Wheres all the GT3s for sale?

[hunter 66]

MDL111 said:

That sounds more like Ferrari parts pricing - even happier now that I looked for a car with steel brakes last year

Yes Changed mine on the .2 RS at 12 k miles in 2 and half years . New Front Discs and pads all around , parts from OPC were steep at 1.3 k , and took about 50 mins to change . Haha had an older Ferrari once , running costs scary.

[Melvynr]

ChrisW. said:

I have my almost new PCCB's boxed up and in an average year I am saving £2k on brake pads ... how long must I keep the car before the ST's are free?

And I can transfer them to my GT3 whenever I want to ... if I want to.

As TDT says, the last I heard a set of new PCCB's in this size was £18k + pads + fitting.

You must do a lot of track days in a year to go through 3 sets of pads, cannot see the man maths involved in spending 9k on discs and boxing the originals .
You put the discs back on to sell the car and new owner would not be any the wiser as to how many miles were put on them, prob be put off as well if you said you put the others on for the track.

[av185]

Cheib said:

My 991.2 is going in to my OPC for an oil change and MOT on Monday. They rang me on Friday asking if I wanted to sell it....never had that phone call before. Buyer rang me and made the point that as AV says 1 owner cars are rare. Although having blown smoke up my arse he then bid me £125k “ maybe more” ....”we’ll retail it for £135k” ....of course you will. Mine cost £139,500 before road tax back in 2018...so it’s very high spec...6 k miles so I’ve used it a bit.

Before anyone asks no I am not selling. Personally if I had a PDK and used on track I’d be looking at doing the trade into a 991.2 RS. What’s the price difference ? £40k ?

You should change your OPC C! An insulting offer for sure especially with your rare spec and LO. Just proves different OPCs bid different money. Point them to the £140k steel braked Agate car which as said previously puts yours at min £155k retail esp with your spec. Cheek! :

[Cheib]

ChrisW. said:

Cheib said:

A set os ST brakes is £9k so fitted north of £10k I assume ? You’re not far off the cost of a replacement set of PCCB discs at that level ? I guess it’s all about how they actually perform...if they are as you guys say that much better on track in terms of performance/robustness then I guess it is worth it if you do track your car a lot.

I have my almost new PCCB's boxed up and in an average year I am saving £2k on brake pads ... how long must I keep the car before the ST's are free?

And I can transfer them to my GT3 whenever I want to ... if I want to.

As TDT says, the last I heard a set of new PCCB's in this size was £18k + pads + fitting.

Listened to.a Podcast interview with Johnny Cocker earlier talking through various mods they put on cars...he mentioned not letting pads get below half way too. Will be asking OPC to check mine when car is in tomorrow. He raved about the ST discs but did say that Manthey’s GT2 RS has done 40,000 track km and is still on it’s original PCCB’s....only thing they have done is change standard pads to Pagid.

[D.no]

RC1 said:

once a similar car comes up through the opc network we should get a realistic ceiling price... at that point i reckon redline will reduce theirs

i dont see low mile gen 1s CS' with ceramics going for close to 90k this summer

£92,750 with buyer's fees?

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2008-porsche-9...

[red997]

991.1
my PCCBs have been on since new;
original & 1 set of pads, original discs.

Just had OPC warranty renewed, - all discs OK, pads just above half worn.
Will be fitting new pads shortly.

46K miles

[Grr_Boris]

Cheib said:

6k miles in three years for me but it’s not my only 911 and my kids are of the age where they keep me pretty busy. Family cars do 30k miles a year....none of which is commuting or work. My time is not my own unfortunately Today I’m doing 150 miles taking my son to play cricket.....GT3 can’t go as his kit bag doesn’t fit ! Should have ordered a Touring or not fitted CS. Wise after the event

All that said whilst I love every minute I spend in mine even if I could I wouldn’t; daily it. Better cars for the job.

Is it the cage that is the problem? This is why i am likely to go for bucket seats but not CS / cage, as without the cage it is so much more usable for luggage etc.

[RC1]

RC1 said:

once a similar car comes up through the opc network we should get a realistic ceiling price... at that point i reckon redline will reduce theirs

i dont see low mile gen 1s CS' with ceramics going for close to 90k this summer

i was so wrong

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2008-porsche-9...

[MPorsche]

Looks like the Ashgood car didn’t hang around.

[Shaoxter]

RC1 said:

RC1 said:

once a similar car comes up through the opc network we should get a realistic ceiling price... at that point i reckon redline will reduce theirs

i dont see low mile gen 1s CS' with ceramics going for close to 90k this summer

i was so wrong

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2008-porsche-9...

Need to put some stickers on my car then, clearly they add a bit of value!

