Porsche leave the bigging up to the press but as the car doesn't appear to actually exist other than in a few pre-production cars [
] we have had no reviews to read All very unusual to say the least The squared edge of the rear wings matches the squared edge of the new streamliners had they used the existing 987 Spyder rounded humps it would not have worked IMO
Well, it gets stranger. Just had mail back from guy at OPC and Porsche have been on phone to say that you cannot have heated seats without having either manual or auto (climate control) air con. Apparently it is a glitch in configerator! So I will be having air con after all. I was leaving it out as had decided that if warm enough or really not raining then it was roof down as intended so not needed and try to stick to idea behind Spyder of being lightweight. I have spoken to PEC and they have no info on when getting a car but asked to be informed as soon as they know anything. Can only wait now.
It was not the auto wipers but dimming mirrors I wanted; I find that they are more of a bonus in low cars like this as the dazzle at night annoys me. Sign of old age. Also reason for upgraded headlights, like to have more power there nowadays.ORIGINAL: daro911I thought it weird ordering the auto wipers but no air con! Mind you using a Spyder in the rain makes no sense to my kind either [
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Lol just a bit of fun
ORIGINAL: MrDemon I have not put it in the duff corner lol It's still a great car, just a small market for it which is ok as not many cars made anyway. I don't see where it fits in the line up or what it offers a 987.2 owner or GTS owner. The old one was quite a big change to the way they drive and also very direct and a good weight saving . the 987.2 Spyder came 1st then the r came later with a few tweeks. This time the gt4 came 1st and it looks like Porsche thought, o well we have made the 3.8 fit let's knock out a boxster with it but not make it as good as the gt4 . The new one is mainly GTS spec ie just x73 sus, with a 3.8 so neither as focused as the old one or as nice to live with as the GTS. And of course no weight saving in real terms. Great set up the x73 but then the GTS with buckets and x73 is the better bet for most. ESP if you want PDK and a working roof. The humps IMO on this car add nothing, the roof I wish was electric and trick r8 style and PDK should have been an option. I would even say a 981 GTS PDK would be quicker then the 981 Spyder due to how easy the PDK is to drive fast for 95% of people. So it leaves the 981 Spyder as less usable, so that puts it in the fun weekend bracket, but it looks less fun then the old one so why bother ? All a bit nice and finished off ( bar the roof) to be a hardcore fun toy. But a lot of us came from Elise, nobles, atoms, caterhams to the 987.2 car we want raw but are a bit older then we used to be lol. Atom and caterham = 20-30 year olds Elise , nobles 25-35 years olds 987.2 Spyder 30-50 year olds 981 Spyder 50+ lol don't forget to spec comfort seat so you can get out
my manual is going up for more than that ie £50k+[
]so as long as its a late chassis number ie 2012 MY build and not a car that was built 6 months earlier and sat in a showroom then its on the money
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