RE: Porsche 911 Speedster | UK Drive
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A guy I follow on Instagram called Nigel took delivery of his Miami Blue one about a month ago, I personally think it looks incredible. I think the red doesn’t suit this at all, particularly the red stripe in the alloys. My Honda Civic Type R had that and I thought it looked cool, I wouldn’t say it looks cool on a 211k Porsche. Leave that to the hot hatches
sr.guiri said:
That is revs to 9K is cool. But max. torque at 6250rpm - WTF. Sounds like an awful lot of gear changing needed.
Don't sell your TVR Griffith to buy this, you will be disappointed
peak power is NOT at 9k though, so when you change gear you drop into a nice load of torque.Don't sell your TVR Griffith to buy this, you will be disappointed
Its quite hard to get torque up the rev band from an engine..
these new 4.0l 500hp engines are amazing units.
there is plenty of torque at 3.5k in the 4.0l lump for crusing about.
but the hit when you change gear at 8.5k no other cars offers in NA form in a manual sports car.
saying all that though not a fan of this model. If you want a GT3 buy a GT3 not a touring or a Speedster !!!
if you want a soft top buy a 718 Spyder at £85k and a real GT3 at £125k and still have change !!!
It’s quite refreshing to see an expensive car with such a low value of options chucked at it. £8k is not much more than a decently spec’d German exec saloon would get nowadays. But then I suppose you are paying over £200k in the first place...And as someone mentioned above, does it really require £143 worth of effort, time and cost to paint the headlight washer covers the same colour as the rest of the body? Bizarre.
As for the car, I had a walk around one at Porsche Silverstone Experience. At first I couldn’t work out what it was and thought it was just a normal 911 convertible. It was in the silver and just seemed a bit underwhelming visually.
I am sure it drives brilliantly, but my £200k plus would most likely go elsewhere.
As for the car, I had a walk around one at Porsche Silverstone Experience. At first I couldn’t work out what it was and thought it was just a normal 911 convertible. It was in the silver and just seemed a bit underwhelming visually.
I am sure it drives brilliantly, but my £200k plus would most likely go elsewhere.
Roma101 said:
I am sure it drives brilliantly, but my £200k plus would most likely go elsewhere.
But where would your £200K be safer?Some of these are already being flipped for massive premiums. That obviously wont continue forever but you're going to make money on this car over the next couple of years.
A 600LT may well be objectively a better performance car but with the way McLaren residuals are going you're going to pay for it.
Edited by Davey S2 on Friday 8th November 14:08
Now that is a sexy car. Id have mine just like that, but without the silly red rim tape.
All the Porsche "GT" you need, in a convertible package that allows it all to be enjoyed so much more.
In fairness the Cayman and Boxster Spyders are pretty compelling alternatives - but if you are actually in a position to purchase a speedster new from a dealer (with your special relationship), then one could assume that these other cars are already on your drive OR not exotic enough to feature in your garage.
Really need to get my bum in one of these 9000rpm Porsche GT cars. Having adored the MT and F20C in my S2000, this engine must be bloody marvellous.
All the Porsche "GT" you need, in a convertible package that allows it all to be enjoyed so much more.
In fairness the Cayman and Boxster Spyders are pretty compelling alternatives - but if you are actually in a position to purchase a speedster new from a dealer (with your special relationship), then one could assume that these other cars are already on your drive OR not exotic enough to feature in your garage.
Really need to get my bum in one of these 9000rpm Porsche GT cars. Having adored the MT and F20C in my S2000, this engine must be bloody marvellous.
I love 911s but I've never been that interested in those without a roof. I'd rather have the Boxster/718. However this I really like and think it looks great in red. The heritage (or whatever it's called) colour scheme of silver with the white bumper doesn't look that great to my eyes though. The cost is meaningless to me as it's about the same as 75% of my house so it may as well be £2.5m.
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201...
No sign of POA, does this trader really want a million pounds for this? Worlds gone mad
No sign of POA, does this trader really want a million pounds for this? Worlds gone mad
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Davey S2 said:
Roma101 said:
I am sure it drives brilliantly, but my £200k plus would most likely go elsewhere.
But where would your £200K be safer?Some of these are already being flipped for massive premiums. That obviously wont continue forever but you're going to make money on this car over the next couple of years.
A 600LT may well be objectively a better performance car but with the way McLaren residuals are going you're going to pay for it.
Edited by Davey S2 on Friday 8th November 14:08
sr.guiri said:
That is revs to 9K is cool. But max. torque at 6250rpm - WTF. Sounds like an awful lot of gear changing needed.
Don't sell your TVR Griffith to buy this, you will be disappointed
It’s all relative though. It probably develops more power at 2000rpm than 90% of cars do at peak revs. Don't sell your TVR Griffith to buy this, you will be disappointed
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