Porsche Cayman

Skinto_7

Hi folks,

Im thinking of buying an 06/07 porsche cayman, the buying cost is pretty reasonable compared to a what you would pay for a newer run of the mill car, however was wondering what the real life running costs are.

Would appreciate if anyone who has ran one could provide some info on the servicing costs, tyres, reliability etc.

I know the MPG isnt great but im guessing i could get between 25-30 mpg out of it.

Cheers

Vomityspice

You do know the VED is £490 per year?

peachyprice

Here you go. It's a couple of years old, so allow for inflation on those prices

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=1024799

Skinto_7

Vomityspice wrote: »

You do know the VED is £490 per year?

yes, if i go for the 3.4s i know it will be up there, about the £300 for the 2.7 version.

I know the quantifiable running costs if you like, mpg, tax, insurance etc, its more the costs that you only find out once you run one i am looking to establish.

Cheers

Apples2

Low to mid 20's for real time fuel economy reported on fuelly.

http://www.fuelly.com/car/porsche/cayman/2006

richolmes

Cayman is a great car, although I personally don't see the point of buying one when the boxster exists. The same as a cayman except the roof comes off and they're cheaper to buy! Drive a boxster with the roof off before you choose

They both drive fantastic and are leagues ahead of the z4, tt etc... And are more practical to boot!

I've had a 55 boxster for a year and a half now. They are reliable cars and not really affected by mileage, but even at a specialist they are expensive to fix. I've been a bit unlucky and had most of the weak spot / minor issues. I budgeted £500 servicing and £1000 repairs / maintenance a year. In the end I spent £3000 in the first 6 months and £0 in the following year.

Minor service inc brake fluid - £400
Spark plugs and coil packs - £350
2 rear tyres - £450

Repairs:
Front coil springs - £300
New wheel nuts - £50
Roof push rods - £150
Boot release switch - £50
Passenger door handle - £100
Leak which fried the ecu and parking ecu - £800!!!

Air-con on these is a weak spot, because they're mid engined, the air con radiators in the front are tiny and get damaged easily. IMS issues are super rare for 2005 on cars.

Hope that helps, when looking bear in mind that these cars are massively option sensitive, options are so expensive that very few are fully loaded and be prepared to sacrifice on something. Mine is missing heated seats but has satnav, Bose, climate, parking sensors, cruise, leather and boxster s wheels.

Anything else, please ask!

DUTR

Skinto_7 wrote: »

Hi folks,

Im thinking of buying an 06/07 porsche cayman, the buying cost is pretty reasonable compared to a what you would pay for a newer run of the mill car, however was wondering what the real life running costs are.

Would appreciate if anyone who has ran one could provide some info on the servicing costs, tyres, reliability etc.

I know the MPG isnt great but im guessing i could get between 25-30 mpg out of it.

Cheers

A VW Tiguan gives about 28mpg realistically and that is a diesel auto.

vikingaero

DUTR wrote: »

A VW Tiguan gives about 28mpg realistically and that is a diesel auto.

But you can carry 4 passengers and their luggage...

DUTR

vikingaero wrote: »

But you can carry 4 passengers and their luggage...

Sorry I was thinking of the Cayenne, I wonder why they have models with similar names? I had to look up the tiguan as there is the touran and toureg too

Skinto_7

richolmes wrote: »

Cayman is a great car, although I personally don't see the point of buying one when the boxster exists. The same as a cayman except the roof comes off and they're cheaper to buy! Drive a boxster with the roof off before you choose

They both drive fantastic and are leagues ahead of the z4, tt etc... And are more practical to boot!

I've had a 55 boxster for a year and a half now. They are reliable cars and not really affected by mileage, but even at a specialist they are expensive to fix. I've been a bit unlucky and had most of the weak spot / minor issues. I budgeted £500 servicing and £1000 repairs / maintenance a year. In the end I spent £3000 in the first 6 months and £0 in the following year.

Minor service inc brake fluid - £400
Spark plugs and coil packs - £350
2 rear tyres - £450

Repairs:
Front coil springs - £300
New wheel nuts - £50
Roof push rods - £150
Boot release switch - £50
Passenger door handle - £100
Leak which fried the ecu and parking ecu - £800!!!

Air-con on these is a weak spot, because they're mid engined, the air con radiators in the front are tiny and get damaged easily. IMS issues are super rare for 2005 on cars.

Hope that helps, when looking bear in mind that these cars are massively option sensitive, options are so expensive that very few are fully loaded and be prepared to sacrifice on something. Mine is missing heated seats but has satnav, Bose, climate, parking sensors, cruise, leather and boxster s wheels.

Anything else, please ask!

Thanks Richolmes,

I am also considering the Boxter, the only reservation i have is that i am not huge fan of soft tops in general, although the Boxter is making me think twice.

Thanks for the information, its been a big help, i had the figure of £1500 a year for maintanance/repairs, so might not be too far away.

is it the 2.7 or 3.2 boxter you have? whats you av MPG?

Thanks

Strider590

First of all, fair play...... For once not someone coming along making lame excuses to buy a car, for as much as i'm not a fan of "built not bought" and not a huge Porsche fan, I much prefer when people basically admit "I JUST WANT ONE".

The thing to do really is join an owners forum and find out what the real costs are likely to be, servicing at a dealership is going to be rather costly, but there are plenty of specialists out there.

As for the Boxster? Please don't, it just screams "couldn't afford a proper Porcshe, so bought this instead" (IMHO )