GT3 Gen 2 Miles?
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So to those of us fortunate enough to have taken delivery of a Gen 2 GT3 how many miles have you racked up so far? Ours is recording 3,173, it was registered Sept 2017. I often find myself looking at the used 3'S and RS's for sale on the Porsche Approved Site and find it amazing that the majority of those listed barely seem to turn a wheel. I will admit to trying to avoid the winter weather but am anxiously awaiting a bit of sun and warmer temperatures to get ours out. We already have a trip to Stuttgart planned.
robgt3 said:
So to those of us fortunate enough to have taken delivery of a Gen 2 GT3 how many miles have you racked up so far? Ours is recording 3,173, it was registered Sept 2017. I often find myself looking at the used 3'S and RS's for sale on the Porsche Approved Site and find it amazing that the majority of those listed barely seem to turn a wheel. I will admit to trying to avoid the winter weather but am anxiously awaiting a bit of sun and warmer temperatures to get ours out. We already have a trip to Stuttgart planned.
I knew you would be driving yours, good man! 
I'm sure a lot of owners are probably busy polishing 'value' into their cars with a lambswool mitt while in their heated air-conditioned garages to worry about driving!
Owners, I am joking by the way...
v8ksn said:
I knew you would be driving yours, good man!
I'm sure a lot of owners are probably busy polishing 'value' into their cars with a lambswool mitt while in their heated air-conditioned garages to worry about driving!
Owners, I am joking by the way...
Polish !!!I'm sure a lot of owners are probably busy polishing 'value' into their cars with a lambswool mitt while in their heated air-conditioned garages to worry about driving!
Owners, I am joking by the way...
owners seem to fit £5k PPF these days and then put some £1k coating on top of that !
It's only the likes of use who get out the wax on a Suday sunny afternoon ;-)
The sad reality of these extremely low mileage GT Porsches is a large proportion of owners are simply too busy making money to buy them in the first place.I own five cars, three of which are Porsches and i seldom manage to find time to accrue more than say 2.5k-3k miles annually on my GT Porsches.
I was jokingly reprimanded by a friendly female receptionist at my OPC a while back about having nice cars yet not driving them enough..My response was if i spent a lot more of my waking time driving these nice Porsches i wouldn't be able to buy them in the first place.
You're damned if you do and damned if you don't..!
At least i've managed to train my brain to dream about driving my new GT3 in the Alps when i go to sleep at night..Its the best of both worlds and no fuel needed.
Its a win win..!.
I was jokingly reprimanded by a friendly female receptionist at my OPC a while back about having nice cars yet not driving them enough..My response was if i spent a lot more of my waking time driving these nice Porsches i wouldn't be able to buy them in the first place.
You're damned if you do and damned if you don't..!
At least i've managed to train my brain to dream about driving my new GT3 in the Alps when i go to sleep at night..Its the best of both worlds and no fuel needed.
Its a win win..!.
Edited by Taffy66 on Wednesday 31st January 09:54
Taffy66 said:
The sad reality of these extremely low mileage GT Porsches is a large proportion of owners are simply too busy making money to buy them in the first place.I own five cars, three of which are Porsches and i seldom manage to find time to accrue more than say 2.5k-3k miles annually on my GT Porsches.
I was jokingly reprimanded by a friendly female receptionist at my OPC a while back about having nice cars yet not driving them enough..My response was if i spent a lot more of my waking time driving these nice Porsches i wouldn't be able to buy them in the first place.
You're damned if you do and damned if you don't..!
At least i've managed to train my brain to dream about driving my new GT3 in the Alps when i go to sleep at night..Its the best of both worlds and no fuel needed.
Its a win win..!.
Just own 1 Porsche and take some time off to enjoy it, otherwise what are you working for? I was jokingly reprimanded by a friendly female receptionist at my OPC a while back about having nice cars yet not driving them enough..My response was if i spent a lot more of my waking time driving these nice Porsches i wouldn't be able to buy them in the first place.
You're damned if you do and damned if you don't..!
At least i've managed to train my brain to dream about driving my new GT3 in the Alps when i go to sleep at night..Its the best of both worlds and no fuel needed.
Its a win win..!.
Edited by Taffy66 on Wednesday 31st January 09:54
Taffy66 said:
The sad reality of these extremely low mileage GT Porsches is a large proportion of owners are simply too busy making money to buy them in the first place.I own five cars, three of which are Porsches and i seldom manage to find time to accrue more than say 2.5k-3k miles annually on my GT Porsches.
I was jokingly reprimanded by a friendly female receptionist at my OPC a while back about having nice cars yet not driving them enough..My response was if i spent a lot more of my waking time driving these nice Porsches i wouldn't be able to buy them in the first place.
You're damned if you do and damned if you don't..!
At least i've managed to train my brain to dream about driving my new GT3 in the Alps when i go to sleep at night..Its the best of both worlds and no fuel needed.
Its a win win..!.
Totally Agree Taffy! This is also me... BUT the enjoyment of knowing we have them is awesome, I tend to take 2 weeks off at Christmas that’s when I drive them... alas in the crap weather!!I was jokingly reprimanded by a friendly female receptionist at my OPC a while back about having nice cars yet not driving them enough..My response was if i spent a lot more of my waking time driving these nice Porsches i wouldn't be able to buy them in the first place.
You're damned if you do and damned if you don't..!
At least i've managed to train my brain to dream about driving my new GT3 in the Alps when i go to sleep at night..Its the best of both worlds and no fuel needed.
