Boxster Spyder

[Navanod]

[RSVP911]

Navanod said:

Liking that - looks like it’s had bad Botox though

[davidc1]

Looks a bit altered that image. The rear arch above the light looks different on either side.

[2010spy]

Funny isn't it. I'm really into the sound of cars, but after a while I found the noise of the 981 Spyder a bit grating. I swapped it for a 991.2 GTS which is much quiter, but IMHO sounds a bit more grown up. I know you can't compare a 911 and a Boxster, but I'm hooked on the GTS, it's amazing. In the meantime, I've kept my 987 Spyder, and I doubt I will ever sell it, despite being slower, quieter and less exciting than the 981 Spyder.

[daro911]

2010spy said:

Funny isn't it. I'm really into the sound of cars, but after a while I found the noise of the 981 Spyder a bit grating. I swapped it for a 991.2 GTS which is much quiter, but IMHO sounds a bit more grown up. I know you can't compare a 911 and a Boxster, but I'm hooked on the GTS, it's amazing. In the meantime, I've kept my 987 Spyder, and I doubt I will ever sell it, despite being slower, quieter and less exciting than the 981 Spyder.

Interestingly I am the opposite and find the sound track on my 981 Spyder the best ever sounding Porsche owned to date (number 13)

Recently I had a nice long run in a 991.2 GTS at the PEC and then an hour on the local roads and was very impressed with everything except the PSE far to quiet and flat sounding to my ears and the fact the 911 has ballooned over the years to point of being that much bigger and equally that much less fun on back road blasts IMO

Getting back into the Spyder just underlined what a magnificent well balanced super sounding piece of kit Porsche designed with ample bhp for roads today and at almost 50% of the price of a similar spec GTS what more can I ask for to satisfy my petrolhead needs

991 GTS is back off my menu and look forward to the 718 Spyder as the only future possible replacement for me now

Edited by daro911 on Friday 20th October 10:05

[Porsche911R]

2010spy said:

Funny isn't it. I'm really into the sound of cars, but after a while I found the noise of the 981 Spyder a bit grating. I swapped it for a 991.2 GTS which is much quiter, but IMHO sounds a bit more grown up. I know you can't compare a 911 and a Boxster, but I'm hooked on the GTS, it's amazing. In the meantime, I've kept my 987 Spyder, and I doubt I will ever sell it, despite being slower, quieter and less exciting than the 981 Spyder.

Perfect pairing, nothing will be like the 987.2 Spyder ever again, so the only move would be to a Lotus, and you have the perfect daily if you want to stay in The brand.

Nice pair of cars :-)

[2010spy]

Hoping for a 2018 GT3 Touring to complete the collection

Porsche911R said:

Perfect pairing, nothing will be like the 987.2 Spyder ever again, so the only move would be to a Lotus, and you have the perfect daily if you want to stay in The brand.

Nice pair of cars :-)

[FocusRS3]

Porsche911R said:

Perfect pairing, nothing will be like the 987.2 Spyder ever again, so the only move would be to a Lotus, and you have the perfect daily if you want to stay in The brand.

Nice pair of cars :-)

I'm so useless I had no idea there was a .1 AND a .2 987 spyder ? Mine a 2010 car I'm not sure what it is !!

[Porsche911R]

FocusRS3 said:

I'm so useless I had no idea there was a .1 AND a .2 987 spyder ? Mine a 2010 car I'm not sure what it is !!

there was never a 987.1 Spyder (ok there was but not a real one) the 987.2 is the model of that era and Porsche choose to make a Spyder in the 987.2 design

the 981 is the 981 Spyder ie the sort of current car.

Those are the only 2 real Boxster Spyder's, but Porsche have used the name in the 987.1 cars in the 2008 RS60 Spyder but it was just a normal car with options.

And of course we had the org Porsche Type 718 RS 60 Spyder which is why the new 981.2 facelift car was renamed 718 !!!!

Edited by Porsche911R on Friday 20th October 14:33

[RSVP911]

Porsche911R said:

FocusRS3 said:

I'm so useless I had no idea there was a .1 AND a .2 987 spyder ? Mine a 2010 car I'm not sure what it is !!

there was never a 987.1 Spyder (ok there was but not a real one) the 987.2 is the model of that era and Porsche choose to make a Spyder in the 987.2 design

the 981 is the 981 Spyder ie the sort of current car.

