michael818

I had both an RS4 and an RS3 and now drive a 718 CGTS. Both Audi's sounded better to me than the GTS. Both Audi's were less fun than the GTS. Personally, I liked the RS3 interior and the electronics are far superior to the GTS. Porsche lags behind Audi in putting modern amenities in the car.

john981

Thank you all for your helpful answers. I see that meanwhile my thread has taken very interesting directions, which is always great, opens other perspective. It is good to see, that I am not the only one who plays with thoughts owning more than one porsche. If I want to keep my 981 boxster, my biggest challenge would be to convince my wife to drive a cayman as a daily driver. I am not rich enough, otherwise I would have kept my other daily driver and bought/leased the Cayman on top. Selling my 981 boxster dosent make that much sense for now: I have invested way too much money in this car and with the crazy tax rules in california, I would loose also tax and license so this way I would loose almost 40% within less than a year. I could sell the car on the private market, but don't have the desire of all the hassles with private potential buyers, have never sold a car on the private market. On top of all that, I still loveeee my 981 boxster.

So after hearing all the encouraging stories here, I think it apparently makes sense to own a 718 cayman and 981 boxster in the same time and I definitely will try to go that route.

One last thing about the dead horse: I fully agree with @manifold danger we are coming to this forum to hear the same stuff over and over again and see and hear things form other perspectives. Even though I am clear now, please don't stop discussing 981 vs 718 and don't stop discussing about sound and all the great things........

Two718s

I think that's a great idea. The 718 Cayman and 981 Boxster are different enough that you'll never be bored, and they're both fantastic cars. I came close to having the reverse (718 Boxster and 981 Cayman S), but ultimately just bought a 718 Cayman S to pair with the 718 Boxster. It's a good life we lead if it allows us to have one Porsche. But two Porsches? That's almost too much fun 😎

Optical TDI

So true! When we were shopping 718s, we usually had the odyssey or wrangler to drive home after. However we were replacing a 2013 Audi TTS modified to stg 2. Loved that car. But I didn’t realize how much I loved the 718 more until I drove the TTS to the Porsche dealer. Drove 718 again then TTS home. Then I knew how much better in so many ways the 718 was. It wasn’t until then did I fully sell myself on the 718.

No regrets. But the AWD TTS acceleration in the wet was outstanding. Great car. Would consider a mk3 TTRS for winter car at some point.

Omm

I get older tuner cars doing this to me a lot too. But sometimes I'm not as mature as you. I have a base 718 with Sport Chrono, and sometimes if the road is open, I'm go into Sport Plus and hit the Response button. But I do get compliments on the road and in parking lots and gas stations as well. My car is white, so maybe we're a more approachable combination