New Cayman and Boxster GTS 4.0

I wonder if I saved all my pennies for a while and asked very nicely, if I could get one of those four cylinder engines for Bess? Lots of interesting ideas come to mind, like having a heater for a start.

I'd love the Boxster for some summer roof down driving. With a 4 litre flat 6 I can't really see I would want for anything else.

I totally want one. I totally can't afford one.

Perhaps. But not at the moment.

I think that says more about his car control than the car itself but very impressed with the way it gets round to nearly 8,000rpm and its traction and grip. Of all the Porsche's available I think a Boxster version of this would be my choice. A client of mine has just put down a deposit on a well specced 911 Turbo S and offered me his 991.2 GTS but he has been offered over £80K as a trade in which seems a bit rich to me.

I am very tempted indeed to swap my 981 GT4 for a 718 GTS once 'this' is all over.

Sounds lovely and has got me looking longingly at used Caymans on Autotrader - always a Cayman over a Boxster for me. I'd be interested to try a standard 718, though, just to feel and hear for myself what the fuss is about - rather than trying to read between the whinging journos' lines.

I had a 718 Boxster T for 24 hours when my GT4 was in for its major service at the beginning of January. It steered nicely, rode pretty well (-20mm drop versus the regular 718 cars) and it felt good for every single one of its 300 horsies. The noise was OK at low speeds but disappointing at higher speeds. It's a nice thing, but definitely lacking in soul (sorry Blarno!) compared to its six-cylinder brethren.

The blue one. All day long.

Can you get the GT4 engine air side scoops and fit them to a lesser car? Or would that cost about the same as a small hatchback?

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The cars fabulous obviously but the fact everyone's got a little over excited about a Cayman with a proper engine and gearbox just highlights to me the abundant lack of interesting cars on the market.

Its a very subtle facelift of a car we could buy 5 years ago without difficulty. I guess its the Taycans development (Zero emissions) that has allowed us to celebrate another Porsche U-Turn by way of a full fat 4.0 polluter.

So given Porsche bowing down to pressure from customers, will the next 992 GTS be Aircooled?

That's one of the reasons I'd wait for the PDK.  It's not that easy to regularly wring it out in 2nd, as it has the same gearing as the 718 GT4, which I think means 85mph in 2nd.