Simonnn Posted 13October, 2018 Report Share Posted 13October, 2018 Hi All! My name is Simon and I've had my 981 Cayman S for about a month now, I'm definitely loving my first Porsche so thought I'd introduce myself to the community I feel very lucky to have managed to get my hands on a manual example as I spent quite a while reading through the entire "How many manual 981s were delivered in Australia" thread here to which I learnt that there were only 16 delivered new! (stats stolen from the aforementioned thread) 981 Cayman S Manuals 2014 11 manual 128 PDK TOTAL 139 2015 3 manual 38 PDK TOTAL 41 2016 2 manual 15 PDK TOTAL 17 TOTAL 16 manual 181 PDK TOTAL 197 While I wasn't expecting to buy my car so soon, a Platinum Silver manual suddenly popped up on Carsales and even though the car was in NSW and I was in VIC, I knew I had to have it. Fast forward a few days and later and I was in Sydney picking the car up and preparing for the drive back to Melbourne! Definitely a memorable experience. I'm looking forward to learning more about the car and am enjoying every drive I get to do in it, here are some pics I took the other day with my friend in his Agate Grey 981: For the gurus out there, can anyone tell me what rims I have on the car? I can see that they weren't a standard Cayman option, I've found a few pictures of these wheels online but not much information which is making me question whether they are actually Porsche wheels or not! Looking forward to seeing some fellow Porsche drivers out on the roads! Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 13October, 2018 Report Share Posted 13October, 2018 Looks great mate, congrats. No idea on the rims, but they look perfect to me ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troubleshooter Posted 13October, 2018 Report Share Posted 13October, 2018 20 minutes ago, Simonnn said: Hi All! My name is Simon and I've had my 981 Cayman S for about a month now, I'm definitely loving my first Porsche so thought I'd introduce myself to the community I feel very lucky to have managed to get my hands on a manual example as I spent quite a while reading through the entire "How many manual 981s were delivered in Australia" thread here to which I learnt that there were only 16 delivered new! (stats stolen from the aforementioned thread) 981 Cayman S Manuals 2014 11 manual 128 PDK TOTAL 139 2015 3 manual 38 PDK TOTAL 41 2016 2 manual 15 PDK TOTAL 17 TOTAL 16 manual 181 PDK TOTAL 197 While I wasn't expecting to buy my car so soon, a Platinum Silver manual suddenly popped up on Carsales and even though the car was in NSW and I was in VIC, I knew I had to have it. Fast forward a few days and later and I was in Sydney picking the car up and preparing for the drive back to Melbourne! Definitely a memorable experience. I'm looking forward to learning more about the car and am enjoying every drive I get to do in it, here are some pics I took the other day with my friend in his Agate Grey 981: For the gurus out there, can anyone tell me what rims I have on the car? I can see that they weren't a standard Cayman option, I've found a few pictures of these wheels online but not much information which is making me question whether they are actually Porsche wheels or not! Looking forward to seeing some fellow Porsche drivers out on the roads! Simon Exciting, congrats! Look like sport techno rims done in black - 19's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonnn Posted 13October, 2018 Author Report Share Posted 13October, 2018 15 minutes ago, LeeM said: Looks great mate, congrats. No idea on the rims, but they look perfect to me ? Thanks! Very happy with the purchase 7 minutes ago, Troubleshooter said: Exciting, congrats! Look like sport techno rims done in black - 19's? That correct! They are 19s, black with a chrome lip. Do you know if these come in this colour from factory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nytelfer Posted 13October, 2018 Report Share Posted 13October, 2018 Hi Simon, Welcome to 981 ownership - wheels look to be the standard 19” Cayman S alloys (order code 406) with optional coloured centres - the 981 brochure does not show an option for that particular wheel style to be painted in black but they could have been done at the factory as an Exclusive option or (more likely) aftermarket paint job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troubleshooter Posted 13October, 2018 Report Share Posted 13October, 2018 29 minutes ago, Simonnn said: Thanks! Very happy with the purchase That correct! They are 19s, black with a chrome lip. Do you know if these come in this colour from factory? Doubt Sport Technos came from the factory with an option of black …. more likely they are what Nytelfor above suggested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niko Posted 14October, 2018 Report Share Posted 14October, 2018 Congratulations Simon, welcome to the