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Are Spyders Becoming Extinct At OPCs!

I’m hoping to take the ‘bag’ off the roof (also known as a hood!) and drive it whenever the suns shining!!

the bag as you call it ..is an easy take off and on once you have mastered it ,a lot of owners run without the rear screen all the time in fair weather .I know Daro911 never had the hood up on his two ever ,mind you it never saw rain :ROFLMAO: .I have had on a couple of times been caught out in thunderstorms and not a drop of water inside. not that you will likely do it on open uk roads but it is not recommended to exceed 115 mph with the hood on. Happy motoring they are great cars fab steering .

 
graham m said:
I’m hoping to take the ‘bag’ off the roof (also known as a hood!) and drive it whenever the suns shining!!

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Graham
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You will have a lot of fun with her in the sun hopefully real soon [8D]

Your "bag off" comment reminded me of this picture :ROFLMAO:

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Looks like Porsche have just renamed my Voodoo Blue "Shark Blue" :ROFLMAO:

[link]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMwxQiSaOrQ[/link]

[link=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHxz-YiqVo4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHxz-YiqVo4[/link]

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Hi all, I'm back in the market for a 987 Spyder. If anyone's thinking about selling or knows someone who might be, then please PM me. Must be manual with buckets. I've been watching AT, PH and the Porsche website for a while, but nothing's come up that's quite right. Thanks in advance! T.

 
987 Spyder.

Can anyone advise? Bucket seats or standard sports seats if you want the most headroom? I'm 6ft 6" and fitted easily into my 987 Cayman S, but have not been able to test a car out due to lockdown. I would be happy to machine some alternative mounts if that did the job.

 
Adrian Thompson said:
987 Spyder.

Can anyone advise? Bucket seats or standard sports seats if you want the most headroom? I'm 6ft 6" and fitted easily into my 987 Cayman S, but have not been able to test a car out due to lockdown. I would be happy to machine some alternative mounts if that did the job.
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It would be bucket seats as they sit lower down than the standard sport seats.

Not much help but I am just a smidge (annoying so) under 6" and have no issues with the buckets in my 987 Spyder

 
My 987 has buckets and being 5-9 on a good day find the buckets a tad low so have put an extra piece of foam under the seat to give me that we bit height ,my 981 Boxster has the standard seats and has a lever to heighten the seats and works great ,but defo would look for buckets in any Spyder as that is a selling point imo suites the car better and I believe no longer available on the 718 only full non folding 918 style at £6K extra .

 
Porsche Zurich bargain Spyder [8D]

https://www.autoscout24.ch/de/d/porsche-boxster-cabriolet-2019-occasion?utm_campaign=as24_share_iphone&utm_medium=social_sharing&utm_source=sms&vehid=8339674

 
Thanks for the advice. I asked because a Spyder I'm looking to purchase has had buckets fitted in place of the sports seats. The seat heating switches are still there, but naturally there are no heating elements in the buckets. For those that like originality it may make a difference, but fine with me if the seats are sweet.

 
t8tum said:
Hi all, I'm back in the market for a 987 Spyder. If anyone's thinking about selling or knows someone who might be, then please PM me. Must be manual with buckets. I've been watching AT, PH and the Porsche website for a while, but nothing's come up that's quite right. Thanks in advance! T.
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[link=https://www.dtperformancecars.co.uk/used-porsche-boxster-atherstone-warwickshire-3151015]https://www.dtperformancecars.co.uk/used-porsche-boxster-atherstone-warwickshire-3151015[/link]

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daro911 said:
t8tum said:
Hi all, I'm back in the market for a 987 Spyder. If anyone's thinking about selling or knows someone who might be, then please PM me. Must be manual with buckets. I've been watching AT, PH and the Porsche website for a while, but nothing's come up that's quite right. Thanks in advance! T.
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[link=https://www.dtperformancecars.co.uk/used-porsche-boxster-atherstone-warwickshire-3151015]https://www.dtperformancecars.co.uk/used-porsche-boxster-atherstone-warwickshire-3151015[/link]
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Thanks for that daro911. DT aren't local to me but might be worth a visit once lockdown's over. Having had a collection of black Elises and Exiges tho, I'm not sure it would be my first choice of colour for a Spyder. Looks lovely when it's clean etc etc......

