philnotts99
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Another one to market with no buckets. Maybe the next one! haha!
Are Spyders Becoming Extinct At OPCs!
- Thread starter daro911
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Your problem maybe you are going to buy bucket seats and not necessarily the best spec/condition/ history/priced car[&o] Have you 100% ruled out sports seats because there are some cracking Spyders out there today with them and they are very comfortable and good enough to be fitted to the mega buck$ $peedsters
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Bramley car is under offer in just one week[] Was on for £38850.00 2010/10 Mileage 9988 Description We are delighted to be able to offer for sale this exceptional low mileage Porsche Boxster Spyder. Finished in Carrara White with Anthracite Trim. Supplied with our 12 month warranty. Standard Equipment Anti-Locking Brakes, Driver and Passenger Airbags, Remote Central Locking with Alarm/Immobiliser, Sports Seats, Electric Windows, Electronic Traction Control, 3 Spoke Steering Wheel, 19" Boxster Alloy Wheels, Day Time Running Lights, Bluetooth Telephone Connectivity, LED Brake Lights, Power Steering, Optional Extras Sports Exhaust System, Sports Chrono Package, Preparation for Mobile Telephone, Fully Automatic Climate Control, Park Assist, Rear Centre Console in Exterior Colour, Seat Heating, Roll Over Bar in Exterior Colour, Universal Audio Interface, Top Tint Windscreen. Transmission 6 Speed Manual Price UNDER OFFER
] Was on for £38850.00 2010/10 Mileage 9988 Description We are delighted to be able to offer for sale this exceptional low mileage Porsche Boxster Spyder. Finished in Carrara White with Anthracite Trim. Supplied with our 12 month warranty. Standard Equipment Anti-Locking Brakes, Driver and Passenger Airbags, Remote Central Locking with Alarm/Immobiliser, Sports Seats, Electric Windows, Electronic Traction Control, 3 Spoke Steering Wheel, 19" Boxster Alloy Wheels, Day Time Running Lights, Bluetooth Telephone Connectivity, LED Brake Lights, Power Steering, Optional Extras Sports Exhaust System, Sports Chrono Package, Preparation for Mobile Telephone, Fully Automatic Climate Control, Park Assist, Rear Centre Console in Exterior Colour, Seat Heating, Roll Over Bar in Exterior Colour, Universal Audio Interface, Top Tint Windscreen. Transmission 6 Speed Manual Price UNDER OFFER
I repeat myself but dealers to date have never said the Sports seats are a handicap to a sale which isn't what they use to say about the buckets I think all that has happened now is the guy looking for a Spyder that ticks his main boxes might more readily accept a car with buckets, just like our man kitchens did, rather than insist on sports seats which we all know are a very decent seat in the first place and have hardly changed with the introduction of 981/991. As much as I wanted buckets the fact my 2 Spyders to date had sports seats wasn't a deal breaker for me and I would guess it is the same story for the majority of wannabe Spydermen[ORIGINAL: jdpef356Its those sports seats that sell em![ORIGINAL: daro911 Bramley car is under offer in just one week[
] Await Mr D's flame thrower Saturday weather looking like another outing for my garage queen [8D] http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/london-greater-london#?tab=fiveDay&fcTime=1392940800[8D] Any Spydermen with a smart phone should download this free fantastic speed ticket saving apps https://www.trapster.com
philnotts99
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Sport seats are nice but for this car ( in my opinion ) it needs to have the buckets, same with the Cayman R. I would rather wait and even pay slightly more to get the right car for me, which i will be keeping a long time. Phil
Rob As you know I viewed a red car at Nottingham with skinny seats. It was only those seats that stopped my buying that car. Why? We like heated seats. We don't need lightweight seats - we would rather have them warm when we want them! Likewise. A/C Heavy? Not when you see others in France one year having to put the hood up because they were so hot. We just put the A/C on![] Cup holders Heavy? Just ask the guy with the damp patch around his midriff when he exits his car why he didn't put the can/cup in the cupholders? We just put the drinks in the cup holders rather than arrive looking like we are incontinent.[] The radio is to heavy![&:] When you have heard me and my mrs sing you won't think a Radio is to heavy![&o]
] Cup holders Heavy? Just ask the guy with the damp patch around his midriff when he exits his car why he didn't put the can/cup in the cupholders? We just put the drinks in the cup holders rather than arrive looking like we are incontinent.[] The radio is to heavy![&:] When you have heard me and my mrs sing you won't think a Radio is to heavy![&o]Probably means when one does come up for sale with the three 'key ingredients' - buckets, spyder wheels, PSE - then due to the rules of supply and demand it will command a higher price. Adding the cost of changing any one of these components to the cost of cars for sale today must put you north of £43k........but then again I might have a vested interest in this argument [ORIGINAL: daro911I repeat myself but dealers to date have never said the Sports seats are a handicap to a sale which isn't what they use to say about the buckets I think all that has happened now is the guy looking for a Spyder that ticks his main boxes might more readily accept a car with buckets, just like our man kitchens did, rather than insist on sports seats which we all know are a very decent seat in the first place and have hardly changed with the introduction of 981/991. As much as I wanted buckets the fact my 2 Spyders to date had sports seats wasn't a deal breaker for me and I would guess it is the same story for the majority of wannabe Spydermen[ORIGINAL: jdpef356Its those sports seats that sell em![ORIGINAL: daro911 Bramley car is under offer in just one week[
