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Are Spyders Becoming Extinct At OPCs!

great you can try these cars :), I do think there will be a 991 GT3 correction but only down to about £149k.(many think they will go up still though so who knows) what colour GT4 are you going to be after ? I do kick my self not buying a RS at £95k (but then I kick myself for selling my GT3 at £38k) as once you have a car fund you can play a little and maybe try cars which drop more than one would like. I am not that into the 991 GT3 but would have tried one for a few months. running the RS back to back with the 991 must be interesting, are you finding the 991 too easy, while speed is addictive the whole concept of a sports car looks too easy to me, and can you ever get to 9k on UK roads lol I have trouble reving out my little spyder on the types of roads I drive.
I'm quite happy if it levels out at around £149 I bought the RS for £94K and swapped for £160K and the 991 is a very easy sports car but somehow more involving than I expected. It is much more sophisticated than the RS and has moved on from a tech point of view. It is pretty much impossible to rev to 9 but it sounds lovely from 5.5 / 6 . The RS was what I had always wanted and it has proved to be a financial hit as well as giving me lots of fun. The GT4 colour I think will have to be what's available with a reasonable spec, buckets, sat nav, ideally leather with red stitching which looks the dog's in the GT3 or Yellow with yellow stitching not bothered about PCCB as I'm not hard on brakes so its the lack of dust against replacement discs. Enquired about a Spyder and got the same answer as the GT4. Still I will get there in the end and in the meantime I've a great car to play with the only problem with the value is the track day insurance £488 for 1 day.
 
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ORIGINAL: jdpef356 Looks like Yellow could be the new White[&:][;)]
In London we have a minicab outfit Yellow Cars and they run a fleet of old often Racing Yellow Prius's kind of kills it for me[&o]
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unlike the 987.2 spyder which flows so people like the light colours I think black would be best on the 981 SPyder to hide all the angles and lines, imo it's still not a good looking car esp that rear and the humps. So if you want the GTS plus ie a GTS with a 3.8 in it, I would go for black. It does work imo on it. yellow def does not !
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Is the daft rising prices thing over? A year ago these cars would have been sold (for a bit less money), but now they seem to hang around. http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds?Category=used-cars&ColourFF=WHI&Keyword=spyder&KeywordCleanedValue=spyder&M=512&Page=1 Just about every combination of the car being the right spec in that lot. One of them has steadily been reducing in price from the 50k it started at, one is at the far end of lightweight with no PCM/radio/ and PCCB. There are PDK and manual cars, track day bucket seats and heated sports seats. They are not selling. Same for GT3s. Same for other 'interesting' Porsches.
 
ORIGINAL: tyinsky Is the daft rising prices thing over? A year ago these cars would have been sold (for a bit less money), but now they seem to hang around. http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds?Category=used-cars&ColourFF=WHI&Keyword=spyder&KeywordCleanedValue=spyder&M=512&Page=1 Just about every combination of the car being the right spec in that lot. One of them has steadily been reducing in price from the 50k it started at, one is at the far end of lightweight with no PCM/radio/ and PCCB. There are PDK and manual cars, track day bucket seats and heated sports seats. They are not selling. Same for GT3s. Same for other 'interesting' Porsches.
Its the summer season and these Spyders are all very saleable but not at the price level being sought IMO[&o] On the other hand these 2 981's make the 3.8L Spyder look like the greatest bargain since the 987 Spyder [:D] http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/porsche/boxster-981-12-current/porsche-boxster-s-gts--huge-spec--low-mileage/3976392 http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/porsche/boxster-981-12-current/porsche-boxster-s-981-3-4-s-pdk/4012538
 
ORIGINAL: tyinsky Is the daft rising prices thing over? A year ago these cars would have been sold (for a bit less money), but now they seem to hang around. http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds?Category=used-cars&ColourFF=WHI&Keyword=spyder&KeywordCleanedValue=spyder&M=512&Page=1 Just about every combination of the car being the right spec in that lot. One of them has steadily been reducing in price from the 50k it started at, one is at the far end of lightweight with no PCM/radio/ and PCCB. There are PDK and manual cars, track day bucket seats and heated sports seats. They are not selling. Same for GT3s. Same for other 'interesting' Porsches.
out of all the cars there is only 1 Spyder with buckets and manual for sale and that's at £50k which may be a bit rich for them atm. I would not say they are not selling , not really a flood of cars to chose from and people seem to think £40k is the price point for a fast sale, if sellers won't drop buyers either go without or buy some thing else. GT3 have been pushed so high people dare not risk the buy it seems, but that has bought a lot for sale to try and cash in on these high prices. has the very low miles black one sold at £50k ?
 
ORIGINAL: DarrellWilson ..... sale agreed on the car with manual, buckets and PCCBs
very nice :) so NO manual cars for sale with buckets seats again :) in my eyes that's as good as none for sale lol
 
I take it was the TH Bowler one ..nice spec and low miles ..I know someone looked at the Cavendish one last week and was not impressed had paint work done on the rear end ..he just walked away. As to prices being all over the place it is supply and demand and how quickly one wants to sell .nice spec will always achieve a good price ...with the low numbers of new Spyders arriving I doubt it will make any significant dent in prices .
 
So the money is there for the right spec! Only thing I am missing is PCCB. Would like to have had those with Xenons. Would have been the perfect car. Lightweight night time hoons FTW!
 
I looked at that cavendish car last week too :-(. Desperately seeking a nice example with pdk/chrono, buckets and spyder wheels - cash waiting if anyone knows of anything. Missed out on the cheap (albeit manual one) at hippo prestige this week by about 2 hours !
 
ORIGINAL: MrDemon And Porsche have NO stock of anything.
[&:] Found one at Porsche Centre Portsmouth on Autotrader - not on Porsche official site? http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201504303074077/sort/default/channel/cars/radius/1501/price-from/25000/postcode/cb45bx/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/model/boxster/keywords/spyder/usedcars/engine-size-cars/3l_to_3-9l/page/1/make/porsche?logcode=p
 
They got the pricing wrong on the hip one too I think - even if it was a bit rough round the edges - £40980 ?! Thanks saw the OPC one but black - I don't think I can handle keeping another black porsche clean lol (I have no garage)
 
ORIGINAL: tyinsky So they are selling then. How much truth is in this thing about the PDK cars being more difficult to sell?
how many manuals are for sale with buckets seats and spyder wheels ? of course gen 1 PDK is a dead market on these now, PDK is old tech, we will have 981.2 next year with v4 of PDK, automatics don't age well never have in the history of cars. people like tech and people move on to next gen tech, if people like older cars they are looking for a more interactive driving experience. nothing wrong with people liking PDK that's their choice, just don't expect to move the cars so easy when they get old and new tech comes out. you only have to look at all the past PDK owners who have been on this site. most have been and gone (ok they lurk) but they have moved on because it seems the PDK Spyder did not hold them at all. PDK is ok for the daily driver, but not for the week end fun thing, and a 5 year old Spyder is now old tech and a weekend fun thing.
 

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