How often do you drive around with it on? How much would you miss it if you didn't have it? I drove a Cayman S that had it and really liked the throttle response, and while I realize the car isnt any quicker, it FEELS quicker since you dont have to mash the peddle all the way to the floor to get a very open throttle or WOT. I drove it with Sport Chrono then off, and it seemed okay, but not as exciting, if that makes sense. I guess 'sluggish' isnt a fair comparison since the car IS quick, but it sort of almost feels that way going from Sport Chrono on to Sport Chrono off. Anyway, ever since then, I've considered Sport Chrono as a 'must have' in buying a Cayman S and havent considered any Cayman S's without it, which seems to eliminate like 70% of the CS's outthere. However, I've come across a Cayman S I like a lot, and it has mostly what I'm looking for other than a couple options that its missing(actually a few, but I can add a SSK later), but the important one missingis Sport Chrono. Everything else from the exterior color to the interior color to the mileage to the price etc is all pretty close to ideal. But, would I miss not having Sport Chrono? Or am I overrating this feature? Its seems really great when I went on my last test drive with it, and seemed to make a big difference in feel of the car.


What is everyone else's thoughts? Mostly I want to hear from those of you WITH sport chrono, and how important it is to you and if you'd buy or even consider another cayman s without it after using it for a while. And how often you use it, your opinion of the feel with it off and on, and of course as I mentioned, if you would even consider a Cayman S without it. Those of you without it, I know alreadylikely don't care much about it so I dont want to skew the opinion.


Thanks guys!

After more than 13k miles on my car, I personally wouldn't have the car without it. 99% of the time when driving on the street sport chrono is in 'sport' and when I forget to turn it on, I can tell the difference within less than a quarter of a mile. This is one of the must-haves, in my opinion, and can't fathom having this car without it.



brad

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I wouldn't buy a car this expensive and put myself in a position where I'll laterbe pissed off that I passed on an option that was really important to me. You saidyou considered it a must have before looking at this present deal. Now you seem to be trying to justify passing on it. Don't fall into the trap oryou might besetting yourself up for disappointment. That is one of those that is extremely impractical to add later, if at all possible.

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Recently while ordering my Cayman, a friend (with me while ordering) asked me why I needed the SC option. Isnt the Cayman sporty enough? Good question I replied.



I replied that my VX-R Land Cruiser is pretty damn nice in the desert without 4x4 on, would I have ordered it without it (4 wheel option)?



Mine will always be on.

Sport Chrono is a must, as we all drive with it in the 'Sport' mode on all the time. As with the stop watch, that's another question, hardly ever have that thing on, but does looks cool with it.

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The only option I cared about was PASM, but the car I found had both. I use Sport mode all the time, but leave PASM in normal mode. Go figure. Also, my stupid stopwatch doesn't reset properly, but that really is besidesthe point.

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I turn on Sport Chrono when I am not driving for long distances at a constant speed. Once you are nicely cruising at full speed, it provides little benefit. I love the fact that you can turn it on and off at will.

All the time, unless stuck in very slow stop-and-go traffic.


Don't regret later for short-term satisfaction now?

hrm, pretty much the responses I expected (unfortunately).[img]/fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/MWPX/sad_smile.gif[/img] I guess nothing's changed really from when I considered the Sport Chrono a must have before, so I probably shouldn't waiver. To be honest, it seems like its the most important option to have, but I'm glad (sort of) to hear that I'm not alone in this thinking. On the plus side,seems like a lot of car dealers dont even knowexactly what options on on their cars on Autotrader. Thankfully I can just look for that little 'power bump' on the dash of interior pics real quick to figure out if Ieven need to look any further at the car. [img]/fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/MWPX/regular_smile.gif[/img]


Here's the car I was considering. I didnt want to post the link initially in case there were other shoppers on here that would snap it up from under me if I moved forward on it,but I guess since no Sport Chrono, it doesnt matter now. http://sanfer-sports-cars.ebizautos....px?iid=1228087 I was hopingI could snap it up for a couple K less than their asking. Btw, not sure if its okay to post this link? If not, let me know and I can delete it and just post a few of thepics. [img]/fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/MWPX/regular_smile.gif[/img]


Surprisingly, I really like the forest green metallic paired with the interior! I know its not a popular combo which may make it harder to sell down the road in a few years, but I liked it much more than I thought I would. Plus having a unique combo like this would be attractive to me. The BMW I have now is Steel Gray, and it seems like most cars out there these days are some form or shade of silver or gray etc etc.Just wishthis one had the sport chrono, as the price and mileage and other aspects were ideal for me.I guess having to transport the car from Florida to Arizona would be annoying too, and tack on 1000-1500 bucks probably in shipping costs. Guess I'll keep hunting. I doubt I'll find a green or olive withSC for a good price. Probably not Slate Gray either since itsa special order. [img]/fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/MWPX/confused_smile.gif[/img] I guess Atlas Gray is probably going to be my best chance. I like the blacks too, but I think they're just too hard to keep clean out here in dusty AZ. I alsomay just go with a 2007BMW 335i so I can configure a car exactly the way I want (although they can option out to just over 54k, so adding taxes, thats about 58k. The one I would be looking at though is closer to 50k-51k, plus another 4k in taxes.). However, if I can find a deal on a slightly used2006Cayman S, that would be ideal. Plus the Cayman S will be much more rare and exclusive. I'm HOPING I could find one that is a private seller too, to save on taxes, but thats seems even harder than the sport chrono issue. I think I've already conceeded that issue. [img]/fckeditor/editor/images/smiley/MWPX/regular_smile.gif[/img]


Anyway, thanks for the reality check on the SC guys. You're right, it should still be a 'must have, no settling' option.


Thanks!

To be honest, when I first started out buyin the Cayman S my order was simply the basic must'haves



PASM and SC + parking sensor + Xenon.



Then I realized I am at a point in my life where my prior and current hardwork does yeild me the option of gettin some goodies.



Back to t he main point, I think PASM and SC