The thermometer at Florence airport is nudging 43℃, parts of the superstrada are literally dissolving and the air is so thick with heat you can almost see it. It's so hot, in fact, that we briefly consider keeping the roof up on the Boxster Spyder and turning on the aircon. But that would be a criminal waste of the car's USP. Not to mention that aircon is a (no-cost) option on the Spyder, it adds 9kg to its overall weight, and it's a pointless hypothesis because our car doesn't have it anyway. Roof off it is for the full Tuscan hairdryer. Lowering the Spyder's top is a refreshing bit of manual labour in a lazy-arsed world of instant gratification. The previous Spyder's roof was more of an umbrella than a hood but, Porsche being Porsche, v2.0's roof is almost as ingenious as the one on the latest 911 Targa. A button on the centre console releases it by the windscreen header, you get out - sorry about that, traffic-light extroverts - detach the end 'fins' on the rear lid and clip them into little apertures, open the rear deck, stow hood, close cover flaps... It's a lot easier and faster than it sounds, and shaves 11kg off the regular Boxster's set-up.
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