Used Car of the Day: 2012 Porsche Cayman S

by Tim Healey

Published: August 21st, 2024

used car of the day 2012 porsche cayman s

Today we bring you a relatively low-mileage 2012 Porsche Cayman S with a manual transmission.

First, a note of housekeeping -- if you've been missing the UCOTD and QOTD, I was on vacation. Perhaps I should've mentioned that last week, but I forgot. My bad.

OK, back to our usual programming. Today's Porsche has the Aero Kit II and Sport Chrono Plus, and there are about 62,000 miles on it.

This one has some suspension and brake mods, though nothing involving the engine or exhaust. It also has had some frame damage from small fender-benders.

You can read all about those things here.

If this kind of ride interests you, the asking price for this California-based car is $35,000. It has been tracked, but not often.

[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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SPPPP on Aug 21, 2024
Nice car, but price seems a bit steep.

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Tassos on Aug 22, 2024
Its a SUPERB car. It all depends on the details (would you let TIM find you your used car?) So if you are serious about it, DO YOUR GOD DAMNED HOMEWORK, and DO NOT TAKE ANYBODY's WORD FOR IT. otherwise, "a fool and his money are soon parted"

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