Newbie , Boxster Spyder or Cayman R 987
Discussion
Hi all ,
About to enter the Porsche ownership realm, but can't decide between the Spyder , I know the roof looks like a real bind but like the quirky or do I go the Cayman R ?
Haven't driven ether as yet but I will .........would like to hear from you owners and your thoughts .
Regards Paul.
About to enter the Porsche ownership realm, but can't decide between the Spyder , I know the roof looks like a real bind but like the quirky or do I go the Cayman R ?
Haven't driven ether as yet but I will .........would like to hear from you owners and your thoughts .
Regards Paul.
2010spy said:
Ha ha ... very good .... she does look the mutts nuts 👍Porsche911R said:
I lent my cars to Evo for a feature.
Wow ... very nice too , my purchase would be only for a weekend and sunny day fun car , run a Ferrari 360 at the moment and want something that I don't get over precious with as I am finding with the 360 , been told the PDK in the R is awesome but it's a manual in the Spyder that is a must have , is that right ? Manual for both really for any sort of resale, and fun :-)
The 981 GTS platform is better if you want PDK imo.
EVO did a Spyder vs 360
you will get precious with a 987 Spyder in the end , there are only about 100 manual cars in the UK and prices are on the up, £50k really for one with the must haves and the lower end of the miles on the clock.
I am sure these will boom at some point, last of the cars with hydraulic steering with no PTV, PASM etc etc.
But for that sunny day car then get a Spyder, it's great.
they also did a track batter Spyder vs R8 which is good viewing
https://youtu.be/Im5BSKMd0Ss
The 981 GTS platform is better if you want PDK imo.
EVO did a Spyder vs 360
you will get precious with a 987 Spyder in the end , there are only about 100 manual cars in the UK and prices are on the up, £50k really for one with the must haves and the lower end of the miles on the clock.
I am sure these will boom at some point, last of the cars with hydraulic steering with no PTV, PASM etc etc.
But for that sunny day car then get a Spyder, it's great.
they also did a track batter Spyder vs R8 which is good viewing
https://youtu.be/Im5BSKMd0Ss
Edited by Porsche911R on Monday 6th March 10:51
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OTTyinsky if you had to choose between the 993 or Spyder as a third car for weekend use which would it be?
I appreciate we're not comparing applies with apples however both are a bit special in their own way.
Thanks
Sorry OP.
yes. but the drop top is more like a bikini top. IE it is simply a thin piece of weather protection. You get NO sound proofing what so ever when it is up.
That makes for a very hard core environment especially if you intend to use the car a lot.
I think great as a 3rd car.........
I would get one with no AC and no Stereo.... but not a Porsche experience or fleet car. Tough pickings.
That makes for a very hard core environment especially if you intend to use the car a lot.
I think great as a 3rd car.........
I would get one with no AC and no Stereo.... but not a Porsche experience or fleet car. Tough pickings.
Dr S said:
If you can live with the drop top then Sypder any day of the week. It is a truly special model in its own right. The R - alghouth a great drive - is just a tweaked Cayman S.
every cars a tweaked some thing lol, GT4, 981 Spyder etc etc the 987 is a tweaked Boxster ! the R has more tweaks than the Spyder in fact Hi Paul
I have been in a similar dilemma, I had a Ferrari 360 red coupe with manual box about 4 and half years when I had a yearning for a soft top to go alongside it.
After a brief flirt with the idea of a Lotus 340R (always loved them) i decided on a Boxster Spyder and picked it up as a private sale on New Year's Day 2016.
I just love it, it's far more usable as well as just being a fizzing bundle of fun and I drove it much more than the Ferrari and ended up selling the Ferrari end of summer just gone. The days I would use either of them were pretty much the same, dry, sunny with the need for only myself or just one passenger.
I did think of selling both and buying a Mac 12c but just can't think about passing up on the joys the Spyder delivers..... I may go for a 540/ 570 one day if I get distracted or can afford both.
