981 Boxster Silverstone Pre Launch Event
Discussion
Just back from a few hours at Silverstone along with about 25 other deposit holders on the 981.
Great to meet a few other owners to be and get to see the car in the flesh as well as enjoy a ride driven by the professionals. Also got to learn a few things talking to the Product Manager.
Manual vs PDK
Despite two OPC's saying that they hadnt sold a manual car it seems the S has about a 60 (PDK)/40 split at the moment. Early adopters tending to like the manual a little more now. As time goes on they feel it will lean even more towards the PDK. Interestingly they feel the 2.7 will be a higher % of manual over pdk than the S. PDK on all cars
20" Ride Quality non PASM
Had hoped to get some feedback on this, but all cars at the moment have PASM. Advised to go for PASM.
All cars there today had 20" wheels
Colours
They only had Red, Yellow, White and Black. I know I wasnt alone in saying that the Black car lost a lot of the detail on the doors. The lighter colours really helped. The Yellow looked good, if only I was that brave. Product Manager said Agate with red roof looks stunning, but he also sang the praises of Anthracite Brown and Aqua Blue.
Phone Prep
The Boxster has CDR31 as std which is different from the CDR30 in the current Boxster. Having an Iphone I wanted to see if the integration was better so I can live without PCM. Waiting for a definitive answer, but hoping it is after our talk and that the address book transfers automatically. Sorry not much of a petrol head topic
PSE
All the cars were non PSE. After having had a Spyder and earlier in the day going out in a Spyder with PSE the std car sounded dull. Way too refined and lacking in aural pleasure Roof down it just didnt cut the mustard. I know this is personal choice but this is now a must have option for me, going to wait another month to have it.
Some pics from the day. It was all filmed so in a couple of weeks there will be a professionaly shot version out.
Great to meet a few other owners to be and get to see the car in the flesh as well as enjoy a ride driven by the professionals. Also got to learn a few things talking to the Product Manager.
Manual vs PDK
Despite two OPC's saying that they hadnt sold a manual car it seems the S has about a 60 (PDK)/40 split at the moment. Early adopters tending to like the manual a little more now. As time goes on they feel it will lean even more towards the PDK. Interestingly they feel the 2.7 will be a higher % of manual over pdk than the S. PDK on all cars
20" Ride Quality non PASM
Had hoped to get some feedback on this, but all cars at the moment have PASM. Advised to go for PASM.
All cars there today had 20" wheels
Colours
They only had Red, Yellow, White and Black. I know I wasnt alone in saying that the Black car lost a lot of the detail on the doors. The lighter colours really helped. The Yellow looked good, if only I was that brave. Product Manager said Agate with red roof looks stunning, but he also sang the praises of Anthracite Brown and Aqua Blue.
Phone Prep
The Boxster has CDR31 as std which is different from the CDR30 in the current Boxster. Having an Iphone I wanted to see if the integration was better so I can live without PCM. Waiting for a definitive answer, but hoping it is after our talk and that the address book transfers automatically. Sorry not much of a petrol head topic
PSE
All the cars were non PSE. After having had a Spyder and earlier in the day going out in a Spyder with PSE the std car sounded dull. Way too refined and lacking in aural pleasure
Roof down it just didnt cut the mustard. I know this is personal choice but this is now a must have option for me, going to wait another month to have it. Some pics from the day. It was all filmed so in a couple of weeks there will be a professionaly shot version out.
Edited by Chins on Tuesday 10th April 17:52
mayes911 said:
SFO said(less power than a spyder and slower than a spyder on paper)
0-62 for Spyder: 5.1 sec
0-62 for 981S: 5.1 sec
Top speed Spyder: 166mph
Top speed 981S: 173mph
yes the o-62 times are the same but 0-99mph the manual spyder is 0.2 second quicker and the pdk spyder in sport plus is nearly half a second quicker.but more importantly is the flexibility,50-75mph in 5th gear
spyder is 6.1secs manual
981s is 6.7secs manual
so on paper the spyder is quicker manual or pdk
The PDK's flexibility from 50-75 is 3.0 vs 3.1 in favour of the Spyder. So not a lot in it. Your next post shows that it's the weight saving of 40kg that helps make some of the difference. In reality though most Spyders have aircon and radio spec'd back in. That nearly halves the weight saving. Ditch the buckets and the Spyder is nearly the same weight. In fact when you can spec the buckets in the 981 it will save 12kg. 0-62 for Spyder: 5.1 sec
0-62 for 981S: 5.1 sec
Top speed Spyder: 166mph
Top speed 981S: 173mph
yes the o-62 times are the same but 0-99mph the manual spyder is 0.2 second quicker and the pdk spyder in sport plus is nearly half a second quicker.but more importantly is the flexibility,50-75mph in 5th gear
spyder is 6.1secs manual
981s is 6.7secs manual
so on paper the spyder is quicker manual or pdk
Edited by mayes911 on Tuesday 10th April 23:01
90% of Spyders I have seen for sale, my own one included had air and radio at least.
With the rumoured turbo charged Boxster on the way in the next 18-24 months they need to leave a gap power wise. That said I would still of liked a few more ponies
can't wait for the 981Old Trout said:
Chins said:
Yes I am the stupid git that had about 9 Scoobies in 4-5 years
Hey Jonathan,It's David/Rannoch - remember I took you for a passenger ride in my StI V at Bedford and we got black flagged for noise because they thought I was Craig Hardman (who is also on here with a 911)
Good to see you in sensible metal!
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