I am seeing things. 996 Prices on GT2s

[Bieldside]

I have just seen a 2004 996 GT2 up for £215,000

I almost bought Eric Claptons 996 GT2 for £65,000 5 years ago with 1800 miles - the final "facelift" model with extra power - that price just scares me

Who buys these cars?

And what is happening to the 996 range as the good Turbos and 4S's are creeping up - some even more than the 997 in some cases

[V8KSN]

Bieldside said:

I have just seen a 2004 996 GT2 up for £215,000

I almost bought Eric Claptons 996 GT2 for £65,000 5 years ago with 1800 miles - the final "facelift" model with extra power - that price just scares me

Who buys these cars?

And what is happening to the 996 range as the good Turbos and 4S's are creeping up - some even more than the 997 in some cases

It's all gone a bit crazy hasn't it?

My advice is to just enjoy what you have and try and ignore it

[fredt]

No one in their right mind will pay anything near that for a long time

[Geesus]

Bonkers huh.
I've been told this black 996 GT2 sold yesterday.
http://www.dkeng.co.uk/Vehicle_Archive/66/Porsche_...

Asking price originally was £110,000 then lowered to £105,000.
It was for sale in New Zealand at the start of the year for $95,000 NZD or the equivalent of £40,000 GBP.
I was following it over there but then it disappeared at the beginning of February, resurfaced a few months later with DK.

New Zealand new car with 46,000km (28,000 miles) on the clock.

I wish I had of had the smarts to buy it back home...

Edited by Geesus on Friday 17th July 16:52

[andymc]

Has the editor of evo not just bought one for £90k?

[Geesus]

andymc said:

Has the editor of evo not just bought one for £90k?

He has Silver 996 GT2 with 26,015 miles on the clock for £89,950 (June 2015)
It was an RPM Technik car.
Must of been a significant price reduction for some advertising though. Looking at what other cars with similar and even more miles are selling for.

[itsybitsy]

Bieldside said:

And what is happening to the 996 range as the good Turbos and 4S's are creeping up - some even more than the 997 in some cases

how can you mention a 996c4s with its chocolate engine next to a gt2!never be worth much imho!c4s that is

Edited by itsybitsy on Friday 17th July 22:31

[mollytherocker]

Its the Mezger effect. And the fact that it is not only hugely fast, but a little bit dangerous.

I am not surprised at all.

[EGTE_RPF]

itsybitsy said:

how can you mention a 996c4s with its chocolate engine next to a gt2!never be worth much imho!c4s that is

Edited by itsybitsy on Friday 17th July 22:31

You can rebuild that engine (in the unlikely event it goes wrong) for 1/20th of the price of that GT2............

[GT4RS]

V8KSN said:

It's all gone a bit crazy hasn't it?

My advice is to just enjoy what you have and try and ignore it

I think this chap has hit the nail on the head with his last post.