 
[link=https://finder.porsche.com/gb/en_GB/718-Spyder-292005]Buy a Porsche 718 Spyder used at the Porsche Centre Solihull[/link]

Looks like this is £10k over list so presume the original owner is flipping just to get his money back [:eek:]

Certainly a very unusual specification [&:]

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I've just looked at the Black Spyder on the above post. It presents well, but the whole front end has been re-sprayed (stone chips was the given reason) but more alarming are the 9 previous owners! Thats just under one/year. With prices holding, perhaps this is not uncommon. It has 32K miles, with service history mainly from OPC. The ceramic brakes are nice, but I did wonder if it had spent some time on the track - hence the extensive stone chips. It has bucket seats with drivers showing some scuffing which one might expect. Trim around the roll frame base broken but will be replaced. It could be a good car - but who knows with such a complex history?

 
I've just acquired a nice 987 manual Spyder having just sold my 981 Boxster GTS. A delivery trip of 150 miles offered some interesting contrasts to the two designs. The 981 GTS has a masterful control of the suspension, particularly with ceramic brakes which I believe are lighter than standard rotors. The Spyder is far more fidgety and alive, helped by the steering feedback. It feels far more old school, and for me, all the better for it. The GTS was so accomplished that when extended, it was travelling far too fast to be acceptable or sustainable without getting locked up.

The spec I have has A/C delete, bucket seats which all seem right, and it would be even better without the radio, as road and wind noise make it obsolete. It might go saving another few kg. Its a great little car, which feels smaller than the GTS, although the dimensions are almost identical. I love it.

 
Been for sale for 3 months £12k price drop and still no takers[:eek:]

Specification must be the weak link here as it looks priced to sell [&:]

[link=https://www.newsnow.co.uk/classifieds/cars-vans-for-sale/sap/aA7qR-cCQVd9vYeZOLzzxw?slot=1]https://www.newsnow.co.uk...CQVd9vYeZOLzzxw?slot=1[/link]

 
Something a bit odd - it vanished from their AU stock some time ago. Not as strange a spec as the one down the road in Solihull to my mind. Market seems all over the place if you need to drop prices when so few cars are for sale and new ones all but non existent.

 
Folks,

Just put my 987 Spyder up for sale on the PCGB forum:

[link=https://www.porscheclubgb.com/car-sales/sell-a-porsche/sellers/a1d27eef-b398-434d-8000-25517aac8fc4/boxster-987-g2-spyder-0]https://www.porscheclubgb.com/car-sales/sell-a-porsche/sellers/a1d27eef-b398-434d-8000-25517aac8fc4/boxster-987-g2-spyder-0[/link]

Happy to chat about the car, I am just located outside of Edinburgh.

Regards

George

 
PORSCHE 718 SPYDER (2019 – 2020) – THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINEPublished on 5 February 2020[:eek:]

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PORSCHE 718 SPYDER (17/07/2019 – 15/01/2020) RECALL:

Problem description: Cylinder bank 2 high-pressure fuel line might not be tight.



Remedy: Replace the high-pressure fuel line and sensor on cylinder bank 2.

Apparently it takes about 6 hours to fix [&:]

 
daro911 said:
PORSCHE 718 SPYDER (2019 – 2020) – THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL LINEPublished on 5 February 2020[:eek:]

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PORSCHE 718 SPYDER (17/07/2019 – 15/01/2020) RECALL:

Problem description: Cylinder bank 2 high-pressure fuel line might not be tight.



Remedy: Replace the high-pressure fuel line and sensor on cylinder bank 2.

Apparently it takes about 6 hours to fix [&:]

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Heard on Pistonheads a couple of people have turned up to collect their new cars from the OPC and been turned away due to the recall (not just Spyder owners).

Would not be too happy if I went into the dealership to collect my new car, then told I cannot have it at the very last minute. Especially as one of then was not even offered a temp replacement vehicle out of courtesy.

George

 
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