Are Spyders Becoming Extinct At OPCs!
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Steve. What part of the country are you from ???? ?If from Gloucestershire that makes a total of 3 white Spyders.
Thanks for all the positive responses. I took the car for a brief run yesterday afternoon and am totally smitten. I'll wait until after collection for a more thorough appraisal but suffice to say the Porsche DNA is instantly detectable. I'm loving the lightweight manual spec too, this car needs nothing more in my opinion. I'm not wishing to judge other's views but PDK is definitely not for me. I've already done the deal so can't get the sport button included. I doubt if they'd have thrown it in the deal anyway as I pushed pretty hard for what I got. I'll try without for now but may come back to have it retrofitted although £700+ seems quite steep.
Assuming this is for me, I'm Wilts based but part of R16 region which is Gloucestershire. Good to see so many locals with taste!!!!
Rocket Man . Sorry no idea as there are no markings on the film I have left .I was got from a body shop painters place .You place the badge on the film and rub in in like letra set and when covered peel of the backing and apply to the car .I marked of the position with masking tape to get it dead centre ,hope this helpsORIGINAL: Rocket Man as you used the 3M foil to re fit your badge, do yoou know which one you used as i do think there is quite a few with diferent code numbersORIGINAL: kitchensYou can actually use the same badge as I did .I used the 3m double sided foil the same stuff I sent you Robert sadly have no spare to give awayORIGINAL: daro911Dealer can do it for free if you ask nicely just need a new Spyder badge which will cost you £30
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/porsche/macan/88582/porsche-macan-turbo-vs-cayman-gts-video Bonkers to compare a Cayman GTS to a Macan turbo, but it actually says it all about what's wrong with Porsche, from a sports car enthusiast's point of view. Both cost under £60K but they have been prepared to develop the SUV to handle 400HP and 550Nm ages ago. Yet still, the sports car enthusiasts are getting excited about the coming Cayman GT4 as if it's going to be some major milestone. It way behind the curve. Major milestone, yes, in a class of one. Don't get me wrong, I really do like the Cayman. As all the reviewers say, the handling is sublime, but then that's not hard to achieve when the power has always been kept way below the limits of the chassis (How many reviewers actually own a Cayman despite saying it's their favourite sports car? I haven't checked). I'm not saying you can't make the Cayman do lairy stuff with 345HP, but I'm sure the GT4 will not be a dog when they tweak the chassis for the extra power and torque (Ok the Boxster/Cayman has never been about maximum performance, Porsche made it so, so we don't buy them for that reason.But i'd be interested to know what kind of performance the platform can actually handle). But why they've made us wait so long that it's generating so much excitement is my point. Any other Porsche in the range getting 400HP wouldn't even raise an eyebrow because it happened ages ago. I really hope with the GT4 they don't hold anything back because it could be a truly great car.
http://www.harwoods.uk.com/used-cars/14803/ 8,600 mile car here, seems the dealer doesn't know what it is. White, PDK, heated Sports Seats, Spyder wheels, PCM, Sports Chrono. £34,995. Either the prices are now starting to fall back after a silly spring and summer or this is a bargain.
Doubt it will be anything like its full potential. Great cars as they all are from the Boxster with the smallest engine upwards, it really is a brand managed product and for reasons that I don't fully understand there is a master plan to keep the 911 performance figures ahead of the other sports cars on offer. Not really too bothered. Happy with the power in my (your old) Spyder. Suspect the GT4 (if that is actually what it ends up being called) will the the equivalent on the Cayman R. Has there been any talk of an 'R'? Starting to hear rumours of a Spyder and someone posted a video of a Cayman and Boxster testing with what was supposedly a quick flat 4 turbo engine. Maybe these two models are linked as the originals were? For those prepared to forfeit the warranty surely the turbo will allow big power tuning opportunity even though it will most likely leave the factory with slower figures than a base Carrera?
