Steve Brown said:
That's quite an even split between old and new. Most of the "new" guys have also come from "old" - not sure what conclusions you draw from that one?
hard to say a conclusion as I stated old and new are nothing a like, I sold my old R, (MISTAKE) Bought another 2 weeks ago, and I have the GT4 so why buy an older car back ?
The older Spyder is def more a hardcore driver focused drive like a big Exige, the new car allows you to go faster easier while sitting inside a tarts handbag and having a sort of working roof (still a shit roof so both as bad as each other roof wise)
BUT that big toque at 4k, PTV and ESP ect take that LOTUS style feel away a bit, NOW that's fine and many see that as a plus point in the new car (stating better in every way), just like people love PDK as they state they can go faster easier !! , I am in the other camp and see the new tech/size, EPS. longer gearing as minus points, the 3.8's engines not even the be all and end all either. the flagship cars should have had the x51 pack !!!!
The thing is we have a choice, neither is right or wrong, only the owner knows which is right for them and if it makes the owner happy it's all good.
The issue is people HAVING to sell the old car to afford the new and then regretting the buy, but then that's life and one can sell the new one at £15k overs and buy the old one back so a win win still anyway ! , I doubt any one will though, it's only me who is crazy buying older cars back !!!
The 987.2 R was the last true Analog Porker imho !!! and for that I love it, Passive shocks, Hydraulic steering, real diffs, manual , the car really works just like the 987.2 Spyder was a year before.
NO new Porsche will give you that feel NOT even the mighty 911R, so end of another era now every car has EPS and PTV.
Some might say the 981 is the end of an era of NA, but it's not all new tech and it's not old tech so the GT4 and 981 Spyder do sit a bit in no mans lands where imo the next GT4 and the Next Spyder will prob be better cars than the current ones esp if they DO fit the flat 6 3.8 with x51 !!!
The 987.2 range were really a very nice sweet spot for the driver, who wanted to just go and be one with the car, new enough to have the toys and not break down, old enough to have all the feel one would want.
A lot rides on the next GT4 and 981 Spyder to see if the current cars hold up as something special or were just has beens with the worse of the new tech and the basic 3.8 engine !
I am in 2 camps about the new cars, as if they do bring out a GT4/SPyder with better steering, x51 and shorter gearing my cars will be gone like a shot, if they are not NA units then we have the only cars with the NA 3.8 !!
prices will either crash or rise like a rocket !!
The GT4 and the 981 Spyder are still great cars, but the new models will be the KEY to how great !!!! as I cannot see any current GT4 or Spyder owner keeping what they have if the new cars are still 3.8's !!, where the 987.2 WAS the last of that era and is what it is.
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