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Car looks lovely @Gibbo . I'm already getting an itch and am considering a f430 spyder. Wanted one when I was younger. Seems low key enough, prices seem pretty decent, surprisingly low infact. My only worry is the running costs...

Could just get a newer model with warranty and servicing but I always had a soft spot for this model.

Hmm decisions.
 
Cleisthenes said:
Lovely!

I was close with my suggestion :p
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Had a go in 981 GTS and I came away feeling it sounds awesome, it looks awesome and gear box was lovely but the steering though great did feel numb and the car hid its speed well even though a manual. Really great car but missing the steering feel and small size on road I was after and the 987 and 997 cars deliver that and having had a 997 and a Spyder made sense weighing in at only 1275kg.
 
Orangeade said:
Car looks lovely @Gibbo . I'm already getting an itch and am considering a f430 spyder. Wanted one when I was younger. Seems low key enough, prices seem pretty decent, surprisingly low infact. My only worry is the running costs...

Could just get a newer model with warranty and servicing but I always had a soft spot for this model.

Hmm decisions.
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The F430 is an awesome car and it would have been the car I’d gone too as my first Ferrari as for me the 430 was always the looker but unfortunately the SVR spoiled me having insane performance and an awesome gearbox.

F430 manuals are big money and the F1 though one of the best if not best single clutch automated gearboxes the ZF8 put it too shame and at the time the car was a daily so I needed something on par performance wise but capable as a daily. The 458 really blew me away as it could play docile mode using wet and auto mode or just be brutally raw in manual race mode and that was that, I was sold!

The 430 as a weekend car makes sense, truly sensational and also if you can stretch get a Scuderia as can see them exploding value wise or get yourself a base 458.

If your a cash buyer get on collecting cars as a nice 458 went for 116k on there as it had a few miles and I’ve seen 430’s go cheap as well even a Scud last week at 146k which would be 200k at a dealer.
 
Great choice, looks like a lot of car for the money. Especially once the Porsche checks are done and bits are fixed.

30k being high mileage....... Haha!

Look forward to some pic and vids when you get her.
 
Good choice in that car Gibbo. I would have had had it myself if my circumstances hadnt changed. Best on market atm IMO. Shame it was black but they do look nice when clean..///
 
tom_nieto said:
Nice buy @Gibbo, especially if you’ve got a few quid off and a clean bill of health. Might be a silly question, but how watertight is the roof?
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Guess I’ll find out not really seen any complaints but I won’t be hitting it to hard with pressure washer.


Greebo said:
Good choice in that car Gibbo. I would have had had it myself if my circumstances hadnt changed. Best on market atm IMO. Shame it was black but they do look nice when clean..///
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They do look good in white as is most popular been launch colour but not really colour I wanted.

Black is hit and miss it look amazing and the paint job and detail looks amazing, no swirls or marks now they had it painted and detailed.

Interior is not bad some wear marks but nothing more than to expected on a car with 30k miles and all can be easily restored.

If car checks out then my interior plans are to get the steering wheel retrimmed as per a 997.2 GT3 RS abs to also fit the GT3 RS gear knob and suede finish, then yellow seatbelts and yellow door pulls.
 
Really love the car Gibbo. Super jealous of it! Will you be driving around with the roof on or off most of the time? The top speed is limited to 120 ish with the roof on if I recall? Just incase you're going to track it or ;)
 
Andy Pandy said:
Really love the car Gibbo. Super jealous of it! Will you be driving around with the roof on or off most of the time? The top speed is limited to 120 ish with the roof on if I recall? Just incase you're going to track it or ;)
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Well as the roof is a total faff the aim will mostly be to use it only with roof off.

I drove it with just the upper part installed, the wind noise was really bad over 60mph but maybe things improve wind noise wise if the rear part is also installed but if it’s just as bad it really is a roof off car which by all intents is the intention.

Better off to just have a couple of umbrellas in footwell so if it does rain be far quicker to just put an umbrella up and no doubt entertaining to see the faces on other motorist lol.
 
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Gibbo said:
Well as the roof is a total faff the aim will mostly be to use it only with roof off.

