Are Spyders Becoming Extinct At OPCs!
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Thanks, I'll give it a try. Thought I'd do a quick market appraisal: OPC cars 2011 Black 4682 miles PDK Buckets £46000 Spyder alloys OPC Cambridge 2011 White 8011 miles Manual Sports seats £42900 Spyder alloys OPC Hatfield Pistonheads adds 2011 White 810 miles PDK Sports seats £41995 Spyder alloys private seller 2011 White 7850 miles PDK Sports seats £42495 Turbo II alloys Park Lane 2010 White 31000 miles Manual Sports seats £34950 Spyder alloys Approved Used 2010 Black 6000 miles Manual Sports seats £38990 Spyder alloys Cameron 2010 White 11745 miles Manual Sports seats £35995 Spyder alloys 911 Virgin Autotrader adds 2011 Silver 13000 miles Manual Sports seats £36950 Turbo II alloys private seller (beige interior, left hooker) This gives us an average mileage of 10387 and an average asking price of £40034! There are still no manual gearbox cars for sale with bucket seats either... Where the market goes, no one knows [
]spyderwhite
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anyone know if they made a sport design steering wheel(offer it on new builds for circa£250) with alcantara and how much to retrofit?looks so much better than the standard item found it on porsche tequipment for £725 not sure if thats fitted though
Rocket Man
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Does anyone know the part number for the sport design wheel (non PDK) and will a PDK wheel fit a manual car. I am sure those Paddles can be removed
MillerIanF
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Great thanks, I have the Turbo 2 wheels and can't bring myself to change them. My car is basalt black metallic and I think the Turbo 2 colouring suits this colour of Spyder. They are forged and there seems to be minimal material in the spokes etc., so I think they are quite light, it will be very interesting to find out.
I KNOWORIGINAL: rob.kellockThanks, I'll give it a try. Thought I'd do a quick market appraisal: OPC cars 2011 Black 4682 miles PDK Buckets £46000 Spyder alloys OPC Cambridge 2011 White 8011 miles Manual Sports seats £42900 Spyder alloys OPC Hatfield Pistonheads adds 2011 White 810 miles PDK Sports seats £41995 Spyder alloys private seller 2011 White 7850 miles PDK Sports seats £42495 Turbo II alloys Park Lane 2010 White 31000 miles Manual Sports seats £34950 Spyder alloys Approved Used 2010 Black 6000 miles Manual Sports seats £38990 Spyder alloys Cameron 2010 White 11745 miles Manual Sports seats £35995 Spyder alloys 911 Virgin Autotrader adds 2011 Silver 13000 miles Manual Sports seats £36950 Turbo II alloys private seller (beige interior, left hooker) This gives us an average mileage of 10387 and an average asking price of £40034! There are still no manual gearbox cars for sale with bucket seats either... Where the market goes, no one knows [
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]kenneth ritchie
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Transcal in Livingston will re trim leather wheel in Alcantara or vice versa also to re trim of buckets with leather if required, I saw an Audi R8 that they re trimmed and the standard of workmanship was fantastic. www.transcal.co.uk
Another Spyder with the wrong gears as short tested on TG last night but even they no longer comment on the 3rd missing [
] The new Porsche supercar is a model with amazing potential, but it faces stiff competition from Ferrari and McLaren The 918 is Porsche's new halo hybrid supercar; it has a combined power output of 875bhp and 944lb ft The 918 Spyder is, according to Porsche, the future of the sports car. It's also the spiritual successor to a whole host of Porsche's most classic hypercars from the past - from the 959 to the Carrera GT - and is a technological tour de force at the same time. In combining 4.6-litres worth of high revving, race-bred conventional V8 engine with electric motors that power both the front and rear axles, it is, for the time being, the fastest road car on the planet, with a combined power output of 875bhp at 8500rpm and a thumping 944lb ft of torque. The 918 feels natural on the road, and that's how it should be And before you reply with a cynical "Yes, but its lithiom ion battery pack means it weighs far more than it should, so it's not as quick as it could be were it a pure sports car" consider this: the battery pack on its own does indeed add some 314kg to the car's kerb weight, but without its hybrid powertrain Porsche says the 918 would be more than five seconds slower around the Nürburgring. In other words, the Spyder's