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post Aug 8 2005, 10:42 PM
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I've always loved mid-engine cars and especially Porsche cars. I love my 914, but I've never been all that taken by the Boxster.

So yesterday at Barnes & Noble I see a Cayman S in "Porsche & 911 World", and I'm smitten. I don't know if I will ever manage to afford one, but it is everything I could want in the car of my dreams. I just drool looking at the images of it.

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/drooley.gif) The Official Posrshe Cayman S web site Only?? $58,900 MSRP! I gotta start saving up!
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post Aug 8 2005, 11:16 PM
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from a 90 degree angle, that thing looks like ass, but from 1/4 views, it's ass looks great!


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post Aug 8 2005, 11:18 PM
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I love em'. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wub.gif) But I'd probably save $20k and get a Lotus.
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post Aug 9 2005, 12:19 AM
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QUOTE (McMark @ Aug 8 2005, 09:18 PM)
I love em'. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wub.gif) But I'd probably save $20k and get a Lotus.

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As much as I love Porsches, the Lotus is totally a hot car. Styling is a little too much, but the engineering is so pure.

That Cayman is a little funky lookin' isn't it. The "artist renderings" from a year ago actually look better than the actual car - a little disappointing in my opinion.
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post Aug 9 2005, 12:30 AM
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Can't say it blows my skirt up...
the side intakes looks horrible, like they've glued on a hockey stick to the sill.
...probably look better in the flesh
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post Aug 9 2005, 12:37 AM
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In every family there’s one person who thinks a little differently than everyone else. Someone who is very much in touch with his roots, but interprets them in a totally different way.

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The new Cayman S embodies dynamism in the purest form.  It signals permanent rediness for action.  And it posseses the kind of agility only a mid-engine vehicle can.  The lineage of the Cayman S includes names of great reknown.  The legendary 1953 Porsche 550 Coupe.  And the perfectly shaped 1964 Porsche 904 Carrera GTS Coupe.  With these two-seater mid-engine sports coupés, Porsche wrote design and motor-sports history

Some serious production went into this site! Be sure to check the 904 Video. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_flagge6.gif)
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post Aug 9 2005, 05:40 AM
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i love the look of the cayman....i think its absolutely beautiful...

and no, its not a direct contender with the elise, but it still is the small sports car that porsche is building
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post Aug 9 2005, 08:13 AM
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QUOTE (McMark @ Aug 9 2005, 12:18 AM)
I love em'. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wub.gif) But I'd probably save $20k and get a Lotus.

yea, you can almost have 2 lotus for 1 Cayman...

I like them, but not $60k worth of love
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post Aug 9 2005, 09:07 AM
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The Elise base price is $42k the new hard top is more than that. That is getting pretty close to the little croc's price range. And I bet that the Porsche is much eaiser to live with day to day, IMHO. Personally, I like the Cayman, but I can't afford one.
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post Aug 9 2005, 09:07 AM
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post Aug 9 2005, 09:25 AM
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QUOTE (johnmhudson111 @ Aug 9 2005, 10:07 AM)
The Elise base price is $42k the new hard top is more than that. That is getting pretty close to the little croc's price range. And I bet that the Porsche is much eaiser to live with day to day, IMHO. Personally, I like the Cayman, but I can't afford one.

ok, I thought the elise was like @ 35k... I stand corrected...

but still you can have an elise for the fun, dry days, and a 20k beater for the day-to-day grind...

the cayman is just over priced...

now, REAL smart money, is a used boxster, and a 20k beater for the price of the elise...
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post Aug 9 2005, 10:42 AM
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QUOTE (Jacques @ Aug 8 2005, 11:37 PM)
Be sure to check the 904 Video. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_flagge6.gif)

here's the video, you'll need ShockWave installed to view it ...

904 Heritage, ~2.4MB, ShockWave Format

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post Aug 9 2005, 10:54 AM
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dy·na·mism "dynamism" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (d(IMG:http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/AHD4/GIF/imacr.gif)n(IMG:http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/AHD4/GIF/schwa.gif)-m(IMG:http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/AHD4/GIF/ibreve.gif)z(IMG:http://cache.lexico.com/dictionary/graphics/AHD4/GIF/schwa.gif)m)
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2. A process or mechanism responsible for the development or motion of a system.
3. Continuous change, activity, or progress; vigor.


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post Aug 9 2005, 12:25 PM
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My Elise was $50+ with all the options. And it is easily the least practical car around, though I did make it from Columbus to San Francisco in 47 hours. For a daily driver I'd probably take the gator's refinement as well wotrth the extra $8k. For a plaything ELISE ANY DAY! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)
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post Aug 9 2005, 12:32 PM
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QUOTE (MikeP @ Aug 9 2005, 01:25 PM)
My Elise was $50+ with all the options. And it is easily the least practical car around, though I did make it from Columbus to San Francisco in 47 hours. For a daily driver I'd probably take the gator's refinement as well wotrth the extra $8k. For a plaything ELISE ANY DAY! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)

Did I read somewhere that the Cayman posted a better time around "the ring" them the Elise? Not that translates to anything other than braging rights in the real world.

One day after I win the lottery I will just have to have both (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/lol2.gif)
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