Used Car of the Day: 2006 Porsche Cayman S

by Tim Healey

Published: November 30th, 2023

used car of the day 2006 porsche cayman s

As always, I try to pick used cars of the day that you, the B and B, would find interesting. Regardless of quality/price/mileage. But sometimes my biases show. The Acura RSXs that show up here are indicative of that. So, too, is today's pick -- a 2006 Porsche Cayman S.

I don't have much wheel time in Caymans and Boxsters, but the few times I've driven one, I've had one thought: "I could own this."

Don't worry, I probably won't be putting my hat into the ring for this one, though it does seem to be in good shape. Part of that is the $29,000 price tag -- I think I'd buy a new car first.

Then again, this car is said to be in "excellent" condition, and the mileage is a low 24,500. It's apparently never been driven in winter and has been garage kept.

The seller is the second owner and says the oil has been changed every 2K miles and there are no cosmetic concerns beyond minor paint chips.

There are some mods -- 19-inch HRE wheels, a short shifter, a modified intake and exhaust tip, and a pedal set are among them.

OEM options include bi-Xenon headlights, sport chrono, heated seats, and Bose audio.

Click here to see this car, which is located in New York.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Craiger on Nov 30, 2023

As a happy (ish) owner of two 987s, I have to admit that the BRZ and Mustang Ecotech are reasonable new car alternatives for a 987 Cayman S.

$29,000 is a pretty good price actually for this Croc.

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Evan on Dec 04, 2023

Are these bigger inside than a 986? I don't fit in a 986 but would someday like to get my hands on a 987 or 981.

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Fed65767768 Timothy, if you can't find a cool / interesting car to highlight, perhaps just skip your used car of the day post.
Daniel J The more I looked into this I'm like..Huh? I'm thinking China wants to bring over a 35k nice EV, not some sort of Mitsu Mirage that barely can go highway speeds.
Kwik_Shift_Pro4X Genre based USB sticks. Only radio I listen to is AM talk radio.
Tassos We, not Porsche, will be the judge of that.
Tassos Yeah, right, that's the ticket.a 22 year old worthless piece of crap painted in Fire Engine Red (Or is it Clown red) , with at least 153,000 miles on it, masquerading as a "used car".Some moron here will soon repeat that this is a good car to get for his teen daughter, just because the stupid girl likes the styling and the "image" of a POS Golf better than the COROLLA or CIVIC she should get instead. I would not get this EVEN if it was a LEXUS of same age, miles and price.Remember the "separation theorem"?"A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED".And it is not as if Tim never proposed some POS VW, almost one in every two of his worthless finds are that DAMNED automaker. AND those who call it damned are ITS OWNERS. Like "My Damned GTI broke down again"...Hey, maybe that loser the PHONY Tassos (yoiu know the loser, the clown who likes Kias and Idiot Joe Biden) will buy it for his 'most likely to conceive" daughter.