Gvazquez
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So this is the gts correct? With the 2.5 liter?
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Cliff
Drag Racing Champion
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- San Francisco Bay Area
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- 2015 Cayman GTS
2015 981 GTS - with the 3.4l NA 6-cyl
Mini7
Autocross Champion
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- Charlotte, NC
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- 2017 GTi Sport PP
Good looking car!
Gvazquez
Go Kart Champion
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- North Carolina
Ah I see. It almost looks like a 718. Is there any particular reason you didn't go with a 718? Or is the price difference not worth the performance
Cliff
Drag Racing Champion
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- San Francisco Bay Area
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- 2015 Cayman GTS
I prefer a normally aspirated flat 6 to a turbo flat four. This motor has soul, not to mention a 7800 rpm redline. The turbo fours, not so much. Also, this car was priced a good $15k less than any 982 GTS I saw. It is also optioned well with a manual transmission, X73 sport suspension (fixed shock rates rather than PASM, which is similar to DCC), Porsche Torque Vectoring (which includes a mechanical LSD), navigation, and GTS interior package.
Nice find.
Gvazquez
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Ah makes sense yeah sounds like you got a hell of a deal. I was considering picking up either a 718 cayman, c7 grand sport, supra or a ttrs. All very different car but very capable. I heard really good things about the 718 and its potential but also heard it kinda covers up driver mistakes doesnt have that drivers connected feel.
Cliff
Drag Racing Champion
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- San Francisco Bay Area
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- 2015 Cayman GTS
Of all those cars, the Porsche is likely to have the most connected feel. I drove both a C5Z06 and a C6 Corvette a few years back and they were kind of numb. The C7 is an improvement over the previous generations, and while I have ridden in a C7GS on track I have not driven one. The TTRS is going to be a lot like the R in terms of chassis behaviors. No idea on the Supra other than it's basically a BMW manufactured by Magna Steyr, like the BMW Z4MC I used to own. It will likely be biased towards understeer, like my BMW, and it comes with a torque converter-based automatic which is less than engaging.
Gvazquez
Go Kart Champion
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I've heard similar things in regards to those cars. I was leaning towards the 718 for that reason. For awhile I was looking at the lighting lap times on VIR that each of those cars got and the c7 gs, of course got the fastest time. Then I realized I cant drive any of those cars to that limit lol so I just wanna own the one that's gonna make me a better driver and still be fairly safe/reliable on track
PowerDemon
Autocross Champion
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- Richmond, VA
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- Golf GTI, Camaro ZL1
Good choice with the flat 6. How is the cargo space? Do you think it will be relatively easy to daily drive?
Cliff
Drag Racing Champion
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- San Francisco Bay Area
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- 2015 Cayman GTS
Cargo space isn't bad. The rear trunk will hold my Renetto folding chair, a folding table, and I imagine I can pack in additional smaller items. The frunk is very capacious and should swallow a storage box with misc stuff, a duffel, computer bag, and hardshell case with Gopros and AiM Solo. I'll be traveling much lighter to track days going forward - no more 3 drawer portable toolbox and multiple storage boxes with spares and misc stuff. This car is a heck of a lot more practical than my Z4MC was. Vision out of it, especially to the rear, is far better than the Z4MC.
victorofhavoc
Autocross Champion
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- Kansas City
Porsche is probably the only manufacturer we have in the US where you can roll a car off the showroom and onto the track. I drove a 718 gts recently and it was an absolute blast! My buddy had it on track with my z recently and it surprisingly kept up with a very fast group!
Great car, congrats Cliff!
Great car, congrats Cliff!
turbojzrr
Go Kart Champion
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- San Francisco Bay Area
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- '19 Golf R
Im going to Laguna Seca with my R for the first time this coming weekend. Completely stock car. Hope to represent
tpellegr
Go Kart Champion
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- Boston, MA
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- 2016 GTI S 6MT
That's awesome! Have fun and enjoy that West coast weather.Im going to Laguna Seca with my R for the first time this coming weekend. Completely stock car. Hope to represent
Cliff
Drag Racing Champion
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- San Francisco Bay Area
- Car(s)
- 2015 Cayman GTS
The Porsche provides a much better soundtrack than my Golf did. I forgot to bring my OBDII cable so I only ran a front facing GoPro Hero 5 Black. My best lap time was the same as my best in the R 2 years ago when we last ran the 1CW track configuration. I was on the OE tires for this event, which did ok considering they were OE tires. The 255/235R19 front and 275/35R19 rear RE71R tires were mounted yesterday. The DS2500 pads seem a little overmatched. There was no fade, but they would lose bite over time. When they're done I'll try Ferodo DS1.11 racing pads, also available through FCP Euro.