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One of my favourite colours for the Spyder; especially with ceramics.  Definitely the colour combo I'd go with if I had the choice

That looks great - happy to have been of some help.  The badge looks perfect and one of my all time favourite bits of classic Porsches design is the ducktail - I really wanted a ducktail spoiler on my old 911 but just never go round to sorting it before I sold it, which I still regret.

Amazing how much of a difference it can make, looks totally standard yet makes a huge visual difference.  New subscriber!

Beautiful car and GT Silver really show off the lines; I may be biased though!  The contrast stitching add a little something and the red door pulls look great with it too.  I bought my C4S from OPC Wilmslow and found them very pleasant to deal with; Stockport is a little further but sounds like you've had a good experience with them which is useful to know.  What have you had previously if you don't mind me asking?

I've not driven it much since I picked it up so haven't really had a chance to see if there are any issues.  As @Carmandsays the rear visibility is awful so very thankful mine had a reversing camera fitted by the previous owner.  Roof wise - the fact that it is a bit more effort just adds to the sense of occasion for me.

10 hours ago, SDD said:

Congrats. A couple of quick tips, apologies if you already know them!

Hood:

You can start the hood lowering process by pressing and holding the unlock key on the fob. It unlatches the header rail, pops the rear deck and lowers the windows. Saves you having to drop down into those LWB to get straight back out again. 

Same is true for the closing. Press and hold the lock button on the fob once the hood is in place. It latches the header rail and closes the windows. Found this makes the hood process quicker, especially at the beginning/end of journeys.

Keep and eye on the 'fins' at the back of the hood. Once you've locked them in place, give a little tug and / or look under them (looking from the centre of the car back towards the fin) to check if the red button is visible. There have been reports of these popping loose at speed and damaging the rear deck, if not properly seated in place.

The rear boot can't be opened with the hood up (or at least when the header rail is latched and the 'fins' are locked in place). The buttons to open rear boot (key fob and down by drivers side sill) don't work when the hood is attached at the header rail and fins. On the rare occasions I need both boots and the hood is up, I just start the roof opening process - unlatch the header rail, remove fins then open the boot. 

CTEK:

If you are charging it by connecting direct to the battery, rather than the cigarette lighter, make sure you use the earthing point (under drivers windscreen wiper, visible when you remove the plastic cover to access the battery) and not the negative terminal on the battery. My dealer said the battery will still charge when connected to the battery negative terminal, but the 'car' wont register it as being charged/maintained, so it is less beneficial over time.

Hope this helps.

Roll on better weather and better times so you can get out and enjoy it.

Thanks - I've not actually had the roof down apart from when the dealer was demonstrating it to me; so all info is useful as it seems like there are ways to get it wrong and cause inadvertent damage.

One of the great things about forums (fora?) are the answers to questions about things like how to rig up the CTEK - I'd managed to find out how to wire it up and my negative is earthed away from the battery and it's performing flawlessly so far (I've got a CTEK 5.0).  You're right to point this out though as it would be easy to get this wrong...

This is very much a second car for me so the Fiesta will be doing the day to day and the Spyder will only be coming out when it's set fair.  I wanted inconvenience and theatre and to feel like driving the car was an event, and from my extremely limited outings it ticks all those boxes.

Interestingly it feels a little twitchy on cold P Zeros, the tyres have reasonable life left but I'll be changing to PS4Ss in the near future.

Appreciate the info and you taking the time to post it.

Thanks everyone; regarding the number plate I'm afraid I sit on the other side of the fence in that I don't like the stick on plate look - but that's just me 😆

So I picked up my 981 Spyder yesterday, and I'm delighted with it so far.

GT Silver, PCCB, PCM, LWB seats with yellow belts, extended leather with yellow contrast stitching, auto-dimming mirrors (why are everyone's light so bright?), full interior carbon pack, reversing camera & BOSE.  Unfortunately I didn't manage to have the roof down on the journey back up the motorway - and it's all tucked up on the CTEK waiting for an essential journey or when it's ok to head out for a spin just for fun.

The buckets were really comfortable for the 2 hours up the motorway, and I really like the upright driving position.  It's not as fast as my old F-type R - but that's a good thing as it's more "useable".  Although F-types have a reputation for their noise it's all exhaust in reality and I'd forgotten how much I missed having mechanical engine noise just behind my shoulder.  The handling is light years better.   And the things I'd read about rear visibility are all true - it's non-existent!

I'll leave a review for the dealer I bought it from separately; I feel lucky as I was in the right place at the right time to secure this car and I'm not sure another one with what is my virtually perfect spec would have come along any time soon.  Car was prepared really nicely, bodywork is tidy and detailed pre-collection with minimal issues - at the end of the day it's a 5yr old car and I've never been massively fussy about that kind of thing.

I'll post some pics when I can work it out!

Chris at Exel wheels is very good and has a good reputation across a few forums with Porsche wheels - he's who I go to for any wheel refinishing work or change of colour etc.

https://exelwheels.co.uk/

Congratulations! With any luck I'll be picking mine (981 not 718) up tomorrow, and am delighted that you're happy with the car so far