Do I sell my 981 Spyder???

[Bieldside]

Ok
It's a great car. Just back from a 200 mile round trip
It screamed round. Exhaust note wonderful
But ...
It's manual
The roof is not for spontaneous events
I've got a GT3 that does what the Spyder does only better

I just can't seem to love it - I do try
So my mind thinks I should sell it and move on
Then I catch sight of the shape. The front end etc
And I stop. It's highly specd for me
Will I regret it ?
Really can't decide

[ellroy]

That's a first world problem and no mistake. My heart bleeds for you.

I'd be tempted to keep it over winter as now's maybe not the time to sell it? A cheeky early spring blast or two and then make the call perhaps?

[Maxym]

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I think you're after his Spyder.

[TB303]

Bieldside said:

Ok
It's a great car. Just back from a 200 mile round trip
It screamed round. Exhaust note wonderful
But ...
It's manual
The roof is not for spontaneous events
I've got a GT3 that does what the Spyder does only better

I just can't seem to love it - I do try
So my mind thinks I should sell it and move on
Then I catch sight of the shape. The front end etc
And I stop. It's highly specd for me
Will I regret it ?
Really can't decide

Your gut feeling is probably the right one. It sounds like you love the GT3....

It's just a material item. It's not doing it for you. Get rid of!

I love mine.

P.S. If your car is guards red, PM as I may have a buyer for you.

[Bieldside]

Thanks for the feedback
It's GT metallic with the classic red interior
£75k list so a few boxes ticked !
Been offered £5000 premium
Will I miss it ? Yes but no tears but it's such a rare thing that I have a bias to just keeping it
Having just written that it sounds stupid !
Take the money and move on
Will it be a collection piece in 5 years time ? Who knows and no reason to spend money storing it

[TB303]

Bieldside said:

Thanks for the feedback
It's GT metallic with the classic red interior
£75k list so a few boxes ticked !
Been offered £5000 premium
Will I miss it ? Yes but no tears but it's such a rare thing that I have a bias to just keeping it
Having just written that it sounds stupid !
Take the money and move on
Will it be a collection piece in 5 years time ? Who knows and no reason to spend money storing it

Little point in a collection piece that you aren't mad on. Get it out of the door! Pocket the £5k - fabulous!

Buy something you enjoy more, or just stick to the GT3.

Win win!

[SRT Hellcat]

Simples. You don't like it sell it

[Budflicker]

Groundhog Day

[jimmyslr]

TB303 said:

Little point in a collection piece that you aren't mad on. Get it out of the door! Pocket the £5k - fabulous!

Buy something you enjoy more, or just stick to the GT3.

Win win!

This

[Not Ideal]

^^ What Jimmy said.

[Dr S]

jimmyslr said:

TB303 said:

Little point in a collection piece that you aren't mad on. Get it out of the door! Pocket the £5k - fabulous!

Buy something you enjoy more, or just stick to the GT3.

Win win!

This

+1

[kilarney]

If you see the manual as a negative and the slow to erect roof a mentionable downside then you are a different kind of buyer than most spyder owners of which Im one btw. I would sell as its clearly not floating your boat.

[g7jhp]

Sell it and take the £5k premium whilst it's available.

Imagine having to sell for a slight loss.
The used car market might look very different in 6 months time, there may not be a premium and it could be harder to shift.

You have a GT3 enjoy it, life's too short.

[highway]

Driving a sports car with the roof down on a summer evening or a crisp winter morning can be a rare treat. Open top cars long popular in Britain, with image tarnished over the past decade as perception of the drivers 'posing'. The thin of hair or those over influenced my motoring journalism adopted the phrase 'hair dressers car' as a jibe directed at the enlightened who understand how much fun a convertible sports car actually is.

As above, if you've tried it and the experience hasn't stirred you move it on. I've got a nice 993 coupe.'I'd swap it for a nice 981 Spyder. Great cars.

