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Picked up my car yesterday. Its beautiful. The 07 model is now one uniform color. Mine is Cobalt/black. Drove it home 50 + miles on the freeway. Not sure what to do with all those gears. Found miself watching the RPM's a lot -( not hard to do when the gauge is in your face!) to decide what gear to use ( 5th or 6th)
The fun began when I hit Muholland"s curvey roads. I pushed the PASM button and WEEEE, took the curves faster than I had ever gone. Maybe its been listening to all of you but I had a lot of confidence.
Those Xenon head lights will take getting used to. I found my self using the high beams just to be comfortable with the distribution of light.
The steering wheel is very thin, even for my small hands. I would suggest the thicker wheel if you havent ordered yet.
Lastly,the illuminated door sills --- way cool!!!. I was worried it might look a little tacky, but its very attractive and an eye catcher.
Well, now to the task of cover to cover manual reading, ( it took me a few minutes to figure out how to turn on the headlights! An embarrasing moment at the dealership came when I went to find reverse. ( 15yrs of driving a Toyota MR2!) And what's up with the ignition on the left?
PASM - Porsche Active Suspension Management
This active damping system offers continuous adjustment of individual damping forces based on current road conditions and driving style.
The driver can choose from two setup modes, ‘Normal’ and ‘Sport’, using a separate ‘damper’ button on the center console. ‘Normal’ mode is designed for general road driving and circuits with uneven tarmac. ‘Sport’ mode is intended for smoother track surfaces, where the harder settings help eliminate pitch and roll.
In either mode, PASM continuously evaluates the current conditions while automatically selecting the corresponding damper rates from the respective set of mapped values.
A range of sensors are used to monitor the movement of the body under acceleration, braking and cornering maneuvers, as well as on poor road surfaces. The PASM control unit then evaluates this data and modifies the damping force on each individual wheel in accordance with the selected mode. The result is a significant reduction in body movement as well as a better grip on the road.
For example: if ‘Sport’ mode is selected, the suspension is automatically set to a harder damper rating. If the quality of the track surface falls below a certain threshold, the system immediately changes to a softer rating within the ‘Sport’ setup range. When the quality of the tarmac improves once more, PASM automatically returns to the original, harder rating.
Need more information about PASM? Click this link: FAQ for PASM
Glad to hear you love your new Porsche. I was interested that you liked the illuminated sills as I was too cheap to order that. But someday I'm sure I'll see a car with them in person and that will probably make me want to add them as a mod.
Thisis one of the hallmark traits of the 911, which has had it on the left ever since it was introduced in 1964. The prevailing explanation is that it was located there because it was believed it would save valuable seconds during the start of the Le Mans races, back when they had running starts. The Boxster carried the trait over and now the Cayman as well. I don't know about the Cayenne. All of the front drive models had the ignition on the right.
It's customary around here to post pictures of your new car here on the forum (right in this thread) so that we can all see it! It's part of the bonding ritual.
That's awesome, congrats. You obviously have a great place to drive the new car around in Mulholland. If and when I get my CS, one of the first places I want to go is the canyons and Mulholland.
Just out of curiosity, did you not test drive the car before taking delivery? You mentioned not knowing about the left side ignition...lol. That was the first thing I noticed when I test drove one. I'm new to P-cars.
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congrats, now i want to see pics of the illuminated sills and the car... now we have 2 females in SoCa, one is YLWGTR and you...
congrats again, can't wait for mine either. what options do you get?
full leather/ sports seats PASM sport chrono
PCM
Preferred package
illum door sills
Bose surround
19" SD wheels
Xenon
Full leather/instrument surround in leather
PASM - Porsche Active Suspension Management
This active damping system offers continuous adjustment of individual damping forces based on current road conditions and driving style.
The driver can choose from two setup modes, ‘Normal’ and ‘Sport’, using a separate ‘damper’ button on the center console. ‘Normal’ mode is designed for general road driving and circuits with uneven tarmac. ‘Sport’ mode is intended for smoother track surfaces, where the harder settings help eliminate pitch and roll.
In either mode, PASM continuously evaluates the current conditions while automatically selecting the corresponding damper rates from the respective set of mapped values.
A range of sensors are used to monitor the movement of the body under acceleration, braking and cornering maneuvers, as well as on poor road surfaces. The PASM control unit then evaluates this data and modifies the damping force on each individual wheel in accordance with the selected mode. The result is a significant reduction in body movement as well as a better grip on the road.
For example: if ‘Sport’ mode is selected, the suspension is automatically set to a harder damper rating. If the quality of the track surface falls below a certain threshold, the system immediately changes to a softer rating within the ‘Sport’ setup range. When the quality of the tarmac improves once more, PASM automatically returns to the original, harder rating.
Need more information about PASM? Click this link: FAQ for PASM
Sport Chrono and Chrono Plus
This optional package is a valuable addition for trackday use. Available in conjunction with the CDR-24 CD radio, it includes a swivel-mounted analog and digital timer unit which is centrally located on the dashboard. All functions are easily accessible via the control stalk for the on-board computer. Analog dials measure hours, minutes and seconds, while a separate digital field displays whole seconds, tenths and one hundredths of a second. A second digital display runs in parallel in the instrument cluster. Click this Link to visit the FAQ entry for Sport Chrono.
bleu8r - Congratulations on the arrival of your ’07 Cayman, with the traditional left-handed key or other side than the shifter. Hope you’ll be posting some pic’s so we all can see the beauty.
zornet
Last edited by zornet; 12-29-2006 at 04:52 AM.
Reason: Post Oct ’06 Migration clean-up.
