[WeCanBeHeros]

I'm anxiously awaiting the delivery of my GTS, hopefully mid-June. Along with checking off the days on the calendar, to get my "fix" - I've been searching out all the 718 Cayman reviews, YouTube etc. From what I see - there are plenty of rave reviews about the new 718. Best of breed brakes, suspension, chassis, fit and finish....everything other than - The Sound. I'm new to this forum so I am sure this topic may have been beaten to death but looking for some help and reassurance from those driving 718's for a little while - does it really sound as bad as many reviewers have pointed out ? I completely understand a flat 6 NA vs flat 4 Turbo is different, but from the way I looked at it before putting down my deposit, an engine design the yields more HP and Torque than the previous 6 cylinder offering is advanced engineering yes ? Not the same as before but better was my conclusion. However, the byproduct of the improvement is the exhaust note changes - so the conclusion by many it seems is Porsche missed the mark with this new engine design ? Some reviewers have stated - " I would never buy this car based on the fact the sound of the engine is not exciting enough "......WTF ? Are people going to say - oh, new Cayman ? - I hear the motor came from Subaru. ( I own a Subaru Forester XT with the 2.0 Turbo BTW - fantastic winter vehicle )

Once the GTS arrives, and I take it out for the first couple of drives down a two lane road with the windows down, will the exhaust note prompt me to think, did I just spend a $100K ( it's those options ) on a car I need to be looking to replace because it sounds so terrible ?

 

[Viffermike]

From what I see - there are plenty of rave reviews about the new 718. Best of breed brakes, suspension, chassis, fit and finish....everything other than - The Sound. I'm new to this forum so I am sure this topic may have been beaten to death but looking for some help and reassurance from those driving 718's for a little while - does it really sound as bad as many reviewers have pointed out ? ... did I just spend a $100K ( it's those options ) on a car I need to be looking to replace because it sounds so terrible ?

First off: welcome to the forum.

Now: This forum was started basically because a cadre of 718 owners didn't want to be browbeaten by those who consider the flat-4 -- different 'sound' or otherwise -- Porsche heresy. Before 718forum.com, there simply wasn't a place to discuss the 718 with any measure of intelligence or practicality -- much less to catalogue, as a knowledge, base the model's strengths, traits, procedures, idiosyncrasies, and aftermarket this-and-thats -- because 'those' people would interject and ruin things with gobbledygook on other forums.

In short, 718forum is a haven of sorts from exactly the question you're asking both yourself and us.

My advice is threefold:
- Ask yourself if you care about how a car sounds more than how a car performs.
- Drive a 718 and judge for yourself. If you can't, couldn't, or didn't do this, see the first option.
- Browse this forum. There are a few intelligent discussions regarding how the car sounds here and there already. See what's been said.

Note that if this thread devolves into a sound-focused series of negative and mostly ignorant diatribes, it will either be closed or deleted. We have had several new posters/members start their activity with similar posts as this one; most were eventually deleted because most 718forum.com members don't want the naysayers taking the discourse over here. There is far, far, far too much about the 718 that needs its very happy owners' attention -- and this is the place for that.