hsattley

Thanks so much David (and hope your Spyder is treating you well)! Yeah, the GTS has pretty much everything I want in terms of options - now I just need to wait for the right one to come up...

Will look into your old posts. I would be interested in headers, but as skarkp says, we in CA have to abide by CARB, and most (if not all) aftermarket headers are not CARB-certified.

I bet that car sounded good in person! I saw that 987.2 listing as well. Porsche Marin's prices are definitely on the high end even by CA standards, though I have had a good experience with their sales department. Regarding tuning, I would probably just throw on an FVD tune (thanks storii for your review) as well as an X-Pipe, and leave the car at that.

fuhrius

I'm also looking to get into a 987.2 Spyder or 981 BGTS. I'd had 986s and 987s cars and lean toward staying in that get except for the 981 GTS. the 981 Spyder is out of range for me price / value at this point. I followed a BGTS up a nice mountain road (Hwy 9 in Saratoga) a few days ago and was really impressed by the sound.

Noting an earlier comment, removing some of the sound deadening around the engine compartment (as I did in my prior Boxsters) made a noticeable improvement. and it's cheap.

skarkp

I'm also in the exact same market. Not sure what your budget is, but there is a spyder locally for sale. Although the owner is a bit personality to deal with. With this current situation, the asking price for 981 BGTS have skyrocketed compared to a year ago. I think i will just be patient and wait for the right one.

RGS

So, along these same lines, I have a 981 Cayman S no sport chrono. My buddy has a same year Cayman S with sport chrono. His sounds louder than mine. The only appreciable difference is the sport chrono. Anybody else notice that as well since we are talking differences in sound between the 981 models?