I drove it with just the upper part installed, the wind noise was really bad over 60mph but maybe things improve wind noise wise if the rear part is also installed but if it’s just as bad it really is a roof off car which by all intents is the intention.

Better off to just have a couple of umbrellas in footwell so if it does rain be far quicker to just put an umbrella up and no doubt entertaining to see the faces on other motorist lol.
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Was looking at 981 spyders recently and that was one of the major turn offs!
At least with mine I can pull over or drop to less than 30 and the roof is up in a matter of seconds.
 
Cleisthenes said:
981 Spyders just look drool-worthy though, so at least it looks good whilst you're faffing with the roof
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The dilemma of which one to go for was really hard as each generation has its benefits:

987 - Lightest, 1275kg in right specification (buckets, manual, ceramics and not much else), best steering feel and car moves around a lot, the feel and handling is the best and its small so very easy to place even on narrow b roads, also supposedly amazing on track too due to lack of weight. Roof is a joke!
981 - Best sounding, incredible looks but its no GT4, great manual box but rest of car somewhat numb if still amazing compared to other marques its just not 987/997 levels are handling. Look amazing in yellow! Silly long gears! Roof less of a joke!
718 - Worse sounding, amazing looks and amazing handling and grip, as its now a GT4 essentially, also lots of power. Still long gears but less an issue. Roof less of a joke!

In short by a 987 if you want the ultimate in road car fun at legal speeds, buy the 981 if you want the ultimate in sound and looks. If you want lap times without a roof buy the 718 I think sums them up, but the 718's are silly money, they are not worth 100k, no close, that is F430 money which drives on another level of feel and rawness and is close to 458 money which is just in another dimension. Of course the newer 981 and 718 are also easier to live with, the 987 would be difficult to daily unless you were happy to leave the roof on then I guess its just as easy to daily as a regular Boxster with a bit more wind noise. Biggest advantage of the Spyders over Boxsters is the Spyders still look really good with the roof attached. :)

Believe it or not all three models share the same gearing, but the 987 Spyder runs a smaller tyre/wheel combination along with lower redline so it tops out around 75mph in 2nd compared to around 85mph in the newer cars, still too long to be honest and I will investigate the options for a new final drive but my mate who used to look after my 911 tells me the options to do so are not reliable and hence why its a rare modification and one he does not recommend, his recommendation is get a bit more weight out and another 20-30HP and makes them as quick as new stuff with all benefits of the older car.
 
@Gibbo if for whatever reason it falls through, then there's a very toppy, but almost unused Spyder that's been at the 60k mark for basically an entire year. Doesn't look to have ceramics and given you like to use your cars, it might not be the right sort of mileage, but for the right person, it's a lovely example.

https://www.themotorist.com/car/porsche-boxster-spyder303-miles

Edit, just noticed it's PDK, so definitely won't be the right car!
 
Beta said:
@Gibbo if for whatever reason it falls through, then there's a very toppy, but almost unused Spyder that's been at the 60k mark for basically an entire year. Doesn't look to have ceramics and given you like to use your cars, it might not be the right sort of mileage, but for the right person, it's a lovely example.

https://www.themotorist.com/car/porsche-boxster-spyder303-miles

Edit, just noticed it's PDK, so definitely won't be the right car!
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Thanks, quite a few PDK have come to market, I think someone on PH said in the UK there is only around 40 that have the manual and carbon bucket combination so by all accounts they are pretty rare.

The PDK is actually a faster car in the 987 and not because its just PDK but the ratio's are shorter on the PDK box, I think the 0-100mph sprint on PDK equipped cars with launch control has been accomplished in under 10s which for a car with a fraction over 300 horses in a road car is pretty impressive. But alas I wanted a manual it is a car Porsche built to enjoy and the ethos was lightweight and all my car has adding weight back in is the radio and AC which I feel are must haves, the rest of the spec has got weight out been buckets, manual, ceramics, no xenons etc. I've cheekily sent the dealer a request for the battery I want which saves 10kg over the factory Porsche item and they have agreed on that, they are just trying to get it booked in with Porsche for the service and check, aiming for this week fingers crossed.
 
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