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ATTENTION! All Porsche fans....
« on: November 17, 2010, 11:04:02 am »
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The new Cayman R.

Oh dear, I've just touched cloth! This has got to be the purrfect 2-seater fast road car and even has flappy paddles (and DRL's).

http://www.topspeed.com/cars/porsche/2011-porsche-cayman-r-ar100274.html


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Re: ATTENTION! All Porsche fans....
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2010, 11:11:16 am »
How come it is called the R, and not the RS?

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Re: ATTENTION! All Porsche fans....
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2010, 11:13:35 am »
Meh  :chicken:

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Re: ATTENTION! All Porsche fans....
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2010, 11:17:59 am »
Meh  :chicken:

I agree. They've saved weight by removing the aircon, and the stereo, both things I'd say are essential in a fast road car.

Bad move with the name too.

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Re: ATTENTION! All Porsche fans....
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2010, 11:41:26 am »
Yep, I'll be having that, thanks!

Obviously with Climate & radio specced, I'm not insane!
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Re: ATTENTION! All Porsche fans....
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2010, 11:42:32 am »
still a cheap mans porsche.  :P


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Re: ATTENTION! All Porsche fans....
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2010, 11:46:00 am »
Meh  :chicken:

I agree. They've saved weight by removing the aircon, and the stereo, both things I'd say are essential in a fast road car.

Bad move with the name too.


....Oh, so you'd refuse to have one would you.

I never use Aircon except the demist (if that's all the same system) and you can have it as an extra option anyway. I wouldn't want the radio and would fit an Alpine SatNav.


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Re: ATTENTION! All Porsche fans....
« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2010, 11:46:56 am »
Having bust my aircon last time out in Germany, there's no way in fricking hell I'd be without it - I felt ill it was that hot and stuffy.
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Re: ATTENTION! All Porsche fans....
« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2010, 11:48:38 am »
Sacrilege - The car couldn't be less worthy of the R badge if they tried. Once again marketing have trampled all over heritage.

(And I was already annoyed as I've seen the GT5 car list today, what an absolute joke that is as well!)
Only 250.1bhp - but with that noise, who cares?

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Re: ATTENTION! All Porsche fans....
« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2010, 11:49:48 am »

still a cheap mans porsche.  :P


....Listen to you. Doesn't the Porsche in your parents house belong to daddy?

It's horses for courses and I see this Cayman R as a more practical road car than the more powerful Porsches. ETTO.


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Re: ATTENTION! All Porsche fans....
« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2010, 11:51:50 am »
Sacrilege - The car couldn't be less worthy of the R badge if they tried. Once again marketing have trampled all over heritage.

(And I was already annoyed as I've seen the GT5 car list today, what an absolute joke that is as well!)

....Deary me!  :rolleye:  So much fuss over just a badge. Would you be happier if Porsche called it the RS?


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Re: ATTENTION! All Porsche fans....
« Reply #11 on: November 17, 2010, 11:52:12 am »
A 911 cabrolet isn't even a real Porsche, never mind a poor man's.
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Re: ATTENTION! All Porsche fans....
« Reply #12 on: November 17, 2010, 11:53:44 am »

A 911 cabrolet isn't even a real Porsche, never mind a poor man's.


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Re: ATTENTION! All Porsche fans....
« Reply #13 on: November 17, 2010, 12:00:33 pm »
Sacrilege - The car couldn't be less worthy of the R badge if they tried. Once again marketing have trampled all over heritage.

(And I was already annoyed as I've seen the GT5 car list today, what an absolute joke that is as well!)

....Deary me!  :rolleye:  So much fuss over just a badge. Would you be happier if Porsche called it the RS?

Yes, because it would be more accurate.
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Re: ATTENTION! All Porsche fans....
« Reply #14 on: November 17, 2010, 12:06:00 pm »

still a cheap mans porsche.  :P


....Listen to you. Doesn't the Porsche in your parents house belong to daddy?

It's horses for courses and I see this Cayman R as a more practical road car than the more powerful Porsches. ETTO.

Agreed ETTO but I still fail to see how, cost aside, a sure-footed AWD 911 Turbo with room inside, plus a usable boot space, sat-nav, air-con and adjustable suspension (read - comfortable) is less practical than a stripped out Cayman? It's even got a smaller tank, so has less range.
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