981 Boxster Spyder
Discussion
Lovely and great story/ write up! I'd love a GT4 and look on/ off. Sadly it's not a reality unless i sell my old bmw, which i cant but i still look from time to time anyway. Through looking at those i became aware of these, as you say its a GT4 with the top off!
I did hope they would flop and no one would want one, therefore dropping lots in value, with the chance of becoming affordable but it doesnt seem like thats going to happen
Hope you have many happy miles in it!
I did hope they would flop and no one would want one, therefore dropping lots in value, with the chance of becoming affordable but it doesnt seem like thats going to happen
Hope you have many happy miles in it!
they waver, but I think now that the next 718 will be partially/completely EV, these will stay strong.
The 987 was the raw one
The 981 was more grown up with noise and character but not the complete 'GT department' package
The 718 is even more grown up, needs money to bring the character back but has full GT credentials...and PDK if you want.
They're all gonna stay put or climb I think, limited numbers, great name,.....a really complete sports car.
The 987 was the raw one
The 981 was more grown up with noise and character but not the complete 'GT department' package
The 718 is even more grown up, needs money to bring the character back but has full GT credentials...and PDK if you want.
They're all gonna stay put or climb I think, limited numbers, great name,.....a really complete sports car.
squirdan said:
OP - congrats. I love mine too, probably more than various other Porsches I’ve had. Hard to rationalise it but just feels special, is quick enough, a good size and a great noise.
Not done mods as extensive as you - bought mine because I loved the Agate - but similar interior idea… 911R seat centres and custom knob
Great cars imho and whilst not a GT product it was pretty impressive around Goodwood. I thought I’d buy a GT4 but the shape of the Spyder and the roof down experience just adds so much…
Good looking car. Not done mods as extensive as you - bought mine because I loved the Agate - but similar interior idea… 911R seat centres and custom knob
Great cars imho and whilst not a GT product it was pretty impressive around Goodwood. I thought I’d buy a GT4 but the shape of the Spyder and the roof down experience just adds so much…
A few smaller mods recently.
Wind deflector is now solid clear perspex, not the mesh.
Apple Carplay is in and working beautifully.
Seat risers at the front to add some tilt are in, and personally I find they make a huge difference in comfort and 'feel'.
and lastly some fabricated front and rear mudflaps.
Detracts a bit from the look, but frankly its worth it to stop all the road rash on the lower parts of the car and try and prevent at least some of the actual s
t you have on the roads in rural Devon/Somerset being flung all over it.
Went up to Betws-y-Coed and back for the weekend as a birthday treat, and I'm sold on all the bits done, and even more on the car itself.
The steering feel and long gearing are the biggest review bugbears.
The gearing hasn't really had an impact, even though it's on my mind due to all the reviews. My enjoyment has not diminished...yet.
The steering, having come from an S2000 is amazing I think, I can understand the comments as I was given a 986 2.7 as loan car whilst some work was being done and I could definitely feel the 'life' in it's steering in comparison, but even so, the 981 just comes across as laser guided (chassis not steering?).
I had a ball.
Wind deflector is now solid clear perspex, not the mesh.
Apple Carplay is in and working beautifully.
Seat risers at the front to add some tilt are in, and personally I find they make a huge difference in comfort and 'feel'.
and lastly some fabricated front and rear mudflaps.
Detracts a bit from the look, but frankly its worth it to stop all the road rash on the lower parts of the car and try and prevent at least some of the actual s
t you have on the roads in rural Devon/Somerset being flung all over it.Went up to Betws-y-Coed and back for the weekend as a birthday treat, and I'm sold on all the bits done, and even more on the car itself.
The steering feel and long gearing are the biggest review bugbears.
The gearing hasn't really had an impact, even though it's on my mind due to all the reviews. My enjoyment has not diminished...yet.
The steering, having come from an S2000 is amazing I think, I can understand the comments as I was given a 986 2.7 as loan car whilst some work was being done and I could definitely feel the 'life' in it's steering in comparison, but even so, the 981 just comes across as laser guided (chassis not steering?).
I had a ball.
Edited by Quickmoose on Tuesday 2nd May 13:08
What The Deuces said:
Just come across this thread. Peak Porsche for me, that's what i'd buy if i was going to stick some money in a car. Absolutely beautiful. Cars aren't going to be getting any better than that IMO
Likewise, and I agree. They sound stunning and look stunning, a truly special car that is far more desirable than the 718 IMO.Snatch1 said:
Did I see this car parked up on the High Street of a north hampshire village this weekend? If so it's striking, really caught my eye. If not, there's one in the same colour round here!
