Hello Cw -
How's our luck running? I don't have your friend's breadth of experience with Porsches. Have had the chance to drive only a few. You've hit on my tacit point...I believe the GT3 is more or less a factory prep'd racer. Not likely to be much fun as a daily driver on surface roads - especially here in the States [extrapolating from my experience in a gymnkhana (spelling?) mod'd 911]. In addition, I believe the mid-engine design of the Cayman is desireable. For these reasons, I asked, "would my wife enjoy it (a GT3) more?" She uses the Cayman as a daily driver for a 90 mile round-trip commute. Were the alternative a Cayman S...no hesitation. My recollection of a past issue of AutoWeek put the Cayman S as a real challenger to the 911. I love the balance and driveabilty of the Cayman but wouldn't object to the extra HP of an S. Having said all of this - I still think I want to own a 911 before I'm dead! For me, that is the iconic Porsche.
How's our luck running? I don't have your friend's breadth of experience with Porsches. Have had the chance to drive only a few. You've hit on my tacit point...I believe the GT3 is more or less a factory prep'd racer. Not likely to be much fun as a daily driver on surface roads - especially here in the States [extrapolating from my experience in a gymnkhana (spelling?) mod'd 911]. In addition, I believe the mid-engine design of the Cayman is desireable. For these reasons, I asked, "would my wife enjoy it (a GT3) more?" She uses the Cayman as a daily driver for a 90 mile round-trip commute. Were the alternative a Cayman S...no hesitation. My recollection of a past issue of AutoWeek put the Cayman S as a real challenger to the 911. I love the balance and driveabilty of the Cayman but wouldn't object to the extra HP of an S. Having said all of this - I still think I want to own a 911 before I'm dead! For me, that is the iconic Porsche.