Discussion
thegreenhell said:
When you're on your death bed, would you rather look back and remember how much money you made in overs from not driving your finely-honed special 911, or remember the great times you had thrashing the nuts off it as its makers intended?
This is perhaps easy for me to say from a position of not being able to afford one, but it is a car made for driving, and if I owned one I wouldn't be able to stop myself from driving it at every opportunity.
The latter, I was making a point as regards the loss you will make actually driving the R. A sad state of affairs, and that's why I stick to the early air cooled stuff generally....as no one cares regarding mileage.This is perhaps easy for me to say from a position of not being able to afford one, but it is a car made for driving, and if I owned one I wouldn't be able to stop myself from driving it at every opportunity.
Robbo66 said:
The latter, I was making a point as regards the loss you will make actually driving the R. A sad state of affairs, and that's why I stick to the early air cooled stuff generally....as no one cares regarding mileage.
Precisely - mileage goes up,value goes up. Win-win.Ferry Porsche would have approved.
Robbo66 said:
You'll lose far more if you drive the R, when they rocket, which they will. Look at the 991RS, £20k diff in price from a 50 miler to a 1000 miler, and the JZM car sticking.
I guess it's hard to tell as isn't this car LHD .Nice to see though that they are selling lots of lovely looking 997.2 RS's and also the 991 GT3's - looks like they've been busy
RSVP911 said:
Robbo66 said:
You'll lose far more if you drive the R, when they rocket, which they will. Look at the 991RS, £20k diff in price from a 50 miler to a 1000 miler, and the JZM car sticking.
I guess it's hard to tell as isn't this car LHD .Nice to see though that they are selling lots of lovely looking 997.2 RS's and also the 991 GT3's - looks like they've been busy
Obi Wan said:
Richie200 said:
I put a link to them in the first post of this thread from memory 
I just read your build thread. Its a shame you have to get rid of it, have you managed to sell it yet? I was hoping I would be able to keep the car but due to some other commitments (Mrs) and intentions to start a new business, I really am having to face the fact that I have to sell the most wonderful car I will ever own. I put an add up on Mobile.de a week or so again so yes it is now for sale. I did have an offer for it but it was not agreed. giles panizzi said:
Rennlist
911R
-white or silver (no PTS even if you're god himself)
-red or green center stripe
-black or saddle brown interior
-carbon panels.
-massive weight reduction efforts
-underbody aero
-4.0
Interesting, quite a subjective word 'massive' though. If it comes in at under 1200kg then the lucky owners will have what they deserve. Just can't see it though911R
-white or silver (no PTS even if you're god himself)
-red or green center stripe
-black or saddle brown interior
-carbon panels.
-massive weight reduction efforts
-underbody aero
-4.0
giles panizzi said:
Rennlist
911R
-white or silver (no PTS even if you're god himself)
-red or green center stripe
-black or saddle brown interior
-carbon panels.
-massive weight reduction efforts
-underbody aero
-4.0
Any view on numbers / manual only / timing (assume Geneva unveiling ?) Cheers 911R
-white or silver (no PTS even if you're god himself)
-red or green center stripe
-black or saddle brown interior
-carbon panels.
-massive weight reduction efforts
-underbody aero
-4.0
RSVP911 said:
Any view on numbers / manual only / timing (assume Geneva unveiling ?) Cheers
The source of the numbers suggests Geneva is a lock (apparently American 918 buyers are getting invites to see the reveal), and that the production numbers will cause an uproar. So no different to previous speculation. It does sound brilliant, but I fear Porsche has a supply/demand issue with their special cars currently. Perhaps they were burned by the slow uptake of 987 generation Spyder and R, but even at twice the production numbers, the GT3 and GT4 would have been coveted without being commonplace. Doesn't sound like this car (which the cognoscenti have been demanding until they were blue in the face) will remedy that problem.
RSVP911 said:
Any view on numbers / manual only / timing (assume Geneva unveiling ?) Cheers
The only numbers I know (and trust) is that the price will be about half of that what a 918 Spyder cost and not every 918 Spyder owner will be able to get one.Exciting to see carbon fibre body-panels trickle down into the 991 range. I do believe that it is the future.
It will allow them to offset the weight of the inevitable hybrid systems and if they really manage to keep the N/A engine range alive for the exclusive cars, we'll potentially see some unbelievable cars.
Imagine a carbon-tub Cayman GT4 with the GT3 flat six in 5 years or so, based on the 982 successor. I'm sure it would have to be eye wateringly expensive and limited but wow, yes please.
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