997.1 GT3 - Good Choice?

997.1 GT3 - Good Choice?

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gr8jon

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89 posts

234 months

Thursday 17th November 2016
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Having accepted I probably won't get a new one allocated as I can't afford to run a fleet of Porsches, I've started to look at older GT3's. So the 997.1 seems to be available from the £70k's which seems to be not too dissimilar to the 996 and much cheaper than the 997.2, which all appear to be in 6 figure range. Aside from there being less UK 997.2s, is there good reason for the significant premium against the 997.1GT3? Is the 997.1 a safe buy or likely to break lots/be very difficult to sell without a big loss in future?

gr8jon

Original Poster:

89 posts

234 months

Saturday 26th November 2016
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Thanks for this, loads to consider including the whole beginnings of active suspension which I hadn't realised!

Realised the cars in my profile were a decade out of date too so have done a quick update!

Anyway I have a couple of other questions. How impractical is the car without front nose lift, it won't be a daily driver but want to use it for European trips without worrying too much about ferries/hotel parking? Also noticed there was an example with rear seats for sale - I presume that isn't a normal option, not seen any others with it?