Suicide Jockey

May want to add reference to these other 987 Spyder automotive press articles and reviews:

December 2009 - Christophorus, Issue 341, “Along Came a Spyder,” pages 32 – 35.



May 2010 - Excellence, “Spyder Sense,” pages 50 – 56.




​March 2010​​ - Motor Trend, “Sense of Scale,” page 30.




March 2010​​ - Motor Trend, “ThrillerLite,” page 75.




January 2010​​ - Porsche Panorama, “California Dreaming,” pages 2 – 10.




December 14, 2009 - AutoWeek, “When Less is More,” page 12 and 16.




March 2010 - Automobile, “2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder – Trading Luxury for Lightness,” page 34.




March 2010​​ - Road & Track, “2011 Porsche Boxster,” pages 64 – 69.




April 2010​​ - Car and Driver, “Drivelines – 2011 Porsche Boxster Spyder,” pages 110 – 111.



April 2010 - Motor Trend, “Spark Versus Ignition,” pages 40 – 48.




July 23, 2010 - ​Wall Street Journal, “Boxster’s Top Scrapes the Bottom,” by Dan Neil, online.




December 2, 2009 - Los Angeles Times, “L.A. Auto Show: Porsche Boxster Spyder,” online.



Jalopnik, “How the Porsche Boxster Spyder Shed 176 lbs and How it Can Lose More,” online.




Jalopnik, “Porsche Boxster Spyder: The Lightest Porsche You Can Buy,” online.

grgallo

I'll weigh in again (pun intended, weight saving cars), great thread, thank you, tons (another weight reference) of info, especially some of the magazine and newspaper articles, I'll pose this question, I note the Tim Cupp press packet info (shown above) on the fuel tank in the weight saving section (has been mentioned now and then) states 2011 Boxster Spyder fuel tank is 14.3 gallons and a 2010 Boxster S fuel tank is 17.7 gallons, thus weight saving. My owners manual, a 2011 Spyder states I have 17.17 gallons (14.57 + 2.6 reserve) and the 2010 Boxster S has 16.9 gallons (14.3 + 2.6 reserve). someone clarify, thank you

WAILN6

I would assume that the "reserve" isn't added to the overall capacity but the remaining volume of fuel in the tank when the fuel level gauge reads "E". That would make sense given that I can fill the tank, go on a spirited canyon drive and be back on E right quickly. If I've only burned 12ish gallons and I'm averaging 9mpg, that's about right in my mind.

Zeus993

Great thread and thank-you to the OP.

Now it would be fun to bring back to life the 987.2 Spyder registry by VIN and Options. Anyone remember this? Have access to it?

bassie81

March 2010 motor trend:

porsche experts to sell about 1500 spyders per year....
premium new over a Boxster S $3200

given the current resale price of Boxster S vs Spyders that is a solid investment....

John McM

Part numbers for front bumper inserts

Large frame holding each side
987.505.553.09 Left
987.505.554.09 Right

Titanium coloured outer frame USD91 each
987.505.563.00 Left
987.505.564.00 Right

Cover for day running light
987.505.525.02 Left
987.505.526.02 Right

jaci

Cream white with Red, LWB. This is the day I picked it up at Stoddard Porsche.

WAILN6

Updated part numbers in post 2- Front grill parts and side grill parts

Marine Blue

For those that are collecting spares for your cars, the black trim around the LED lights is very cheap right now, less than $6 each at Sunset.

John McM

Snap, I ordered some today from the UK. I thought it was too good to be true and hopefully will arrive in time for my concours.

John McM

Day time running lights

John McM

Confirming the numbers I had for the various bumper grille inserts are correct and supply is available. Note that all of the parts supplied were made in 2011 so based on my experience with the ‘93 Turbo 3.6, you buy and put special parts in a stash rather than hope there is stock later on.

Boiler Inspector

Can someone post of list of all the small parts/trim pieces that are unique to the Spyder, so we can order these spares while they are still available?

Marine Blue

See post 51 & 56 above, that covers the front pieces that would likely wear with time.

WAILN6

Funny how few pictures of this car exist on the web. You would think this car would show up at car events regularly.



Can anyone identify this car? I think this is a new one to add to the PTS list as I don't think that's the standard Guards red. Doesn't it look orange?: