Two 991 RS's up at Roman's

[patch5674]

http://www.romansinternational.com/dealer/10/porsc...

As per title, how long do you reckon these will take to shift?

Is the 50K swing between left hooker and not, worth it or a bargain (harrrharr)

[9e 28]

Not sure but with manual versions soon on the way I have feeling PDK prices may soften over next few years. Excellent if this does happen as I'd happily have a PDK nowadays. Getting old!

[PhantomPH]

How much????? : http://www.romansinternational.com/car/1105/porsch...

[ThirtySomething]

There are at least 20 LHD cars available on mobile.de and a number of OPCs in Europe are advertising cars behind closed doors.

Flippers are out in full force. Cars can be had for well under 200k GBP now. Explains why Romans haven't sold their LHD car.

Only those with more money than sense will pay these premiums.

[patch5674]

ThirtySomething said:

There are at least 20 LHD cars available on mobile.de and a number of OPCs in Europe are advertising cars behind closed doors.

Flippers are out in full force. Cars can be had for well under 200k GBP now. Explains why Romans haven't sold their LHD car.

Only those with more money than sense will pay these premiums.

I suppose with the LHD car then you are paying (dearly) for the convenience of it being in the UK ready to roll.

What about the RHD though? Absolute madness or will it sell?

[av185]

9e 28 said:

Not sure but with manual versions soon on the way I have feeling PDK prices may soften over next few years. !

Why?........'manuels' will flood the market and prices of PDK cars will rise...........

[supersport]

There were 3 in PC Leeds at the weekend, and I think they were all sold. No prices on them though.

[DT398]

There's Lava Orange one on the Porsche approved site (OPC Leeds). Asking price starts with a 3 and it's not 301! Crackers in my view but maybe someone will pay it and not care about the future values. Lots of people do that all the time with non-GT Porsches, McLarens, Ferraris etc. but we all seem to have a blind spot with values on GT cars.

Edited to add: The LHD UV one advertised at Pegasus in London does look epic. LHD hardly a big deal with a car like this and PDK. Makes no difference on the track.

Edited by DT398 on Tuesday 3rd November 14:11

[ThirtySomething]

patch5674 said:

ThirtySomething said:

There are at least 20 LHD cars available on mobile.de and a number of OPCs in Europe are advertising cars behind closed doors.

Flippers are out in full force. Cars can be had for well under 200k GBP now. Explains why Romans haven't sold their LHD car.

Only those with more money than sense will pay these premiums.

I suppose with the LHD car then you are paying (dearly) for the convenience of it being in the UK ready to roll.

What about the RHD though? Absolute madness or will it sell?

I expect to see a number of cars being advertised with 3 handles, and then promptly having SOLD stickers put on them. Then you will have the PH crowd advertising these so-called hypothetical sales. Yes, maybe, some billionaire pays through the nose to get one, but even Romans are not that confident, hence why they are pricing theirs at £280k.

But for most its absolute madness. The question is how long will the premium last for. I don't think the RS will trade below list, but I think the current 100k overs are unsustainable. If your lucky to get an early car it would be very hard to say no to that kind of tax free money!

[V8KSN]

If I was in the fortunate position of having just paid £140k for a 991 GT3 RS, I would be advertising it for £300k right now!

If I got £300k for it then I would be on the phone to Singer

[ThirtySomething]

I can't verify this so don't shoot me .... but if anyone is cuckoo enough, a chap on one of the other forums knows of a RHD full spec car available for 250k.

[patch5674]

DT398 said:

Edited to add: The LHD UV one advertised at Pegasus in London does look epic. LHD hardly a big deal with a car like this and PDK. Makes no difference on the track.

Edited by DT398 on Tuesday 3rd November 14:11

I agree actually, I think the LHD cars could be "bargains" compared to their astronomically priced RHD brethren, on a track monster it doesn't really matter does it.. That is of course assuming that they are being purchased to be thrashed on a track LOL.

[AndrewD]

V8KSN said:

If I was in the fortunate position of having just paid £140k for a 991 GT3 RS, I would be advertising it for £300k right now!

If I got £300k for it then I would be on the phone to Singer

Hope you found the other £200-250k you'd need for the Singer. Lovely cars however

[Cheib]

AndrewD said:

V8KSN said:

If I was in the fortunate position of having just paid £140k for a 991 GT3 RS, I would be advertising it for £300k right now!

If I got £300k for it then I would be on the phone to Singer

Hope you found the other £200-250k you'd need for the Singer. Lovely cars however

List price of a Singer was $275k a couple of years ago with I think the realistic spec of probably $350k to $400k...plus VAT of course. So £300k for an RS is maybe not a bad approximation!

Kind of makes sense really...if a Singer was £500 or £600k it's competing with a 2.7 RS.

[V8KSN]

AndrewD said:

V8KSN said:

If I was in the fortunate position of having just paid £140k for a 991 GT3 RS, I would be advertising it for £300k right now!

If I got £300k for it then I would be on the phone to Singer

Hope you found the other £200-250k you'd need for the Singer. Lovely cars however

Wow! I thought they were around £300k not £500k

I shouldn't really be shocked as these cars are (to me) SO desirable... above and beyond any contemporary Porsche (including the 918)

[WCZ]

V8KSN said:

If I was in the fortunate position of having just paid £140k for a 991 GT3 RS, I would be advertising it for £300k right now!

If I got £300k for it then I would be on the phone to Singer

+1

£160k profit is not to be sniffed at

it's the equivalent amount of over 13 years of working 9-5 5 days a week at minimum wage for being lucky enough to be on a list!

[ThirtySomething]

Interestingly I cannot find anyone who is interested in paying the numbers being asked for.

If I could get an RS for 250k, would anyone be interested even at that level?

[DT398]

Me neither. It's all very well chucking a £40k premium at a 991 GT3 but a premium of £150k at the RS? Maybe one or two would pay that to have the latest toy but really, how good can it be? Big premium over the GT3 for a few seconds a lap (which is what it's supposed to be all about). Stonking value at list price, but beyond that.......

[AndrewD]

Cheib said:

AndrewD said:

V8KSN said:

If I was in the fortunate position of having just paid £140k for a 991 GT3 RS, I would be advertising it for £300k right now!

If I got £300k for it then I would be on the phone to Singer

Hope you found the other £200-250k you'd need for the Singer. Lovely cars however

List price of a Singer was $275k a couple of years ago with I think the realistic spec of probably $350k to $400k...plus VAT of course. So £300k for an RS is maybe not a bad approximation!

Kind of makes sense really...if a Singer was £500 or £600k it's competing with a 2.7 RS.

You're a little out of date. I think my spec came to about £550k landed inc donor car

[andrew]

AndrewD said:

Cheib said:

AndrewD said:

V8KSN said:

If I was in the fortunate position of having just paid £140k for a 991 GT3 RS, I would be advertising it for £300k right now!

If I got £300k for it then I would be on the phone to Singer

Hope you found the other £200-250k you'd need for the Singer. Lovely cars however

List price of a Singer was $275k a couple of years ago with I think the realistic spec of probably $350k to $400k...plus VAT of course. So £300k for an RS is maybe not a bad approximation!

Kind of makes sense really...if a Singer was £500 or £600k it's competing with a 2.7 RS.

You're a little out of date. I think my spec came to about £550k landed inc donor car

wow ! did you spec the carbonfibre filler cap again ?