Great comments from you guys over the weekend. How can three different guys share exactly the same opinion. Some readers might think we're sharing a script[
] You guys have an opinion that is 100% on point with what I think of the car. I think that's because, the Spyder's attributes are no more than a handful but they are very poignant - grip, handling, steering, feedback, looks, exclusivity. If you enjoy Spyder ownership, it'll be for that handful of emotive reasons. Whilst the same opinions unite us about the Spyder, I can see that very we're different guys and may go for very different choices if we ever move on from the Spyder. With the Spyder in particular, I found user's opinions useful. The motoring journalists get a few hours with the car and in that time, my guess is only a few minutes is spent on the roof, if at all. The must then apply a guestimate to the roof based on other cars with manual roofs and think it's a safe bet to describe it as poor, some going as far as saying it is leaky. They clearly haven't tested it. The roof has unusual good looks and so they guess it's also a safe bet that something that looks like that has been designed without functionality as a priority. But, hidden out of site is an un-sexy looking lever which clamps the roof relentlessly into place over the roll-over hoops using an un-sexy looking cable, bar and hook. That was designed, for functionality alone. OK, so we've done the roof to death now[
]. Hopefully everyone has been convinced[
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I got interested in the Spyder because of the whole design ethos of the car, the looks and the rarity. I had a short test drive in one, hoping the ride wouldn't be too harsh. On a short, tame, accompanied test drive, you don't get to expose some of the Spyder's key attributes. As daro said, you need a few hours with it, preferably without a chaperone[
]. I found the ride to be fine and that was enough for me to go buy one. However, it was only after owning the car that I got to discover the driving attributes. And, as rob has found, there's another bonus. All this comes with an engine that is as economical to run as any other Boxster/Cayman [
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