How many of you 997 owners secretly desire a Boxster Spyder? I do.
02-08-2010, 01:13 PM
#16
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Not digging it at all. Paying more for less doesn't make sense to me.
You can always remove the AC, radio, door panels and everything else in your current 911. It will be faster...
You can always remove the AC, radio, door panels and everything else in your current 911. It will be faster...
02-08-2010, 01:17 PM
#17
Burning Brakes
i dont think its practical at all, and would be a silly buy anywhere that rains... i hate people that buy a car and don't drive it... and that car just gives you excuse after excuse not to drive it...
i love how our 911's have no compromises and just get better and better.. i bought a porsche to drive it everyday without worries and without excuses... how much better/faster could the spyder be than the useful normal boxter? the pro's dont outweigh the con's to me.. again just my opinion.
when i get married, the wife will surely have a cayenne or equivalent SUV... best bang for the buck and uber useful.. a household could have 911 and a cayenne and have every possible angle covered... without compromise.. fun roads in the country, hauling potting soil, picking the family up from the airport, bringing home lumber from the home depot, going offroad on the way to a camp site, etc etc etc etc... the combination of a 911 and a cayenne just covers everything... the boxter spyder only solves the "go from A to B maybe a few lb's lighter than a normal boxter would... but still not even getting remotely close to the boundaries of the boxter, much less the spyder"...
i love how our 911's have no compromises and just get better and better.. i bought a porsche to drive it everyday without worries and without excuses... how much better/faster could the spyder be than the useful normal boxter? the pro's dont outweigh the con's to me.. again just my opinion.
when i get married, the wife will surely have a cayenne or equivalent SUV... best bang for the buck and uber useful.. a household could have 911 and a cayenne and have every possible angle covered... without compromise.. fun roads in the country, hauling potting soil, picking the family up from the airport, bringing home lumber from the home depot, going offroad on the way to a camp site, etc etc etc etc... the combination of a 911 and a cayenne just covers everything... the boxter spyder only solves the "go from A to B maybe a few lb's lighter than a normal boxter would... but still not even getting remotely close to the boundaries of the boxter, much less the spyder"...
SUV is the perfect stable.
I just happen to prefer the Range Rover Sport for my SUV over the Cayenne.
02-08-2010, 02:16 PM
#20
Drifting
I love it, but wouldn't trade for my 911S.
02-08-2010, 03:03 PM
#21
Probably going to sound like an hyped up nasty irrational drug addict here but I couldn't stand the long wait involved in making the BoxsterS (987) accelerate.
I'm sure if I had some instruction on a track with that Spyder things would get really fun really fast. However on public roads:
I'm sure if I had some instruction on a track with that Spyder things would get really fun really fast. However on public roads:
02-08-2010, 05:52 PM
#23
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I have a Spyder being built this month.
My 997 was good, but having owned 911s from the 1970s and 1980s, the 997 has become too much of a GT car for me. I'm looking forward to a back-to-basics sports car...that's what a Porsche has always been to me.
My 997 was good, but having owned 911s from the 1970s and 1980s, the 997 has become too much of a GT car for me. I'm looking forward to a back-to-basics sports car...that's what a Porsche has always been to me.
02-08-2010, 05:56 PM
#24
I really like it. I think it's got great looks and would definitely consider getting it after a couple of years used for $30k! I would never buy it new.
I don't care much for the canopy (or whatever they call that thing on the top).
I live in SoCal so I could drive it 11 months a year.
-T
I don't care much for the canopy (or whatever they call that thing on the top).
I live in SoCal so I could drive it 11 months a year.
-T
02-08-2010, 09:31 PM
#25
Burning Brakes
Hate to say it but I don't like it at all. I have an 05 Boxster S that I drive on the street and my kids DE in. It's a very capable car on its own. The main thing I don't like about the Spyder is the top (or lack thereof). Give me a "normal" Boxster S Sport or whatever you want to call it with the lightweight parts and pieces, performance enhancements, etc. but keep the radio and AC. Anyone that's going to get serious about weight is going to rip everything out anyway and turn it into a race car. So the whole thing feels like a gimmick to me.
02-09-2010, 01:09 AM
#26
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I'm not saying I gave the car to the kids, just that instead of me sharing my 997.2S w/ full track modifications I let them learn in the Boxster S 
I sleep at night knowing they have learned valuable skills at PCA DE...
I sleep at night knowing they have learned valuable skills at PCA DE...
02-09-2010, 01:18 AM
#27
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The Spyder does nothing for me. It's too many compromises for too little gain. If I were going to add something like that to my garage I'd be a lot more enthused about an Elise or an Exige. Something that's really light weight and tossable.
02-09-2010, 01:37 AM
#28
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Actually, I felt the same way about the Elise as well. Not practical at all, hard to get in and live with, and I wanted one bad. But the Elise is fugly IMHO, so the urge came and went. The Boxster Spyder with its double hump power domes and retro decal pushes the right buttons for me style wise.
Given the responses in this thread, the Spyder will likely face the same fate as the 964 RS America. A sales failure when new, but a cult classic that will be one of the highly desired Porsches 15-20 years from now.
Given the responses in this thread, the Spyder will likely face the same fate as the 964 RS America. A sales failure when new, but a cult classic that will be one of the highly desired Porsches 15-20 years from now.
