Road trip! - Page 1 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK

Someone else posted theirs, so I thought I'd post mine: http://juansolo.co.uk/motas/porker14.html

Incredible scenery and roads thanks for sharing... Really want to do a road trip in my new Cayman. Thanks G

Great pictures, I've just come back from 3800 miles of brilliant driving. These driving holidays makes owning these cars all worth while. I don't know how owners complain about not having time to drive their P&Js, simple, plan it! Book it! Drive it! Thanks for posting. Neil

rallyeman said: Great pictures, I've just come back from 3800 miles of brilliant driving. These driving holidays makes owning these cars all worth while. I don't know how owners complain about not having time to drive their P&Js, simple, plan it! Book it! Drive it! Thanks for posting. Neil Alternatively leave it in the garage and ogle it as it depreciates before your eyes! I bought a Gallardo once which had covered 450 miles in first 12 months of its life. 2 weeks later it had done 3500 miles thanks to a trip round the Alps and Dolomites!

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We did so many passes I've no idea which ones we did or didn't do (I was busy trying not to fall off). So it's entirely possible that we did it. I'd have to look back at the route in detail to be sure.

anonymous said: [redacted] Bearing in mind I was tooling around with a friend in his V8V that though heavier, was substantially more powerful, it never felt underpowered on actual roads. The reality was the sure-footedness of the Cayman more than offset the grunt of the Aston and there was little in it in the dry and in the wet it was far easier to make progress in the Cayman. The journey made me ponder what I wanted from a car. I came to the conclusion that the Cayman does everything I'd ever want a car to do and I really struggle to think of much that I'd swap it for. It took two people and a tonne of luggage in comfort. When you want it to be economical, reliable and chew up an Autoroute, it's a great GT car. When you get to the passes it turns into a sports car and just is so utterly confidence inspiring, you can lean on it a surprising amount. On those roads all the 3.2/3.4 would have meant is having to change gear less and not rev it as high. As I enjoy revving it out (nice exhaust) and changing gear, I prefer the character of this engine. In conclusion; I like the 2.7 and have no plans to replace it. But I can't speak for everyone. I read many people that consider the 3.2/3.4 a far superior car and the 2.7 a disappointment in comparison. So I'd recommend having a go yourself. The larger engined car has more power and grip to play with and I know some people like that. Going as fast as possible being their 'thing'. But on the road I'd argue that you can only use a fraction of what modern cars are capable of, so having all that ability on tap actually makes the whole experience a little more dull and frustrating. Edited by juansolo on Sunday 17th August 18:54

juansolo said: anonymous said: [redacted] The reality was the sure-footedness of the Cayman more than offset the grunt of the Aston and there was little in it in the dry and in the wet it was far easier to make progress in the Cayman. But I can't speak for everyone. I read many people that consider the 3.2/3.4 a far superior car and the 2.7 a disappointment in comparison. So I'd recommend having a go yourself. The larger engined car has more power and grip to play with and I know some people like that. Going as fast as possible being their 'thing'. But on the road I'd argue that you can only use a fraction of what modern cars are capable of, so having all that ability on tap actually makes the whole experience a little more dull and frustrating. Edited by juansolo on Sunday 17th August 18:54 I think that answers everything. Real world, the 2.7 seems a great car. Whilst in OPC last week, they immediately thought I'd be interested in the S, personally I'm not so sure. Its about time people realised that more BHP does not equal more fun, especially on the road. Just my opinion of course.

Maybe a 987.2 2.9 is the answer? EDIT: looks like you pay a bit of a premium over the 2.7 (start at around £22k) and none have the extended leather you're after. FWIW, you get used to the low-rent nature of the interior and you don't notice it after a while Plus the 987.2 is a little more up market. All have big wheels on them too, which I personally don't like. Edited by juansolo on Monday 18th August 09:09

I've no idea what the values are going to do. But I'd agree that they carry a small premium over a similar Boxster. But, as per the Boxster (Spyder aside), I suspect the only direction the value of them will be going is down. Shame if you own one, nice if you're buying.

good write up and pics - one with the place name made me laugh out loud!