Boxster Spyder
Discussion
Fizzbomb said:
GregorFuk said:
Picked up an 987.2 Spyder from 911 Virgin a couple of weeks ago. I've wanted one for ages and could not be happier.
Manual;
Sports Buckets;
Short Shift;
PSE;
Spyder Alloys;
Extended Letter;
Aircon;
SatNav;
Ipod;
But no Cup Holders
Already been round the NC500 in it. Looking for a few more run outs before winter storage.
We were considering buying this very car until we saw the 'deposit taken' sign come up on the ad!!!Manual;
Sports Buckets;
Short Shift;
PSE;
Spyder Alloys;
Extended Letter;
Aircon;
SatNav;
Ipod;
But no Cup Holders
Already been round the NC500 in it. Looking for a few more run outs before winter storage.
GregorFuk said:
Sorry about that. I moved quickly and bought sight unseen. I’d dealt with 911 Virgin before so knew I could buy with confidence. Such a good car, reminds me of my old Elise’ but with more grunt and none of the rattles!
Yep it’s the closest thing to an Elise Porsche has ever built for sure.
Fizzbomb said:
Porsche911R said:
you just had it, :-)
Yep, owned for a month, I'm not entirely bored of it yet...Either, I might sell it now or I might buy one more example in black, park them next to each other, and then sell both of them...Edited by jimmy p on Monday 8th October 09:50
jimmy p said:
You are an unusual character, they aren't the easiest car to sell this time of year!
Thank you for the advice, I agree with you, I have a strange habit of 'accumulation', either I have a choice of letting go of it now, or adding 1/2 more of the same identical car in different colours, I haven't fully decided yet. Again, the ones on the market right now are all odd spec examples except for the black one at 911Virgin, see what happens...Edited by jimmy p on Monday 8th October 09:50
Edited by Fizzbomb on Monday 8th October 10:15
After posting on here a little while ago that I had decided to get back in to a Spyder after chopping my last one in for the GT3, I finally picked the car up and took it for a proper drive last week. If I’m honest I was a little subdued on collection day - I wondered if I was being a little frivolous buying a second ‘fun’ car and began to doubt whether this was really necessary or the best use of funds. That feeling stayed with me until I drove it. It all came flooding back and I remembered how much I love the 981 Spyder. I’m not ashamed to say I think I love it more than my 991.2 GT3, in an everyday smiles per mile sense. Possibly not a great time of year to collect such a car.... but hey ho. I’m very happy to have this beauty (and the incredible sound it makes) back in my life.
SWGT3 said:
I love the 981 Spyder. I’m not ashamed to say I think I love it more than my 991.2 GT3, in an everyday smiles per mile sense. Possibly not a great time of year to collect such a car.... but hey ho. I’m very happy to have this beauty (and the incredible sound it makes) back in my life.
I recently did a 991.2 GTS PEC session and left super impressed with the model but no way could I live with the soundtrack which was very muted despite PSE being ON!When I told the instructor what my current Porsche is much to my surprise he said you have the best sounding Porsche out of any of the sports cars they currently make today
My only GT3 experience is a late 997 version and the sound track was massively underwhelming IMO
Enjoy the Spyder and you never know we might have a cracking mild short winter so plenty of fun days out still to be had
Actually now off for a short sunny blast as it would be rude not too
SWGT3 said:
After posting on here a little while ago that I had decided to get back in to a Spyder after chopping my last one in for the GT3, I finally picked the car up and took it for a proper drive last week. If I’m honest I was a little subdued on collection day - I wondered if I was being a little frivolous buying a second ‘fun’ car and began to doubt whether this was really necessary or the best use of funds. That feeling stayed with me until I drove it. It all came flooding back and I remembered how much I love the 981 Spyder. I’m not ashamed to say I think I love it more than my 991.2 GT3, in an everyday smiles per mile sense. Possibly not a great time of year to collect such a car.... but hey ho. I’m very happy to have this beauty (and the incredible sound it makes) back in my life.
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