Boxster S Spyder
03-14-2010, 04:00 PM
#317
Actually, I get it!
Anorexic as in not as much stuff (weight).
I had to do it up since I need my comfort features having had a bunch of cars without them in the past. (1993 RSA, cabs, etc.). I will be coming out of an A8 which will be quite a change since I have gotten very used to the quiet plush ride!!!
Anorexic as in not as much stuff (weight).
I had to do it up since I need my comfort features having had a bunch of cars without them in the past. (1993 RSA, cabs, etc.). I will be coming out of an A8 which will be quite a change since I have gotten very used to the quiet plush ride!!!
03-14-2010, 04:02 PM
#318
Nordschleife Master
Excellence Magazine - May 2010
Here is a partial copy of the road test from Excellence Magazine ... 
http://www.excellence-mag.com/issues...s/spyder-sense
http://www.excellence-mag.com/issues...s/spyder-sense
Spyder Sense
Porsche hits a nerve with its lightest, most focused sports car in a decade
Story by Pete Stout, Photos by Marc Urbano, Dito Milian, and Pete Stout
13. For the superstitious, it’s not a number that suggests good luck. Neither does “Porsche” plus “Spyder” plus “Central California.” Even so, thirteen 2011 Boxster Spyders have been flown into the Golden State from Germany. We see the location of the press launch as lucky: It’s two hours from home and, even better, it offers superb sports-car roads we know intimately.
Twelve of the German-spec Spyders are in Carmel Valley, the other is at the L.A. Auto Show. That Porsche sees this as an important debut is clear, as Supervisory Board Member Klaus Berning is present. Car people seem to agree; the Spyder gets a rousing reception in the City of Angels. Apparently, the world could use a little blue sky just now, and a back-to-basics Porsche less concerned with sheltering its occupants than opening the world to them is on target. Even the hardcore approve. GT2 and GT3 web forums are raving about a Boxster in 10+page threads. It’s not idle chatter: A friend of mine has sold his 997 GT3, trading it on a Spyder. Another, with 997 GT3 RS and 993 keepers, passed on his dealer’s first 2010 RS for its first Spyder.
Clearly, Porsche has a struck a nerve. In truth, says David Pryor, PCNA’s Vice President for Marketing, the Spyder’s timing is pure luck. It got its start in 2007, when U.S. product planning asked for a stripped-down Boxster S and Cayman S. The former got the nod, and became the car you see here. Given the new Spyder’s instant popularity in L.A., we suspect that a similar Cayman is on the way. But it will be hard-pressed to match the soft-top Spyder’s 176-pound weight savings.
Question is, can the Spyder be much better than the already superb Boxster S it’s based on? Or is it a marketing ploy, a car to generate foot traffic in dealerships? First press photos had us thinking the latter. The tent-like top. The humpy decklid. No radio, no A/C, no foglights, and no cupholders — for more money, not less.
Porsche hits a nerve with its lightest, most focused sports car in a decade
Story by Pete Stout, Photos by Marc Urbano, Dito Milian, and Pete Stout
13. For the superstitious, it’s not a number that suggests good luck. Neither does “Porsche” plus “Spyder” plus “Central California.” Even so, thirteen 2011 Boxster Spyders have been flown into the Golden State from Germany. We see the location of the press launch as lucky: It’s two hours from home and, even better, it offers superb sports-car roads we know intimately.
Twelve of the German-spec Spyders are in Carmel Valley, the other is at the L.A. Auto Show. That Porsche sees this as an important debut is clear, as Supervisory Board Member Klaus Berning is present. Car people seem to agree; the Spyder gets a rousing reception in the City of Angels. Apparently, the world could use a little blue sky just now, and a back-to-basics Porsche less concerned with sheltering its occupants than opening the world to them is on target. Even the hardcore approve. GT2 and GT3 web forums are raving about a Boxster in 10+page threads. It’s not idle chatter: A friend of mine has sold his 997 GT3, trading it on a Spyder. Another, with 997 GT3 RS and 993 keepers, passed on his dealer’s first 2010 RS for its first Spyder.
