Some manufacturers deliver cars in perfect alignment. Some don't. What is the situation with the Porsche Cayman? I have enough time to have it checked before I pick up the car if it is necessary.
I know of 2 CRs :hilarious: that had a performance alignment done prior to delivery. Upon receiving pre and post data it showed that both cars were out of spec from the factory.
That's scary. Guess I better have it done then.
It's just a guess on my part, but I suspect that they (Porsche) don't do an actual alignment on our cars (at least not on the lower end models). They might just have some kind of jig to make sure that the suspension parts bolt up in the (almost) same position on every car.
I was a victim of the loose pressure plate bolts and while they were fixing that issue, they told me that they found that the care was out of alignment and did the alignment for me.
My 2008 CS was delivered way out of alignment, front and rear. The toe was so far off on the fronts it wore my tires prematurely. A tread depth gauge shows the factory alignment on the 2009 Boxster is better, but I just found a good alignment shop in our area, and I think I'll take the Boxster in for check-up.
I think KS-CS is right; the factory doesn't align cars independent of the build process. My new (then) '06 was slightly out of alignment specs (in the red zone) in several places very soon (a few hundred miles) after delivery.
I'm not sure a precise alignment on a car just rolling off the assembly line would be retained for very long anyway, as the suspension apparently settles a bit during the first few hundred miles of driving.
I would definitely have it done sooner rather than later so your tires don't wear unevenly. Also you want your new Cayman to be at it's best when you get it.
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It's usually one of the first things I aways do on a performance car. When I had my CS done, it was pretty far off on one corner. $75-100 to get the most out of your car seems like good spend to me. YMMV
