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Are Spyders Becoming Extinct At OPCs!

ORIGINAL: jdpef356
ORIGINAL: rob.kellock Make way for Noddy...
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It was lunch time and guess who was spotted out in their new car waving to the Christmas shoppers in Preston today? [:D][:D][:D]
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Not such a happy Noddy picture today[:(] - Following a traumatic breakdown Noddy makes his way back to the car dealership in Preston to ask for his Spyder back![;)][;)]
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Flat6, have they still got the silver GT3 and has that gone up too? That was worth swapping a Spyder for! If the Spyders are going up a grand every couple of weeks I won't have long to wait! About to board the Virgin Pendolino to London, I suspect nothing with a Porsche badge on it could get me there from Preston as quickly and especially not a Noddy car!
 
A Porsche on a train could get you there as fast[;)] As long as it doesn't crash[&o] http://autoworld.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/20-new-porsches-were-damaged-after-trains-collide-in-germany/
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This concise report pretty much tells it like it is. http://www.carguydad.com/quick-drive-2011-porsche-boxster-spyder/
 
ORIGINAL: flat6 This concise report pretty much tells it like it is. http://www.carguydad.com/quick-drive-2011-porsche-boxster-spyder/
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Good find again flat6 [:D] Very good short and to the point review Impressive how the roof went up in 39 seconds! Almost tempted me to try fitting mine for the first time since Feb 2011 [&o]
 
That was a good find. Train took 2 hours 10 minutes with no damaged Pork! Now coffeed up and stumbling around Docklands looking for a large tower block. Plenty to choose from that's for sure. No flat caps, whippets, terraced houses or cobbled streets, all very confusing!
 
It's priviliged northerners like you what continue the myth of the North/South divide-why didn't you take your own whippet & flat cap down with you-they would have looked good with that pearly coat & high heels you wear at weekends in Longton.[;)]
 
ORIGINAL: daro911
ORIGINAL: flat6 This concise report pretty much tells it like it is. http://www.carguydad.com/quick-drive-2011-porsche-boxster-spyder/
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Good find again flat6 [:D] Very good short and to the point review Impressive how the roof went up in 39 seconds! Almost tempted me to try fitting mine for the first time since Feb 2011 [&o]
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You won't like to see my wet and dirty pics daro911[:D], but the roof is keeping out the wet AND the cold, such is the powerful heating[:)]. The roof is staying permanently on now and the car is being driven less you'll be glad to hear[;)]. A Cayman R would be perfect now. I'd run it in the snow with winter tyres but I wouldn't want the rear window of the Spyder getting buried under snow in the office car park[:eek:] so i'm not planning to get winter tyres. I'll be working from home if it snows. The author gets it right as to the timing of the Spyder & Cayman R and I half agree with your previous comment that Porsche should make them regular 3rd models. Not unreasonable as it's business as usual for the 911 to have niche models like the GT3 / GT3RS (although they are inherent by their link to the racing version). I guess i'm torn between wanting to see a 981 Spyder and wanting ours to become a sought after modern classic in less than 20 years:rolleyes: But i'd like to see a Cayman R sooner rather than later, especially if there's some bespoke bodywork on the next one [;)]
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flat6 That is the most shocking sight I have ever seen ... A filthed up Spyder [:eek:][:eek:][:eek:] Even Porsche made it clear to future owners if it looks like wet weather get yourself a bridge and whatever happens keep the roof in the boot[:D] :rolleyes:
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ORIGINAL: daro911 flat6 That is the most shocking sight I have ever seen ... A filthed up Spyder [:eek:][:eek:][:eek:] Even Porsche made it clear to future owners if it looks like wet weather get yourself a bridge and whatever happens keep the roof in the boot[:D] :rolleyes:
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:ROFLMAO:[:D]:ROFLMAO:[:D] Can I have your roof as a spare as you don't need it :ROFLMAO:[:D]:ROFLMAO:[:D]
 
When your not washing your cars your spending to much time looking and playing with your trains or Noddy![;)][;)] Now why dont you buy one of these?[8|] http://www.gmpperformance.com/index.cfm?PG=detail&PID=228442 If you all got one of these you could get as Filthy as you liked every every night of week![:D][:D][:D]
 
ORIGINAL: jdpef356 When your not washing your cars your spending to much time looking and playing with your trains or Noddy![;)][;)] Now why dont you buy one of these?[8|] http://www.gmpperformance.com/index.cfm?PG=detail&PID=228442 If you all got one of these you could get as Filthy as you liked every every night of week![:D][:D][:D]
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Hi John, I had considered that, but at that price, i'd rather run a second car! (Which is what I might do if our winter turns out to be a harsh one)
 
ORIGINAL: flat6 Hi John, I had considered that, but at that price, i'd rather run a second car! (Which is what I might do if our winter turns out to be a harsh one)
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flat6 Now you are making some sense and as the winter is likely to be as bad if not worse than last years start your hunt sooner rather than later [&:] I hate to stand back and see a classic future classic abused in it's youth
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Nah, Carrera 4 surely? Sorry, 4S [:D] John, that roof is hideous and stops you using the rear "trunk". Colin - Dean slums it in Longton, I'm out in the wilds of Whitestake now!
 
Yeah C4S - the perfect all seasons companion [:)] Might as well go for C4GTS [:D] But, if you didn't have your 525, would you consider running an older 911 alongside your Spyder?
 
Mmm... Would love to... And keep the 525! Sad as it may sound, it is almost certainly the best car I have ever owned. 40000 reliable miles so far.
 
OK How many 981 Spyders could Porsche sell if they used this fashion of folding roof instead of the controversial Suncap 1667 987 Spyders instead of the target figure of 4000 Release a 981 Spyder in this fashion early in the cars life and I think proposed targets could even be surpassed Simples [:D]
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