Are Spyders Becoming Extinct At OPCs!
- Thread starter daro911
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That one doesn't count it is from North of the border!! [
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They make great wedding cars:
spyderwhite
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from the official dvla website showing cars first registered new. YR10 manual 77 and pdk 64 =141 YR11 manual 42 and pdk 47 =89 YR12 just 1 manual car Total 231 so I conclude that someone is reading a 1 as a seven or 6 cars arrived 2010 and then were shipped elsewhere without being registered. This still does not break down model year of production ie all 2010 registered cars are 2011 model year and the 1 car registered 2012 is also a 2011 model year and must have been sitting around in a showroom for nearly a year I know the car because I passed on it (was still waiting to be registered in 12/2011)and bought mine because it was cheaper and a newer build by several months. my quess is there are some 220+ 2011 model year cars in the uk and the rest 2012 model years,i have only ever seen 2 advertised apart from mine and that was some time ago.
spyderwhite
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my advice to anyone buying a spyder or any Porsche 9*7 gen2 car is not only the usual condition ,mileage etc is check the VIN against another car you have considered as you might be buying an older car and paying more than for the newer car.this is because so many cars have sat around unregistered in the last 3-4 years as dealers have had to order in so many cars that have not been factory orders to meet there quotas hence some great deals to be struck on stock cars ie mine came with 17% discount off list and top money trade in on my old car.before the credit crunch 99% of all new porsches went straight from the factory to the new owner so very few were left sitting around. so yes I think model year and VIN numbers are important for example the 2012 registered spyder is 2 weeks newer in registration terms than my car yet most likely left the factory some many months before and the opc wanted top dollar ie the deal would have cost me another £6-8k. put it this way you are selling your spyder and another similar car(same spec. mileage,condition etc) is on the market that is registered 6 months after your car yet the vin is lower should your car be cheaper?and if you were a buyer which would you choose? as for why Porsche did a 2012 model year spyder for so few cars I have yet to find out,it could be something simple as a software upgrade or a component replacement to an updated version,when my car goes for its 1st service I will ask the question.
spyderwhite
Member
just to add I believe there were no 2013 model year caymans the 981 cayman started with a 2014 model year yet all Rs and some caymans are 2012 model year and apart from a few 987.2 boxsters/Spyders being 2012 model year the 981 boxster started with a 2013 model year?
Only you care , every one else looks at the V5 date, it's a bit like me only me caring about weight lol. You go on about dates , I go on about weight. we are both odd as people buy "wrong" specs ;-p and people buy older cars, none of which seem to affect resale price. As always miles kills price, condition etc etc is a given. Buying a Spyder is more about what options you want as only being 5 for sale and none at the OPC have Spyder wheels or buckets seats, spec is always key to the buyer. age plays zero part in Spyder sales, the vin even less so.
, every one else looks at the V5 date, it's a bit like me only me caring about weight lol. You go on about dates , I go on about weight. we are both odd as people buy "wrong" specs ;-p and people buy older cars, none of which seem to affect resale price. As always miles kills price, condition etc etc is a given. Buying a Spyder is more about what options you want as only being 5 for sale and none at the OPC have Spyder wheels or buckets seats, spec is always key to the buyer. age plays zero part in Spyder sales, the vin even less so.
Big E
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I feel the part of the gang now! That photo was taken on Friday, my friend in the Evora S and I (with partners) headed up to near Melton Mowbray for a weekend of driving some fantastic roads. My first real chance to get to grips with the Spyder and really loved it. It's so easy to drive fast on challenging roads and did well to hang onto the Evora S (with a couple of tweaks and a much better driver than me). Under acceleration they were very well matched, the Spyder gaining a bit as the Evora clonked through the manual box (my Spyder is PDK). I always felt tired after hustling my M3's around all day but the Spyder just consumes challenging roads so comfortably. Monday was spent over at the Porsche Experience Centre, which I'm sure most of you have been to. What great fun that was! I've had a bit of instruction on track before but my instructor on Monday really encouraged me to push my limits as a driver which resulted in a few spins and plenty of tyre smoke! I completely forgot to get a photo but I must say the Spyder parked up at the front of the Centre with GT3 RS's and GT2's etc looked great and a number of the instructors commented on what great cars they were and how nice it was to see one.ORIGINAL: flat6 Adding Big E and bluey green[ORIGINAL: flat6 Spydermen: Big E
Sounds like you had a fun few days. Instructors (unless they are instructed to "like" all customers cars!) seem to generally rave about the Spyder. Presumably they didn't let you spin off round the handling circuit - there's not a lot of run off around the faster bits there!
spyderwhite
Member
see age doesn't worry me in the sense I have to buy the newest registered I would rather buy the older registered car that left the factory later and wasn't sitting around for months!hence when I bought my spyder I had a choice of a few new cars all of roughly the same registration age but totally different build dates so I bought the newest built and the fact it was 2012my was the icing on the cake .so I am not hung up on the V5 date otherwise I would have bought the 2011 my car registered 2012.at the time i also could have bought a 2010 my 997.2s that was being sold as registered new 2011 although 15 months since it left the factory for the same price as a factory fresh 2012 my 997.2s registered 2011.so what you are saying is if 2010my 911 was registered later than 2012my 911 its the car people would buy!i would say only a fool would if they did not look at the vin.VIN/MY is what the dealers take into consideration and so would offer a lot less p/x for the older built car. take a look how many 981s are for sale on the opc site and how some are 2013 my but are registered later than 2014 my cars and who knows how many stock unregistered 2013 my cars are sitting around!!! all specs/condition being equal vin and age becomes a consideration to me if buying a second hand Porsche of the credit crunch years and perhaps to others not the registration date!!ORIGINAL: MrDemon Only you care
I cannot reply or quote or edit any longer ? any way. not much was made of this comment which was posted and I don't have sky to watch 5th gear. "5th Gear tonight tested two 981C's one manual one pdk Around the the track one was a second quicker overall and a lot more involving In an out and out drag race to the line the less involving one was a second quicker" PDK was slower on track !!!!!!
Wonder if they left it in auto - that's the way Porsche say they are quickest on track I think? Am afraid I don't buy in to the build date theory - whilst I have some sympathy for the proposal, it is just too sophisticated for the typical used car transaction!
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