Pick up GT4 or wait till the 1st?

[marlie]

Hi Guys,

My GT4 is finally arriving this week, Im in 2 minds whether to pick up next week or wait till the 1st?

Will it make any difference come resale?

The weather is poor at the mo so i cant see me using it much over December anyway.

Would appreciate your views?

[SydneyBridge]

The weather wont be any better in January and the car can cope anyway.

Get it asap and enjoy

[Scooty100]

SydneyBridge said:

The weather wont be any better in January and the car can cope anyway.

Get it asap and enjoy

100% agreed will make zero difference to resale either IMO

[av185]

Collect it now for two reasons,

1. No difference in residual between a Decemberb15 and Jan 16 65 plate.
2. Weather is relatively mild now and likely to remain so whereas January February often colder and the Dunlop Maxx or Pilots not particularly suited to sub 5 degree temperatures.

[griffter]

av185 said:

Collect it now for two reasons,

1. No difference in residual between a Decemberb15 and Jan 16 65 plate.

In my experience that's not true. It shouldn't make any difference, and it's stupid, but it does. Just like being registered a day later in April to get a 16 would make a difference.

Picking it up on Jan 1st means it would subsequently be advertised as a 2016/65 rather than a 2015/65.

Anyway I agree that it's better to ignore the negligible difference it will make to a future book value and enjoy it for a few extra weeks of this year

[Stunters]

Depends how keen you are to finally get the car (or how good you are at dealing with delayed gratification...).

Mine will be ready in mid December as well, and I'm waiting until 9th January to take delivery. I've already waited 17 months since LOI and 10 months since ordering the darn thing, what's another few weeks!

[v8ksn]

If it was me then I would be waiting till January.

You must have waited long enough already, what's a few more weeks?

[Trev450]

griffter said:

av185 said:

Collect it now for two reasons,

1. No difference in residual between a Decemberb15 and Jan 16 65 plate.

In my experience that's not true. It shouldn't make any difference, and it's stupid, but it does. Just like being registered a day later in April to get a 16 would make a difference.

Picking it up on Jan 1st means it would subsequently be advertised as a 2016/65 rather than a 2015/65.

Anyway I agree that it's better to ignore the negligible difference it will make to a future book value and enjoy it for a few extra weeks of this year

I would agree that the year of registration makes a difference in terms of value with a mainstream model, but the GT4 is highly likely to command high used prices and thus will make little if no difference imo.

[av185]

griffter said:

In my experience that's not true. It shouldn't make any difference, and it's stupid, but it does. Just like being registered a day later in April to get a 16 would make a difference.

I would agree if it was a mainstream model but there will be only c 400 max cars for the UK broadly similar to the 991 GT3 numbers so the basic rules of supply and demand will mean virtually no difference as is the case with the GT3 which is also over twice the price btw.

[sone]

Picking my car up Friday as earlier mentioned the year will make little difference in my opinion on a GT4.

[GT3cs]

I've never considered the year / plate important on any GT3 or Cayman R's I've owned . Its actually never even crossed my mind . Spec , Miles and condition important . Plate / Year , Doesn't make a difference on low volume / short run cars IMO .

[n17ves]

I've literally just had this conversation this morning....my car is due in today, but I have delayed collection until 2nd Jan. What with the rush of Christmas, I just thought it was a better time to collect. Bit of a bonus too that it will be registered as a 2016 car.

[GT3-RS]

it'll depend whether your supplying dealer will have it hanging about their showroom for another 4 weeks.....

[jackwood]

I'd rather have the car in a nice dry garage for the next 4 weeks than sat in the lashing, freezing rain in a compound.

[Buster73]

jackwood said:

I'd rather have the car in a nice dry garage for the next 4 weeks than sat in the lashing, freezing rain in a compound.

You'll find that's why it's covered in paint ....

[marlie]

Thanks for your replies guys,

My opc said its fine to keep it in the showroom if I want.

hmmmm decisions...

[av185]

Actually....thats an important point.

Assuming your car has steel brakes not pccb, standing around in a compound with the constant wetting and drying on the discs without being used could cause irrepairable corrosion damage.......not a cheap fix with GT3 brakes.

I saw this on numerous GT3s sitting in compounds last year awaiting the new engines, although whether replacement discs where required were fitted by the OPCs as part of the fix is not known.

[majordad]

I've owned a Gen 2 GT3 RS and am getting a 991 RS. IMHO these are special cars, the numbers are like hens teeth so the year makes no difference, when they're gone, they're gone regardless of Year.

[av185]

Showroom would be okay though......just insist the car is kept locked and fenced off....

[Buster73]

av185 said:

Actually....thats an important point.

Assuming your car has steel brakes not pccb, standing around in a compound with the constant wetting and drying on the discs without being used could cause irrepairable corrosion damage.......not a cheap fix with GT3 brakes.

I saw this on numerous GT3s sitting in compounds last year awaiting the new engines, although whether replacement discs where required were fitted by the OPCs as part of the fix is not known.

Let me start the guessing at not one set of discs were replaced.

Minor surface corrosion at best , nothing that once round the block wouldn't sort out.