Who is going to add back the deletes to their Spyders?
03-19-2010, 06:34 PM
#16
Nordschleife Master
03-19-2010, 06:36 PM
#17
Rennlist Member
I double checked and there are some changable build slots left, no new ones will be added, sorry bout that bad tid bit of info. This is NOT a regular production car there are no plans currently for another MY production on this spyder and they generally only do 1 year runs on these types of special models.
I'll tell you the top is cool but its not a car for cold or nasty weather and its a PITA to put up and down.
I'll tell you the top is cool but its not a car for cold or nasty weather and its a PITA to put up and down.
03-19-2010, 06:42 PM
#18
Nordschleife Master
Thanks Trader!
I appreciate the info!!!
I appreciate the info!!!
03-19-2010, 07:23 PM
#19
If 90% of buyers looking at an in-stock car, or used one, will want AC and Radio and a buyer defaulted on an order leaving you with a car without, then you as the dealer are stuck with only $500 or $1k in deposit to deal with it.
Heat and humidity would require AC in any car where I live. Summer is brutally humid.
The whole Spyder concept was interesting to me. Love some of the ideas, not so much some of the others. Give me the light doors and cool retro pulls, sport tuned non-PASM suspension is great, get rid of power assisted stuff (ie: seats), give me more power and torque, but keep the radio and AC in the car as well as the regular top (though maybe make it manually operated instead of power). The write up in Excellence was telling - that the top ont he Spyder may prove to be an issue with owners as they start to live with it. So if you only cut the weight savings in half, that's still fantastic, yet you have a car that's easy to live with every day.
Heat and humidity would require AC in any car where I live. Summer is brutally humid.
The whole Spyder concept was interesting to me. Love some of the ideas, not so much some of the others. Give me the light doors and cool retro pulls, sport tuned non-PASM suspension is great, get rid of power assisted stuff (ie: seats), give me more power and torque, but keep the radio and AC in the car as well as the regular top (though maybe make it manually operated instead of power). The write up in Excellence was telling - that the top ont he Spyder may prove to be an issue with owners as they start to live with it. So if you only cut the weight savings in half, that's still fantastic, yet you have a car that's easy to live with every day.
03-19-2010, 07:36 PM
#20
I'm really sick that I waited and now there's no more allocations. But maybe in the long run it will turn out to be the smart thing to have done. If Porsche said that it was going to be a limited edition, maybe I would've thrown caution to the wind and just gone for it. If the summer heat here wasn't so brutal I know I would've gone for it. I just wanted to make sure that the a/c would be strong enough to keep the cabin cool enough during 110 degrees vegas summers. I loved everything about the spyder except for the top. The top just raised too many concerns for me and I didn't want to regret it if it didn't work out for me. Now I regret waiting. I hope that the owners enjoy it. It's the most beautiful Porsche in some time and it really got me going even though I am not a topless car kind of guy. It was so beautiful that I started lusting for it.
03-21-2010, 09:49 AM
#22
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I have one modifiable slot available, June production if memory serves me correctly. Hope this doesn't violate any policies, just trying to help out anyone who wants one.
03-22-2010, 12:30 PM
#23
Three Wheelin'
I double checked and there are some changable build slots left, no new ones will be added, sorry bout that bad tid bit of info. This is NOT a regular production car there are no plans currently for another MY production on this spyder and they generally only do 1 year runs on these types of special models.
I'll tell you the top is cool but its not a car for cold or nasty weather and its a PITA to put up and down.
I'll tell you the top is cool but its not a car for cold or nasty weather and its a PITA to put up and down.
03-22-2010, 12:56 PM
#25
That is very interesting -- Porsche has said that unlike previous *special* edition Boxsters (e.g., the RS 60 Spyder), the Boxster Spyder is not a limited edition and Porsche will build as many as customers demand. Porsche also guessed that Boxster Spyders will represent about 10% of total Boxster sales. I wonder if something has changed? Or, perhaps the remaining MY 2011 allocations haven't yet been doled out to the dealers?
03-22-2010, 01:35 PM
#26
Rennlist Member
All of the build slots have been dolled out. Hey guess what. Porsche let us know they cant be test drvien or sold as of yet too. There is a paperwork snafu with the federal govt.
03-22-2010, 01:43 PM
#27
Nordschleife Master
That is very interesting -- Porsche has said that unlike previous *special* edition Boxsters (e.g., the RS 60 Spyder), the Boxster Spyder is not a limited edition and Porsche will build as many as customers demand. Porsche also guessed that Boxster Spyders will represent about 10% of total Boxster sales. I wonder if something has changed? Or, perhaps the remaining MY 2011 allocations haven't yet been doled out to the dealers?
03-22-2010, 01:45 PM
#28
Nordschleife Master
