Are Spyders Becoming Extinct At OPCs!

[homerdog]

ORIGINAL: MrDemon took 2 hours for 1 corner did the other yesterday. might do the rears this week end.

I'd be interested to see if the rear arches come up as clean; mine certainly aren't, despite my best efforts. All that crap being shot up there by those big rear tyres I suppose!

 

[CLIFFWILKINS]

Off topic of cleaning. Another Cayman R sold at 911 V Man gearboxes are going like hot cakes.

 

[MrDemon]

ORIGINAL: CLIFFWILKINS Off topic of cleaning. Another Cayman R sold at 911 V Man gearboxes are going like hot cakes.

£45k as well and no leather.

 

[daro911]

Any 981 Spydermen on here had their PEC invite yet?[&o]

 

[Boxster7]

Got mine and just booked for July 20th [][] Any chance we might see a journo's review before then !!!!

 

[jdpef356]

Dont know but the GT4 and 981 Spyderwill be at FOS[]

 

[DarrellWilson]

ORIGINAL: daro911 Any 981 Spydermen on here had their PEC invite yet?[&o]

Booked for Thursday 23rd July. Car arriving at PEC 'mid July' so hopefully it will have arrived by then.

 

[MrDemon]

My GT4 day is not till the 29th July :-( but guess they will be doing Spyders the same day it seems.

 

[H14PDB]

ORIGINAL: daro911 Any 981 Spydermen on here had their PEC invite yet?[&o]

got a mail about mine but as I am away at work till early August guess I will be driving a well run in car by time I get down there.

 

[Sandy59]

I've got my Spyder one in the morning, what time is your GT4 session if you don't mind me asking ??

 

[DarrellWilson]

Do you get the chance to drive other cars on your PEC visit or only the car you've 'ordered'. Be interesting to drive the Spyder and GT4 back to back.

 

[daro911]

ORIGINAL: DarrellWilson Do you get the chance to drive other cars on your PEC visit or only the car you've 'ordered'. Be interesting to drive the Spyder and GT4 back to back.

I would think so few cars there and so many people with orders to cater for the chances of playing with both very slim indeed

 

[daro911]

ORIGINAL: DarrellWilson Do you get the chance to drive other cars on your PEC visit or only the car you've 'ordered'. Be interesting to drive the Spyder and GT4 back to back.

Just booked my Spyder test and was told there will only be one 981 Spyder and it will only do 1 single 4 hour session per day![&o]

 

[Sandy59]

ORIGINAL: DarrellWilson Do you get the chance to drive other cars on your PEC visit or only the car you've 'ordered'. Be interesting to drive the Spyder and GT4 back to back.

It seems there might be one way to do a back to back test, but probably quite difficult to actually plan. I was told you can invite a guest to actually share the driving experience at no cost, no additional time obviously. So if for example 2 guys interested in both cars were doing their experience in the different cars on the same day, ideally same time, I imagine each could invite the other as his guest, so effectively swap over for a while ??

 

[DarrellWilson]

ORIGINAL: Sandy59

ORIGINAL: DarrellWilson Do you get the chance to drive other cars on your PEC visit or only the car you've 'ordered'. Be interesting to drive the Spyder and GT4 back to back.

It seems there might be one way to do a back to back test, but probably quite difficult to actually plan. I was told you can invite a guest to actually share the driving experience at no cost, no additional time obviously. So if for example 2 guys interested in both cars were doing their experience in the different cars on the same day, ideally same time, I imagine each could invite the other as his guest, so effectively swap over for a while ??

Good thinking! I suspect someone might be along soon saying why would a GT4 customer even want to try out it's poor relation []

 

[daro911]

ORIGINAL: DarrellWilson I suspect someone might be along soon saying why would a GT4 customer even want to try out it's poor relation []

981 K or S = Same ar$e other cheek IMO []

 

[H14PDB]

ORIGINAL: daro911

ORIGINAL: DarrellWilson Do you get the chance to drive other cars on your PEC visit or only the car you've 'ordered'. Be interesting to drive the Spyder and GT4 back to back.

Just booked my Spyder test and was told there will only be one 981 Spyder and it will only do 1 single 4 hour session per day![&o]

Booked my drive this morning as was offered morning or afternoon session. Going on Tuesday 11th August for 09:00 session

 

[MrDemon]

ORIGINAL: DarrellWilson

ORIGINAL: Sandy59

ORIGINAL: DarrellWilson Do you get the chance to drive other cars on your PEC visit or only the car you've 'ordered'. Be interesting to drive the Spyder and GT4 back to back.

It seems there might be one way to do a back to back test, but probably quite difficult to actually plan. I was told you can invite a guest to actually share the driving experience at no cost, no additional time obviously. So if for example 2 guys interested in both cars were doing their experience in the different cars on the same day, ideally same time, I imagine each could invite the other as his guest, so effectively swap over for a while ??

Good thinking! I suspect someone might be along soon saying why would a GT4 customer even want to try out it's poor relation []

I like to drive any thing I can, only way to form a real opinion on some thing. ;-) not that you can learn much on the PEC track mind you., just a laugh and nice food.

 

[DarrellWilson]

ORIGINAL: MrDemon

ORIGINAL: DarrellWilson Good thinking! I suspect someone might be along soon saying why would a GT4 customer even want to try out it's poor relation []

I like to drive any thing I can, only way to form a real opinion on some thing. ;-) not that you can learn much on the PEC track mind you., just a laugh and nice food.

Thought you might resemble that remark [] I hope I learn enough to know whether or not to proceed with my order. I don't expect that I'll have placed my order or paid my balancing deposit at that point so I might end up with a PEC experience but no new car. I guess that's a return on the £5k of mine they've had for a few months now.

 

[daro911]

Another private Spyder at OPC money [&o]but with only 3 months warranty http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/porsche/boxster-987-05-12/porsche-boxster-spyder-987-gen-ii------------------2010/4331310 Registered September 2010- 1 owner from new. Full Porsche Service History with transferable extended Porsche warranty until September 2015. Carrara White with carefully considered specification when purchased and collected from factory in Germany: Manual Sport shifter (short shift) 19" Spyder wheels (painted black from factory) PSE (Porsche sports exhaust) Bucket Seats w seat belt passage painted carrara white (from factory) Sports Chrono package (sports button and stopwatch) Interior Alcantara pack (steering wheel, gear leaver & handbrake) Automatic climate control Bi-xenon lighting with dynamic cornering CDR-30 Audio system and sound package plus w universal audio interface Rear park assist (v useful when roof on and due to the humps!) Roll over bars painted in exterior colour Always garaged under Porsche car cover when not in use (will go with car when sold). Immaculate condition bar one minor scuff to one rear wheel. Major service recently carried out.