store in WestLA. They claim to be the first branded store front in the world but Im kinda skeptical of that, can anyone else in other cities confirm they have these stores where they live?

As part of their opening, they had this promotional raffle and guess who won a set of P Zeros in the size of choice?

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Nice!
 
I?ve visited a Pirelli store in Milan almost exactly 4 years ago. Stunning place, they had a Lancia Stratos inside just to give you an example.
 
Congrats on winning some tires! Hope you enjoy ever mile until they reach the cords!
 
I?ve visited a Pirelli store in Milan almost exactly 4 years ago. Stunning place, they had a Lancia Stratos inside just to give you an example.
I believe that, because why would a world famous European tire brand have its first store in America of all places? I could believe it being the first such store in the States, but world? *pssh*

It's tough decision because conditions for winning the tires is I have to have them mounted by them on my car, I simply cannot pick them up and take them home.

The Porsche is currently running Bridgestone Pole Position S04s with only 2k miles on them. But my S4s Michelins have already 10k miles of wear on them, so Im thinking of swapping out the tires on the Audi and see if any other Audi owner wants to buy the Michelins off me (stock tire size) as a spare set, perhaps for the track)
 
After trying a bunch of universal phone mounts with little satisfaction, I discovered this custom mount specific for 991 & 981 cars from a random YouTube Porsche review

http://t-design9.com/phone_mount_981.html

It's definitely a little more pricey but it fits beautifully sliding in the crack between the PCM screen and console surrounds. Also has a nice racheting mechanism that lets you slide between portrait and landscape modes easily

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Here's their vid demonstrating installation

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Just finished going thru my photos from the soft opening of the LA Porsche Exp Center yesterday. Not much going on yet but the doors are at least open:

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It has a racetrack?

Also, that exhaust would look so cool as a wall decoration. <3
 
It has a racetrack?

Also, that exhaust would look so cool as a wall decoration. <3
Yeah they have a closed track in the back for their "driving experience' where customers can pay to drive any Porsche in their stable on the track.

Also they will open up the track from time to time for Porsche owners events as well (bring your own car) in the future. That's what I'm looking forward to
 
It has a racetrack?

Also, that exhaust would look so cool as a wall decoration. <3
The exhaust is actually a home audio speaker system, so you probably could mount it on the wall. Givem its shape I think it looks much better as a table top decoration
 
Took part in a Euro group drive in the Malibu Canyons on Sat, fun times

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that's one very misinformed GTR owner :lol:
 
Europe = anything outside USA.
 
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