Sadly not me, I was resigned to using the daily 4x4 😕I know of a 718 in Oak, but no other 981’s as they weren’t offered in that colour…
Race2the Redline said:
Do you mind mentioning what solution you used for adding CarPlay Quickmoose, keen to add to my 981 Spyder over winter.
I’ll get the model details from the car tomorrow, but I bottled it and asked an independent, Williams Crawford in Plymouth, to do it. Works very well…. Tiny game changer for nav and music…IF you listen to any…Cost just over a grand.3 months on, the love has not faded a jot...
I have added some other bits though, firstly the BMC air filters. Probably psychological, but I don't care, on short hard throttle blips the extra suck is extremely audible, and I'll take the theoretical hp rise, if there is one. Really easy to fit.
I did twin that however, with the ECU tune from FVD Brombacher.
It annoyed me that almost for purely marketing reasons the 3.8 was restricted to suit the power ranking Porsche decided on.
Spyder 375
GT4 385 (?!)
991 Carrera S 400
991 GTS 430
991 GT3 470
FVD who apparently are trusted with tuning Carrera Cup cars, send you a cheap and nasty looking hand held OBD2 plug in thing, onto which you download the OEM ECU data... email the file to them and within 24hrs they send back the beefed up one. Now to do this to the most expensive and precious thing I own required a brand new pair of big boy pants... I had heard that all kinds of warnings and lights flash across the dash, the fans go crazy, all sorts... the battery has to have an additional power source connected to it... all of which made me very VERY nervous.
It didn't go well when my aging laptop wouldn't carry out the described steps with warnings of its own, then the OBD2 tool didn't display EXACTLY the messages the tutorial said it would... but it got done.
The company would have you believe that this tune takes it from 375 to 412 - which much like the air filters I can't buy into fully unless I see a rolling road of mine.... so my first drive in it yesterday was again full of psychological messages of the "oooh yes! it feels SOOO different!" variety.
But it DOES feel different, and that's enough for me, where the creamy flat six used to make me smile with shove and noise, its now just fu(king rabid, and a smidge scary. A potential 10% power hike easily equating to a 10% hike in emotional response to what I felt.
The normal mode sounds a bit ruder, the Sport+ mode feels less rude actually, so both changes I'm ok with, the stuff like auto-blip is still there, no warnings on the dash, and all reversible as the OEM file is still on the OBD2 tool... ready for OPC service day...
oh and I bought the silver fuel filler cap, because pretty.
I have added some other bits though, firstly the BMC air filters. Probably psychological, but I don't care, on short hard throttle blips the extra suck is extremely audible, and I'll take the theoretical hp rise, if there is one. Really easy to fit.
I did twin that however, with the ECU tune from FVD Brombacher.
It annoyed me that almost for purely marketing reasons the 3.8 was restricted to suit the power ranking Porsche decided on.
Spyder 375
GT4 385 (?!)
991 Carrera S 400
991 GTS 430
991 GT3 470
FVD who apparently are trusted with tuning Carrera Cup cars, send you a cheap and nasty looking hand held OBD2 plug in thing, onto which you download the OEM ECU data... email the file to them and within 24hrs they send back the beefed up one. Now to do this to the most expensive and precious thing I own required a brand new pair of big boy pants... I had heard that all kinds of warnings and lights flash across the dash, the fans go crazy, all sorts... the battery has to have an additional power source connected to it... all of which made me very VERY nervous.
It didn't go well when my aging laptop wouldn't carry out the described steps with warnings of its own, then the OBD2 tool didn't display EXACTLY the messages the tutorial said it would... but it got done.
The company would have you believe that this tune takes it from 375 to 412 - which much like the air filters I can't buy into fully unless I see a rolling road of mine.... so my first drive in it yesterday was again full of psychological messages of the "oooh yes! it feels SOOO different!" variety.
But it DOES feel different, and that's enough for me, where the creamy flat six used to make me smile with shove and noise, its now just fu(king rabid, and a smidge scary. A potential 10% power hike easily equating to a 10% hike in emotional response to what I felt.
The normal mode sounds a bit ruder, the Sport+ mode feels less rude actually, so both changes I'm ok with, the stuff like auto-blip is still there, no warnings on the dash, and all reversible as the OEM file is still on the OBD2 tool... ready for OPC service day...
oh and I bought the silver fuel filler cap, because pretty.
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