This might be the worst looking retracting spoiler ever.

"HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles" (hondasfordsvolvo) 10/14/2019 at 21:46 • Filed to: None

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I was looking at an ad for a ‘01 Boxster S and they have the retracting spoiler up in the pictures. IDK if it’s broken and stuck in the up position or if the Boxster S has a button the lets you put it up when ever you want.

Either way this one looks like a CD Tray that got stuck while closing.

Oh yeah you can pop it up when ever. Skip about the first minute of the video. 

WRXforScience > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/14/2019 at 21:54

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It could be broken, but there is a button to manually deploy the spoiler. 

subexpression > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/14/2019 at 22:05

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My tastes are a little out of line with what’s popular, but I think most of the styling on the Boxster is kind of awful, and the  weird little spoiler just adds to that.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > subexpression 10/14/2019 at 22:09

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I love the first gen Boxster, but I get why anyone wouldn’t like it. The second gen is a much better looking car and so was the concept.

Thomas Donohue > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/14/2019 at 22:40

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I have a 986 and for some reason never liked the 987 (the Spyder being the exception). When they redesigned the 9 81, however, I liked it a lot.

Also (and I know I’m in the minority here) , other than the intakes being half-way up the door, I think the Boxster looked pretty close to the c0ncept. Put some Techart wheels on a silver boxster with the red interior and to me it’s not far off.  

Thomas Donohue > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/14/2019 at 22:42

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The good thing is that you never see it from inside the car, even when it raises at spee d . I’ve only seen it a few times when I manually raised it when washing...there’s a switch under the dash to raise/lower.

Urambo Tauro > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/14/2019 at 22:58

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I have to agree with you there. It’s good that it can be extended at will, like for cleaning or whatever (maybe it’s necessary to access certain fasteners?), but it’s not a good look. Certainly not something I’d want to display at a car show, or in pics for an ad (except to prove that it still works).

C62030 > subexpression 10/14/2019 at 23:56

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I’m with you. I think it’s a truly terrible design.

MarquetteLa > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/15/2019 at 01:02

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Spoiler alert.

Dakotahound > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 10/15/2019 at 06:59

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That looks like a 986 and, yes, the spoiler does look a little out of place. On the 987, there is a button to manually deploy the spoiler (as someone mentioned), but it also deploys automatically at speeds above 75 mph.