Despite the hefty out-of-pocket expense, we'll be sad when it's gone.
went into long-term service, it got snowed on. Heavily. Six inches of powder, the kind skiers live for, piled atop a crust of ice from a blast of freezing rain that had arrived in Michigan earlier in the day. Welcome to your new home, Cayman!
Why would we subject a car this nice to weather this harsh? Because we praise Porsches for being everyday-drivable sports cars. Testing that belief requires living with one of our favorites from Stuttgart—we know, tough duty—long enough to experience it in a multiplicity of driving situations. A Cayman owner in Los Angeles might decide to take his or her car up to Big Bear for some skiing; a Michigander might want to do a little slip-sliding on a snowy day.
This isn’t the six-inch snow that buried our GTS on its first day in service. This is the two-inch snow that fell on it a few nights later.So, as we do with all our long-term test cars, we fitted the Cayman with winter tires when it arrived in late winter and proceeded to break it in. We'll keep it long enough to rack up 40,000 miles through all four seasons and learn things about it that a short stay could never reveal.
Snow or no snow, our Cayman will not remain parked for long periods, and with good reason: It's the quintessential driver's car. After all, the Cayman earned a
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