] Someone will no doubt point out that one sold recently for blah blah blah quashing my argument. Fat seats; Heated seats; Air con (just drive faster); cup holders; radio; singing (too busy concentrating to sing)............... Porsche - history in racing not posing [ORIGINAL: jdpef356 Rob As you know I viewed a red car at Nottingham with skinny seats. It was only those seats that stopped my buying that car. Why? We like heated seats. We don't need lightweight seats - we would rather have them warm when we want them! Likewise. A/C Heavy? Not when you see others in France one year having to put the hood up because they were so hot. We just put the A/C on![
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the sports seated cars keep coming for sale because the owners cannot live with the roof but think the Spyder is a nice idea and upgrade from a normal Boxster. they soon find living with that roof as a daily and being female it was the wrong car to buy in the 1st place. the people owning bucket seated cars are hanging onto them and understand what the car is about, Porsche not making a lighter car since the 964 RS lightweight hold out for the right car Phil, it will be worth the resale price later ;-)
hold out for the right car Phil, it will be worth the resale price later ;-)No matter how often certain people go on about cars with bucket seats being worth more, the market has yet to show that to be true. If you must have a Spyder with a certain spec, then by all means wait for one to come along. In the meantime, I'll be driving mine and enjoying it... []
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Hear hear[8D] Would be good to hear from a major player in used Spyders like Tom/911V what he thinks about buckets v sports seatsORIGINAL: homerdog No matter how often certain people go on about cars with bucket seats being worth more, the market has yet to show that to be true. If you must have a Spyder with a certain spec, then by all means wait for one to come along. In the meantime, I'll be driving mine and enjoying it... [
http://www.porscheclubgbforum.com/tm.asp?m=719756&mpage=9 Facts is facts, John did REJECT a rare red pristine example BECAUSE it had bucket seats[8D] Facts is facts, daro911 wasn't bothered whether both his Spyders had sports seats or bucket seats I'm sure they're not alone. I did also have to reject buckets seats but my circumstances were not the norm... Comparing a roadster to the 964RS is interesting. Only time will tell and I can't predict but I guess there are 3 trains of thought: 1. Cars with sports seats will be more desirable than with buckets seats and the cars with sports seats will command a higher premium in the future. I cannot see that happening at all. 2. The car is mainly seen as a roadster for the road with amazing handling and some will want sports seats and some will want bucket seats due to personal taste. Some won't be bothered what seats they get. 3. The car will be mainly seen as a successor to the 964RS and predominantly a track car, or road going track oriented car where buckets seats and staying true to the launch spec is essential. Cars with bucket seats will therefore command a premium. Whether scenario 2 or 3 is most prevalent in the future who knows. Right now, there doesn't seem to be any evidence that scenario 3 is most prevalent but I suppose that could change come the time when the car is a classic for collectors. I won't have mine in decades to come so haven't worried about that... I guess the only thing we have seen evidence of is a general consensus of a strong desire for the Spyder wheel which probably has less effect on the driving experience than the bucket seats (yes they're the lightest but probably not by much and is the strong desire for them based more on their look vs the alternatives rather than their weight?[8|] . Whereas, the bucket seats probably do more for how you feel in the car than the wheels). This unique car sits in a space where logic doesn't seem to apply consistently.ORIGINAL: jdpef356
I took a couple of photos of the Red Nottingham Spyder when I test drove[8D] - has everything but Hot Seats!
I thought we put this one to bed months ago... Someone will be along in a minute to ask if PDK is better than manual... Or red better than white... It's all in daro's book - horses for courses - chapter 2!
Well white is obviously best colour... I thought everyone knew that [ORIGINAL: flat6 [
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philnotts99
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...Also could debate if the alloys need to be silver or black
Don't know about silver or black but flat6's need a good clean in Andy's photo above []
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