philnotts99
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Needs buckets 
Are Spyders Becoming Extinct At OPCs!
- Thread starter daro911
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So that's 3 votes for the blue car so far (including myself) and Phil has abstained because he cannot bring himself to pick the launch car over the blue car for profit, but wishes the blue car had buckets for even more profit [] I deliberately posted a pic of the blue car's interior so that it can be seen it has sports seats, in case that is an influence for some voters. So far no votes for the launch spec car[]
] I deliberately posted a pic of the blue car's interior so that it can be seen it has sports seats, in case that is an influence for some voters. So far no votes for the launch spec car[]
Mine don't! Quite happy with mine as it is, money no object would add leather, PCCB and PCM3. Maybe white dials too. And short shift but I'm not fussed about any of it!
philnotts99
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Dont get me wrong, i do like sports seats, i have had them in all my other cars but for me and what the car is going to be used for ( weekend toy ) buckets will just add to the drama when i take it out. Phil
I would think sports seats would add more to the drama Phil, that is if you like being thrown around the cabin. Blue car - ridiculous colour; useless seats; pointless luxuries; overweight. [
] First vote for the more valuable launch spec. []
To turn round for a quick buck? Riviera all day long []
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The Riviera Blue was PTS when Porsche opened that window literally for one week only and also possibly for the USA only. I think it was just 4 PTS cars in Riviera Blue: Solid Navy Blue: Speed Yellow & GreyORIGINAL: flat6 [
Obviously you are going to say that as it's in your interests to do so. If you said it was a terrible car in that spec, that you would never buy a car without a radio and you fear for damaging your disks @ £3,500 to replace you'd be mad! It certainly didn't get snapped up as quickly as Mr D would like people to believe (or would wish) and it was certainly advertised for a lenghty period. Whether you paid £40k for it or not I don't know, but it was advertised for less. There is certainly a market for it, of course there is. It's just that very few cars were sold with that spec (in fact, given that yours and Mr D's car were both press cars, I wonder if anyone actually spec'd any like that from new), which suggests that it's not particularly attractive, ergo it's not going to be worth a premium (and it of course makes no difference to me whether it is or isn't). There is very little rhyme or reason to these cars when it comes price. Plenty of cars sold recently have sports seats and PDK boxes, and they have sold quickly and at good money. The only evident differentiator in asking prices is mileage. Don't for one moment think that I'm having a go at your car, because it is indeed a lightweight spec and I am sure that it is attractive to some. But equally don't swallow all Mr D's hyperbole which just so happens to verify his "spec". He cannot speak for "the market" (and the dealer who has sold the most used cars to "the market" has shown Mr D's views to be wide of the mark in reality).
Thanks daro, that grey metallic car was the other one in my mind but I think you've covered them all there [ORIGINAL: daro911The Riviera Blue was PTS when Porsche opened that window literally for one week only and also possibly for the USA only. I think it was just 4 PTS cars in Riviera Blue: Solid Navy Blue: Speed Yellow & GreyORIGINAL: flat6 [
] What's your vote?
Neither do mine rattle, and if you want an experiment we can put yours and mine on ebay and see which ones make the most [
] Buckets are worth far more that sport seats and always will be. [:-]
No rattle on my buckets either [8D]
Thing is boys: !!!! I can now see 6 cars for sale with out looking to hard. NONE are manual, with buckets seats and Spyder wheels. I cannot see these 6 cars moving like cars have been before when missing one of the 3 big items. I would even think now spring is coming we will see many more Spyders up for sale , cars do this when they get to 4 years old and costs rise. but imo I think the type of owners who have cars with the big 3 will not sell so easily and will fork out for the 4 year main service, new brakes etc. if I were in the market now I would buy the Black one with PCCB and buy some wheels for it. even though Black would not be high on my list it's a nice looking car, and with PCCB great value. PS out of 4 buckets seats 1 of mine rattles slighty, but fixable with tape ;-)
I can now see 6 cars for sale with out looking to hard. NONE are manual, with buckets seats and Spyder wheels. I cannot see these 6 cars moving like cars have been before when missing one of the 3 big items. I would even think now spring is coming we will see many more Spyders up for sale , cars do this when they get to 4 years old and costs rise. but imo I think the type of owners who have cars with the big 3 will not sell so easily and will fork out for the 4 year main service, new brakes etc. if I were in the market now I would buy the Black one with PCCB and buy some wheels for it. even though Black would not be high on my list it's a nice looking car, and with PCCB great value. PS out of 4 buckets seats 1 of mine rattles slighty, but fixable with tape ;-)Some fair and reasonable opinions in there but that's what they are and IMO it's a stretch of the imagination to say 'the only evident differentiator is the mileage' - as I said let's wait and see. Not sure I mentioned Mr D in any of my posts, you're getting my opinions and it's hardly surprising they are similar. Oh, and on price, I think even someone who didn't favour the lightweight spec would be happy with the price I paid.
Have to say there is some weight to that statement. If the only launch spec cars are press cars, not many, if any actual buyers agreed with how the car was marketed and decided to change it. (OK, lots of cars were spec'd by OPC's but how many of the cars that were spec'd by personal buyers were spec'd without a radio.) What was odd was that MrD's car was for sale with sports seats but he rightly got them changed to buckets. Sports seats with the spartan spec is an odd combination, but someone thought it was alright. I think we're at 5 votes for the blue car and 1 for the launch spec car. Staying true to Porsche's brochure isn't looking like the stronger investment[
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There were plenty of cars with manual, buckets seats and Spyder wheels. Not at all rare. But if you take the radio out, you can add £5K[8D]
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