Those are the only 2 real Boxster Spyder's, but Porsche have used the name in the 987.1 cars in the 2008 RS60 Spyder but it was just a normal car with options.

And of course we had the org Porsche Type 718 RS 60 Spyder which is why the new 981.2 facelift car was renamed 718 !!!!

Edited by Porsche911R on Friday 20th October 14:33

Beautiful thing

[FocusRS3]

Tks for clearing that up :-)

[woodysnr]

There was also a 986 550 Spyder brought out in 2004 ish if I remember correctly .Had one was a ltd 1950 made GT Silver with either dark grey or coco seats and hood and available in Tip or Man had seal grey wheel slats 5 spoke .
https://img.pistonheads.com/LargeSize/porsche/boxs...

Edited by woodysnr on Friday 20th October 22:15

[PhantomPH]

Navanod said:

That looks really good.

[av185]

daro911 said:

Interestingly I am the opposite and find the sound track on my 981 Spyder the best ever sounding Porsche owned to date (number 13)

the 911 has ballooned over the years to point of being that much bigger and equally that much less fun on back road blasts IMO

Edited by daro911 on Friday 20th October 10:05

Agree with you on the sound 100%, as will most owners who have real world experience of the 981 Spyder (as opposed to the 'armchair' experts....no names lol.)

Far better than the rather flat and somewhat droning GT4 too.

Also the 981 Spyder has no irritating transmission noises which many including myself have complained about with their GT4s.

Interesting what you say regarding measurements. The GT4/Spyder I agree FEELS much smaller than the 991. Yes, it is shorter clearly but mirror to mirror external width is identical to the 991at 1978mm.

Edited by av185 on Friday 20th October 20:00

[daro911]

av185 said:

Agree with you on the sound 100%, as will most owners who have real world experience of the 981 Spyder (as opposed to the 'armchair' experts....no names lol.)

Interesting what you say regarding measurements. The GT4/Spyder I agree FEELS much smaller than the 991. Yes, it is shorter clearly but mirror to mirror external width is identical to the 991at 1978mm.

Edited by av185 on Friday 20th October 20:00

From Porsche website widths excluding mirrors Spyder 1801mm and 991GTS 1852mm which makes sense as the 991 does easily look and feel 51mm wider to me at least

[av185]

daro911 said:

av185 said:

Agree with you on the sound 100%, as will most owners who have real world experience of the 981 Spyder (as opposed to the 'armchair' experts....no names lol.)

Interesting what you say regarding measurements. The GT4/Spyder I agree FEELS much smaller than the 991. Yes, it is shorter clearly but mirror to mirror external width is identical to the 991at 1978mm.

Edited by av185 on Friday 20th October 20:00

From Porsche website widths excluding mirrors Spyder 1801mm and 991GTS 1852mm which makes sense as the 991 does easily look and feel 51mm wider to me at least

Those measurements are taken from the bodies widest part and in the case of the rump of the 991 it is clearly wider than the Spyder.

But width to the outside point of external mirrors is 1978mm I.e. identical, as confirmed by the 991.1 GT3 and 981 Spyder handbooks, the GT3 handbook is the upper photo btw::

Edited by av185 on Saturday 21st October 13:36

[daro911]

av185 said:

Those measurements are taken from the bodies widest part and in the case of the rump of the 991 it is clearly wider than the Spyder.

Classic case of optical illusion making me think it was a much wider beast than the Spyder

[WG]

Should anyone be interested I am selling my 2010 987 Spyder PDK through OPC Mid Sussex so it will come with 2 year Porsche Warranty I have owned the car from new and it has covered 16150 miles

Please Mail me if you want further details

Edited by WG on Tuesday 31st October 20:44

[FocusRS3]

WG said:

Should anyone be interested I am selling my 2010 987 Spyder PDK through OPC Mid Sussex so it will come with 2 year Porsche Warranty I have owned the car from new and it has covered 16150 miles

Please Mail me if you want further details

Edited by WG on Tuesday 31st October 20:44

Just looked and not on their website . Was just looking out of curiosity TBH

[WG]

FocusRS3 said:

WG said:

Should anyone be interested I am selling my 2010 987 Spyder PDK through OPC Mid Sussex so it will come with 2 year Porsche Warranty I have owned the car from new and it has covered 16150 miles

Please Mail me if you want further details

Edited by WG on Tuesday 31st October 20:44

Just looked and not on their website . Was just looking out of curiosity TBH

Car is not with them yet - will be in next few days.