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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 12:51 AM
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Thanks to the wonderful folks at Aerotect (a CL sponsor), I had pretty much every painted surface covered.



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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 12:54 AM
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Very nicely done Cayman, looks great!

Just out of curiosity, how many miles do you have on it, and what is the average maintenance cost on the vehicle?
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 01:50 AM
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Wow they finally finished the hangars behind Aerotect. That used to be an open section of land for the longest time. They have installed most all of my clear bras (rominl helped me with my first clear bra install many years ago) on my Lexus'. Great job on the Cayman and glad that Aerotect still delivers the high quality products and installs to our members.
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 05:16 AM
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Originally Posted by TRDFantasy
Just out of curiosity, how many miles do you have on it, and what is the average maintenance cost on the vehicle?
+1....

I'm guessing 10K oil changes at about $120?

car looks great BTW!
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 05:51 AM
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Better stock up on Plexus It looks great, but they always look good coming out of Aerotect
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 08:32 AM
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Should have had the tires done also...
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 08:36 AM
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Looks like new to me.
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by TRDFantasy
Very nicely done Cayman, looks great!

Just out of curiosity, how many miles do you have on it, and what is the average maintenance cost on the vehicle?
Thanks.

I've got almost 900 miles on her now. 1100 more miles to go in the INSANELY long break-in period. Once she is broken-in, first thing I do is try out launch control.

Don't have enough miles to have done any maintenance on it yet, but research shows that tires last almost 20,000 miles, brake pads are about double that, oil changes seem to be on par with the IS F (about $200). In fact, everything seems to be priced similarly to the IS F in terms off maintenance costs.
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 03:15 PM
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Very nice, do you do anything different when washing and waxing, mainly waxing
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 03:17 PM
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that's not a condom... just a bone-stock black Porsche... ;P
...and I was planning to see some diamond encrusted Trojen..
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 04:54 PM
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LMFAO at this....took me a sec to get in here. Love the Cayman....and no rock chips ftw!
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 05:45 PM
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wait, doesn't this stuff have to be replaced after 5 years (MAX) or it will fuse permanently to the paint????

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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 06:11 PM
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your cayman is protected! haha
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 08:53 PM
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nice ride..
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Old Feb 4, 2010 | 08:56 PM
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You said 'pretty much' every painted part ... what didn't you do?
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