Clearly, Porsche has a struck a nerve. In truth, says David Pryor, PCNA’s Vice President for Marketing, the Spyder’s timing is pure luck. It got its start in 2007, when U.S. product planning asked for a stripped-down Boxster S and Cayman S. The former got the nod, and became the car you see here. Given the new Spyder’s instant popularity in L.A., we suspect that a similar Cayman is on the way. But it will be hard-pressed to match the soft-top Spyder’s 176-pound weight savings.
Question is, can the Spyder be much better than the already superb Boxster S it’s based on? Or is it a marketing ploy, a car to generate foot traffic in dealerships? First press photos had us thinking the latter. The tent-like top. The humpy decklid. No radio, no A/C, no foglights, and no cupholders — for more money, not less.
Last edited by FlatSix911; 03-16-2010 at 11:06 PM.
03-14-2010, 06:41 PM
#319
Rennlist Member
Ted... Thanks but it's already been posted here.
03-14-2010, 07:59 PM
#321
Rennlist Member
Yeah...
BASE Boxster Spyder
B4 Carrara White
V9 Black Top
21 Black Full Leather w/Alcantara
HNL Fabric Door Opening Loop
ROOF Manual Two Panel Roof
P74 Bi-Xenon Headlights
XCZ Sport Shifter
XXZ Foot Rest Aluminum
446 Wheel Caps with Colored Crest
573X No Air Conditioning
6999 No Stereo
XSC Porsche Crest in Headrest
When was your completion again???
BASE Boxster Spyder
B4 Carrara White
V9 Black Top
21 Black Full Leather w/Alcantara
HNL Fabric Door Opening Loop
ROOF Manual Two Panel Roof
P74 Bi-Xenon Headlights
XCZ Sport Shifter
XXZ Foot Rest Aluminum
446 Wheel Caps with Colored Crest
573X No Air Conditioning
6999 No Stereo
XSC Porsche Crest in Headrest
When was your completion again???
03-14-2010, 08:28 PM
#322
I love it!
Very raw with just the right amount of personalization.
My car was in the "body shop" on the 11th. Will be completed on Wednesday the 17th (unless they do a bit too much partying over there on St Patty's Day)!
Very raw with just the right amount of personalization.
My car was in the "body shop" on the 11th. Will be completed on Wednesday the 17th (unless they do a bit too much partying over there on St Patty's Day)!
03-15-2010, 04:22 PM
#325
Rennlist Member
First subscribers are got their issues over the weekend, but of course there is no way to influence the USPS — despite having tried every method short of going to (unfeasible) first-class mailing.
Cheers,
pete
Cheers,
pete
03-15-2010, 06:50 PM
#327
Rennlist Member
Here in Northern California, where we see 100+ F days and even weeks, it will be interesting to see if the optional A/C can keep up. Given those times I've used it on hot days in Boxsters with the top down (the Germans gasp at the idea of such inefficiency, but you've be running it with the top up, too) my guess is that it will, but it will probably require more fan speed than one might like. As for cold, there was enough heat that I didn't have a problem down into the 40s and even 30s.
If I dealt with Ohio winters, well, I doubt I would be driving a Spyder — the single-layer top just ain't a match for Boxster's multi-layer, fully lined roof.
pete
03-15-2010, 11:59 PM
#328
Thanks for the reply. I was dead set on picking up a C2S coupe then I saw all of the articles about the Spyder and I fell in love with it. Now I'm pushing back my timetable and waiting for owners experiences on living with the Spyder before I make a decision.
I doubt I'd have to top down that much, but those humps are so beautiful. If there was a hardtop option available (to make it look a like a Carrera GT jr.), I'd already have one on order.
I doubt I'd have to top down that much, but those humps are so beautiful. If there was a hardtop option available (to make it look a like a Carrera GT jr.), I'd already have one on order.
03-16-2010, 01:05 AM
#329
GT3 player par excellence
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