[RC1]

interesting both of the track focused non standard 997.1 gt3s have sold for what i think is strong money

[Chemical Ali]

Interesting. My PC contacted me and offered cash for my GTS. Never done that before.

Looking for 4.0 GT3 atm.

[GT Two]

Considering there is a premium to pay over that too, its very strong money.

Im trying to find a 997.1 GT3. Have cash burning a hole in my pocket but based on stock levels I think I may have to wait until later this year.

[Melvynr]

red997 said:

991.1
my PCCBs have been on since new;
original & 1 set of pads, original discs.

Just had OPC warranty renewed, - all discs OK, pads just above half worn.
Will be fitting new pads shortly.

46K miles

Sounds bang on the mark, pads have 12 mill new .My M6 used to use 1 mill per 1.5 k miles, but very heavy car .

[EvoSid]

rrroro said:

^ I agree, I reckon everyone is just waiting to see what happens when the new car comes out. Although anyone that 'needs' to sell now will be selling now obviously

Test drives are/were a bit of a grey area. My M2 sold privately within a day of advertising it - the chap who bought it never test drove it, but I let the garage doing the inspection report test drive as they were doing a PPI for the buyer. No issues, went through without fuss

The buyer financed the car privately which was an eye opener for me, I thought you could only finance a car through a dealer and that private buyers only bought with cash, but that's not the case anymore

I did the same last year
Never test drove my GT4 before buying it. Got OPC to do a full PPI and test drive and they gave it a clean bill of health and on that basis I bought it.
I initially paid cash for it and the asset financed it via Lombard Finance for part of the car to free up cash as I have my eye on a 911 possibly a GT3 or a Mclaren. I have financed privately before but this is the first time I have financed after buying the car

[EvoSid]

D.no said:

I'm sure clogs would be less expensive than Usain Bolt's gold Puma's.

And Usian Bolt will still be faster in clogs than the average person as well
Sometimes it is not all about the equipment , skill maybe comes into it

[EvoSid]

Cheib said:

As I mentioned above my car is going in on Monday, I will see what they say about pad wear on my car. Will be interested to see what they say!

So what was the verdict on the pads ?

[throt]

red997 said:

991.1
my PCCBs have been on since new;
original & 1 set of pads, original discs.

Just had OPC warranty renewed, - all discs OK, pads just above half worn.
Will be fitting new pads shortly.

46K miles

Fair play to you, red

Parked my .2 next to a .1 at my OPC the other day, same colour, white and the .1 was the same spec as mine when i had it.

Really regret not taking pics of them together, as it doesn't happen often.
Surprisingly, I really loved the .1, platinum wheels, normal un-darkened headlights, chrome headlight washer studs and with that very different front end it looked really sharp, ready and "sporty", if you like.

I do miss those blue smoky start ups of the .1

[ChrisW.]

Melvynr said:

You must do a lot of track days in a year to go through 3 sets of pads, cannot see the man maths involved in spending 9k on discs and boxing the originals .
You put the discs back on to sell the car and new owner would not be any the wiser as to how many miles were put on them, prob be put off as well if you said you put the others on for the track.

That was with the old PCCB discs ... my first set of pads lasted 5400 miles including running in for 1500 miles. I only wore out a second set of pads before I replaced the discs with ST's ... yes it was becoming expensive and I had already worn out a set of PCCB discs on my Cayman R (at around 30,000 miles). Note that the CR PCCB's were the 996/997 generation, not the 991.1 generation.

A set of pads (replaced at half worn) was lasting three or four track days plus the running around in-between. The heat damage to the remaining pad material was very significant and irrespective of protection to the PCCB laminate layer by changing pads early, I didn't want to risk pad material separating from the backing plate and potentially jamming in the calliper.

Edited by ChrisW. on Tuesday 27th April 11:24

[Melvynr]

ChrisW. said:

That was with the old PCCB discs ... my first set of pads lasted 5400 miles including running in for 1500 miles. I only wore out a second set of pads before I replaced the discs with ST's ... yes it was becoming expensive and I had already worn out a set of PCCB discs on my Cayman R (at around 30,000 miles). Note that the CR PCCB's were the 996/997 generation, not the 991.1 generation.

A set of pads (replaced at half worn) was lasting three or four track days plus the running around in-between. The heat damage to the remaining pad material was very significant and irrespective of protection to the PCCB laminate layer by changing pads early, I didn't want to risk pad material separating from the backing plate and potentially jamming in the calliper.

Edited by ChrisW. on Tuesday 27th April 11:24

That makes more sense now and is recommended changing the pads at 5 mill, so just about half worn as you say.I take it they are the same Brembo pads that BMW have in there ceramics , they have 3 studs that hold the pad and are 3 mill long into the pad which would make a mess of the laminate on the disc.
Any better stopping power with the RSC1 PAGID pads as I think you can put them on the pccb also.