Quite a few of us have now either received our cars or will shortly do so. I thought it would be a good time to have a general discussion thread based on first impressions , quirks , differences that were not expected etc that may help others , either with the car or thinking about getting one. Apologies if I am going over old ground as I do appreciate that there have been a number of posts on different things.
I'll start with my own car.
I received it 9th of March , its a PDK with around 8k of options.
I've owned both 987 / 981 Caymans and was planning to skip the 718 model range until the GTS/GT4 flat 6 was announced. My local OPC isn't blessed with a lot of demo models and so it was ordered blind late July 21 based on reviews/online footage. I have to admit that I was kind of setting myself up to be a bit disappointed based on some of the reviews , albeit most of them just find it easier to copy what others have said.
In reality, I didn't have to worry , the car is great. One bit that really pleased me was the exhaust sound (both inside and outside) in that its much better than the online reviews portray.
In truth, it all does what it says on the tin.
There were a couple of things that I had to check with my OPC , partly due to not receiving a manual at handover/not being able to download the app due to being based in the IOM. All of the following were deemed to be normal:
The engine heats up a lot faster than my 981 and the numbers / graphics for the oil and water don't align themselves until the car is up to operating temp. The graphics seem to be a better indicator than the numbers. Not sure if other 718 models operate in the same way?
Mechanical noise from the engine is louder than the 981 , specifically the transmission where there is an 'ticking noise' that I don't remember with the 981.
Hopefully others have additional observations that will be helpful.
Neil
I'll start with my own car.
I received it 9th of March , its a PDK with around 8k of options.
I've owned both 987 / 981 Caymans and was planning to skip the 718 model range until the GTS/GT4 flat 6 was announced. My local OPC isn't blessed with a lot of demo models and so it was ordered blind late July 21 based on reviews/online footage. I have to admit that I was kind of setting myself up to be a bit disappointed based on some of the reviews , albeit most of them just find it easier to copy what others have said.
In reality, I didn't have to worry , the car is great. One bit that really pleased me was the exhaust sound (both inside and outside) in that its much better than the online reviews portray.
In truth, it all does what it says on the tin.
There were a couple of things that I had to check with my OPC , partly due to not receiving a manual at handover/not being able to download the app due to being based in the IOM. All of the following were deemed to be normal:
The engine heats up a lot faster than my 981 and the numbers / graphics for the oil and water don't align themselves until the car is up to operating temp. The graphics seem to be a better indicator than the numbers. Not sure if other 718 models operate in the same way?
Mechanical noise from the engine is louder than the 981 , specifically the transmission where there is an 'ticking noise' that I don't remember with the 981.
Hopefully others have additional observations that will be helpful.
Neil