Bloody Spyder Addiction!

[m33ufo]

mrdemon said:

I am speechless lol.

I knew this moment had to come!

[Alpinestars]

What colour is the script on an aqua?

[Timbo_Mint]

m33ufo said:

Told you, white is for milk floats and 1989 Fiesta Popular's!

White.... Far too common.

[m33ufo]

Alpinestars said:

What colour is the script on an aqua?

I've seen them with silver or black script but I believe this one is black.

Silver looks good though.

[Zyp]

M

m33ufo said:

Have to say I hadn't been looking at Spyders but I saw the spec in the classifieds and it appealed a lot. Shame it doesn't have PCCB but it is the faster PDK example with paddle shift and sport chrono plus

That's obviously not why I bought it though. The basics (except for the arguable manual / PDK thing) are correct - Spyder wheels, carbon buckets, PSE. The reason I wanted it though was simply Aqua Blue and Full Leather

The rest of the spec is here:

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

I've worked out that the reason the PDK examples are quicker is that they carry more momentum into a corner. Zyp's car must fly!

edit...by way of a bonus, after putting a deposit on the car, I was told who the original owner was - very cool! I'll tell you next week

Edited by m33ufo on Saturday 26th January 18:04

Ya cheeky bugger!

I'll have you know I've lst nearly a stone since Chrstmas - I MIGHT now ft in a bucket seat.....



Aqua, you say?
Different............

[m33ufo]

Zyp said:

Aqua, you say?
Different............

I've not seen another Aqua example in the UK. Could this be the only one?

Full leather sealed the deal.

[Zyp]

This original owner - wasn't Dale Winton by any chance?

[homerdog]

m33ufo said:

I've not seen another Aqua example in the UK. Could this be the only one?

There's a picture of two on dspyda, seem to be at the Porsche Experience at Silverstone.

[m33ufo]

I'll go take a look. I've only seen some pics via google of the actual car and they're not amazing quality.

Edit .. The Aqua gallery on dspyda:

http://dspyda.com/Spyder_Gallery/Pages/Aqua_Blue_M...

Edited by m33ufo on Sunday 27th January 11:20

[DS240]

Why the wait to pass info. The car is as good as yours no?

Welcome back to spyder ownership though. The pics I've seen of aqua do look nice and it is not a widely specced colour.

I have to say, I do regret a little bit not looking into PTS speed yellow a bit more when I ordered. I recall the price to spec a colour which could easily have been standard was ridiculous and that put me off. I did obviously realise that white ones were faster also as standard!

[m33ufo]

DS240 said:

Why the wait to pass info. The car is as good as yours no?

Welcome back to spyder ownership though. The pics I've seen of aqua do look nice and it is not a widely specced colour.

I have to say, I do regret a little bit not looking into PTS!

I should have just shut up about the car until I'd actually got it home tomorrow. Sounds awesome and described as virtually new but you never really know until you see it - I was actually about to leave the house to meet a mate for lunch when I saw it in the classifieds. Sent a quick email to 911V before leaving. Could hardly concentrate on the 20 minute drive and rang them from the very noisy line to be served in Starbucks! 5 minutes later I left a deposit. All very rushed Assuming condition is as stated then I'll be a happy man!

PTS for me would have been Riviera, no question.

Ok, onto the original owner and specifier - it's Keith Flint's car (The Fire Starter!)

Edited by m33ufo on Sunday 27th January 09:01

[daro911]

m33ufo said:

Have to say I hadn't been looking at Spyders but I saw the spec in the
after putting a deposit on the car, I was told who the original owner was - very cool! I'll tell you next week

Edited by m33ufo on Saturday 26th January 18:04

Very cool sounding Spyder indeed and I was seriously tempted but was told a telephone buyer had bought it

Hope the celebrity owner wasn't one of those Top Gear clowns

Good luck with your new future collectors piece

[m33ufo]

daro911 said:

Hope the celebrity owner wasn't one of those Top Gear clowns

Good luck with your new future collectors piece

Ha ha, if it was The Hamsters car I'd be keeping well quiet about it!! No, it was that guy from The Prodigy.


And no Zyp, Dale is a good friend of mine but he's not a small chap and can't fit in the carbon buckets. He was considering sport seats but thank god I talked him down - he did like the idea of them heating his bottom though.

Edited by m33ufo on Sunday 27th January 09:22

[Luke.]

The other chap from The Prodigy, Liam Howlett, used to post on here.

[m33ufo]

Got to say, I bought the car on the spec. Keith Flint being the owner was just an added bonus I was told about subsequently.

[mollytherocker]

m33ufo said:

Got to say, I bought the car on the spec. Keith Flint being the owner was just an added bonus I was told about subsequently.

I thought he preferred diesel power?

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VSygqiOyD9M

Edited by mollytherocker on Sunday 27th January 11:33

[Zyp]

Back to the colour - didn't someone on here buy an Aqua CR? ( khooni/HokumPokum?)

[m33ufo]

Zyp said:

Back to the colour - didn't someone on here buy an Aqua CR? ( khooni/HokumPokum?)

Khooni has an Aqua Cayman R.

[Trev450]

Superb spec and in Aqua so rare. Congrats on what sound like a stunning purchase.

[MDian]

m33ufo said:

Got to say, I bought the car on the spec. Keith Flint being the owner was just an added bonus I was told about subsequently.

Out of interest, why is that a bonus? Because you are a fan, or is he a car nut?

Have full leather in my CR; is a rare option and looks simply stunning.