[jyl]

Can't you get your wife to consider a Boxster w/ hardtop? A 2-3 year old Boxster will be sooooooooo much cheaper than a new Cayman. Unless your wife is Maria Andretti, the Boxster will be just as fast and crisp-handling a car (you could even get an "S"). There's late-model Boxsters out there that are gorgeous, have been babied, look like brand new, for well under 1/2 the price of the Cayman. Does she really need the reptilian hatchback? Doesn't the convertible have some appeal, given you're in SoCal?