Too good to be true?

Woody

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GransportFan1 said:
think how many were made in white, very rare car. How many GS Spyders were made you reckon, 3000?
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Oi! Pinched my link Adam, you little tinker ;)

Spyders? No clue....I would guess at c50 in the UK? Wasnt there something like 370 GS's (including MC V's) - not sure if that was inclusive of Spyders or just the Coupe.

How many GS's were made? I reckon around 15% were cab's.
 
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Woody said:
Oi! Pinched my link Adam, you little tinker ;)

Spyders? No clue....I would guess at c50 in the UK? Wasnt there something like 370 GS's (including MC V's) - not sure if that was inclusive of Spyders or just the Coupe.

How many GS's were made? I reckon around 15% were cab's.
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370 GS's that is not many in the U.K, but they did have a list price of 66K i am guessing the Spyder was about 72-75k? 15% is probably a good guestimate, you very rarely see them for sale, so lets say 370 GS coupes are in the U.K, and 15% are spyders, that means there is 55/56 spyders in the u.k, i think that is too many, i would say no more than 25 spyder's. But i bet the Spyder was more popular in other countries such as Italy/europe and the U.S.
 
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GransportFan1 said:
370 GS's that is not many in the U.K, but they did have a list price of 66K i am guessing the Spyder was about 72-75k? 15% is probably a good guestimate, you very rarely see them for sale, so lets say 370 GS coupes are in the U.K, and 15% are spyders, that means there is 55/56 spyders in the u.k, i think that is too many, i would say no more than 25 spyder's. But i bet the Spyder was more popular in other countries such as Italy/europe and the U.S.
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Funnily enough, the UK actually has one of the highest proportions of cabs in Europe (cars generally, not Maserati specific). Surprising, considering our weather. Having said that, I just sold an M3 cab and there was barely a week that went past when I didnt have the roof down.
 
GDL

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couldn't agree more - used to have a Saab cab and if there was a hint of sun the roof was down.
Used to love a crisp midwinter sunny day, or a warm summer's night.

I always think cabs work best in temperate countries - not too hot, not too cold
The thing with the UK is that its not so hot that you have to have the aircon - roof down and a bit of speed works just as well :)

Cheers

Gordon
 
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i go cyprus 3 or 4 times a year, its 43degrees in august and i dont see any cabs, here i see them every journey, over there the roof is pointless as its tooo hot down over here its perfect down as its not that hot, a stat that people laugh at but i dont see it that funny i can understand how england has become the biggest cab country of the world
 
Andyk

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It really pees me off to see people who have bought a convertable, suns out, roof up...why??????.....When I've had one the roof was off at any opportunity.....Oh and whilst I'm on my soap box..These wind deflector things...Wht the ****..why would you want one of these . Not only do they spoil the look of the car but if you don't want to wind in your hair thenbuy a coupe....
 
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Andyk said:
It really pees me off to see people who have bought a convertable, suns out, roof up...why??????.....When I've had one the roof was off at any opportunity.....Oh and whilst I'm on my soap box..These wind deflector things...Wht the ****..why would you want one of these . Not only do they spoil the look of the car but if you don't want to wind in your hair thenbuy a coupe....
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Andyk

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Followed a Spyder the other week and it had one stuck up....Terrible...truely terrible...
 
Woody

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Last car was a cab, and I had the roof off at every opportunity.

I'll get flamed for this,but there was a few days where it was actually too HOT to have the roof off! I remember sitting in traffic one glorious day and both me and the missus were burning so I put the roof up. Souds silly, but true.

Re the wind deflectors, I had one of those too. I wasnt that attached to it on warm days, but winter roof off motoring, it was a blessing! superb bit of kit.
 
Gullible

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THe problem with a convertable like the spyder is that on a bright day at some point the sun gets in the eyes wherever yuo go and its actually hard to see clearly.The solution is a cap or hat but then you look a bit of a chav .
Early evening is also a bit of a problem so in some instances the roof really has to be up.
Take this from experience and the lack of a hat or cap. (smiley face)
 
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