Boxster Spyder

[rob.kellock]

Aren't they ace.

Well... someone had to do it.

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Nice.

Cayman R welcome too:

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Big E 118 said:

So, are Spyders becoming extinct at OPC's?

I see what you did there ;-)

There might be one left!

Have fun tomorrow Zyp, roof down unless it is actually raining. I will be at Oulton Park in mine on Wednesday regardless of the weather. Still places left...

[rob.kellock]

What are you betting?

I wouldn't completely rule it out LOL

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anonymous said:

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Ah, thanks mate! Don't know whose the R was - it was parked up at the Oulton Park Gold Cup and my son insisted on a cheeky photo.

Zyp's new wheels look good and I think the black ones look better in real life than on an average iPhone picture but I'm quite happy with my silver ones even if they do take a bit of cleaning.

As for the roof jibes...

[rob.kellock]

The black wheels certainly make the cars look quite different.



The best thing about Zyp's colour is that they look good when full of brake dust - it amazes me when I wash my wife's Abarth and you realise how dirty they are even when they look OK from 6 feet away.

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They are not factory style though - missing the silver rim and grey innards.

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Don't know whose the other Spyder was either!

Was back there yesterday on the PCGB track day - weather not quite so glorious but at least you get to go round the track! There were 5 Cayman Rs there which I thought was a lot.

[rob.kellock]

Not in the UK to my knowledge. Riviera Blue and Speed Yellow in the States have been posted up before. Silver was a standard colour too.

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Oh yeah, and cream too.

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How's your anorak? :-)

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• shudder *

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You'll have to change your username.

Any observations on how to best replace it?

[rob.kellock]

Sorry rOb, can't help you with that.

There were some astonishing contract hire deals on M5s recently, have to say I was quite tempted as my daily driver is a 2006 525i. If there was ever a 2 cars into 1 solution, it is an attractive proposition but I'm hoping to hang on to my Spyder for a while now. I particularly enjoy the contrast too.

[rob.kellock]

Congratulations - it's good to get excited about a new toy at Christmas time! Mine will be 8 years old in a few months and on so many levels it is the best car I have ever had. It has only had routine servicing and tyres and is still on its original brakes. Straight 6 BMW petrol engine is completely old fashioned these days but so refined.

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Been out in mine today. New windscreen fitted. Stone chip had developed a crack which was growing. Nice job done by Autoglass which was a good job given that my OPC wouldn't help.

New one is unmarked and lurvely.

BMW was a grower. Tens of thousands of trouble free miles from minus 14 degrees on the school run a couple of years ago to 145mph on the German autobahnen. It just works, generally very quietly and does everything asked of it without any problems.

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It clearly is.

Mine is on 20k miles now after 3 1/2 years. They do look nice but they are not at their best as an ornament.

My BMW is the opposite of an iconic model hence I have different expectations from it.

[rob.kellock]

Ouch. But with that engine, it's been 10 happy years in a class above a £300 + VAT a month contract hire car.

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They are certainly better value lightly used - mine was an approved used car from its original supplying dealer with 5000 miles on it when I bought it.

It has never had winter tyres on it and I have never been stranded. It does only have relatively small wheels though.

Let us know how you get on with the M5 - I bet you'll miss your Spyder when the sun comes out.

[rob.kellock]

If you can, you must.