Not 914, but Nice Middie, 2006 Cayman S 18K mi FS in PNW, No Affiliation Options

[Tom_T]

I have no affiliation with the seller, but she contacted me by mistake on my PCA Panorama ad for a WTB 2008-14 Cayenne S - having misread it as Cayman.

However, I offered to post her Cayman S info here because she's lost her husband & is trying to downsize his car stable.

It's a very low mile 2006 Cayman S Gray Met./gray leather, with a bunch of options & add-ons, with only 18,322 miles, & up in the PNW in Portland OR. The pdf of her ad in their local PCA magazine is below FYI.

She lists no price - so I can't add any price per the rules, so just contact her directly if interested.

 2006_Porsche_Cayman_S_Ad_for_Alena_Wheary_503_849_8291_in_OR.pdf ( 823.58k ) Number of downloads: 320


I thought it may be of interest to anyone interested in a newer Middie Porsche.

Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Tom
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[skjl47]

Hello; Back in the 1970's and up thru the 1990's I did some work on the air cooled 914's and a particular 1972 911T. I have not yet had a chance to work on any of the liquid cooled engines.
I am familiar with how Porsche would make changes within a model year and not wait to the next model year.
A friend bought an early 2000's Boxter with the triptronic around four years ago. His was the 72 911T I use to service. I did some searches then and found a couple of articles about the IMS. He pretty much just parks his cars so has not had a problem.
I did give him the information so he at least bought a 2009 Cayman.

Since I do not think any of the three have been on the road in years I do not guess it matters now.

I do check out any Caymans that show up within an hour or two drive, usually 2009 to 2016. Sorry to create an issue in this thread as I did not know it was such a touchy subject for some.

I have not kept up with the details of the of the series of engine models and do appreciate information about them. If it is not too much trouble can anyone tell me a simple way to determine which engine might be in a 2008 Cayman? There are two 2008's for sale currently near Knoxville TN. Both with fairly low miles for the year.

My first bucket list notion was to get another 914 but the speculators have driven the price up for a decent car. I also am not keen on fixing one up at 72 years of age next august so decided to look for a clean Cayman.

[914_teener]

Hello; Back in the 1970's and up thru the 1990's I did some work on the air cooled 914's and a particular 1972 911T. I have not yet had a chance to work on any of the liquid cooled engines.
I am familiar with how Porsche would make changes within a model year and not wait to the next model year.
A friend bought an early 2000's Boxter with the triptronic around four years ago. His was the 72 911T I use to service. I did some searches then and found a couple of articles about the IMS. He pretty much just parks his cars so has not had a problem.
I did give him the information so he at least bought a 2009 Cayman.

Since I do not think any of the three have been on the road in years I do not guess it matters now.

I do check out any Caymans that show up within an hour or two drive, usually 2009 to 2016. Sorry to create an issue in this thread as I did not know it was such a touchy subject for some.

I have not kept up with the details of the of the series of engine models and do appreciate information about them. If it is not too much trouble can anyone tell me a simple way to determine which engine might be in a 2008 Cayman? There are two 2008's for sale currently near Knoxville TN. Both with fairly low miles for the year.

My first bucket list notion was to get another 914 but the speculators have driven the price up for a decent car. I also am not keen on fixing one up at 72 years of age next august so decided to look for a clean Cayman.

I'd go with a nice Cayman. Instead of another project and a six conversion in a 914 that is what I did.

987.1

2006 was only the Cayman S with a 3.4
2007-08 Both Cayman S and base model were offered. The base model was a 2.7.

All 987.1 had IMS bearings.

987.2

2009-12 Porsche changed engines to the 9a1 Direct Injection flat six- In my opinion these are the most sought after and hence the price difference. Also my opinion the 987 series are the nicest looking....at least in my opinion.

981

2012-16- Changed Body style- PDK and the 6MT became optional.

If you can find a 987.2 that'd be my choice. You will pay for a decent one. If you can find a 987.1 with 50K miles they can be had for about 20K all day long. Great cars and the classic look. The next 914 in my opinion.

Great one and drive the snot out of it.

[skjl47]

Hello; Back in the 1970's and up thru the 1990's I did some work on the air cooled 914's and a particular 1972 911T. I have not yet had a chance to work on any of the liquid cooled engines.
I am familiar with how Porsche would make changes within a model year and not wait to the next model year.
A friend bought an early 2000's Boxter with the triptronic around four years ago. His was the 72 911T I use to service. I did some searches then and found a couple of articles about the IMS. He pretty much just parks his cars so has not had a problem.
I did give him the information so he at least bought a 2009 Cayman.

Since I do not think any of the three have been on the road in years I do not guess it matters now.

I do check out any Caymans that show up within an hour or two drive, usually 2009 to 2016. Sorry to create an issue in this thread as I did not know it was such a touchy subject for some.

I have not kept up with the details of the of the series of engine models and do appreciate information about them. If it is not too much trouble can anyone tell me a simple way to determine which engine might be in a 2008 Cayman? There are two 2008's for sale currently near Knoxville TN. Both with fairly low miles for the year.

My first bucket list notion was to get another 914 but the speculators have driven the price up for a decent car. I also am not keen on fixing one up at 72 years of age next august so decided to look for a clean Cayman.

I'd go with a nice Cayman. Instead of another project and a six conversion in a 914 that is what I did.

987.1

2006 was only the Cayman S with a 3.4
2007-08 Both Cayman S and base model were offered. The base model was a 2.7.

All 987.1 had IMS bearings.

987.2

2009-12 Porsche changed engines to the 9a1 Direct Injection flat six- In my opinion these are the most sought after and hence the price difference. Also my opinion the 987 series are the nicest looking....at least in my opinion.

981

2012-16- Changed Body style- PDK and the 6MT became optional.

If you can find a 987.2 that'd be my choice. You will pay for a decent one. If you can find a 987.1 with 50K miles they can be had for about 20K all day long. Great cars and the classic look. The next 914 in my opinion.

Great one and drive the snot out of it.

Hello; Thanks for the well structured reply. Will be helpful.

I also know about letting a car sit for a long time. My friend with the 911T has in the past allowed that car to sit for years. He would start it up and let it idle from time to time. When it would not start I got a call. I would get it going and suggest that he get the registration up to date and drive it. This would last a few weeks and then he would park it.

This happened several times over a couple of decades. I recall one time I had to replace the electric fuel pump. He drove the car for a few weeks and then just parked it for about two years. When I got the call I determined one problem was the electric fuel pump again. He fussed about the pump was still almost new and only had a couple hundred miles on it.
I took the fuel pump apart and showed him the old gummed up and varnished fuel that had clogged up the internals. To get it apart I pried open the crimping of the case. I cleaned the gunk out, stuck it back together and it ran. I was trying to make the point that it was the sitting with old fuel that was the issue. He had me press the case crimps back down and reinstall it. I got the car running again with that compromised pump. Lucky it did not ever leak. It was a low pressure pump that fed fuel to the mechanical fuel injection.
After about 20 years and a few long term parking episodes I could no longer get it running right. I suspect the mechanical injection was compromised with old fuel.

Several other stories about this car but I will stop.

Thanks again