Are Spyders Becoming Extinct At OPCs!

[flat6]

ORIGINAL: Fire_2

interesting, little comparison with the 981 + X73 option vs Boxster Spyder

Good find but can you interpret it for me? Looks like the X73 is stiffer in all areas but the Spyder's anti-roll bars are less stiff than the standard 981 whilst the X73 is more stiff than the standard 981? Why would that be? Stiffer rear springs on the X73. Will it ride as well as our cars, on paper?

 

[flat6]

ORIGINAL: rob.kellock We need to pick a Sunday morning. Unfortunately, I am tied up with one thing and another for the next few weeks. Realistically, I'd be looking at 2nd March or fortnightly thereafter! Jeremy Heney was going to plan a run out for R18 which I said I'd help with - he had a route in mind in North Yorkshire I think, maybe we could kill two birds with one stone...

Keep me posted on that please []

 

[Andy Fagan]

ORIGINAL: flat6

ORIGINAL: ralphmusic

ORIGINAL: I think the old classics deserve to get reserved for concours duty after they've done they're driving in earlier years

I would not say that too loudly, lots of guys on here drive, track, race and rally their older cars (those before the 9x6/7 series)

True. The 2 classics that were showing us and thing or two at Anglesey would be wasted living a life on static display[]

I know Rikki in the red 911 (And his navigator Phil) and he won several rounds of the British Historic Rally Championship rallies last year with that car and came runner up in the British championship which came down to a bit of bad luck on the last event.

 

[Andy Fagan]

ORIGINAL: billy1

ORIGINAL: flat6

ORIGINAL: Andy Fagan Whilst I was out I filled up at the Shell station (The one we met at on the EVO run). When I went to pay a very attractive young girl behind the counter said "Really nice car by the way". I just said "thanks", but found it a little embarrassing as there was a big queue of people behind me. How does everyone else react to that sort of comment?

She only said your car was nice, nothing to be embarrassed about. Maybe even slightly disappointing that only your car got a complement[] I had another customer at a petrol station comment on my car. She was youngish and was with her boyfriend but spent what was probably 2 minutes (but felt like 5) on the forecourt talking to me whilst he was paying. Talking about how she wished she had something like that and was still talking to me when he came back. I somehow got onto showing her how cheap the road tax was (the kind of thing Ross from Friends would do[X(] ) and then she was telling him when he came back. AWKWARD! Another time in a supermarket car park a similar thing happened. The girl was there for what seems like an age, doting on the car whilst her boyfriend stood there with his hands in his pockets wondering when this would end. AWKWARD! The rest of my attention has been from school kids who cheer and point as I drive through the morning traffic. One good thing to come out of it though is that it has made my son very popular at school, but in a good way. Kids much older than him have got to know him as they've chatted to him to ask about the car. He's very humble and tells them very little (he's always been told that how much it cost is strictly off limits for school conversation and so is boasting) and he's got to know kids of all ages throughout the school without it going to his head or them seeing any showing off.

Lovely stories. All I've had no far is a white van driver shout "c*nt" out of his window as he drove past one sunny Saturday morning recently when I had the roof off. He must have met me before. []

That made me laugh out loud for real!! [][][]

 

[MrDemon]

ORIGINAL: flat6

ORIGINAL: Fire_2

interesting, little comparison with the 981 + X73 option vs Boxster Spyder

Good find but can you interpret it for me? Looks like the X73 is stiffer in all areas but the Spyder's anti-roll bars are less stiff than the standard 981 whilst the X73 is more stiff than the standard 981? Why would that be? Stiffer rear springs on the X73. Will it ride as well as our cars, on paper?

interesting that they up the spring rates on PDK cars due to more weight, but they did not on the Spdyer PDK cars. seems they did not care much about drivers of PDK spyders !! I guess with the lower C of G on the Spyder they did not need stiff ARB as the cars does not roll that much anyway.

 

[MillerIanF]

At last, an advantage of the Turbo 2 wheels you can stick your hand through the gap between the spokes, with a damp cloth, and wipe them clean.

 

[Andy Fagan]

you can with the spyder type too []

 

[daro911]

ORIGINAL: billy1

ORIGINAL: flat6

ORIGINAL: Andy Fagan Whilst I was out I filled up at the Shell station (The one we met at on the EVO run). When I went to pay a very attractive young girl behind the counter said "Really nice car by the way". I just said "thanks", but found it a little embarrassing as there was a big queue of people behind me. How does everyone else react to that sort of comment?