Cayman Family. your Croc looks sensational, and good on you for going manual. keep your eye on the SMT threads, now the weather is getting good there should be a few organised runs coming up soon. get your mate in the Agate grey one to come along too. the more CAYMAN's the better, plus it lifts the standard a bit too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike737 Posted 14October, 2018 Report Share Posted 14October, 2018 She's a beaut Simon. Never knew how rare these things are! Gotta be a future collectable for sure. In the mean time, drive the heck out of it and hopefully catch you at a SMT in future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vin Posted 14October, 2018 Report Share Posted 14October, 2018 Congrats Simonnn... what a fantastic pickup. Platinum silver and manual... very rare indeed!! Is the spec otherwise what you wanted? Looks great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7smurfs Posted 14October, 2018 Report Share Posted 14October, 2018 5 hours ago, Niko said: get your mate in the Agate grey one to come along too. the more CAYMAN's the better, plus it lifts the standard a bit too I'm the mate in the agate grey Less fortunate in that I couldn't get an S or a Manual but still in a 981 nonetheless! Will definitely be joining in on the SMTs! Looking forward to meeting you guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy73 Posted 15October, 2018 Report Share Posted 15October, 2018 On 10/14/2018 at 9:02 AM, Simonnn said: Hi All! My name is Simon and I've had my 981 Cayman S for about a month now, I'm definitely loving my first Porsche so thought I'd introduce myself to the community I feel very lucky to have managed to get my hands on a manual example as I spent quite a while reading through the entire "How many manual 981s were delivered in Australia" thread here to which I learnt that there were only 16 delivered new! (stats stolen from the aforementioned thread) 981 Cayman S Manuals 2014 11 manual 128 PDK TOTAL 139 2015 3 manual 38 PDK TOTAL 41 2016 2 manual 15 PDK TOTAL 17 TOTAL 16 manual 181 PDK TOTAL 197 While I wasn't expecting to buy my car so soon, a Platinum Silver manual suddenly popped up on Carsales and even though the car was in NSW and I was in VIC, I knew I had to have it. Fast forward a few days and later and I was in Sydney picking the car up and preparing for the drive back to Melbourne! Definitely a memorable experience. I'm looking forward to learning more about the car and am enjoying every drive I get to do in it, here are some pics I took the other day with my friend in his Agate Grey 981: For the gurus out there, can anyone tell me what rims I have on the car? I can see that they weren't a standard Cayman option, I've found a few pictures of these wheels online but not much information which is making me question whether they are actually Porsche wheels or not! Looking forward to seeing some fellow Porsche drivers out on the roads! Simon Simon, what a cracking car mate! Congrats. As others have said, keep an eye out on the SMT thread as there will be plenty of drives happening here in Vic over the coming months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokiou Posted 15October, 2018 Report Share Posted 15October, 2018 Nice purchase bud, welcome to the gang. Looking forward to see this car in the skin and meeting you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simonnn Posted 15October, 2018 Author Report Share Posted 15October, 2018 Wow, I must say I wasn't expecting such a warm welcome! It's great to see that the forum is so active, definitely looking forward to meeting everyone in person 19 hours ago, vin said: Congrats Simonnn... what a fantastic pickup. Platinum silver and manual... very rare indeed!! Is the spec otherwise what you wanted? Looks great To be frank I wasn't convinced by the colour based on the pictures the seller put online, however once I saw it in person I fell in love! I decided that the transmission was the most important buying factor in the end so colour didn't matter as much either way. Options wise it all worked out as all I wanted was an example with PSE and the sports steering wheel which this particular one had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raafrebel2 Posted 7February, 2019 Report Share Posted 7February, 2019 Nice! I love the wheels... when I first got into buying a Porsche I never liked or even rest drove a cayman.. i sold my first 996 and was looking to upgrade to a 997s i finally took a cayman s for a test drive and loved it. they are a great car! I spent a year looking for the colour combo in a 997 and was just about to buy a cayman when the right 997s popped up and I bought it. If we ever sell the 911, I will defiantly test drive more caymans.. very capable car congtats! Looks fantastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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