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Iāll bow to your greater wisdom.
The limit of mine is that it said Turbo on the back. 
Thing was I drove a Nissan GTR afterwards and was able to utilise much more of the performance.
Now that was a supercar.
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Did one of those kinda track days āchange upā ābrakeā ābrakeā
ā4th!ā on a corner crying out for 3rd.
Youāre right Pork does like the high revs.
Would guess the red line was about 8-9K?
Your guess is as good as miine, the day was a bit of a blur.
(Particularly and literally when driving the GTR).
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GTRs are dull to drive (I drove my cousinās at Castle Combe) but horrendously quick.
Recently drove a 911 at the Porsche Centre at Silverstone. Brand new , 450 bhp and all the gizmos. Basically it was totally awesome. I used to have a Caterham which I thought was quite nippy. The 911 was like a rocket ship in comparison. The brakes, launch control, gearbox were faultless you just concentrate on driving the thing. A great day out, you get breakfast and lunch as well, highly recommended. Just need a lottery win now.
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A mirror imager of my experience.
Clearly there is a lot of technology between the driver and car, blunting its character but the flip side to that is it allowed me to drive way beyond my abilities and have a fucking great time.
Iām sure the 993 Turbo would be a better, more involving vehicleā¦if I was the bastard love child of Senna and the Stig.
In hindsight a naturally aspirated 911 would have been better, more responsive and open to use.
If it was my money though Iād have the
Ariel Atom. 
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Fixt 
Difficult to fit the golf bats in though.
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I loved my half day there. Learnt a lot. On arrival I was expecting a health and safety briefing. Barry Horne the ex touring car racer who was taking me out, said just jump in, Iāll know after half a lap if you are a lunatic or not. Brilliant. After half a lap he said you are braking too early, leave it much later. Again, brilliant.
I subsequently, on another day, drove a Lambhorgini round a track and the instructor sat next to me couldnāt believe how late I was braking :). Barry taught me well.
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Cayman GT4 RS. 0-60 3.5 secs
Nice.
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TIL that a man in Texas called Troutman Barnes built the ultimate Turan Taxi in 1967;
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Wasnāt planning on changing my XF till next year at least but have seen a really nice 2014 Cayman 2.7 PDK auto up for sale nearby and my post mid life crisis has kicked in. So are Caymans any good and is auto a poor choice for resale value? I would rather not go back to a manual car if at all possible.
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iād query the 2.7l iāve always had the S version. YMMV - have you driven it?
PDK is a great gearbox, can change gear quicker than you, iāve had them on all my pork and wouldnt have anything other.
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Yep, buy the Cayman to thrill yourself (and others) but keep the Jag for journeys. 
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IME 2.7 wont thrill as much as 3.4. IME with the 2 Boxsters i had - they were both fine on longer journeyās. Although the 981 with the bigger wheels had firmer suspension. IMO the 981 S incarnation was the best version they produced.
No not driven it and only had a brief look and a sit inside. Was not prepared for how spacious it felt. I have always had 4 seaters and had little interest in a feeling enclosed in a 2 seater.
we always had Boxsters and found the load capacity for suitcases etc to be quite limited.
This is a thing to me. Iām not sure I could adjust to the limitations when going away. Ok for a weekend but a week or two Iām not sure.