Pure Joy with Two Porsche 991s and a 981 Cayman GTS
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- Driving, driving and more driving. A few friends and I took advantage of a sunny afternoon to get out and do some driving. No mods, no maintenance, all driving. I took out my 2013 991.1 C2, Ben was driving his modified 2015 991.1 C2S and Clay gave us more than a run for our money with his stock 2016 981 Cayman GTS. Enjoy!
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What does “9 ELF” represent?
Elf is the German word for the number eleven. So my plate reads 9-11. 😋
Cayman gts is a best driving car... miss it.
Love the sound of the soul performance exhaust!!!
Cheers! Me too! 🤩🔥🔥🔥
James, my 981 Cayman S is also freakishly quick. It has Soul Performance Street headers with 200 cell cats. It also has PSE, PDK and Sport Chrono Pkg. The PSE doesn't make it quicker, but it does make it more thrilling. I'm definitely in the 340HP range with the headers. I won't call out any models, but nothing earlier than a 2016 model beginning with a 9 has ever beaten it from launch control. Of course, I know my place in the order of things. I also have the same 911 Turbo Wheels as your friend's white 991. They were a very expensive option.
So is yours the 2.5t ?
@@Iswhatitisssss The 981 series were all normally aspirated. The S had a 3.4L NA engine just like the base 991 series Carrera. I no longer have mine but it was a great car.
Had to watch this again when it popped up! What an awesome trio of Porsches, loving the Cayman GTS 😍
Ha! Cheers Clive!
I smiled too when you stepped on the gas pedal! Must been a fun ride!
Ha! Thanks!! Epic day out. I want to do it again right now! 🤣🤣🤣
James….hello from good old England 🏴 Late to the party I know,but…Great video ! Tip of my hat to the big boys but that GTS is absolutely wonderful isn’t it…it just has a little more ‘come on then💪 ’ to it 😁 so it’s Cayman for the win….and…Back Seats.!?…Where we’re going we don’t need back seats…😁
Ha!! But my 911’s back seats are great for collecting junk! 🙄🤣🤣🤣
I keep seeing these subtle hints.... James is moving on from the base 991.1 soon! Maybe impacted by this current global “situation” but I suspect in the next 12 months; if this thing winds down and life goes back to “mostly normal” by the summer, maybe sooner. You heard it here first, folks!
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I hope everyone's financial portfolio recovers as quick, 'cuz ouch!!! 🤑😖
Again, the colour of you car makes me smile! And that sound! My wife doesn't like the blue, but what the heck, she has no taste (I know for sure since she chose me...).
Hahahaha. Same here. 🤣🤷♂️
Thanks for the video!!! These are helping us porsche feens get by.
Cheers! Stay safe and well!
Nice to see you guys riding like that, can’t wait to get back home and finally take my 911 out for a spin!
Ah I miss being allowed out. Freeeedommmm can’t wait for the lock down in the UK to end with spring coming🤟
+1
And me
Almost talk myself in to 991.2 but damn the noise from NA motor sounds so nice!!!
Hahaha. Yup. I love how my NA engine sounds, especially with the Soul PP exhaust on it.
Auto Amateur nice setup! Just discovered your channel! Subscribed!!!
Its all about the LBS. :)
Love the sounds!
Looks like a great day out 👍
#PurePorn
I could be wrong here but It doesn’t sound like your in manual PDK mode and dropping a gear down when on the move - auto mode will be slower to react on kick-down which might be why the 981 is getting away
That could well be it, yes!