She only said your car was nice, nothing to be embarrassed about. Maybe even slightly disappointing that only your car got a complement[] I had another customer at a petrol station comment on my car. She was youngish and was with her boyfriend but spent what was probably 2 minutes (but felt like 5) on the forecourt talking to me whilst he was paying. Talking about how she wished she had something like that and was still talking to me when he came back. I somehow got onto showing her how cheap the road tax was (the kind of thing Ross from Friends would do[X(] ) and then she was telling him when he came back. AWKWARD! Another time in a supermarket car park a similar thing happened. The girl was there for what seems like an age, doting on the car whilst her boyfriend stood there with his hands in his pockets wondering when this would end. AWKWARD! The rest of my attention has been from school kids who cheer and point as I drive through the morning traffic. One good thing to come out of it though is that it has made my son very popular at school, but in a good way. Kids much older than him have got to know him as they've chatted to him to ask about the car. He's very humble and tells them very little (he's always been told that how much it cost is strictly off limits for school conversation and so is boasting) and he's got to know kids of all ages throughout the school without it going to his head or them seeing any showing off.

Lovely stories. All I've had no far is a white van driver shout "c*nt" out of his window as he drove past one sunny Saturday morning recently when I had the roof off. He must have met me before. []

You stole my punchline[][] Where were you [] In London I have had nothing but 3 years of thumbs up, compliments shouted, and this is from all walks of life and both sexes[]

 

[daro911]

ORIGINAL: Andy Fagan you can with the spyder type too []

Correct as per these I prepared earlier []

 

[Andy Fagan]

I've just been into a different cyberworld where the forum had changed to a new format and lots of the posts were missing [&:][&:][&:]

 

[homerdog]

ORIGINAL: MrDemon interesting that they up the spring rates on PDK cars due to more weight, but they did not on the Spdyer PDK cars. seems they did not care much about drivers of PDK spyders !!

The Spyder PDK gearbox is a lot lighter than on the later cars... []

 

[daro911]

ORIGINAL: homerdog

ORIGINAL: MrDemon interesting that they up the spring rates on PDK cars due to more weight, but they did not on the Spdyer PDK cars. seems they did not care much about drivers of PDK spyders !!

The Spyder PDK gearbox is a lot lighter than on the later cars... []

The PDK cars are so fast in the real world an extra 30kg all low down makes squat diddly overall difference in handling and feel department[]

 

[rob.kellock]

ORIGINAL: daro911 You stole my punchline[][] Where were you [] In London I have had nothing but 3 years of thumbs up, compliments shouted, and this is from all walks of life and both sexes[] [/color]

Best I ever had was at the local supermarket. Walking back to the Spyder on a lovely summer afternoon and a very hot girl in a miniskirt was showing off to her boyfriend and went to the drivers door handle of the Spyder precisely at the moment I had plipped the lock. To her utter embarassment. Her boyfriend laughed from his Fiat Punto and shouted over "fancy a swap?" "Absolutely" I replied, "I'll just go home and get her"...

 

[Andy Fagan]

ORIGINAL: rob.kellock

ORIGINAL: daro911 You stole my punchline[][] Where were you [] In London I have had nothing but 3 years of thumbs up, compliments shouted, and this is from all walks of life and both sexes[] [/color]

Best I ever had was at the local supermarket. Walking back to the Spyder on a lovely summer afternoon and a very hot girl in a miniskirt was showing off to her boyfriend and went to the drivers door handle of the Spyder precisely at the moment I had plipped the lock. To her utter embarassment. Her boyfriend laughed from his Fiat Punto and shouted over "fancy a swap?" "Absolutely" I replied, "I'll just go home and get her"...

You could have really worried him and said "I'll just go home and get Him"

 

[flat6]

ORIGINAL: rob.kellock Best I ever had was at the local supermarket. Walking back to the Spyder on a lovely summer afternoon and a very hot girl in a miniskirt was showing off to her boyfriend and went to the drivers door handle of the Spyder precisely at the moment I had plipped the lock. To her utter embarassment. Her boyfriend laughed from his Fiat Punto and shouted over "fancy a swap?" "Absolutely" I replied, "I'll just go home and get her"...

 

[vitesse]

and a very hot girl in a miniskirt was showing off to her boyfriend

Well go on,tell us all what she was showing off.[]

 

[jdpef356]

I can no longer find the White Spyder RED interior for sale. Anyone on here?

 

[daro911]

ORIGINAL: jdpef356 I can no longer find the White Spyder RED interior for sale. Anyone on here?

In that case the choice available today is just 2[] for now [:-]

 

[rob.kellock]

ORIGINAL: VITESSE Well go on,tell us all what she was showing off.[]

You see, all it takes is mention of a hot girl and you're back on the Spyder forum Colin!! Andy, I thought mine was not bad for a quick response? Just 2 cars for sale today - one white and one black, what will the next one be?

 

[Mayhem911]

White one with red interior still for sale on auto-trader, shame about spec and price though:-(