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Old 10-02-2020, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Juggy
Generally large spoilers will draw the attention. Color and sound is also a huge factor. Similarly, if you drive a GT3, you’ll draw even more attention.
My Spyder is Chalk and has no such spoiler, sitting parked and not even running, people are all over it, walking past then returning to look it over again...
Old 10-02-2020, 03:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Lvanpelt729
Didn't you previously own a 981 Spyder? I don't know how that didn't draw attention..
Zero. I never once had anyone show interest in or compliment that car. The lone comment was my wife saying 'wow, cool color' when I pulled it in the garage for the first time.
Old 10-02-2020, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Archimedes
Zero. I never once had anyone show interest in or compliment that car. The lone comment was my wife saying 'wow, cool color' when I pulled it in the garage for the first time.
I’ve had a couple random people in parking lots comment or ask about my Spyder, and Porsche nerds were fawning over it at an autocross event I attended a month ago, though my Spyder gets less attention than my AMG GT S did.
Old 10-02-2020, 04:11 PM
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I rarely drive mine without someone saying something. Guess it has to do with where you're located. People in Atlanta love yelling about cars in general.
Old 10-02-2020, 04:22 PM
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Can someone please decipher these VINanalytics numbers for me. New to that site and just received a VIN from my SA as the car hit V300. Car is a 2021 GTS 4.0 Cayman, built starting 9/23 and at Emden now, perhaps loading Siem Confucius.
There is also a link there for Detailed vehicle history report which takes you to VIN Audit however, the VIN is not found there. Does it take some time for that to populate?

Thanks

2021 VIN Stats
Total Produced in 2021: 9
VIN Sequence #: 8/9

Old 10-02-2020, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by wizee
I’ve had a couple random people in parking lots comment or ask about my Spyder, and Porsche nerds were fawning over it at an autocross event I attended a month ago, though my Spyder gets less attention than my AMG GT S did.
My M5 gets comments all the freaking time. Surprising and a bit annoying. The GT4 appears to be an attention magnet as well. I even had someone in a Cayenne speed through heavy freeway traffic to catch up to me to get a look at the car. Hopefully, once the new wears off, people won't care anymore.
Old 10-02-2020, 04:35 PM
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Originally Posted by AlexCeres
Funny enough, I receive infinity more attention in the gt4 than the 911. No one has ever been interested in talking about the 911. Maybe 4 conversations with folks this week alone at the gas station and parking lots and even stop lights. Not-Porsche-nerds are pretty stoked to see one of these.
Back in the day my 996 GT3 got a lot of attention. Every kid with a coke can exhaust wanted to race. I attributed it to the rear wing.
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Old 10-02-2020, 05:03 PM
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Sporting the Miami Blue I have been chased down since day one, been in countless conversations, yelled at including given various fingers and thumbs from young to old all positive. My 73 Karmann Ghia with Cal look is the only other car that has garnered such attention. Even without MB its not a car for shy people or those wanting to fly under the radar.

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Old 10-02-2020, 05:34 PM
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Originally Posted by FASTRKMAN
My 73 Karmann Ghia with Cal look is the only other car that has garnered such attention...
I would luv to see a pic of this, please post one if you don’t mind. 😃

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Old 10-02-2020, 05:46 PM
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Ya no worries the best are on a hard drive somewhere digging now. She was built in Osnabruck so full circle with the GT4.
Old 10-02-2020, 05:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Archimedes
My M5 gets comments all the freaking time. Surprising and a bit annoying. The GT4 appears to be an attention magnet as well. I even had someone in a Cayenne speed through heavy freeway traffic to catch up to me to get a look at the car. Hopefully, once the new wears off, people won't care anymore.
My GT4 also gets looks, photos, thumbs up, absolutely everything.

My now departed M5C never garnered another look but that's typical around here. M cars are about as special as tap water by and large.

My 991.2 T also was an attention magnet, probably largely due to the matte black wrap on it.
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Old 10-02-2020, 06:30 PM
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My GT4 gets WAY more attention than my 992 did - usually when parked - never had folks before come up at a service station to comment on ‘nice ride’. As an aside the ‘ordinary’ black looks way nicer, deeper gloss, than the metallic Jet Black I had on the 911.
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Old 10-02-2020, 06:36 PM
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Originally Posted by 2XIPA
Back in the day my 996 GT3 got a lot of attention. Every kid with a coke can exhaust wanted to race. I attributed it to the rear wing.
I get that now with my 6gt3 & muffler delete pipes. Kids with tricked out fart-cans love it.
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Wizee,
Your spread sheet ends at LS240449. My Spyder is a 2020, but ends with a number in the high 500s. Does that mean that your sheet missed more than 100 Spyders?
Old 11-16-2020, 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by hf1
Good point. Didn't know that. Saving 15lb on a power top motor (and accepting to dance circles around the car to open and close the top) then adding multiples of that weight with a bunch of seat, steering column, and roof latch motors makes zero sense to me.
Agreed IF you’re tracking a car. I track a GTS but have my Spyder for early Saturday and Sunday morning drives out in the country. Temps 50 outside and with heated seats and heated leather steering wheel, I’m toasty and enjoying the drive.
Will wait until GTS out of warranty and then order and track a GT 4
it just depends on what you’re doing with the car. 👍


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