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Old 01-21-2015, 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by khooni
yes. dun make my mistake. boxster spyder is as raw as they get, yet as pretty as they get as well.. an impossible combo that delivered. I'll get another one if the gt4 disappoints. and once upon a time, i had 2 spiders.........
Dude. I love this post.

I almost bought a second spyder when I saw a prime one on the market recently. No justification whatsoever other than that I love the car. People don't know what they are missing
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Old 01-21-2015, 11:04 PM
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Thanks, sorry for my bad knowledge! Was the R only sold as 2012?
Yes 2012 only for the R

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Old 01-22-2015, 01:08 PM
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Yes 2012 only for the R Cman21
So I wild guess would be that there is about 500 potential buyers of gt4 in America! That should be easy to make. 😃😃
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Old 01-22-2015, 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by 997rs4.0
So I wild guess would be that there is about 500 potential buyers of gt4 in America! That should be easy to make. 😃😃
Maybe or maybe not. The R split on PDK vs manual was in high favor of the PDK. If the rumor of manual only is true for the GT4, which I personally still doubt, that number will be lower than you think.
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Old 01-22-2015, 10:49 PM
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Maybe or maybe not. The R split on PDK vs manual was in high favor of the PDK. If the rumor of manual only is true for the GT4, which I personally still doubt, that number will be lower than you think.
Agree! But also a lot of potential buyers from 996 and 997 gt3 owners?
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Old 01-24-2015, 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Hoopumpers
Dude. I love this post.

I almost bought a second spyder when I saw a prime one on the market recently. No justification whatsoever other than that I love the car. People don't know what they are missing
I can't find one like mine..... Don't think i ever will.

every performance option, bi-xenons and no AC

and I don't want black.

I would buy another. Same old toilet but what a toilet.
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Old 01-24-2015, 02:42 PM
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Did you guys see some of the specs have leaked:

I was reading on a german forum that the specs (i.e. 0 to 100 km/h) for the Cayman GT4 are not that impressive, I hope they are wrong. Apparently someone got a hold of a brochure that was printed for the upcoming release. So this person claims that the difference between the Cayman R and GT4 is only 4 tenths to 62 mph... Here is the original text in case someone can get a better translation than my rusty German (i.e. Google).
http://www.caymangt4.com/forum/techn...?p=195#post195
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Old 01-24-2015, 02:58 PM
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Originally Posted by sebis
Did you guys see some of the specs have leaked:



http://www.caymangt4.com/forum/techn...?p=195#post195
A bigger gap would be nice, but there is also a .4 sec gap between 350hp Carrera and 430hp Carrera GTS...
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Wouldn't worry too much about 0-62 differences, much of that is in the launch.

Trap speed is a more accurate measure of acceleration feel.

As some have said above, can see many potentially reevaluating what the GT4 really does that's much better than an R/Spyder,

also consider that many of the parts/performance improvements could be applied to an R/Spyder down the road if desired.

Getting HP out of a 3.8 swap in an R/Spyder is also easier due to the SDI3 being more open and soon having home user tunability.

Just some things to think about, although may not matter for someone who has to have new/warranty etc.
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Old 01-24-2015, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Hoopumpers
Dude. I love this post. I almost bought a second spyder when I saw a prime one on the market recently. No justification whatsoever other than that I love the car. People don't know what they are missing
Spyders are getting lower in price. Some in the 40s!
They are a great car and I'm having one at some point unless Porsche builds something like it on the latest platform.
People just do not know how much fun they really are.
Best looking boxster to date and a worthy keeper.
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Old 01-24-2015, 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by sebis
Did you guys see some of the specs have leaked:



http://www.caymangt4.com/forum/techn...?p=195#post195
Hate to burst your bubble. That site is similar to all those posted magazine links: repeat publication of what is found elsewhere.

So far nothing original has come from that site.
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Old 01-25-2015, 07:10 PM
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Originally Posted by ExMB
Hate to burst your bubble. That site is similar to all those posted magazine links: repeat publication of what is found elsewhere.

So far nothing original has come from that site.
Feb 4th can't come soon enough!
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Originally Posted by steve0827
Feb 4th can't come soon enough!
Hmm, if I am not mistaken the February 4 date came from the Cayman GT4 forum.
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Old 01-25-2015, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by sebis
Hmm, if I am not mistaken the February 4 date came from the Cayman GT4 forum.
Actually it was first posted on a German forum and then picked up by others and reposted on other forums.
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Old 01-25-2015, 10:33 PM
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so latest word is that the GT4 will have the Carrera S engine, bigger brakes and manual only.

Anybody here were hoping for PDK?
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