The GT3 and RS avoidance thread!

[Alpinestars]

Cat C car

[911dullard]

Alpinestars said:

Cat C car

Is that a reason to avoid it given its price ?

Edited by 911dullard on Saturday 7th June 18:17

[Alpinestars]

911dullard said:

Is that a reason to avoid it given its price ?

Edited by 911dullard on Saturday 7th June 18:17

Reasonable price for someone but it doesn't sit well with me when the seller pimps it our as a Cat D.

[911dullard]

Alpinestars said:

Reasonable price for someone but it doesn't sit well with me when the seller pimps it our as a Cat D.

Think the add may have been changed to C but I thought it said D to start also

[mikem7709]

Good base for a race car/track slag I'd say.

[Mr_Dave]

HJ07NKD is up for auction:

http://www.i-bidder.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/h...

And why it was a Cat C:

http://www.gt3rsregistry.com/2007GT3RS/name/RoW/So...

Whats it worth now....?

[M4TT C]

£79,520+ fees by the looks of it!
http://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2014-11...

[V8KSN]

M4TT C said:

£79,520+ fees by the looks of it!
http://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2014-11...

Good luck to the poor bugger who bought that!
I hope they know what they have let themselves in for!

[hondansx]

£20k over expected! Mug...

[mollytherocker]

hondansx said:

£20k over expected! Mug...

Will you say the same when they are 200k?

[grale23]

Bought for 25k salvage……(gt3rs register).. Not a bad time to cash in…wonder what it cost to repair ?

[ZX10R NIN]

grale23 said:

Bought for 25k salvage……(gt3rs register).. Not a bad time to cash in…wonder what it cost to repair ?

As a bodyshop we have carried out a number of repairs on GT3's because it's a cat C/D it doesn't make it a bad car it's more to do with the quality of the work when we do a job like those photo'd we document the work by photo & use our digital jig to show that it's to manufactures specification this helps the price but doesn't make it back to an original car. as a side bar how many race cars get crashed repaired & then are seen as very expensive masterpieces?

Noone complains then.

[GT Two]

what about the one at Amari? surely at 90 that should have sold? is there a story?

[RED110T]

No there is no story with it. I was the last owner (and 2nd of two), please see my prior posts for a write up. I purchased it in Nov 2011 and it was a JZM car for years prior to my ownership.

[Xps911]

GT Two said:

what about the one at Amari? surely at 90 that should have sold? is there a story?

its because they were being greedy, they advertised it for I think 79k then bumped it up to 99k with in a month as the gt3 rs 996 prices were going mental

[IainRS]

Xps911 said:

GT Two said:

what about the one at Amari? surely at 90 that should have sold? is there a story?

its because they were being greedy, they advertised it for I think 79k then bumped it up to 99k with in a month as the gt3 rs 996 prices were going mental

Agree with that entirely although it was 87k it was initially advertised at. I also think the fact that its been modified puts people off, originality is key with this sort of car.

[Xps911]

IainRS said:

Agree with that entirely although it was 87k it was initially advertised at. I also think the fact that its been modified puts people off, originality is key with this sort of car.

yeah it's quite strange, I've been looking at ferraris, and they are all for changing exhausts etc - but when it comes to Porsches completely opposite.

[V8KSN]

Xps911 said:

IainRS said:

Agree with that entirely although it was 87k it was initially advertised at. I also think the fact that its been modified puts people off, originality is key with this sort of car.

yeah it's quite strange, I've been looking at ferraris, and they are all for changing exhausts etc - but when it comes to Porsches completely opposite.

I understand that there are problems with the manifold on F430's and swapping them for aftermarket ones is seen as a plus.

[Richie200]

IainRS said:

Agree with that entirely although it was 87k it was initially advertised at. I also think the fact that its been modified puts people off, originality is key with this sort of car.

Not to everyone. I deliberately went out of my way to find an improved car. There are many issues with a stock GT3RS (look at the recent Steve Rance thread). These can be easily fixed by fitting Passives, changing braking system, exhaust, aero...whatever tickles your fancy. If the car is to be used as intended why settle for the inferior OEM option.

Edited by Richie200 on Tuesday 16th December 11:18

[IainRS]

Richie200 said:

IainRS said:

Agree with that entirely although it was 87k it was initially advertised at. I also think the fact that its been modified puts people off, originality is key with this sort of car.

Not to everyone. I deliberately went out of my way to find an improved car. There are many issues with a stock GT3RS (look at the recent Steve Rance thread). These can be easily fixed by fitting Passives, changing braking system, exhaust, aero...whatever tickles your fancy. If the car is to be used as intended why settle for the inferior OEM option.

Edited by Richie200 on Tuesday 16th December 11:18

To be more precise I perhaps should have said 'key to values' of these cars.

Yes, sure, the mods may have made a great car even better but it doesn't really matter, its simply not original and that's really my point.
I was keenly looking for a GT3RS when that one came up and I thought about going to see it and offering them LESS than the original asking price of 87k because it had been modified! However when they somewhat greedily bumped the price up by 12k overnight my mind was quickly made up!
Also black is probably not the most desirable colour for a GT3RS; you never see any of the other colours sitting around for sale for very long.....

I'm so glad I didn't as managed to get what I really wanted along just recently, a well tidy,nicely specced, low miles Orange one!