997.2 3.8 GT3 RS - MKT ???

[Double gauche]

If it was a straight swap I’d chop my .2 gt3 in for an 7 RS.
They are such special cars.

[hunter 66]

HI Yellow the lad looking young there ...... nice car but see you got steel brakes ...... so must be 60 BHP down???
Hope to see you Tuesday

[993rsr]

Remeber picking this up from the factory and running it in at the ring,still only done 8000 miles.

Might even end up handing it over to my son,beens he came with me to collect it,great car/
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8 years ago P where the hell did that go?

Was a great trip meeting up with the Yank contingent.

[993rsr]

[quote=LaSource]Driven both 991.2 manual and 997.2 RS, and I prefer how the latter drives and makes me feel. I have zero issues with mezgers on the road and only ever hear of it as an issue from one poster here (not having a dig, just stating an objective observation)

No right answer anyway - some may prefer the other way and that's absolutely fine. All GT cars are brilliant machines.

Of course, some economics does factor in. At list price, the new car is a compelling economic proposition. At the peak overs (£175k+) the old car was a more attractive economic proposition.

Mine was out in Europe last week. It was in its element.


Always stunned by the amazing quality of your pictures, what kit do you use (complete photographic luddite here)?

[LaSource]

993rsr said:

Always stunned by the amazing quality of your pictures, what kit do you use (complete photographic luddite here)?

Cheers. I use a Nikon full frame DSLR. Basically an old fashioned heavy pice of kit with old school proper lenses (as opposed to more practical point and shoot handhelds/phones/etc)

To me an interesting or pretty car can look good anywhere - its then just a case of finding good backdrops around them. Circuit pitlanes after a trackday are my favourite as it is usually approaching dusk, the ambient light is fairly defuse, and the straight lines of the pitlane, garages, etc make for very interesting pictures. And of course a Porsche GT car looks so at home in a pitlane!

Edited by LaSource on Sunday 7th October 20:11

[993rsr]

LaSource said:

993rsr said:

Always stunned by the amazing quality of your pictures, what kit do you use (complete photographic luddite here)?

Cheers. I use a Nikon full frame DSLR. Basically an old fashioned heavy pice of kit with old school proper lenses (as opposed to more practical point and shoot handhelds/phones/etc)

To me an interesting or pretty car can look good anywhere - its then just a case of finding good backdrops around them. Circuit pitlanes after a trackday are my favourite as it is usually approaching dusk, the ambient light is fairly defuse, and the straight lines of the pitlane, garages, etc make for very interesting pictures. And of course a Porsche GT car looks so at home in a pitlane!

Edited by LaSource on Sunday 7th October 20:11

Cheers, hat well and truly doffed:-)

You really capture the very essence of the cars in your shots.

[isaldiri]

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Didn't realise that was you at Silverstone!

And I fully agree, the 3.8rs is a very special car - slower perhaps than some of the modern GT cars but definitely for me more rewarding for the driver.

[Digga]

LaSource said:

Cheers. I use a Nikon full frame DSLR.

What sort of lens? I don't know too much of these things, but we had a fairly decent (albeit not full frame) Cannon DSLR at work and know the lenses can cost more than the body.

[Yellow491]

993rsr said:

Remeber picking this up from the factory and running it in at the ring,still only done 8000 miles.

Might even end up handing it over to my son,beens he came with me to collect it,great car/

8 years ago P where the hell did that go?

Was a great trip meeting up with the Yank contingent.

Scary how quick the time goes,the Americans were great fun and enjoyed there passenger laps around the ring.

Hunter hoping to make tomorow at some point,just got to clear the day first.

That photo of the rs outside the wing is a proper moody quality pic,think most of us have got lazey with phone cameras.

[chrisABP]

430scuderia1 said:

Drove my 996RS, 997RS and GT3.2 this week. Without doubt the best cat is the 997 RS... Such a fantastic piece of kit!

Remember coming to buy a car from you and drooling when you opened up the garage doors! What a collection of fantastic cars. Do you still have the Speciale?

[isaldiri]

Yellow491 said:

That photo of the rs outside the wing is a proper moody quality pic,think most of us have got lazey with phone cameras.

True but the best camera you have is the one at hand and that means the mobile for most of us!

[430scuderia1]

chrisABP said:

430scuderia1 said:

Drove my 996RS, 997RS and GT3.2 this week. Without doubt the best cat is the 997 RS... Such a fantastic piece of kit!

Remember coming to buy a car from you and drooling when you opened up the garage doors! What a collection of fantastic cars. Do you still have the Speciale?

Yes, still have it. Took it into Wales 2 or 3 weeks ago...

Hows your Cayman, still got it?

[chrisABP]

430scuderia1 said:

chrisABP said:

430scuderia1 said:

Drove my 996RS, 997RS and GT3.2 this week. Without doubt the best cat is the 997 RS... Such a fantastic piece of kit!

Remember coming to buy a car from you and drooling when you opened up the garage doors! What a collection of fantastic cars. Do you still have the Speciale?

Yes, still have it. Took it into Wales 2 or 3 weeks ago...

Hows your Cayman, still got it?

GT4 now gone and replaced with a more family practical E92 M3 Comp pack along with a Cayman R which as a road car is superb and offers more than the GT4! Good to see you still have the Speciale - stunning car!

[LaSource]

Digga said:

hat sort of lens? I don't know too much of these things, but we had a fairly decent (albeit not full frame) Cannon DSLR at work and know the lenses can cost more than the body.

I use just the kit lens that came with the camera - it is a very decent lens but not a high end expensive one. You can sometimes hire an expensive lens for that one special occasion etc

993rsr said:

Cheers, hat well and truly doffed:-)

You really capture the very essence of the cars in your shots.

Thank you. I obsess about these cars, using them, exploring their limits on circuit, and snapping them in their environments. It is just an extension of the joy they bring.

I don't think I have any special photographic talent, but just bundles of passion and patience which boost any basic level of talent.

If I may indulge in a shared passion, then here are some examples of cars at end of day in pitlanes...at the risk of breaking PH site bandwidth!



















































Think that empties my reserves of car pics for PH posts

(though I do have a separate folder for on track pics )

Edited by LaSource on Tuesday 9th October 22:16

[GT4RS]

Amazing photos thanks for sharing

[TDT]

Talented, mate...Talented.

[angussampson]

To be completely honest, I don’t like the wheels on the 991 GT3...

Did someone say they ran different wheels but swapped them back over for the warranty (service ?) ?

Well, got my mortgage offer through... now I am really thinking about the prices and where they will be in a few months... seem to be quietly sliding on the 1.2 ( is that an approved abbreviation for a 991.2 Gt3 )

[Harris_I]

Superb, LaSource!

Every time I see your posts I am reminded of my sad Cobalt Blue sitting under a cover in the garage. Must get out more...

[Cheib]

High bid of £130k for a 1400 mile originally Malaysian registered car.....looking at the overall auction didn't go very well. JK's 675 LT didn't sell with a high bid of just under £200k.

http://www.silverstoneauctions.com/2010-porsche-91...

http://www.silverstoneauctions.com/2016-mclaren-67...

[angussampson]

Good post - shows us ACTUAL selling prices - like ZOOPLA, it rids us of all this conjecture...

Amy one know what happened with the gt3 ‘s at BCA a few months back ? Selling prices ?