The new 718 Gt4/Spyder are here!

[rkwm1]

Frrair said:

A 718 Spyder with 120 miles has just appeared on Porsche Sutton Coldfield Twitter feed.

Not on their website yet.

Looks like they are desparate for sales at the moment. Apparently a cancelled GT4 for sale at Wolverhampton, Spyder for sale here. Looks like the sales manager wont be getting the Porsche best sales manager award this year!

[GT98]

rkwm1 said:

Looks like they are desparate for sales at the moment. Apparently a cancelled GT4 for sale at Wolverhampton, Spyder for sale here. Looks like the sales manager wont be getting the Porsche best sales manager award this year!

You can only supply the demand and it’s been a tough year in the car market in 2019, hence why I think we could see limited production. Of course that could change towards the end of next year as confidence grows..

[donutskidmark]

rkwm1 said:

Looks like they are desparate for sales at the moment. Apparently a cancelled GT4 for sale at Wolverhampton, Spyder for sale here. Looks like the sales manager wont be getting the Porsche best sales manager award this year!

If two cars on the market is indicative of Porsche being desperate for sales heaven help BMW dealerships.

[N54]

av185 said:

Porsche clearly need to include instructions in their handbooks on how to enter and exit bucket seats correctly.

Serious question, how should you enter exit the bucket seats?

Lift yourself in and out?

[breadvan]

Right hand on the sill, vault over, easy peesy.

However, I’m rubbish at getting in the passenger side!

[av185]

breadvan said:

Right hand on the sill, vault over, easy peesy.

Yep, commonly known as the yump.

As for learning how to enter on the passenger side, this is irrelevant as Porsche GT owners never let anyone else drive their fantastic cars, even back from the pub.

[eyebeebe]

N54 said:

Serious question, how should you enter exit the bucket seats?

Lift yourself in and out?

Is this really an issue? One of the main reasons* I put less than 5k KM on my Exige in 2 years was the unladylike ingress/exgress.

• other reasons include lack of luggage space (easily solved by your mate following in an M5) and “driving like a lunatic”

[Cheib]

GT98 said:

rkwm1 said:

Looks like they are desparate for sales at the moment. Apparently a cancelled GT4 for sale at Wolverhampton, Spyder for sale here. Looks like the sales manager wont be getting the Porsche best sales manager award this year!

You can only supply the demand and it’s been a tough year in the car market in 2019, hence why I think we could see limited production. Of course that could change towards the end of next year as confidence grows..

They could bring 500 Spyder’s into the UK and sell all of them if they allocated them all to people that actually wanted one to own and drive, If they keep selling them to people that don’t actually want one they could properly fk their own market.

[deanpm]

dysart200 said:

And do you really have to carry those god awful fob's attached to keys everywhere?!

Afraid so. That’s the point. If the car is driven and the fob isn’t present, the system will alert the tracking company (Vodafone telematics in the UK) and they will contact you initially by sms then a call. Obviously, attaching the fob to your keys or leaving it sat in the ashtray, tempting as it may be, are not good behaviours.

[deanpm]

bigmowley said:

The other thing is THE SMELL. Christ on a bike it’s bloody horrible, every time you stop there is a vile smell of hot metal and burning paint. I put this down to the new car smell but it’s still there after 600 miles, even at traffic lights with the top down it comes wafting into the cabin. I am beginning to think this is a GPF thing ???????? I hope it goes away with time. Remember when catalysts were new and everything smelt of rotten eggs when you gave it the beans?

I missed this post first time around. I picked up my Spyder on the 12th but a busy schedule means I’ve only managed to put 250 miles on it so far. I have however noticed that I’m getting the burning smell you’re talking about. Particularly after a more energetic drive (but still within the running in limits).

Weirdly, my wife’s 718 Boxster S which is now 18 months old does the same thing.

Very interested to hear if this is a common phenomenon.

Edited by deanpm on Tuesday 24th December 08:43

[gtsralph]

deanpm said:

Afraid so. That’s the point. If the car is driven and the fob isn’t present, the system will alert the tracking company (Vodafone telematics in the UK) and they will contact you initially by sms then a call. Obviously, attaching the fob to your keys or leaving it sat in the ashtray, tempting as it may be, are not good behaviours.

With Porsche Connect, can't you can disable the security and reset it using your phone making the fob an option to carry?

[Twinfan]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Really? You've not mentioned that before...

[anonymous-user]

Twinfan said:

Really? You've not mentioned that before...

First I've heard of it too.

[diffstar]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

I do totally understand your frustration to this situation and have thought about moving on myself.

But lets be honest you haven't have you......your still lurking around Porsche forums. Not the actions of a man who has moved on from the brand....

[JayK12]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Let it go mate..........let it go........it's not healthy.

[Taffy66]

JayK12 said:

Let it go mate..........let it go........it's not healthy.

Well said mate.
Merry

[diffstar]

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Only having a gentle Christmas rib at you....... I do think things are going to change soon and the dog will be wagging the tail once again. Lets hope.......

[NickUSA]

Sadly, now eight 718 GT4s on the market, all £10-25K over list depending on options and greed factor.

Now includes a private sale (Reading car by reg?) who is obviously flipping it as pissed that it came on Dunlops!

[Twinfan]

Probably around 10% of the cars from the first batch of allocations. No better or worse than any other recent GT car I suspect.

[Andyoz]

NickUSA said:

Sadly, now eight 718 GT4s on the market, all £10-25K over list depending on options and greed factor.

Now includes a private sale (Reading car by reg?) who is obviously flipping it as pissed that it came on Dunlops!

Are any of them actually selling though?