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Re: New car top of the (realistically attainable) wish list!
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2012, 07:15:32 pm »
Now that floats my boat.

a 2.5T Porsche Cayman PDK. Imagine that with a few choice mods, a remap and water meth :evilgrin:
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Re: New car top of the (realistically attainable) wish list!
« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2012, 10:46:58 pm »
Now that floats my boat.

a 2.5T Porsche Cayman PDK. Imagine that with a few choice mods, a remap and water meth :evilgrin:

i know, right?
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Re: New car top of the (realistically attainable) wish list!
« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2012, 11:03:48 pm »
It has been on the Pork config for a day or 2 now.  no 350 horses, a bit less power than the last one. Just specced mine to 60,000 bags of sand.  :rolleye:

You cant say the dealers wont earn there money. It would only let me pick tinted window if i bought fancy carpets for £250.  :grin: Think i will wait the 4 years for the R version. The launch yellow is tasty though.  :party:

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Re: New car top of the (realistically attainable) wish list!
« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2012, 11:14:35 pm »
pah you're not trying hard enough - £62,532! always loved the Cayman. definitely will have one in my lifetime!
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Re: New car top of the (realistically attainable) wish list!
« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2012, 12:24:21 am »
About time they made this properly quick... was hanging on the tails of a standard one the other day.

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Re: New car top of the (realistically attainable) wish list!
« Reply #6 on: December 04, 2012, 07:35:37 pm »
I like it... but is it really better than the M135i?


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Re: New car top of the (realistically attainable) wish list!
« Reply #7 on: December 04, 2012, 07:40:25 pm »
Andrew! you are being mischievous this evening, tough day at work? .

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Re: New car top of the (realistically attainable) wish list!
« Reply #8 on: December 04, 2012, 07:53:39 pm »
About time they made this properly quick... was hanging on the tails of a standard one the other day.


that's just because the GTI is a very all round good car. a few years ago Car magazine did a test with a few top end cars (R54, R8, Porsche 911 GT3) and took a GTI along as an everyman benchmark

the GT3 had a hard time losing the GTI on twisty B roads according to them. on a track it would be no contest, but in the real world there wasn't much separating a family hatch from a purpose built lightened sports car costing 4x the price. 

I like it... but is it really better than the M135i?


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dunno. the Cayman Turbo doesn't exist yet

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Re: New car top of the (realistically attainable) wish list!
« Reply #9 on: December 04, 2012, 07:58:10 pm »
So this must mean a turbo Boxster one day fairly soon...

Interesting concept making the straight 6 with a turbo (or a couple of turbos) more commonly used in the Porsche model range.
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Re: New car top of the (realistically attainable) wish list!
« Reply #10 on: December 04, 2012, 08:18:15 pm »
Andrew! you are being mischievous this evening, tough day at work? .

Aww, howay! You know that was a joke!

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Re: New car top of the (realistically attainable) wish list!
« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2012, 08:20:43 pm »
Seriously though, I love the new Cayman shape, it is utterly gorgeous. I can really see the Cayman becoming the more focussed sports car (it probably is already) and the 911 maturing to more of a GT.

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Re: New car top of the (realistically attainable) wish list!
« Reply #12 on: December 04, 2012, 08:33:33 pm »
I'd have a new Cayman over an M135i any day of the week - no matter what any Journo review says or how fast an M135i is or isn't compared to it. I think I'd still prefer an N/A with the sport chassis.

I had a new Boxster for a few hours a couple of weeks back, and I absolutely fell in love with it.

Shame you can't get 2 adults, a child and a buggy in one  :sad:
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