Hello Planet-9!
After years of flirting with the brand, earlier this week I signed a purchase agreement on a 2012 Cayman R in Carrara White. Should have it in the next couple of weeks (it's half way across the country). I am beyond s-t-o-k-e-d to get this thing!
I was cross shopping Lotus Evora 400s, 410s, GTs, etc. -- MY 2017 and newer for those familiar with the Evora. After losing out on 3 cars due to unscrupulous sellers (long story with boring details for anyone but me), I made the [hopefully wise] decision to come back to my original mid-engine platform of lust: the 987.2.
I have a 10-year owned BMW E46 M3 and am an active member in the BMW community. I can't wait to get involved with this community, learn, listen, participate and hopefully give back. I'm not sure if build journals are a thing here (still exploring all the forums and sub-forums), but this time last year my car was a couple of days away from getting a full respray to Porsche Shark Blue. Sacrilege to some that I resprayed a BMW in a Porsche color, but the color looks striking on the clean lines of an E46 chassis M3.
I've lurked on this forum for a bit as a non-owner, learning about maintenance, DIY's, ownership experiences and general impressions of the 987, 981 and 718 platform. This forum has a wealth of knowledge and I hope to absorb some of it. The members here seems to be genuinely respectful and willing to help others out. That's a hard thing to do in forums so I commend those who volunteer their time to keep this place what it is. It also speaks volumes about the people who frequent these here parts.
That's it for now, already have gone longer than I thought I would and not sure how many people read the intros section anyway, but felt posting here was a right of passage.
-Casa
After years of flirting with the brand, earlier this week I signed a purchase agreement on a 2012 Cayman R in Carrara White. Should have it in the next couple of weeks (it's half way across the country). I am beyond s-t-o-k-e-d to get this thing!
I was cross shopping Lotus Evora 400s, 410s, GTs, etc. -- MY 2017 and newer for those familiar with the Evora. After losing out on 3 cars due to unscrupulous sellers (long story with boring details for anyone but me), I made the [hopefully wise] decision to come back to my original mid-engine platform of lust: the 987.2.
I have a 10-year owned BMW E46 M3 and am an active member in the BMW community. I can't wait to get involved with this community, learn, listen, participate and hopefully give back. I'm not sure if build journals are a thing here (still exploring all the forums and sub-forums), but this time last year my car was a couple of days away from getting a full respray to Porsche Shark Blue. Sacrilege to some that I resprayed a BMW in a Porsche color, but the color looks striking on the clean lines of an E46 chassis M3.
I've lurked on this forum for a bit as a non-owner, learning about maintenance, DIY's, ownership experiences and general impressions of the 987, 981 and 718 platform. This forum has a wealth of knowledge and I hope to absorb some of it. The members here seems to be genuinely respectful and willing to help others out. That's a hard thing to do in forums so I commend those who volunteer their time to keep this place what it is. It also speaks volumes about the people who frequent these here parts.
That's it for now, already have gone longer than I thought I would and not sure how many people read the intros section anyway, but felt posting here was a right of passage.
-Casa
beautiful car. I’ve had 4 E46’s. 3 were performance package (ZHP). 
