Are Spyders Becoming Extinct At OPCs!
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spyderwhite
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reply to flat6.i agree with everything you said there but what I am trying to point out is buyer beware that you might not infact be getting the newer car! traditionally up to about 2009 nearly all new porsches were factory ordered cars and no deals to be had and hence left the factory to a new owner,but since early 2009 Porsche uk have an ever increasing stock of unregistered new cars as dealers have to meet their quotas to get discounts from Porsche hence some great deals to be had on stock cars,i personally have had over 15% discount off mrrp on each of my last 2 new porsches and would never pay list for a new Porsche again.to give an example the 981 is now 2014 build year and has been since about june but just how many cars on the opc approved site(107 boxsters which has been with us over a year now and 55 caymans which has only been with us 6 months so I expect that figure to double in the next year!) and how many of those have had private owners and how many 2013 MY cars unregistered in stock is anyones quess hence its a great time to buy a new 981/991 stock if in the market for one because they aint selling and I would expect huge discounts which then leads on to buying a second hand one in a few years time and vins and MY. Back to the used porsches registered since 2009 as I have said before some have been sitting around stock and so unregistered to later in the cars life and hence could be older than the chap whos factory ordered car was built after the said stock car so you could be paying more for an older built car! that's my last input on this subject its getting boring like the right spyder spec argument but they have to be white and have black spyder wheels[
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skmark
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Ive got one, ive got one..........ORIGINAL: flat6 New page new pics. "Hybrids" Spyder AND R stripes but the car is neither
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Hello Thanks for making your point. I hadn't realised that what I said could've been interpreted as an intention to ridicule. Also, on here, when we say Spyder stripe, we mean the version where stripe goes from wheel to wheel. When we say 'R' stripe, we mean where the stripe is extended in front of the front wheel but not beyond the door. So we name them by their current usage. For example, we've had a chap on here considering putting the 'R' extension on his Spyder.ORIGINAL: skmarkIve got one, ive got one..........ORIGINAL: flat6 New page new pics. "Hybrids" Spyder AND R stripes but the car is neitherOh but then it's older an much cooler than our cars....... maybe they're not Spyder or R stripes after all..... maybe we're not as exclusive as we think...... maybe we shouldn't be throwing stones or looking down our noses at others???? [
] "Unmistakable references to Porsche history are also inherent in the range of standard exterior paint finishes (Carrara White, Guards Red and Black), the 1960’s Porsche logo on the side of the car, the motorsport design of the side air intakes and the deliberately minimalist interior." A previous discussion on stripes from back in May.
ORIGINAL: flat6 I've been collecting some stripeless Spyder pics over the past few weeks since we saw this red car looking bare.What is it about a side stripe that makes the car look so different without it. Does it help to frame the shape of the car or something? Here are some pictures. I've included some cars with stripes. Scroll through them quickly to the end and then look back at them later.
The cars with stripes are not Spyders. Those 2 Boxsters, being striped and in the launch colour, white, are pre-programmed to the brain to be assumed to be Spyders. OK, some of you will have spotted them straight away, but I can see why the owners of those cars chose to add the stripes. It does look good, but it's just a stripe isn't it?
Eh? [8|] I do like the Steve McQueen poster though - my son has it on his bedroom wall!
Big E - how tall are you? [] Colin, that Spyder would fit you nicely!!
] Colin, that Spyder would fit you nicely!!
I agree. I'd personally prefer white if going for decals in more adventurous colours, like:
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