Are Spyders Becoming Extinct At OPCs!

[kenneth ritchie]

ORIGINAL: clubsport I'm helping a friend find a nice Spyder.... We have A couple of cars lined up to view this week......any other owners looking to sell or lurking on the forum, please get in touch. Cash buyer ready to go, for the right car. Ideal spec is; White. Spyder wheels Buckets <10k miles PDK or Manual. Low number of owners. Well maintained with recent Porsche service history and some remaining warranty would be nice! Cheers.

Hi Clubsport, my Spyder is still for sale if interested, lots of calls but no definite buyer yet, lots of photos on this thread or I can send you more if you email me. Spec is Black, 19" Carrera sport wheels, bi-xenon with dynamic cornering, gaurds red inst dials, floor mats, painted headlamp cleaning covers, PCM including navigation, PDK, sound package plus, sports chrono plus, sports bucket seats, PSE, telephone module, three spoke sports wheel with paddles, universal audio interface, wheels painted black (factory spec), 8450 miles Porsche warranty until Jan 2016. Immaculate condition throughout, R1 concours winner 2013. first registered 10/Jan/2011. Kenny Spyder

 

[homerdog]

New page, new pic!

 

[daro911]

ORIGINAL: homerdog New page, new pic!

That example sure has a lot going on there in the ticked expensive options boxes Nice find []

 

[flat6]

ORIGINAL: daro911

ORIGINAL: Andy Fagan Well there are only 3 Cayman R's at the OPC's and they're all PDK []

You can make that only TWO today[]

Now just one[] So, only 1 Spyder and 1 R left. Which will go first. It's a race to the bottom to become extinct []

 

[daro911]

ORIGINAL: flat6 So, only 1 Spyder and 1 R left. Which will go first. It's a race to the bottom to become extinct []

24/04/13 There were 3 OPC Spyders & 6 PH examples for sale ranging in price from as low as £32950 trade sale up to £42850 OPC car May 11 with 5250 miles

 

[flat6]

ORIGINAL: homerdog New page, new pic!

I don't know what better colour Porsche could have picked for PCCB calipers to go with most colour combo's but sometimes yellow really clashes!

 

[flat6]

ORIGINAL: daro911

ORIGINAL: flat6 So, only 1 Spyder and 1 R left. Which will go first. It's a race to the bottom to become extinct []

24/04/13 There were 3 OPC Spyders & 6 PH examples for sale ranging in price from as low as £32950 trade sale up to £42850 OPC car May 11 with 5250 miles

You have a great record of the market Daro. I'd say you've had the valuations spot on too whenever we've discussed Spyders offline. Anyone selling or buying a Spyder should give Spyder-evaluator aka daro911 a call [] What he says you will get for your car you will get. Whatever he says you should pay for a car you should pay[8D]

 

[daro911]

flat6 Your commission cheque is in the post The most interesting month was 02/05/13 when there were many Spyders looking for new homes and these were priced as follows:-

 

[flat6]

[] Ah yes, back then the odd car would come up at a steal price. Compared to the others, that Solihull car must've been a bargain regardless of spec, assuming its condition at 9,900 miles was OK. Do you have a snapshot for a similar period in 2012?

 

[daro911]

ORIGINAL: flat6 Do you have a snapshot for a similar period in 2012?

My monitoring only kicked off in July 2012 so I shall post them up on the anniversary if you can wait [&o]

 

[Steve Brown]

Just in case you've not seen it yet, there's a bit of Spyder love going on on Pistonheads at the moment (in the £110k Garage item on the front page).

 

[daro911]

ORIGINAL: Steve Brown Just in case you've not seen it yet, there's a bit of Spyder love going on on Pistonheads at the moment (in the £110k Garage item on the front page).

Posted for future reference long after the article is filed forever [] Porsche Boxster Spyder Cost: £41,950 Balance: £17,745 Why I chose it: "I went into the classifieds looking for a 996 GT3 both because I love them and they've got to be a safe residual bet. But aside from a Comfort spec second-gen 996 there's precisely zip in the ads right now. And if I'm going for a GT3 I want a proper one, with the half cage Clubsport goodness. 997s would have blown the budget in one go. What to do? Then a lightbulb moment. The Boxster Spyder is, to my mind, one of the best modern-day Porsches built with a GT3 sharpness to its manners, the same kind of focused, minimalist mentality and a pitch-perfect performance/handling balance more relevant to both real world road and track. I also like the one in the eye aspect to those snobs who reckon a Boxster isn't a proper Porsche. This one is and ticks all the boxes of rarity, focus and a sense of the exotic. Sure, the roof is a gesture at best. But I'm a pretty militant roadster driver anyway and unless it's absolutely teeming down I'm not bothered. Wear a hat. And just go faster. This one looks perfect too - it's a manual and though white wouldn't be my first choice with the wheels refurbed to black it'd be pretty much my perfect Porsche."

 

[VvrooomM]

Going into hibernation for a while, just sold my Spyder without even advertising it, just the mention in here. Its gone to the friend of ClubSport. Nice friendly transaction, hope he thoroughly enjoys driving it. First time I knew what one sounded like from outside was as it drove away, disappeared with a pop and a crackle. Sounded good. [8|]

 

[Mayhem911]

Well done Graham! Still a sad day though , I am sure!! Who said pdk's would never sell??

 

[flat6]

Congrats VrooomM, getting a quick sale done[] And congrats clubsport to whomever bought it []

 

[daro911]

ORIGINAL: Mayhem911 Who said pdk's would never sell??

 

[yod]

First time poster here, so hi [] There's a rather tidy looking red one popped up on PH today http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/porsche/boxster-987-05-12/porsche-boxster-987-gen-ii-spyder------------------2011/2249445 Does anyone know if the dials are always colour-coded or was this an option?

 

[MrDemon]

ORIGINAL: Mayhem911 Well done Graham! Still a sad day though , I am sure!! Who said pdk's would never sell??

they do sell, people just don't keep em that's all all the ones selling up seem to be PDK owners !

 

[MrDemon]

ORIGINAL: yod First time poster here, so hi [] There's a rather tidy looking red one popped up on PH today http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/porsche/boxster-987-05-12/porsche-boxster-987-gen-ii-spyder------------------2011/2249445 Does anyone know if the dials are always colour-coded or was this an option?

buy it NOW that will not last long imo. love it in red.

 

[flat6]

Welcome Yod[] Are you looking to buy one? The dials were default black on the Spyder, unlike the standard Boxster. To have them in Carrara White or Guards Red was a £332 option! And if you had the Sport Chrono dial that's a separate £235 option if you want to change its colour to match!