This will be my attempt to keep a blog on my experiences with my first ever Porsche - a Cayman S. I've dreamed of owning a Porsche, like many of you I am sure, for many years and now is my chance!
I hope to start off with a blog on my delivery experience, describing picking up my car (after a 4 month wait) in New Jersey and bringing it home to North Carolina.
After that, we'll see where the road leads me!
Mike
I hope to start off with a blog on my delivery experience, describing picking up my car (after a 4 month wait) in New Jersey and bringing it home to North Carolina.
After that, we'll see where the road leads me!
Mike
Where the money goes
Posted 05-04-2008 at 04:06 AM by Speedymike
Today was the first day I have been able to hand wash and wax my CS (due to water restrictions in our city) since I picked it up at the end of January.
One of the things I did was to take the wheels off, wash them, and apply Wheel Wax. (As a first-time user I'm interested in seeing how well that stuff works...) Anyway, having the wheels off afforded me my first real chance to observe the artwork which is the mechanical bits of a Cayman.
My observation to an admiring neighbor was: "You may be able to argue about the sanity of spending this much for an automobile, but once you see the obvious quality of materials, craftsmanship, and just plain smarts of the layout, you cannot argue what the money goes into".
Honestly, to me the brakes, suspension, engine and transmission appear to have the quality of military hardware or space-bound craft. It's really remarkable, in my humble opinion.
It's just something else to admire about this wonderful car I am getting to know and love!
By the way, the car looks great after all the cleaning work - assuming you ignore my major goof of the day, which can be found in detail in the Cayman Care Forum.
One of the things I did was to take the wheels off, wash them, and apply Wheel Wax. (As a first-time user I'm interested in seeing how well that stuff works...) Anyway, having the wheels off afforded me my first real chance to observe the artwork which is the mechanical bits of a Cayman.
My observation to an admiring neighbor was: "You may be able to argue about the sanity of spending this much for an automobile, but once you see the obvious quality of materials, craftsmanship, and just plain smarts of the layout, you cannot argue what the money goes into".
Honestly, to me the brakes, suspension, engine and transmission appear to have the quality of military hardware or space-bound craft. It's really remarkable, in my humble opinion.
It's just something else to admire about this wonderful car I am getting to know and love!
By the way, the car looks great after all the cleaning work - assuming you ignore my major goof of the day, which can be found in detail in the Cayman Care Forum.
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All I can say is that I have to live vicariously thru people like you!
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How much longer do you have???
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Build date was 4 18. Few more weeks? When I last asked, I was told it was on the ship at the dock. I'm excited but it's agonizing. I think that's where the extra $$ goes, to pay for the agonizing wait!
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