Spec my friend a sports car

[ChrisD.]

He's currently got a 996 Turbo but he says it's too fast for the road. He's looking for a sports car that is fast but can also do the occasional jaunt up and down the country. He's looking to spend up to £25k.

He's had the following and doesn't want the same again.

E39 M5
E55 AMG
RS4
RS6
S4

I suggested an E46 M3 CSL and an E90 M3 but he's not keen. He's looking at Exiges currently but I think the 4 pot will bore him.

 

[ChrisD.]

Forgot to say he had a 996 rag top and no, he doesn't want another and he thinks the Cayman will feel too slow, which is the problem he had with his first 996.

 

[ChrisD.]

Fox I will ask him to come and post.

996 is too slow. 996t is too fast. Hmmm

I think his Turbo has been fettled with. He says it's only good on the road above 80mph because it gets there too quick. He's getting rid before he loses his license. The non turbo is too slow for him by cause it lacks the torque that blown motors provide.

Z4M?

Nissan 370z?

Both will be too slow for him.

997c2

As above really.

 

[ChrisD.]

So what difference in power is there between the 996 and 997?

I went in Gibbo's 997 and the torque really surprised me, it 'felt' as quick as my Evo, which I wasn't expecting.

 

[ChrisD.]

Is Gibbo's a C2S?

 

[ChrisD.]

Awful is too nice to describe that monstrosity.

 

[ChrisD.]

I'm after something smaller and more nimble.

I really don't agree, it's about as small as you'd reaosnably want a saloon to go.

When did he say he wants a saloon?

 

[ChrisD.]

Sounds to me like he needs Cayman S.

 

[ChrisD.]

How practical is a Caymen S? It's a 2 door with not much room for even a bike unless bike racks are his kind of thing.

From what I know he doesn't need that level of practicality, but more in the area of enough storage for him and his girlfriend for when he occasionally makes a jaunt up/down the country. I think something Boxster size would suit this perfectly whilst ticking the sports car box. Problem is, he likes his straight line poke and I'm not sure if the Porsche will deliver on this front.

 

[ChrisD.]

I meant to say Cayman.

 

[ChrisD.]

All well and good but what kind of potential headaches come from tuning to that level? Personally, not for me I don't think.

 

[ChrisD.]

I don't like the Z4's looks but I hadn't considered one of the quicker TTs. Good call.

I did mention TT-RS to you ages ago. IIRC you dismissed it as it's an Audi sports car or something like that?

 

[ChrisD.]

Don't think you can go wrong with a Cayman S, certainly not for what he wants from a car. Couldn't really think where else to stick £20k.