Any decent 997.1 GT3's on the market?

[RC1]

TheThrottleCable said:

Looks to be an upgraded 997 RS steering wheel

Edited by TheThrottleCable on Thursday 25th February 11:30

Judging by the quality of the stitching i would bet its a recover job rather than an OE or aftermarket wheel

[DjSki]

dopsonj said:

You won't regret it, over 4000 miles since November done in mine, having just ticked over 173,000 total.. Love it... make the man maths work! :-)

One thing to note... It may not have AC? It has an ECO button where mine has AC OFF? Perhaps someone more familiar can confirm

• Think you can ignore me as it appears it was a change in 2007 to the wording AC OFF rather than ECO**

Edited by dopsonj on Wednesday 24th February 21:05

Edited by dopsonj on Wednesday 24th February 21:18

Wow, 173k miles, the highest mile 997 GT3 in the world?

[DjSki]

I always thought all CS 997 GT3s came from the factory with nomex seats....

[SFO]

Digga said:

Not so. I menioned ion one of my earlier posts there have been a few 997 GT3's, both Gen 1 and Gen 2, which have the carbon buckets (either CGT or the later type) but no cage. You could spec them this way and usually the seats had leather/alcantara trim.

Like mine

[Digga]

SFO said:

Digga said:

Not so. I menioned ion one of my earlier posts there have been a few 997 GT3's, both Gen 1 and Gen 2, which have the carbon buckets (either CGT or the later type) but no cage. You could spec them this way and usually the seats had leather/alcantara trim.

Like mine

Yep. When I began looking in earnest, there was a lovely 997.2 in Atlas grey at 911v with similar spec to yours; folding buckets, but no cage.

[dopsonj]

DjSki said:

Wow, 173k miles, the highest mile 997 GT3 in the world?

Would love to find someone with higher....



TheThrottleCable - Top Bearding... I had wondered why I had that extra piece on the door...!

[DjSki]

dopsonj said:

Would love to find someone with higher....



TheThrottleCable - Top Bearding... I had wondered why I had that extra piece on the door...!

Any engine work needed so far?

[g7jhp]

thelostboy said:

Admirable nerd knowledge there - that was news to me!

I would assume any GT3 without a cage is not a CS. It would be bizarre to remove one, when you can pay less for a comfort car.

Unless someone had bought a GT3 ClubSport because they wanted the bucket seats.

Sure plenty have removed and stored/sold the cage as they didn't want to drive round with all that scaffolding in the back. It also frees up space for bags.

[ferrisbueller]

dopsonj said:

Would love to find someone with higher....

Kudos. ISTR a cobalt blue one knocking about with >180k on it.

[Digga]

g7jhp said:

Unless someone had bought a GT3 ClubSport because they wanted the bucket seats.

Sure plenty have removed and stored/sold the cage as they didn't want to drive round with all that scaffolding in the back. It also frees up space for bdags.

[dopsonj]

DjSki said:

Any engine work needed so far?

Nope - Compression is sub 2% across all 6 - Has been loving cared for by previous owners who're on here and over serviced at Fearnsport!

ferrisbueller said:

Kudos. ISTR a cobalt blue one knocking about with >180k on it.

I believe that might be Rogers 996 GT3? If so, he was the previous owner of this who did the big miles in it's early years!




And so on...

[Matter88]

SFO said:

Like mine

Do you have the padded door cards that are standard fit on Clubsport's or the normal door cards? They look like "normal" ones from here.

[SFO]

Matter88 said:

SFO said:

Like mine

Do you have the padded door cards that are standard fit on Clubsport's or the normal door cards? They look like "normal" ones from here.

Normal door cards as folding buckets come with side airbags

[ferrisbueller]

dopsonj said:

I believe that might be Rogers 996 GT3? If so, he was the previous owner of this who did the big miles in it's early years!




And so on...

I think that is this one? https://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2018-0...

[Shaoxter]

Matter88 said:

Do you have the padded door cards that are standard fit on Clubsport's or the normal door cards? They look like "normal" ones from here.

My 997.1 is a Comfort specced with bucket seats (leather & alcantara) and has the padded door cards, so same as the white car in question. Nobody has removed a cage or anything, you could spec it like that from the factory.

[RichDS]

Any thoughts on this one?

(to confirm comfort spec suits me fine!)

I just found a great car on Auto Trader:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202005289...

Edited by RichDS on Thursday 25th February 19:17

[WindyM]

Looks like a tidy low miler.
It's odd that it's a non-CS with a plastic dash rather than leather. It's the opposite of my CS which does have a leather dash!
It doesn't list Tyre Pressure Monitoring in the options which is useful on track days.

[GT4RS]

RichDS said:

Any thoughts on this one?

(to confirm comfort spec suits me fine!)

I just found a great car on Auto Trader:
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202005289...

Edited by RichDS on Thursday 25th February 19:17

Are you new to the market, that car has been on and off the market for about two years.

[ttdan]

WindyM said:

Looks like a tidy low miler.
It's odd that it's a non-CS with a plastic dash rather than leather. It's the opposite of my CS which does have a leather dash!
It doesn't list Tyre Pressure Monitoring in the options which is useful on track days.

It’s not that odd really..

TPM hardly an massive issue when most people should use a gauge anyway and it’s not exactly track day spec to begin with.


OP, if you like the idea of it go have a look and do your own independent due diligence. I wouldn’t expect a balanced view here where everything needs to be perfect.

[RC1]

As said its been on the market for ages and relative to others it looks over priced on the face of it but your paying for the low mileage and perhaps the vendor is flexible on price and its got great provenance/history etc