So Farah has recorded his “most requested video” of the year. Spyder, Spyder RS, and the DeMan version. It should be interesting, what do you think the conclusion will be?

Launches in a week, so we have time to guess the conclusion and very likely argue.

 

I predict it will be a love song to all 3. He’ll laud them each for their unique strengths.

 

He likes the manual.

SRS lacks mid range of the 4.5

 

that sounds like a great vid. I watched Farah’s SRS review over a dozen times. I’d like to see the comparison of all three.

 

he'll dislike the gear ratios in the Spyder
he'll dislike the non-manual and mid-range of SRS
he'll claim the 4.5 as best.

I personally dislike the sound of his 4.5 and IMO perfection is standard Spyder with shorter gears, Kline, tune.

 

Not to derail the thread, but I’m curious as to how a 4.5 would sound with the Kline?

 

He will like his car the best

 

LOL, likely true.

Due to medical issue I can’t drive a manual.

I would be intrigued by an SRS with a 4.5L, but I don’t have money to burn on that.

if I’m making a kit car I’m starting with something cheaper than my PTS SRS!

 

How biased do we think he will be since he received a discount on the Deman and has to keep its value going since he has to also eventually sell his car?

 

We've heard his assessment on all these cars already. How will he massage it so it sounds new? Agreed he will dislike all the things mentioned above, but ultimately praise all three as Best of Class with their own individual characters. He's certainly not going to dislike any of them.

TBH, I fear it will be a yawner of a watch. Hopefully he finds some new angle to spice it up. If I was a non-spyder owner (any of the 3), I would find this video gratuitous and tedious. "Yeah yeah, you love the spyder(s). Heard it before. Best car Porsche makes...yada yada...Nexxxxxt" lol

 

If I wanted a 4.5, I would just sit back and wait for a used one to go on sale. I then pretty much can either get the 4.5 add-ons for free or may be up to 15 cents on the dollar, as empirical sales have shown. No way I would pay to add that to a base car.

 

I think the 4.5L sounds awful and the standard Spyder looks somewhat pedestrian (having owned one, I can say that), now that the RS is out....but he will definitely like it the best.

 

Did you watch his RS video?

Regarding the 4.5L exhaust, I'm not sure I've heard / seen a video with an x-pipe layout. @JAhmed is running a JCR on his now, Matt seems stuck with the stock box which makes it sound like a motorboat.

 

He will say the standard Spyder is the best because it's an ideal platform to add to... be it just an exhaust, or just a gearing kit, or a 4.5L kit or everything above... it's the perfect canvas to individualize.
Why? Well - because that's what he bought and did...

 

No review would be complete without looking at the effect on value of the DeMan conversion. Recent sales suggest buyers of low mileage cars will get the conversion for free and I doubt that will get better with time.