[Grady Clay]

YES

I’ll buy a stock Cayman RS lightweight and make some more “improvements” right away.

Yes, appearance is very subjective. I think it is too “busy” appearing – the light & trim in the L&R front, the gills in the side air inlets, the treatment around the rear window, the rear quarter window shape, and a few more. The beauty of the 911 (well, most versions) is its simplicity of form. The 997 coupe came back to that wonderfully. All that said; the Cayman will grow on most of us.

I’m in favor of simplicity. Not just in appearance but in the overall design. I follow the theory that if I don’t need it, it isn’t there, it doesn’t weigh anything, it didn’t cost anything, it doesn’t need servicing, and it can’t malfunction. Porsche has been a master of making what is there function incredibly well. I think a Cayman (and certainly an RS lightweight) is a step in the right direction.

For quite a number of years now, Porsche has followed the crowd with more and more “gee whiz” features. Yes, some have been very innovative. Some are useful. Some have dramatically improved the performance. Some keep the engineering staff busy. But the result is a 3-4000# 911 that is expensive, complex, and more difficult to repair. In spite of any perceived shortcomings on my part, the 911 has many more decades to fill the hands of happy customers including sensible me. The Cayman RS will allow Porsche to fill the desires of nuts like me.

Best,
Grady

For those that don’t know, there was a time when I personally owned 38 Porsches.