Listed as a Boxster S. May not quite understand what it is. Be quick - add a Sports wheel with paddles and that is a stunning car with the right bits on it.ORIGINAL: daro911Looking at the dealers high quality stocks this is a typo £44995 would be bang on the money for the year mileage and spec Cliff go grab yourself a bargain []
The bournemouth Spyder was £38k I think -and that's an OPC so it may be that the ceilings been reached?? Or it may be a typo[ORIGINAL: daro911Looking at the dealers high quality stocks this is a typo £44995 would be bang on the money for the year mileage and spec Cliff go grab yourself a bargain [
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I cannot wait and hope RS Orange is a colour option. Cars will be circa 10k more than the GTS then your options on top which can easy be 15k. Let's hope a few sports options like buckets and PSE are standard. I have the embargo date for the GT4 now but cannot post it on the net. But we will know a lot about the car way before Geneva 2015. Cars and numbers are already signed off, the same with the Spyder which is coming a few months after. Going to be very rare over subscribed cars. I would say Porsche will leak a few more shots in November of the GT4, you will have to wait a while longer on the Spyder. 375bhp is the only figure which seems to be common around the net atm which ties in 100% to my figures. Not long to wait guys I should be in a car by spring being very high up on the list. OPC will be asking for real deposits very soon to keep your places. The biggest secret still is engine size, my 2 very high up sources don't agree on engine and both say they are 100% right. Seems odd it can be kept secret so close to the launch date lol. Well when I say secret I have a spec which I believe to be true but until the embargo date no one can know for sure as who feeds this leaked info ?
I should be in a car by spring being very high up on the list. OPC will be asking for real deposits very soon to keep your places. The biggest secret still is engine size, my 2 very high up sources don't agree on engine and both say they are 100% right. Seems odd it can be kept secret so close to the launch date lol. Well when I say secret I have a spec which I believe to be true but until the embargo date no one can know for sure as who feeds this leaked info ?I think the Cayman is utterly brilliant, which is why if Porsche try to make out that a 400HP Cayman needs to have a GT3 level of upgrades and extreme aero package (and extreme upgrade price to match) then I don't buy that. That would be contradictory to how good the platform already is. OK it may need some tweaks to put down the extra torque if they go for a turbo engine, but we don't see the Carrera needing GT3-esque modification for 400HP. It's like saying the only way a Cayman can get near a base 911 performance is to have a GT3 level of re-vamp and taking a decade to work out how to achieve it is like a 'GT3 RS 4.0 special case' level of revamp, which would clearly be marketing hype. That would just be to allow them to product place it. The 570HP Panamera Turbo S isn't an extreme model with extreme aero, so why does a 400HP mid-engined sports car (the perfect platform) need to be made out to be.ORIGINAL: daro911 Personally I think in the looks department this has the 991 GTS/GT3/Turbo licked and for probably tens of thousands of pounds less too[
I was at the PEC on Friday and we were told pretty much exactly what MrD says above. Nobody wold be drawn on engines though. Spyder roof said to be more user friendly. Many letters of intent in for GT4 but none for Spyder - because it's still a secret!! Incidentally, 991 turbo S was unbelievable. I have never experienced acceleration like it. Amazing car and remarkably different from the non S. Overtook 918 Spyder on new track 2!! Thought I was the next Lewis Hamilton until I had to pull over. For a Cayman GTS...
That "GT4" looks really mean in all-black guise; though, as MrD says, it would be good to see some garish colours in the line-up too. Maybe there'll be a Club Pack option with roll cage, bucket seats, etc. Interesting to note that it has mesh intakes (wonders will never cease..!) - all set for the track. Agreed that the power will be around 375bhp; probably from a detuned 3.8L flat-6. I can't believe that Porsche will jump in at the deep end with the Turbo-4. More likely to see it introduced on entry level Boxsters and/or Caymans first to get some in-service experience under their belts....but just my tuppence worth. Jeff
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] Can't see any reason why it won't be the 981 Cayman "R" followed by the 981 Spyder for me [8D] Having studied my brothers lightweight manually folding 997 Speedster roof I can see this concept easily fitting the bill for a 981 Spyder which would have a much smaller roof to start with and could easily go where the standard roof folds today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc1jb8r8aB8
I thought the name came about from the press scooping what they though to be a Turbo Flat 4 which later got promoted to same car but now a 3.8 flat 6 [
] Can't see any reason why it won't be the 981 Cayman "R" followed by the 981 Spyder for me [8D] Having studied my brothers lightweight manually folding 997 Speedster roof I can see this concept easily fitting the bill for a 981 Spyder which would have a much smaller roof to start with and could easily go where the standard roof folds today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc1jb8r8aB8
The GT4 European Series, formerly known as both GT4 European Cup is a sports car championship created and organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO). It is an amateur championship which followed a formula similar to the FIA GT3 European Championship, which was itself derived from the FIA GT Championship which utilized the GT1 and GT2 classes. The GT4 class cars are the least powerful of the four classes, yet are equalized in order to allow driving skill to become key.
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