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I've seen others post their vehicles for sale in the past, watched the commentary and opinions on pricing and options which inevitably follow, and cringed for them. It always reminded me of the "walk of atonement" scene with Cersei in Game of Thrones as she was made to walk naked down the street of her city with people throwing stuff at her.
Well, today its my turn, except, I hopefully haven't committed any wicked sins, I'm a dude, and luckily, you can't see me naked behind my compute.. but please don't throw things at me.
Jokes aside, the day I thought would never come is here, it tears me up a bit, but hey.. 1st world problems right? I think it makes sense for me to sell my beloved Spyder, for the following reasons:
-a very special P-car I ordered is coming soon.
-Living in San Francisco I simply don't have enough garage space for 3 cars + bikes + fiancee' moving in.
-It's summer, so another Rennlister can still have time to enjoy it.
I'm not going to give my sob story about how sad this moment is, I'm going to stand my decision like a man and just deal with it. I'll also try not to oversell this car, except to say, it's simply the most amazing car i've ever owned, and if there was a rational way for me to keep it, I would. Living in this city, with 5 vehicles already between cars and bikes, having two sports cars is just not logical for me. As i committed to and now have an expected PTS GT3 coming... there is no way to garage both, so.. here goes:
-2016 GT Silver on Classic Spyder Interior with LWB and some rare factory options including leather inner door inserts, leather inner dash, leather steering column, leather edged floor mats and leather sunvisors. You can see all the stock options below, but the MSRP came out to $102,000.
-She has 10,500 miles (no track, just road trips to Napa and LA with my fiancee', and mountain twisties on weekends.
-1 oil change at 5500 miles, the second one i'm bringing her in for this week. This is more often the the factory spec but i believed it was important to change oil frequently.
-She has approximately $15k in aftermarket options which will fit some tastes and not others. Most of these are reversible if desired, but ideally, the buyer will be someone who shared my vision for what the ultimate expression of this car is. Just speaking in engine mods alone.. if you drive a regular "porsche-factory neutered" spyder or a gt4, and then this.. you won't ever want to driver it stock again. The power delivery is now very torquey, and it rises to 7k rpm.. doesn't just flatten out at 5k rpm like stock. it has approx. 45hp over stock per Fabspeed. There is lots of info on this complete package all over Rennlist, all i can say is it's amazing. Not to mention the sound above 4k rpm which is supercar glorious. The car has never been connected to a PIWIS, the Cobb can all be uninstalled if desired, including the Cobb with their new backdoor access to reset the ECU counter so it's all invisible.. but you'll never want to, set up this way it's a completely different world from stock.
CONDITION: The car is perfect. My fiancee' and I have perfected the "LWB hover" move so we don't touch the bolsters, they aren't even shiny or creased. The paint has PPF and is perfect. The wheels are perfect, and having just been painted, they are better than new as the stock wheel paint tended to chip easily. When I clean it, i clean the barrels of the wheels also.. they are as shiny as the spokes. The car has been garaged at my fiancee's since "birth".. i can't fit it into my garage for well-documented reasons, and looks better than new. WAY better than new.
STANDARD FACTORY OPTIONS BELOW:
MTYP MY Color C-No. VIN Comm. No. SC Cur.
