Are Spyders Becoming Extinct At OPCs!
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philnotts99
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How much is it to add on the PSE,and a SS? And how much to add the buckets out of interest. Phil
DarrellWilson
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Phil, I've recently bought one having considered it for some time. Personally I would hold out for your ideal spec, whilst you won't lose money whatever you buy, you may still find yourself admiring cars that come up for sale that have the bits you had on your wish list. I'd say be patient, the right car will come along but be quick when it does. I wanted the purist spec, buckets, spyder wheels, sports exhaust and ceramics - personally I don't see the point of loading up these cars with weight by adding in luxuries (inessentials but conducive to comfort) but I did come from Caterham's so even the base car feels luxurious! I love the DSG gearbox in my everyday car but the manual is a must in a spyder! in my opinion, to get the best driving challenge and satisfaction. These are all personal opinions, others will have different views but hopefully all comments will assist you in finding the right choice for you. Whatever spec you decide on, you won't regret buying a Spyder.
That seems cheap.
PSE is around £2k and SS around £400. You'd need to shop around a bit at OPC's to get the best price. I think buckets come in at around £6k!
All well and good , but there are only 3 cars like ours
. so it's about being lucky not patient I am not selling and nor are you, so that leaves the other one, which has only just found a new owner also, unless it was taken off the market. if you want manual you have a choice of circa 100 cars break that down into colours and that's not many of each colour, break that down again for cars with spyder wheels, and you really have to say you are not going to get the spec you want 100% I have in 2 years only seen 5 PCCB cars up for sale, 3 white, 1 black (for sale now) and the silver one who is also some one here. (sorry I am crap with names) As for calling our cars base cars, they are prob the most expensive RRP new hence why rare as people did not want to spec up £65k boxsters.
New Page No New Pic! How many dealers today are likely to have a Spyder & R for swapping specs around now the cars have been out of production for several years already I think you could get the PSE & SC fitted for free providing you were paying the full asking price but the chairs will be impossible today unless you go Recaro Pole and get a better lighter bucket in "full leather" whilst retaining the sports seats for next owners who by the law of sod will want the seat you haven't got I recently sold a fatboy spec without any comment being made about wrong heated seats and the dealer moved it on in just 4 weeks 2 of which were Christmas holidays and 4 of which were cursed with the current Noah weather[
] My local OPC's both said the same thing to me whatever gearbox or chairs there Spyder or R stocks have it will always be the opposite to most peoples want list when enquiring about the cars they own Bottom line for them on the chairs was any shape or size can be comfy in the sports chairs but only certain types can say the same about the buckets. Personally I think (like pdk) if you give the buckets some time most can adapt and be comfortable in those chairs I am not a fan of Alcantara but if I had bought a brand new Spyder I would have gone with the buckets and probably have had non factory full leather conversion done sometime in my ownership The only advice for Phil is the last 12 months + has seen far fewer cars for sale than at any other time and now the cars are in year 4 the chances of finding a sub 12k miler must be something else to consider if one wants a very low mileage example
I think you can buy them now, if not get them made up with out much issue. The full leather recaro carbon in poles are still a bit pricy at £5k inc runners. So do you go oem for that little bit more baring in mind you cannot do any production car sprints or hill climbs with after marker seats. Or do you buy the non carbon fake leather ones for about £800 each. People always say you can buy a nice seat for £500 but when you price up the stuff you really like ie. the carbon leather recaro £5k is a little tough to swallow.
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philnotts99
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The white Spyder at Swindon looks good but very low spec. Almost a pure spec. The mileage is good though. Was this anyone's car on here? Phil
If the car could be bought for asking price but with PSE & SC included in the deal then it's a great buy On the other hand the other OPC car with wheels swapped for the Spyders is also a good deal with a cracking spec Hard call or wait for the next Spyder to pop up [
] 19 inch Turbo II wheel Bi-Xenon lighting system with dynamic cornering lights CDR-30 Audio System Fully automatic climate control ParkAssist (rear) Porsche Doppelkupplung (PDK) Preparation for mobile phone Roll-over bar in exterior colour Silver-Grey seat belts Sound Package Plus including CD storage Sport Chrono Package Sports Bucket Seats Sports exhaust system Three-spoke sports steering wheel with paddles Universal audio interface Porsche Centre Sutton Coldfield Coleshill Road B75 7AX Sutton Coldfield Phone: 0121 3785819You got a good deal. How long ago was that? There was a time a few years ago, before people had woken up to Spyders, that they were pretty hard to shift for OPC's that wanted a quick turnaround and they'd do what they had to do to shift them. I think there's mainly a subset of OPC's that actively source them now as some others haven't realised that the market has drastically changed. I doubt you'd get PSE for free today as they don't need to dent their margins today to shift them. Swapping seats costs them nothing and they may be willing but they're unlikely to have another 987 or 997 in stock with buckets these days. If I was an OPC i'd rather leave buckets in a Cayman R rather than swap those with sports seats to do a deal on a Spyder. I reckon an R with sports seats will be harder to shift than a Spyder with sports seats (though I have no evidence to back that up) so if I was a dealer with a Spyder & R in stock I wouldn't do the swap. As for the aftermarket options, in terms of keeping the car true to its authenticity, they wouldn't interest me at all, especially in a open car where the look has quite some importance to me and race looking seats in a roadster might look a bit pretentious, although the Recaro Pole is quite subtle.
philnotts99
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http://www.dicklovett.co.uk/Dealers/Porsche/Used-Car-Details/Porsche-Boxster_Spyder-Carrara_White-2010-20188629.html Just sold! These do go quick! Phil
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