combination of batteries, electric motors and conventional combustion engine power do not mean it is in anyway compromised as a design but, instead, optimised to deliver as much performance but also as much economy at the same time. And the numbers it produces are truly extraordinary. As in sub seven minutes around the Nürburgring, 0-60mph in 2.5sec (in Weissach specification), 0-186mph in 19.9sec (again in Weissach spec), hit a top speed of 214mph and average between 25-30mpg when tootling about in the real world. Genuinely. Forget for a moment the headline-grabbing 94.1mpg claims, they are generated with the car driving only in Hybrid mode; the reality is that the 918 will burn about the same amount of fuel as a high-ish powered saloon car during regular on-road driving. Which is nothing short of incredible, you'll agree, but is also the 918's reason to be - because job one when the project started was to build a super-sports car that could return 3.0-litres per 100km (94.1mpg), which could also lap the Nürburgring in 7min 15sec. Which also means the car has massively over delivered on the performance front in its final showroom specification. And the cost for all this magic: €781,155 (£652,849) in standard specification, or €853,155 (£712,088) in 41kg lighter Weissach Pack spec. The pack, if your curious, cuts the 918's kerb weight by some 35kg through the use of more carbonfibre and lightweight magnesium wheels. A lot more natural to drive than you might think, and this was one of Porsche's key targets when fine tuning the 918 for use on road, or track; that despite its mind-frazzling levels of technology, it should feel intuitive and natural to drive. Although to begin with it can be a touch confusing: trying to work out which of the various drive modes to select, of which there are five; Edrive, Hybrid, Sport, Race and Hot Laps. In Edrive you get exactly that to begin with, but this still means you've got enough ecologically sound propulsion to hit 60mph in 6.2 seconds. The spooky thing in Edrive, as ever with EVs, is that there's no perceptible noise from the two electric motors, front or rear. But if you then press harder on the accelerator, boom, the V8 is awakened and you find yourself being propelled by a combination of conventional V8 and electric power. The transition, though, is smooth so long as you're not properly clumsy with the pedal. Select Hybrid and you get an instant combination of the three motors, but still with quite relaxed responses from the seven-speed PDK gearbox, and from the throttle. Select Sport and the responses from everything - engine, gearbox, V8 and both the electric motors - become sharper, keener. And then you can go up again to Sport, and eventually to the Hot Laps programme, in which the ESP allows a little bit of slip from the rear and dishes out yet more torque to the front axle under wide throttle openings to dial out mid-to-late-apex understeer. The best thing about the Spyder, though, is how it disguises its weight. On a track it feels like it weighs no more than about 1350kg-1400kg. The way it changes direction is astonishing for something so big. Understeer is pretty much non existent at sane speeds, and the flatness with which it corners - and the composure it displays as a result - is mind boggling. On the way in, on the way through, and on the way out of corners, fast or slow. We did a ducks and drakes excercise with Walter Röhrl driving a GT2 RS in front at one point, me following in the Spyder, and the relative lack of effort required to stay in touch with Rohl and the GT2 was quite an eye opener. That was down purely to how much faster the 918 could accelerate down the straights, how much better it could stop, and how much more speed it could carry mid-corner. Best of all, Porsche would appear to have all but eradicated the artificial feel to the brake pedal that early prototypes apparently suffered from. On this evidence the brakes feel much like those of any other Porsche under hard loads, ie fantastic, even if the pedal does still feel a touch remote under lighter loads, especially in Edrive. In isolation the 918 Spyder is a quite fantastic amalgam of high tech and conventional engineering, but the best bit about it is how natural and pure it still feels to drive. At its core the Porsche 918 Spyder is just a cracking good thing to climb into and go for a blast in. And it's fast, too, without ever feeling scary or edgy or overwhelming. Rivals like the McLaren P1 and LaFerrari will have a serious fight on their hands against Porsche's phenomenal 918. Most people could get most of what this car can do out if it. And some people will get closer to the edge than ever before. The Porsche 918 Spyder's rivals, the McLaren P1 and LaFerrari, have a serious fight on their hands. 