[Porsche911R]

Bieldside said:

Ok
It's a great car. Just back from a 200 mile round trip
It screamed round. Exhaust note wonderful
But ...
It's manual
The roof is not for spontaneous events
I've got a GT3 that does what the Spyder does only better

I just can't seem to love it - I do try
So my mind thinks I should sell it and move on
Then I catch sight of the shape. The front end etc
And I stop. It's highly specd for me
Will I regret it ?
Really can't decide

Spyder is a 3rd use toy car for fun roof off sunny days, if you don't want a 3rd car manual with roof off motoring sell it.
or swap it for a 987.2 PDK Spyder at 1/2 the price.

I have done 800 miles in my Spyder the last 12 months, seems daft, but I just keep it anyway for that great 2 or 3 drives.
but the gen 1 is 1/2 the price to have sitting about.
The issue is when you have 3 great cars and that sunny day happens you can only drive one.

My GT4 don't get a look in, I tend to only use it for events, my Spyders to much hassle, So I use the Cayman R every time !!!

The roof I can understand, it's the biggest reason to avoid a Spyder for most people.

The manual thing I don't get, all my cars are manual , I feel more connected to the driving with a manual.

It's not like you have to change gear a lot in a 981 Spyder, put it in 3rd and it will do anything lol !!!

[av185]

Bieldside said:

Ok

I've got a GT3 that does what the Spyder does only better

Can't understand your logic here.....the GT3 and Spyder are chalk and cheese. Never intended to be similar cars.

I find the Spyder and GT4 better road cars than the 991 GT3....too fast for normal driving.

Maybe you love the PDK gearbox more than the car.

[Porsche911R]

av185 said:

Can't understand your logic here.....the GT3 and Spyder are chalk and cheese. Never intended to be similar cars.

I find the Spyder and GT4 better road cars than the 991 GT3....too fast for normal driving.

Maybe you love the PDK gearbox more than the car.

Spyder and GT4 are too fast for normal driving if you really stop and look at what you are saying.

both cars do 85MPh in 2nd gear, nat B road limit is 60mph !

you can be doing 120 in the GT4 no issue, it's easy car to drive, yes you might be doing 135 in the 991 GT3 but hay both are way way to fast to have real fun in legal.

hence why I drive my Cayman R with 330BHP, which is still too fast for the road, but it does less MPH in 2nd gear and at 80 mph feels fun where the GT4 has to be at 120mph for the same feeling.

drive a GT4 at 80 MPh and it's bloody dull and you could still be in 2nd gear !!!

[av185]

Porsche911R said:

Spyder and GT4 are too fast for normal driving if you really stop and look at what you are saying.

both cars do 85MPh in 2nd gear, nat B road limit is 60mph !

you can be doing 120 in the GT4 no issue, it's easy car to drive, yes you might be doing 135 in the 991 GT3 but hay both are way way to fast to have real fun in legal.

All I am saying is that to get the best out of the 9k max rev limit and the enormous capabilities of the GT3 you have to be going that much faster than with the Spyder and GT4.......the non gt engine in this case CAN on some occasions make for the better road car.

Edited by av185 on Thursday 20th October 10:24

[Porsche911R]

av185 said:

All I am saying is that to get the best out of the 9k max rev limit GT3 you have to be going that much faster than with the Spyder and GT4.......the non gt engine in this case CAN on some occasions make for the better road car.

You could say a PDK GTS CAN on some occasions if not ALL makes for the better road car. where do you draw the line and the yare much cheaper cars to buy.

[chrisABP]

I find myself looking more and more at the 981 Spyder.....

Love my 997.2 GTS but its only used occasionally and whilst the rear seats are a bonus with two young boys they rarely accompany me on the times its used. Would love a 997.2 GT3 and the GT4 looks great too but both now too expensive and then I remember the epic drives in my S2000 years back. Summer evenings, cold winter nights with the roof down most of the time they were great drives and I miss that open top sensation. The 981 looks so right to me with the right looks, power, manual box etc....

Think this might be my next Porsche and hopefully if the prices soften slightly over the winter...