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Originally Posted by alan93rsa
370Zsteve,
Bottom line out of the box the Cayman S beats the 370Z. Yes it costs more to do that. However, while at the track there have been far too many Z's sitting on hot days watching the Caymans roll onto the track. I'd suggest you (A) go out in a stock 09 Cayman S on track and do a back to back run in (B) a stock 370Z. Find a cool day and track so you can complete part B if you haven't added your oil cooler.
For my 370Z track experience on the one and only weekend at the track I was able to get 5 laps before the oil went north. So, $36000/5 laps for the weekend = $7200/lap or $72000/110 laps for the weekend = $654/lap. That's an order of magnitude cheaper on the first weekend. You know what they say about first impressions. 
I haven't had anyone from Porsche telling me not to use my launch control nor have they reprogrammed it. And as I've said before under 'choice' I think the GTR is just plain ugly. Others find the Cayman ugly and I personally have no affinity towards the Panamera.
The 370Z continues to be a good bang for the buck. And from there you can go both ways.
As to why I continue to post here I feel the $36000 Nissan entry fee should allow me to write all I want.
Edit: This is in no way intended to offend any of the many people on this forum with whom I have had numerous and meaningful conversations! |
The 370Z was never meant to be a competitor to the Cayman S. But with a few thousand dollar in mods, a 370Z will eat a Cayman S for breakfast.
Compare a GT-R to a Cayman S if you want serious discussion. Of course you will have to deal with people laughing at you.
Personaly, I find Mr Nash's purchase of both a coupe and roadster Z to be a much more intelligent choice than your overpriced, hideously ugly piece of Teutonic trash. Imagine, 2 high performance sports cars for the price of one. Heh heh.
As for the GT-R, I once wondered what all the excitement was. Now of course I know. As for it's looks, I hated it. But man it's grown on me. After spending time in dealerships lately, I've had a lot of opportunity to look the car over. I find it the most aggressively beautiful auto I've seen in years.
Now, back to the Porsche forum - you can talk with all the periodontists about how awesome the Cayman is.
Now back to this overused, tired, beaten-to-death, useless thread.