981510 2016 U21V24 C02 A40533 1 USD
Pos. MTYP/Option Text Retail Price
1 981510 Boxster Spyder 82,100.00
2 U2 GT Silver Metallic 2,580.00
3 1V Roadster Top in Black 0.00
4 24 Leather Interior with Alcantara in Garnet Red/Black 0.00
5 085 Extended Range Fuel Tank, 16.91 gal 0.00
6 087 Spyder Classic Interior Package 2,590.00
7 446 Wheel Center Caps with Colored Porsche Crest 185.00
8 551 Wind Deflector 0.00
9 572 Manual Air Conditioning 0.00
10 581 Storage Net in Passenger Footwell 0.00
11 583 Smoking Package 0.00
12 619 Bluetooth® Mobile Phone Preparation 0.00
13 620 Porsche Dynamic Light System (PDLS) 690.00
14 630 Light Design Package 340.00
15 7X9 Reversing Camera 655.00
16 P11 Full Bucket Seats 4,730.00
17 P9G Infotainment Package with BOSE® Surround Sound System 3,990.00
Online Services 0.00
Porsche Communication Management (PCM) incl. Navigation Modu 0.00
CDR Plus Audio System 0.00
BOSE® Surround Sound System 0.00
18 XLJ Storage Compartment Lid in Alcantara® with Porsche Crest 330.00
19 XMP Sun Visors in Leather 575.00
20 XNG Instrument Surround in Leather 370.00
21 XNS Steering Column Casing in Leather 465.00
22 XSH Seat Belts in Silver Grey 350.00
23 XTG Inner Door-Sill Guards in Leather 615.00
24 CFX Deviated Floor Mats with Leather Edging 455.00
25 ZAB Ornamental Porsche Crest 0.00
26 ZAG Windshield Top Tint 0.00
Total Retail Vehicle Price 101,020.00
Destination Charge 995.00
Total of Charges & Taxes 995.00
Total Retail Price 102,015.00
AFTERMARKET OPTIONS WITH APPROX. PRICES BELOW:
-FABSPEED Sport Headers $3000 + install.
-IPE intake plenum and throttle body $1500 + install.
-Cobb Accessport with protune.. +45hp and a world of difference in power delivery.. $1500
-aftermarket BMC air filters $200
-full front Suntek PPF + side rockers, intakes and rear bumper $1500
-pepita aftermarket covers (originals alcantara ones unused and boxed) $600
-GT4 side scoops $400 + GT Silver matched paint. These are painted, then PFF'd, then carbon wrapped. $500
-Carbon wrapped windshield, spoiler, GT4 side scoops $500
-RS White Gold painted wheels with black painted center caps. These fullfill the GT2RS color scheme which i love so much. looks gorgeous in real life, subtle.. gets compliments daily. $1600
-2000 mile new, Upsized size Michelin Pilot Sports in uprated sidewall size and width of 285/35/20 & 245/35/20. in my opinion the best handling modification one can do to this spyder.. looks much better also. $2000
-yellow driving light covers $100
-silver PORSCHE stripes along doors $200
-917k replica wood shifter **** (stock one as new in box) $170
_________________________________________ -$15,000 Total estimated expense in aftermarket parts and installation
ASKING PRICE: $110,000.
Please feel free to ask any questions, the car is very well documented on the "Spyder Modifications" thread I created last year. I hope this goes to someone local to be honest.. there is no better car, and there is no better area than NorCal to drive it.
I'm startled at your decision to sell. If you don't change your mind, I'm sure this will move in no time.
It's truly been because of the extreme difficulties of housing multiple vehicles in this city. While the idea of "collecting" cars is alluring, I learned a long time ago that with limited time I'm only really enjoying one leisure vehicle at a time. If I were in retirement age, then maybe I would start hoarding a bit, but for now, as painful as it is… I'm forcing myself to make smart decisions. If I want something else, I exchange, I don't add, when I don't have time or space to truly enjoy it.
Not to mention that the house I'm looking to purchase is many multiples of a car purchase here in SF, so you add that to the equation, and keeping cars in some remote rented garage as I would be forced to do, just to know that they are in my name, is not logical. If I lived in Texas or somewhere with more available real estate, I would keep everything and start building the dream garage etc etc. But I made a choice to live here for a variety of intangible reasons, so.. GT3 comes, spyder must go.
I don't want to turn this explanation into the usual not-so-subtle seller advertisement, but it's the perfect spyder, it's immaculate.. and I feel proud that someone else will enjoy it as much as I did.
Great looking car. Are those the standard 20" wheels? Somehow mine looks like a lower profile. Maybe just the white Michelin lettering makes it look like there's more rubber? Love to color. Love the look. GLWS.
Great looking car. Are those the standard 20" wheels? Somehow mine looks like a lower profile. Maybe just the white Michelin lettering makes it look like there's more rubber? Love to color. Love the look. GLWS.
You are correct, they are both wider and taller, 245s in the front, 285's in the rear. They made the ride slightly more compliant, and made the car a little bit more grippy in the turns. I would unequivocally recommend trying this size change when your tires run out. Car sold by the way. Not sure how to shut down threads
08-07-2017, 09:44 PM
Selling my 2016 Spyder with Modifications.
