"PushToStart" (pushtostart)
08/03/2014 at 13:03 • Filed to: Cayman
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"PushToStart" (pushtostart)
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Why the hell is a clear engine cover not one of them?!?
Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> PushToStart
08/03/2014 at 13:14 |
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"Because if you can't see the motor on the 911, there's no way in hell you're going to see it in a Cayman."
-Porsche
Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell.
> PushToStart
08/03/2014 at 13:14 |
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Because that'd be too impractical for a 2 seat sports car mostly used for weekends. /sarcasm
heliochrome85
> PushToStart
08/03/2014 at 13:20 |
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oh my jesus.
SpeedSwede
> PushToStart
08/03/2014 at 13:30 |
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Because the engine doesn't look like that stock. It's a rather dull affair:
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PushToStart
> SpeedSwede
08/03/2014 at 13:45 |
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I know, because it's covered up, they don't try to make it look special. It wouldn't be terribly hard to spruce it up to make it look like what's in the picture, and put the clear cover on it. Porsche likes package stuff, so they could do an "Engine Appearance Package" with the accented engine cover and clear window to see it all.
Manuél Ferrari
> PushToStart
08/03/2014 at 14:14 |
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Maybe it caused issues. If it was practical to do it then you'd think Porsche would offer it and charge $8K extra for it, haha
Ferrari nixed the clear cover on the 458 Spider due to some concerns. But you can buy an after market one. I forget what they said the issues were...
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Manuél Ferrari
> Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
08/03/2014 at 14:15 |
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SOON Porsche will nix the H6 in the Boxster/Cayman
"Because if you can get an H6 in the 911 then you can't get it in the Cayman"
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SpeedSwede
> PushToStart
08/03/2014 at 14:16 |
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That would have been nice and most likely really expensive..
whitethane
> PushToStart
08/03/2014 at 14:23 |
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It has to do more with the practicality of it. The angle of the back window and driving position in the car make it... awkward. Plus you lose a big storage space unless the glass is reinforced/scratch proof. And lastly, in my forays into Caymans I have driven 2 with this mod and unless you doll up the engine (which is nothing like the one pictured) it just isn't all that great. Sorry to burst you ferrari-esque bubble :(
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> SpeedSwede
08/03/2014 at 14:44 |
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Haha most likely, it's probably cheaper to do it aftermarket, like it is currently.
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> Manuél Ferrari
08/03/2014 at 14:47 |
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Maybe, I just don't know what the issues could/would be. Maybe it has something to do with heat, that's the only thing I can think of. And I didn't know Ferrari even considered doing a clear cover for the 458 Spider, but if I had to guess why it didn't work, it'd be that it didn't work with the folding roof. They had clear covers for the 430 Spider and 360 Spider, but those were soft tops.
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> whitethane
08/03/2014 at 14:52 |
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Yeah, the storage part would perhaps be a sacrifice, but there aren't many people who buy Caymans because of the practicality and size of the trunk, lol. Idk about it looking awkward though, looks decent in this shot.
And I know that it doesn't look like that normally, but as I said in another thread, the idea of an "Engine Appearance" package would include the window and the prettied-up engine.
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Manuél Ferrari
> PushToStart
08/03/2014 at 14:55 |
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Yeah I dunno either. If not heat then what else?
Here is the after market clear cover. It just gives you a little peak:
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/ferrari/2…
I had never actually looked at it until now. I see why Ferrari didn't do it. You can barely see anything anyways.
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whitethane
> PushToStart
08/03/2014 at 15:21 |
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Ah LEDs. Now that looks cool. And it would get around some of the visibility issues. I still think the hatchback would get in the way of it, but that looks very nice.
revrseat70
> PushToStart
08/03/2014 at 16:07 |
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I think I saw this car yesterday...
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PushToStart
> revrseat70
08/03/2014 at 16:14 |
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haha where? I got the picture from Google
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revrseat70
> PushToStart
08/04/2014 at 00:06 |
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Dallas Cars n Coffee. It was one of the last cars I saw so it's fresh on my mind. I remember thinking how clever that was.
EauRouge
> Manuél Ferrari
08/04/2014 at 06:51 |
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probably something involving FIRE.