Goofnik
Goofnik
Goofnik

Saw the article title, and thought to myself, “They didn’t have the bottom of the crest pointing to the valve stem?!”

Get into the article... yep.

... what am I doing with my life?

NOT ONLY AM I ANGRY, BUT SO IS MY COMPACT CROSSOVER! GRRRR!

I really enjoyed this dynamic article.

Been doing it for 11 ½ years now. First in an NC-1 Miata, then in the Spyder. I made the rule, “always top down.” I always felt I bought the wrong car if I didn’t.

The 911 still has a very sophisticated multi-link rear suspension setup, and rear wheel steering. If the Boxster/Cayman had those I’d agree, but until then, the 911 still has a higher limit.  It’s something you notice very quickly in both comfort and how glued to the road 911s feel.

I agree that the 981 GT4 wasn’t scarce by modern standards. A bit more than 2000 were sold in the US. Though some markets like the UK were starved.

The 981 Spyder hit 60 in 4.0s flat in Car and Driver’s tests.
With the Spyder’s gearing this was probably a 3.5 second car.
With ideal gearing (like what Guard Transmission offers), likely 3.0s.

Remember all the hullabaloo about the 981 Cayman GT4? Well, imagine if they only made a third as many, as that’s how few Spyders were built. They’re not quite as rare as a 991.1 GT3 RS is, but they’re actually pretty close.

He can’t hear you.  He got back in to his 14-year old CR-V and drove off.

For $30,000 it’s a screaming deal to me. That’s considerably less than the gap between an F1 F430 and a manual. You’d almost be nuts to not do it.

What kills me on this, is if you called or emailed a Porsche dealer with interest in a 911 Turbo (which start at $150K), expressed genuine interest and inquired about a test drive, the only response you’d really get is what day and time would work best for you.

Ferraris aren’t anywhere that expensive in most states. Even though the car is expensive, you’re in a much lower risk pool because it’s often for limited mileage, and most people with > $300K cars tend to not take crazy risks. Also, convertibles cheaper than coupes, despite being more expensive to buy (because you

Will they make something bigger?  Can they go to X11?

Only ever got caught out once by it. I certainly ended up being a spectacle for people, but it was just a bit of water to blot up with an MF towel.

In WarioWare games there is also the character Mona, who rides a Vespa.

The other reality is the sub-$100K sports car segment just isn’t great either unless you’re the Corvette or the Miata. I’m curious to see how the new Supra/Z4 does, because for a myriad of reasons people just aren’t interested — but people just aren’t interested in sports cars anymore.

The answer is obvious: Jalops need to crowdfund up a cash pile so Jason Torchinsky can buy Maserati. Just think of the possibilities!

Because let me show you what happens on the big Porsche forums:

At 1948 units worldwide, these will have at best a slight (10%) appreciation for a few years before settling back down to MSRP. It’ll be 15+ years before these really rise again, in which an index fund would be miles and miles ahead of it.

The center fuel filler is one of those things that looks cool, but I don’t know if I would want to drag the fuel hose over the hood.