Speaking of warts, shall we first talk about the elephant in the room, the Cat N marker you’re all thinking is probably enough to deter you from bidding?
As you can see from the photo, this amounted to a dent in the nearside rear wing, a minor issue that the seller had his bodyshop repair it for peanuts.
However, it would have been so expensive using main dealer parts and labour rates that the insurance company decided it just wasn’t worth it.
And, without that marker, we doubt you’d know anything had ever happened – and that’s factoring in the unforgiving nature of the gloss black colour.
That dark colour also makes it harder to spot the Spider’s shutlines, which is a shame because they’re really rather nice.
The six headlamps – and two foglamps, not to mention the Cyclops-like grille badge – might trigger those unfortunate enough to suffer from ommetaphobia but everyone else will appreciate their condition which is, like the rest of the lamps with the exception of the condensation-filled nearside rear, excellent.
The 18-inch anthracite alloy wheels add to the Spider’s brooding presence, and their open design allows you to admire the bright red brake calipers that lurk behind them.
As for the tyres, the fronts are Bridgestone Turanza, while the rear comprise one Bridgestone Turanza and one Pirelli Cinturato P7.
The black power-operated hood is free of rips, tears, and other damage, and while it has a few marks on it, we suspect a professional clean would remove many of them, although a few stains will almost certainly remain.
As for the rest of its flaws, all four alloy wheels have minor kerbing damage, the front bumper, bonnet, and numberplate are scratched, as is the nearside front wing, offside rear wing, and nearside door.
There is a small patch of rust to the offside and nearside wheelarches too, both door mirrors are scratched and the glass is delaminating, there is heavy stonechipping to both doors and sills, and the windscreen trim clips are damaged.
