Are Spyders Becoming Extinct At OPCs!
- Thread starter daro911
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Bit OTT for me TBH. Gulf blue Boxster is currently up for sale. Chester OPC have an orange one too.
Don't worry. You can't see the grey seat inserts when you are sitting on them. [
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Interesting times...
Orange is a great colour, it was either a chrome orange Elise/Exige or the Spyder for my fun car. But having already owned a mk2 Elise and Exige the Spyder won. I still change my mind after a year which is the better car, the R or the Spyder. Def the best 2 cars this side of 100k. Although if money were to fall into my pocket I do love the new lambo and for speed alone the macca 650s neither of which would drive as well as mine though, but would exite in other ways. I often look at the r8 V10 plus dsg cars and think, mmmmmm sell both to get one. It is at least usable every day all year round. Think I have ruled out buying a f430 just because I need a nice car to add 10k miles on a year. Not driving a shit car for 95% of the miles I do just to enjoy a car for 5%
I hear you. £70+K is a lot of money for a 340HP sports car, not matter how good the fit and finish and build quality. You can buy some serious metal for that and spending it on a current Boxster / Cayman doesn't feel like you get much bang for your buck. For me a Porsche should be more about substance than show and there's just too much cost in optioning on the trimmings and not enough in the performance. A lightly spec'd 991 Carrera or a used one with lots of options can't be ignored when a Boxster / Cayman is reaching £70+K
If they produced a Boxster /Cayman with a 911 performance and a 911 price tag, at least people could choose whether they want their performance in a mid-engined package or a rear engined package. I would welcome that.
"To appreciate (or indeed just to discover) what distinguishes the GTS, it needs to be pushed a little harder. With that 340hp peak power figure not developed until 7,400rpm (identical to the standard S), the benefits are not immediately obvious. The characteristics are the same, with the 3.4-litre flat six so willing to rev at any opportunity, gaining in zeal from just over 4,000rpm and absolutely scintillating over the last 1,500rpm or so. Here it feels fast, but the figures of course show the gains are minimal over an S. And without a Cayman S to immediately compare back-to-back, it's hard to make a definitive judgement." So a little more power at leak revs and no weight reduction won't give it a differentiated drive over an S like the Spyder / R do. It's a great package if you wanted the kind of options it bundles but I think the 997 GTS had a little more in terms of differentiating itself as a separate model. If it fits the bill it's a good buy. But if I was in the market for spending £60+K on a brand new 981 I would be torn between buying an S within my budget but then not having the bragging rights of having the top model (no I don't brag but hopefully you know what I mean). But then the having the top model might be a stretch outside the original budget by the time you add your options to the bundled options. So do you get the S or tap into your rainy day money, just to get the GTS. Or as Spyderwhite rightly says, does it make you think about a used 981 or 911 instead!
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