Well done Rob - my choice. But like you would I swap for my spyder - not a chance! None the less a lovely little car!ORIGINAL: rob.kellock Go on, I'll accept the challenge. Not saying I would but... find an interesting car you could (give or take a couple of quid) swap your Spyder for. My starter for ten. www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/ferrari/355/ferrari-f355-spider/308050?isexperiment=true
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] Andy would still leave me for dust around those Welsh hills in one of those!Wow - values of those have gone mental. I remember when you could get a good one for £50k!ORIGINAL: daro911I think the "game plan" is to keep to a similar budget not spend another £200-225k on top of your Spyder[ORIGINAL: jdpef356 Im getting greedy - my second choice but in GTS format
Hi Flat6 Sorry, Driving it differently is a poor choice of words, what I meant was, because there’s no clutch and no stick change thus less physical/mental involvement it felt like you could drive more relaxed on twisties because there is no great effort in changing gear. I guess that’s where most are saying the loss is, less involved, easier. Personally, it still left me exhilarated enough to want to buy another paddle shift.
Sorry that it's a bit O/T I don’t subscribe to the poor electric steering, negative comments on PDK etc. I prefer to look at my cars as a bucket list with Porsche at the top, as they always have been. I haven’t driven the car but the hype and what I have seen and read about it is enough for me to want it, I’m not that anal (not saying that you are) that the difference between electric steering and ‘normal’ steering will be that big a deal that I won’t want to drive the car. I would probably have like the GT3 RS but I was told by my OPC that I had no chance of getting one, they said it had been long oversubscribed, at least at my OPC.
Now mine was spent in TR's: E Types:Lotus:before finally breaking into the real deal Porsche[
] I guess the closest I ever got to a family car for me was 911 SC Targa: SC Cabrio: Carrera Cabrio: Then it was all change and back to 2 seaters 911 Speedster: 986:986S:987S:987 Spyder manual & today a late 987 Spyder PDK: What next absolutely no idea but very content for now[8D] 
I agree to a point, the hype around all new cars is crazy, but I just don't like the way new cars are going, that's just me. As driving is my major hobby, I do like to be involved as much as possible. And reports of the steering are still quoted as "not as good" but better than a standard 991, add in rear wheel steering and PDK and you just end up with a GTR type car but with A Porsche badge on it. And before the 991GT3 was ever talked about the GTR was the so called "play station car" right or wrong it got a name for being easy to go from A to B fast, Now Porsche are doing it. walter rohrl makes very valid points on the subject and is also shying away from owning one. they look awesome, they are very fast, they sound awesome, the wheels are the best I have ever seen on any car, I love them IN THEORY, but after a few months would I feel the car is now too good and miss what I had. Who knows, but I did not want to take the risk,I love all 3 of my cars, they are all top of their game and also last of an era, the risk was too great to have to sell all 3 to fund the GT3. It's going to be great getting one for current owners , it's a no risk buy for most people, and atm fetching over list and will do for the next 6 months. please call me on 07703 192828 about your Spyder though I might have some one interested in it. And please take me out in your 991 GT3 when you get it, for the noise alone that puts a smile on anyones face.
I know what you mean, When I drove a Spyder around PEC it was PDK and it wouldn't have been half as much fun for me personally if it was manual. I say that because on an unfamiliar stretch of road like that where your braking and lines are paramount to wanting to get around it quickly, trying to whip in some swift gear changes by taking my hand off the wheel would have been a distraction and I probably would have left some gear changes out to concentrate, especially with the instructor sitting alongside trying to get you to go faster. OK, that's me, but on an unfamiliar stretch of road where I want to concentrate on other driving aspects I think it does increase the speed and therefore the fun and therefore the involvement. Back to back with the Spyder at PEC I drove a manual C4S. Putting the handling differences aside, the manual shifting didn't do me any favours. The corners are close together on that small circuit and you have to put everything together neatly to go quickly - exit throttle, up-shifts, racing line, braking point, and fitting in your down-shifts with all that. Someone might say go take some driving lessons and maybe I should but if I did that i'd train on the later tool[
] Still enjoy manual and for the majority of my driving its quick enough. My only ever gripe with PDK was normal mode in auto which is how the settings spent the majority of the time when I loaned them because sport and sport plus became a bit impractical on the road in auto. Looking forward to giving manual mode a try[]] [link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im5BSKMd0Ss]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im5BSKMd0Ss[/link]
It's all true one previous careful owner and a couple of dozen hooligans [ORIGINAL: DarrellWilson Surfing the net to find interesting videos of Spyders, as you do and found this. To my surprise it's actually the car I've just bought. One previous careful owner [
] Hope they have changed the tyres since filming []
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