Its a win win..!.
Edited by Taffy66 on Wednesday 31st January 09:54
An American investment banker stood at the pier of a tiny coastal Mexican village when a little boat with just one fisherman docked. The fisherman pulled several large tuna out of the boat.
The American complimented the Mexican his catch. “How long did it take you to catch them?” he asked.
The Mexican replied, “Only a little while.”
“Then why don’t you stay out longer and catch more fish?”
“I have plenty to take care of my family’s needs,” said the fisherman.
The banker asked, “But what do you do with the rest of your time?”
The fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siestas with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine, and play guitar with my amigos. I have a full and busy life.”
The banker scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat, you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats.
“Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing, and distribution.
“You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then L.A. and eventually New York City, where you will run your expanding enterprise.”
“But how long will this all take?” the fisherman asked.
“Fifteen to twenty years,” said the banker.
The fisherman asked, “But what then?”
“That’s the best part!” the banker replied. “When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich. You would make millions!”
“Millions, you say. Then what?”
The American said, “Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siestas with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos.”
The American complimented the Mexican his catch. “How long did it take you to catch them?” he asked.
The Mexican replied, “Only a little while.”
“Then why don’t you stay out longer and catch more fish?”
“I have plenty to take care of my family’s needs,” said the fisherman.
The banker asked, “But what do you do with the rest of your time?”
The fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siestas with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine, and play guitar with my amigos. I have a full and busy life.”
The banker scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat, you could buy several boats, eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats.
“Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing, and distribution.
“You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then L.A. and eventually New York City, where you will run your expanding enterprise.”
“But how long will this all take?” the fisherman asked.
“Fifteen to twenty years,” said the banker.
The fisherman asked, “But what then?”
“That’s the best part!” the banker replied. “When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich. You would make millions!”
“Millions, you say. Then what?”
The American said, “Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siestas with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos.”
Taffy66 said:
The sad reality of these extremely low mileage GT Porsches is a large proportion of owners are simply too busy making money to buy them in the first place.I own five cars, three of which are Porsches and i seldom manage to find time to accrue more than say 2.5k-3k miles annually on my GT Porsches.
I was jokingly reprimanded by a friendly female receptionist at my OPC a while back about having nice cars yet not driving them enough..My response was if i spent a lot more of my waking time driving these nice Porsches i wouldn't be able to buy them in the first place.
You're damned if you do and damned if you don't..!
At least i've managed to train my brain to dream about driving my new GT3 in the Alps when i go to sleep at night..Its the best of both worlds and no fuel needed.
Its a win win..!.
Yes , working is over rated . Have not been able to buy a Porsche for a few years now , but did about 100,000 miles on my GT and RS cars before , as like my Ferrari now ( 40 k miles ) I use them as daily drivers so never drive other saloon cars .I was jokingly reprimanded by a friendly female receptionist at my OPC a while back about having nice cars yet not driving them enough..My response was if i spent a lot more of my waking time driving these nice Porsches i wouldn't be able to buy them in the first place.
You're damned if you do and damned if you don't..!
At least i've managed to train my brain to dream about driving my new GT3 in the Alps when i go to sleep at night..Its the best of both worlds and no fuel needed.
Its a win win..!.
Edited by Taffy66 on Wednesday 31st January 09:54
Taffy66 said:
I own five cars, three of which are Porsches and i seldom manage to find time to accrue more than say 2.5k-3k miles annually on my GT Porsches.
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Christ I'm retired and the only driver of both my cars and I thought I was doing well!!]
My GT3 was October delivery and completed 295 miles so far but will use the car more in the summer however it's like this now
Gratuitous pic of Cayman runabout
Tony 1234 said:
Christ I'm retired and the only driver of both my cars and I thought I was doing well!!
My GT3 was October delivery and completed 295 miles so far but will use the car more in the summer however it's like this now
Gratuitous pic of Cayman runabout
My GT3 was October delivery and completed 295 miles so far but will use the car more in the summer however it's like this now
Gratuitous pic of Cayman runabout
Now if you just swap that Westwood for a robot you could fit another Porsche in there
The faux surprise about the lack of miles is always mildy amusing. Even leaving aside road/weather conditions, do people really expect mileage related depreciation to to figure at all with people's usage? the difference between a 5k mile .2gt3 and a sub 1k mile will be very significant. it's not exactly rocket science why at least some people even assuming they didn't originally meant to flip the car will be very careful with usage.
isaldiri said:
The faux surprise about the lack of miles is always mildy amusing. Even leaving aside road/weather conditions, do people really expect mileage related depreciation to to figure at all with people's usage? the difference between a 5k mile .2gt3 and a sub 1k mile will be very significant. it's not exactly rocket science why at least some people even assuming they didn't originally meant to flip the car will be very careful with usage.
The thing is there are many genuine reasons why a car might have low mileage - working abroad, multiple cars, other interests, home build projects etc etc.A few of them apply to myself at the moment, and I just couldn't do a decent mileage if I wanted to at present.
It's great to have such cars standing by for when you do have the opportunity though.
Sandy59 said:
Tony 1234 said:
Gratuitous pic of Cayman runabout
Now if you just swap that Westwood for a robot you could fit another Porsche in there
I can park another car at the third door I just need to move the tractor in front of the car instead of the side
Edited by Tony 1234 on Wednesday 31st January 19:31
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