I am not familiar with your spec, but given your HP claims, it appears you have a Base 991.1, correct? Porsche is very accurate on how cars perform given wt, power and gearing. They underestimate 0-60 times and HP, but the ratings are consistent throughout the range. That said, why are you surprised to be getting beat by cars that either have more HP or less HP and much lighter? You bought a Base, it is what it is, if you wanted a drag car, you bought the wrong car. If you wanted an ultramodern automatic/PDK that is fairly fun to drive, you probably bought the right car. I happen to have a 997 C2S (6mt). My brother just upgraded from a 991.1 C2S to a 991.2 GTS, my dad just upgraded from a 991.1 C2S to a 991.2 C2S (because he thinks he needs to critical tenths of a second off the line). Both are PDK. I’m not going to try and race these cars and expect to have a chance from a standing start, drag race. But frankly, I like my car better, it sounds way better, I prefer NA over FA, I prefer 6mt over PDK. I feel like for my preference, I have the perfect car and it is fun AF in canyons and to drive around town. But I also am fully aware that a drag race or a race on a proper circuit, I’m going to get smoked! Just enjoy the ride, even if it is sightly slower. Drag racing Porsche’s is Lame anyway, as that isn’t what the car is built for. Get proper alignment done and take it to the track. Maybe even hire a driving instructor and start working on your times and technique.
Thank you for sharing your drive and comics LOL. I have the exact same car as yours (black/black), but with 7 speed manual. What radar detector do you use? I'm thinking about getting one also.
I have the Uniden R3 - it's amazing and saved me more than once! :-)
Great video. Clay needs to get some mesh grills for those front radiators. I have the same car and they help from rocks messing up the radiators. I think Gov. Walz told the highway patrol to let speeders go(bigger problems to worry about), so I think you guys should be pretty clear.
brad wobig I do need some mesh grills! What did you use? Require bumper removal?
@@claysteffens3875 I got some online. They come with zip ties. (it looks a little ghetto, if you get down on your hands and knees and look real close) With the black trim, and the black zip ties on the extreme edges, you cant see them from more than about 5 feet away. No need to remove bumper. Takes about 10 minutes at the most to install. Blocks all the flying rocks from damaging the radiators and keeps the leaves and road crud out. They sell them for side vents also but I have not bothered doing that. Keep up all the great videos. I live in CA but might be back in MN late summer to pick up a 718 Spyder. CA dealers wanted $10K over MSRP. Minneapolis Porsche will do it for MSRP.
Loving the colour and sound James.. that Cayman is a bit skunkworks too
Love the content
Cheers Matty! 🤩🙌
Ok James, 2014 GT3 991.1 about hundred grand all day long. Say goodbye to Clay.
You installed your detector at an interesting time. Not sure if you're aware, but with the Covid-19 I know for a fact that some local agencies have stopped doing traffic and only respond to emergency calls. Not sure what the current policy is for MSP.
Well I hope you say which brand it is, mine 911s had one but and the cable still there but I don’t know what to get, radar detector.
Uniden R3. It’s awesome!! Plus the blend-mount and mirror tap wiring.
James- a couple quick items and, yes, I know this comes across as an elitist snob but oh well. Your 911 is 350 hp stock and the Cayman is 340 hp. The 911 weighs around 3,200 lbs (?) and the Cayman around 2,950 lbs (?). Plus driver weight can add an extra 20-100 lbs depending. So, yes, your car is going to probably (almost definitely) be slower, but it is still a 911. While the Cayman is a great car (as are most all Porsches) it is not and will never be a 911; it doesn't have the heritage or racing history behind it and just due to age and relatively recent introduction to the automotive world it never will. A Tag/Omega/Rolex keeps amazing time and it a work of art. A Casio might keep better time and costs significantly less, but it will never be a Rolex. I'm not trying to start a war here, just saying the 911 is and will always be a 911 regardless of something else being faster (you can build a $5,000 Civic to be faster than many 911s). There is a lot more to an automotive experience than just speed and this statement also applies to how different yet equally wonderful a Cayman/Boxster is. Fun video and I hope you all enjoyed your drive!
I have to agree. Cayman’s are probably the ideal car, but I’d only buy one in addition to a 911, because 911.
Very well said!