918 Spyder rewrites the supercar rulebook with its incredible performance and grip, and ability to glide silently in EV mode. It’s a technical masterpiece that delivers an awe-inspiring driving experience. The faster and lighter Weissach Package model is the ultimate 918, but you’d never be disappointed with the standard car. Porsche has launched a super sports car every decade since the 550 Spyder in 1953. Yet even legendary supercars like the 959 and Carrera GT didn’t push the boundaries quite like the Porsche 918 Spyder. • Porsche 918 Spyder reviews and news Blending cutting-edge hybrid technology with track-proven motorsport engineering, the 918 has redefined the hypercar market. And, unlike rivals the McLaren P1 and Ferrari LaFerrari, there’s a choice of two versions. Alongside the standard car, the Weissach Package 918 is designed for customers who want what Porsche calls “a more performance-oriented finish†and adds £60,000 to the already hefty price. Despite the cost, 25 per cent of buyers have chosen it. Highlighting the composite construction, the roof, rear wing and windscreen frame are left in an unpainted carbon weave, plus there’s the option of sticker packs that take inspiration from classic 917 racer cars. The colour scheme pictured pays homage to the 1970 Le Mans-winning Porsche Salzburg 917. Or there’s also the option of iconic Martini livery or a more modern matt black finish. • Porsche news and reviews However, it’s the performance upgrades that make the Weissach – named after Porsche’s R&D and Motorsport centre in Germany – the ultimate 918. While the race-derived V8 engine, PDK gearbox, electric motors and lithium-ion battery deliver the same huge hit of acceleration and scalpel-sharp throttle response, the Weissach is 41kg lighter. Magnesium wheels save 14kg, while reducing sound insulation cuts cabin weight. Both the driver and passenger seats get six-point belts, and more motorsport inspiration comes via the front wheelarch aeroflaps, which increase downforce, and drag reducing rear winglets. The Weissach 918 is three seconds quicker than the standard car around the Nurburgring Nordschleife, so naturally the 918’s record-breaking lap of the track, in six minutes 57 seconds, was clocked with a Weissach car. In reality, there’s the same quick, well weighted steering and phenomenal lateral grip as on the standard car, but its appeal lies in being the ultimate Porsche. Key specs Price: £712,088 Engine: 4.6-litre V8 and two electric motors Power: 875bhp Transmission: PDK dual clutch 0-62mph: 2.5 seconds Top speed: 214mph Economy/CO2: 97mpg/72g/km Equipment: Ceramic brakes, LED lights, magnesium wheels, active aerodynamics and aero winglets On sale: Now Read more: http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/porsche/918/85060/porsche-918-spyder-weissach-package-review#ixzz2utGFSon1
Hmmm... so the Weissach pack costs £59239 to deliver a 35kg weight saving... The 918 boys should have had a word with the 987 Spyder engineers []
]Was very impressed with the 918 on TG last night. I really don't like the look of the P1, but the 918 looks great, seems much more usable and I must admit the targa roof option is the icing on the cake. I would imagine that the running costs are going to be incredible with all that tech though - might make a Carrera GT look reasonable! Gave the (987) Spyder a wash and a drive yesterday - what a great car it remains. Looking forward to the summer!
Running costs and depreciation will be equally mega [
] Wash & drive for my garage queen too ... there is nothing quite like it for looks and thrills at even double the price .... a real gem and it even impressed the sales guys at Hexagon Classics who agreed it's a future collectable and has the looks and classic lightweight Porsche detailing like the door pulls the decals on the dash and side sills etc [8D] and they know a thing or two about classics http://www.hexagonmodernclassics.com/sales.asp
Nice Speedster they have... for £100k!
Rocket Man
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How long before someone puts Martini stripes on their Boxster Spyder. That could look quite nice!!
I would for Le Mans or something. Who took their white Spyder to Cornbury House open day this weekend? Photo just popped up on PCGB Facebook page. Black one too I just noticed. And is that a Peridot Cayman R parked up too?
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