Good luck
Ed
I have been in a similar dilemma, I had a Ferrari 360 red coupe with manual box about 4 and half years when I had a yearning for a soft top to go alongside it.
After a brief flirt with the idea of a Lotus 340R (always loved them) i decided on a Boxster Spyder and picked it up as a private sale on New Year's Day 2016.
I just love it, it's far more usable as well as just being a fizzing bundle of fun and I drove it much more than the Ferrari and ended up selling the Ferrari end of summer just gone. The days I would use either of them were pretty much the same, dry, sunny with the need for only myself or just one passenger.
I did think of selling both and buying a Mac 12c but just can't think about passing up on the joys the Spyder delivers..... I may go for a 540/ 570 one day if I get distracted or can afford both.
Good luck
Ed
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Many thanks.You're cars do look fantastic. Had my 993 almost 5 years now and I know I couldn't part with it....I know for a fact I'd miss the smell and sound and feeling of driving an AC 911...however I loved my Boxster S and can imagine how good the Spyder is. As you say on the right day the Boxster is quite something. I might need to compromise and buy another Boxster and run it alongside the 993. Actually also been considering an SC Elise as an alternative too.
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Frrair said:
Hi Paul
I have been in a similar dilemma, I had a Ferrari 360 red coupe with manual box about 4 and half years when I had a yearning for a soft top to go alongside it.
After a brief flirt with the idea of a Lotus 340R (always loved them) i decided on a Boxster Spyder and picked it up as a private sale on New Year's Day 2016.
I just love it, it's far more usable as well as just being a fizzing bundle of fun and I drove it much more than the Ferrari and ended up selling the Ferrari end of summer just gone. The days I would use either of them were pretty much the same, dry, sunny with the need for only myself or just one passenger.
I did think of selling both and buying a Mac 12c but just can't think about passing up on the joys the Spyder delivers..... I may go for a 540/ 570 one day if I get distracted or can afford both.
Good luck
Ed
You are selling it to me Ed , like the idea of an open top for the ever hopeful sunny days I have been in a similar dilemma, I had a Ferrari 360 red coupe with manual box about 4 and half years when I had a yearning for a soft top to go alongside it.
After a brief flirt with the idea of a Lotus 340R (always loved them) i decided on a Boxster Spyder and picked it up as a private sale on New Year's Day 2016.
I just love it, it's far more usable as well as just being a fizzing bundle of fun and I drove it much more than the Ferrari and ended up selling the Ferrari end of summer just gone. The days I would use either of them were pretty much the same, dry, sunny with the need for only myself or just one passenger.
I did think of selling both and buying a Mac 12c but just can't think about passing up on the joys the Spyder delivers..... I may go for a 540/ 570 one day if I get distracted or can afford both.
Good luck
Ed
What are the must haves on the 987 Spyder?
Porsche911R said:
Manual for both really for any sort of resale, and fun :-)
The 981 GTS platform is better if you want PDK imo.
EVO did a Spyder vs 360
you will get precious with a 987 Spyder in the end , there are only about 100 manual cars in the UK and prices are on the up, £50k really for one with the must haves and the lower end of the miles on the clock.
I am sure these will boom at some point, last of the cars with hydraulic steering with no PTV, PASM etc etc.
But for that sunny day car then get a Spyder, it's great.
they also did a track batter Spyder vs R8 which is good viewing
https://youtu.be/Im5BSKMd0Ss
The 981 GTS platform is better if you want PDK imo.
EVO did a Spyder vs 360
you will get precious with a 987 Spyder in the end , there are only about 100 manual cars in the UK and prices are on the up, £50k really for one with the must haves and the lower end of the miles on the clock.
I am sure these will boom at some point, last of the cars with hydraulic steering with no PTV, PASM etc etc.
But for that sunny day car then get a Spyder, it's great.
they also did a track batter Spyder vs R8 which is good viewing
https://youtu.be/Im5BSKMd0Ss
Edited by Porsche911R on Monday 6th March 10:51
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