It's only the notion of history and tradition (read: snobbery) that keeps people buying 911s. The caymans are almost always better drivers cars. Porsche themselves knew how much they nailed it with the Cayman, hence they underpowered it for so long
Looks like the 200bhp on the dyno is accurate!!!! No real need for the radar detector.... Haha
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I have a 997.1 stick C2 with 39k on the clock. Does the 991 have the save visceral feel of the 997.1?
I drove a 2017 991 C2 stick and it felt less of a 911 than my 997.1 than I expected. The 997 felt more raw, pure 911. The sounds your 991 are great though.
P.S. Love the blue wrap. How much did you pay for your 991? Enjoy the quarantine. We are on lockdown in South Florida.
Hey J! Thanks for the email by the way. The 991 still feels and drives like a 911, but like each generation of 911 the driving experience is slightly different. The 991 feels more responsive and powerful (and comfortable!) but the 997 gave me a better feel for the road, especially the back end. I always knew exactly what the back end of was doing in the 997. In the 991 I worry that it’s going to get away from me a little at times.
For someone who has a sub $40k budget, what would you recommend? (All manual Caymans/911s)
1) 987.1(S)
2) 987.2
3) 981.1
4) 996.2(S)
5) 997.1(S)
6) 997.2 (Rarely falls in this range with a manual)
Ohhhh boy. I love these questions!! Easy though. 997.1 C2S. All day, every day. Coupe not cabrio. 🥳🥳🥳
Auto Amateur coupe 100%. I’ve read on the forums (where there is no exaggeration at all....haha) that the base model is preferable compared to the S-due to engine issues.
A 997 or 996 would meet that criteria. A 981S is probably above $40k. So definitely go for the 997.
987.2
Parker James 987.2 would be my choice 👍
Can you share where Ben got his front license plate holder?
Here you go! www.rho-plate.com/products/porsche-911-991-rho-plate-v2-2012-2016?variant=924380233755
Excellent roads! Funny how every time you accelerate, your commentary goes deathly quiet 😁😁
Hahahaha. Right, focusing on not dying. 😬😆
I reckon you’ll be braver into the corners once the summer tyres come out to play James 🤞🤞
The 3.4 in the 981 seems to punch above its weight.
If it makes you feel better James your car looks the best out of the 3. :) Seriously tho that Cayman has a lot more advantage being smaller, lighter and the driver is also lighter. Power to weight ratio is everything. Wait IIRC last time you dyno your car and it yield 285hp? I joke but would love to race you in my 997.2 with the same engine as yours. Don't you have a friend with a 997.2? That would be a really good "fair" race.
Thanks Vincent! Yes, my friend Noah has the blue 997.2 C4S. We have had a couple of rolling start drags in second gear. Both times is has been really close but he has beaten me each time.
@@AutoAmateur ok we'll just say they both have weight advantage 🙂
What happened to your upper passenger seat bolster? Looks kinda misaligned!?
Thanks for asking! I checked it out but I can’t see anything wrong with it. Maybe it’s the GoPro making it look different.
Squirrel was lucky
Which pump gas do you use? Octane?
Whichever is the best usually. 93 is my usual minimum but unfortunately all his gas station has was 91.
From of your videos, I’ve noticed that most of your Porsche friends (not Clay, however) have front license plates on their cars. I can only assume that the police are serious about enforcing that regulation and might stop you just for that infraction.
Yes that’s right. I got pulled over within a week of having my first 911 for not having one. I’ve been a good boy ever since.
I do have front license as well, but took it off for cover fitment for winter storage. Just haven’t put it back on yet.
Loved your videos man , am a huge porshe fan , i convinced one of my buddy to get porsche,
He about to get 718 boxter and he first saw the car in real life in showroom and he says ita a girls car and end up buy a z4 m40i
What yours thoughts on this can u tell me please
Only dog groomers and hair stylists drive Z4s. Tell him that. 😆😉👍
Photoshop Todd
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