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Old 01-08-2021, 10:37 AM   #8510
edkwon
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Help me, oh Porsche faithful.

A new GT4 is more money than I want to spend. I've owned an Elise, and my son owns an S2000. I'm looking for something more refined and less track oriented. Manual is required or why bother? The 4 turbo vs 6 are questions in my mind. 981 vs 718. Residual value in the future is important as I can't say any car would ever be a forever car for me. So practically, thinking perhaps 981 GTS vs 718 base. This will be a street only car. Maybe a lapping day now and then but not getting back into roadracing.

Are there things I'm overlooking? I have not yet driven a Cayman. Have driven various 911's in the past.
As a former 981 GTS owner and current 991 gen 911 Turbo owner, I'll chime in here:

918 Cayman GTS - I had to the 6MT version and it was a fantastic *well-balanced* driver's car. The feel of the manual transmission is probably the best I've ever experienced with easy shifts but still rifle bolt action in feel. Handling is very neutral. It goes plenty fast enough but you have to rev to get to those speeds so the speed feels earned and also you don't end up going stupid fast triple digit speeds before you realize it so you can keep your speed in check most of the time.

My only and biggest gripe: the 6 speed manual gearing which is a problem in all the 6 spd manual Caymans, 981 and 718 gen and both gen of the GT4 as wel. 2nd gear is way too tall which kills a bit of the driving fun. Some GT4 owners will pay big bucks to get their 6 spd trans re-geared for a shorter ratios down low. The 7 spd PDK gearing is much better but it wont be the same fun.

I drove a 718 Cayman S, definitely more low end tq than the N/A 981 flat 6 engine, but you probably already know about the exhaust note of the 4 pot. I don't think its horrible, but I also think it doesn't sound like a Porsche sports car to me.

911 Turbo - feels much bigger, much larger, still fun to drive, but stupidly fast and powerful. I want to rev it out when I drive but find myself already going 110-120 when revving it out on the freeway in 3rd gear. While I enjoy the car, it has less of that driving purity feel of the Cayman.

I'm already planning in a few years I will sell the Turbo and look for 1 of 2 cars:

718 Cayman GTS 4.0 - basically a less hardcore and mildly detuned version of the 718 GT4 with a 6 spd manual, 380 hp is not shabby and the same power of the 981 GT4

991.2 GT3 Touring - this is the more aspirational purchase and assuming I can find one relatively low miles that won't go for a stupid ridiculous price and my finances are in order enough to lay down the cash, this would be my attainable dream car I think. 500 hp high revving N/A would be perfect.

I actually got to drive a friend's 991.2 GT3RS and ripped it up/down the local freeways. It's insane and a lot of fun, but its also like that friend who is fun at parties but doesn't know how to switch it off once the party is over. A regular GT3 being a little toned down works better for me.
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