981 Spyder!!!!
11-19-2015, 12:09 AM
#1396
Rennlist Member
LOVing the blue PCM. Really makes a big difference and worth the cost. Regrets for me. Also loving the leather seat backs. Another regret for me. The blue is really beautiful and I like the hoops; it's so beautiful in fact that the wort really bugs in this iteration. Usually it doesn't bug me so much.
If I had to do over I would go plain white with red interior black wheels and ALL the red leather bits and do carmine red air ports and washers. Just saying. I would do the aluminum pedals and the fancy painted key and leather pouch and I would still do Bermester. I would also delete the rear model designation since it's on the sides. I built it and was "only" 110k. If I didn't have a road trip planned I would do it.
11-19-2015, 12:12 AM
#1397
Rennlist Member
I do love It, and I debated it strongly. But I can't think of an option which is so expensive for so little effort. A tiny painted edging around the nav screen is what, $1900.. That is INSANE. All respect to the guy who chooses it, makes them a true lover of the details... But I couldn't bring myself to do it
11-19-2015, 01:40 PM
#1399
Burning Brakes
11-19-2015, 02:12 PM
#1400
Race Director
11-19-2015, 02:55 PM
#1401
Rennlist Member
11-19-2015, 02:58 PM
#1402
Yep, understand, what do you do? GT Silver is a AU$5500 option here, that's like US$4500. Besides the car was built the day before I took the order so I'll deal with it. Besides if it really gets to me I can get the GT silver vinyl wrapped in black or a classic red maybe, even a closer match to rhodium.
A good friend also ordered a car a few week back, in GT silver, his is a 16 build with a much higher leather content than mine. Will be interesting to see his next to mine, given we live 450miles apart it's not likely gonna happen.
Australia will likely only get circa 25 spyders, rare indeed, my dealer is the only dealer in my state, we have their only allocation, so it's likely that we will never see another 981 Spyder.
A good friend also ordered a car a few week back, in GT silver, his is a 16 build with a much higher leather content than mine. Will be interesting to see his next to mine, given we live 450miles apart it's not likely gonna happen.
Australia will likely only get circa 25 spyders, rare indeed, my dealer is the only dealer in my state, we have their only allocation, so it's likely that we will never see another 981 Spyder.
Are you aware of any allocations locally in Aus? I'm thinking of getting one of these and wondering what the demand/availability is like.
11-19-2015, 03:07 PM
#1403
Rennlist Member
Good point, and I thought the same thing. For my car I would have loved to been able to get rid of the Silver painted bits that come with the red leather package and do all red leather instead. The painted PCM doesn't work so well with the red interior because then you have a bunch more silver surfaces which looks rather generic to me. The blue paint makes good use of this expensive option.
11-19-2015, 04:01 PM
#1404
Race Director
Good point, and I thought the same thing. For my car I would have loved to been able to get rid of the Silver painted bits that come with the red leather package and do all red leather instead. The painted PCM doesn't work so well with the red interior because then you have a bunch more silver surfaces which looks rather generic to me. The blue paint makes good use of this expensive option.
Using the 3M carbon wrap would make for a very clean (and reversible) trim upgrade. Should be quite easy to cut out the pattern for the door trim and place the 3M wrap over it for a super cheap and perfect upgrade to go with the garnet red. The front trim and center console while slightly more complex patterns are very easily removable and placing those on a sheet of 3M to stencil around would be a cinch.
so many cool little upgrades for this spyder...
Last edited by CAlexio; 11-19-2015 at 04:24 PM.
11-19-2015, 04:17 PM
#1405
Rennlist Member
That doesn't make any sense, I'm confused.
There's the air vents cover in leather $1200 (CZV) and air vents painted $1200 (CDN). The latter has leather painted slats?
(For the record, I think both are insanity YMMV)
11-19-2015, 04:28 PM
#1406
...and they are also available leather covered for the same price!
Remember that 'Porsche Exclusive' prices these items based, in part, on the labor cost it takes for them to install
these items after production at the special facility behind the 'European Delivery' area at Zuffenhausen (in the case
of the 981 Spyder). So the harder for the part to get to & exchanged with the 'Exclusive' part, the more expensive
the cost of the option. Does that now make sense?
Below are photos I took in that particular space back in 2013:
Saludos,
Eduardo
Carmel
11-19-2015, 04:35 PM
#1407
Instructor
Re allocations no idea other than the comments from PCB and PCC that they are very low, word is 20-25 but not confirmed. My mate has a Feb build from PCM by the way. For the same money as a Cayman GTS (and circa $30k less than a GT4) it's a no brainer I reckon.
11-19-2015, 05:06 PM
#1410
Rennlist Member
The year is ending well for me which is great but sucks because when I ordered this car I held back a bit (I'm at 100k) so now all these decorative extras are big I could haves. That painted PCM really put a rock on my boat.