Newbie from Peterborough says Hi...

[Davey P]

Hi guys,

 

Just joined on here today, and thought I'd introduce myself.  I'm a Boxa.net member thanks to my previous car, which was a 2007 Boxster (not sure if that is a dirty word around here...? ) and after posting the following over there, I received plenty of good advice and suggestions, and ended up finding my dream car:

 

Well, I've been thinking about changing to a Cayman for a while, and now it looks like I will have a bit of an inheritance to play with later this year after the sad passing of my lovely father at the end of 2020 (bloody devastated!).  This could be the one and only chance I will have to make my dream come true, so I am now on the hunt for something a bit special.

 

 

My requirements are: Cayman 981, not bothered about engine size, but must be manual gearbox not PDK, and low mileage. Decent spec and toys preferred, and must be mint condition inside and out with impeccable documented history.  Black leather interior only, no other colours considered.  No black wheels (my pet hate!).  Budget is £20K + my car which I think is worth approx £7K P/X, so £27K in total.

 

No rush for this, but if anyone knows or sees anything that might be suitable, feel free to reply on here or PM me directly.

 

There were plenty of suggestions, and a couple stood out. One was a gorgeous Twilight Blue, which was loaded with extras, but that sold literally on the day I received my inheritance money, which was pretty annoying.  However, the one I ended up buying is in my favourite colour, Agate Grey, and is in absolutely mint condition with ultra low mileage, so it all worked out OK in the end.

 

Here's a pic of me looking EXTREMELY smug on the day it was delivered:

 

 

 

I think it's a relatively "low spec" model, so there's no sat nav or bluetooth for phone, no steering wheel controls, no cruise control, no reversing sensors.  However, none of that matters in the slightest to me, so I will call it "driver focussed" instead   On the plus side, it's only done 25K miles with full history, and is pretty much unmarked inside and out.  To say I am chuffed to bits would be an understatement.  Oh, and it's a 2014 2.7 with manual box, in case that's important.

 

Anyway, that's enough about me, here's another pic of the beast:

 

 

Looking forward to hopefully contributing to the forum.

 

Any questions or comments welcome, obviously.

 

Cheers 

[Daz]

Nice car and welcome to the COC.

[Beanoir™]

Welcome along, saw your post on Boxa.
 

Without boring everybody to tears.  It’s funny, the ‘can-opener’ joke was one of the reasons the CaymanOC began.  I joined Boxa a long time ago and had a few Boxsters, but when I got my first Cayman as much as they were all a friendly bunch, the can opener jokes started and it made me think, there wasn’t a Cayman owners club/forum in the U.K.   So back in 2015 I got a group of fellow cayman owners together from PH, built a forum and website and the CaymanOC was born.  Our first meet was actually attended by Steve and Stuart (you probably know them) from Boxa and it helped us along.  It’s been a labour of love keeping it going, particularly in the early years but we have decent community now and a lot of regular faces, who I’m sure you’ll get to know fairly quickly! 
 

So no, Boxa isn’t a dirty word around here, they’re part of the reason we exist and I’ve got some good buddies there still.  They just have convertible Caymans and that’s not their fault 😉

 

Great to have you on board 👍🏻

[987Monkey]

Welcome Sir, lovely looking car that. Congrats! 😎

[elucius]

Hi from another Boxa forum refugee ! ( JohnSyn). The car looks great but what's better is your smile! Thats what these cars are about. 

Edited May 3, 2021 by elucius

[Windymiller]

Welcome Davey to the unfortunately acronymed, yet affectionately termed, COC 😉

 

Truly sorry to hear about your fathers passing, but I’m guessing he would greatly approve of your choice of car, which is a stunning looking example, with ‘shopping trolley’ miles on her - what a find 👍🏻
 

Hope you find ‘tin-top-cayster’ ownership as enjoyable as your former ‘lidless-cayster’ experience. 😁
 

Hopefully get to meet you and your new P&J somewhere soon. 

 

Jason

[Davey P]

Thanks for the warm welcome and nice comments guys, much appreciated.

 

I forgot to mention in my introduction, the car came from RPM Technik in Hertfordshire, and they were brilliant from start to finish.  Obviously because of the Covid restrictions I wasn't allowed a test drive, and of course nobody in their right mind would even consider buying a car without trying it out first.  However.... after chatting to their salesman Alex on the phone, and seeing a WhatsApp video showing all around the car, I thought it was "worth a look" (In other words, I was almost certainly going to buy it ).  As soon as I saw it, I knew this was pretty much a done deal, and I just had to have it.  Unsurprisingly, his P/X offer on my 2007 Boxster wasn't great, and he was only willing to knock £250 off the screen price as a good will gesture.  However, he did say if I could sell the Boxster privately the deal would stay the same, so I advertised it on Boxa.net and found a buyer within a couple of days, for a bit more than the P/X offer. A week later the Cayman was delivered, and after a couple of months ownership I can safely say this is easily the best car I've ever had.

 

No plans for any modifications, apart from a full set of Zunsport front and side grilles which are in my garage and will be fitted soon.  To me, the car is simply perfect in every way, and needs nothing to improve it.

 

Anyway, enough of my ramblings, I look forward to being around here for a very long time (I'll leave it up to you lot to decide whether that is a good thing or not......)