GT3 prices going up
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Tend to think the 991 RS could be falling out of favour and increasingly shunned as it is rather lairy especially as the economic backdrop worsens. Look a bit of a prune trundling down to the supermarket with that wing tbph. As ever tgese cars are very colour sensitive though it has to be said.
Yes its a great package but looks expensive against both the 991.1 GT3 and especially the 991.2 GT3 which has a better engine and better sounding engine with a higher 9 k rev limit too also you effectively get a 2 year old newer car better media etc etc and the choice of auto or 'manuel' which of course is why there are so few offered for sale on the market and any proper spec cars sell very quickly at strong money.
Yes its a great package but looks expensive against both the 991.1 GT3 and especially the 991.2 GT3 which has a better engine and better sounding engine with a higher 9 k rev limit too also you effectively get a 2 year old newer car better media etc etc and the choice of auto or 'manuel' which of course is why there are so few offered for sale on the market and any proper spec cars sell very quickly at strong money.
av185 said:
Tend to think the 991 RS could be falling out of favour and increasingly shunned as it is rather lairy especially as the economic backdrop worsens. Look a bit of a prune trundling down to the supermarket with that wing tbph. As ever tgese cars are very colour sensitive though it has to be said.
Yes its a great package but looks expensive against both the 991.1 GT3 and especially the 991.2 GT3 which has a better engine and better sounding engine with a higher 9 k rev limit too also you effectively get a 2 year old newer car better media etc etc and the choice of auto or 'manuel' which of course is why there are so few offered for sale on the market and any proper spec cars sell very quickly at strong money.
This was exactly my thinking when I chose the .2 GT3 over the .1 RS. Yes its a great package but looks expensive against both the 991.1 GT3 and especially the 991.2 GT3 which has a better engine and better sounding engine with a higher 9 k rev limit too also you effectively get a 2 year old newer car better media etc etc and the choice of auto or 'manuel' which of course is why there are so few offered for sale on the market and any proper spec cars sell very quickly at strong money.
Such a sweet all-round package.
northernmedia said:
This was exactly my thinking when I chose the .2 GT3 over the .1 RS.
Such a sweet all-round package.
Shrewd choice and said it before the 991.2 is probably the sweetspot as a contemporary and usable proper sounding pre gpf 50 50 road track Porsche GT and really hard to beat at the money.Such a sweet all-round package.
The RS is a decent car but I would not want something any less focussed than this model I think I would have really regretted buying a none RS as the minimum excitement levels would not have been reached at all! They are quite anodyne cars generally I'm afraid so for the supercar running costs and purchase costs I will be returning to the supercar fold! My take away from my stint of ownership I think they are OK for the RRP the original owners paid but paying 160K for a car like mine I just do not see that money in them. This fact has gnawed away at me so much I have bailed. I came to resent it being in the garage it just doesn't pull it's monetary weight for me it's simply not good enough for the money it cost so it's gone.
Also I would add that only Porsche from the dealers would actually buy it. I have had a million dealers on the phone asking to SOR but none would dip their hand in their pocked even on a perfect spec car. Luckily Porsche saw some value in it but if your car is anything less than perfectly specced you could potentially be lumbered with it.
fridaypassion said:
The RS is a decent car but I would not want something any less focussed than this model I think I would have really regretted buying a none RS as the minimum excitement levels would not have been reached at all! They are quite anodyne cars generally I'm afraid so for the supercar running costs and purchase costs I will be returning to the supercar fold! My take away from my stint of ownership I think they are OK for the RRP the original owners paid but paying 160K for a car like mine I just do not see that money in them. This fact has gnawed away at me so much I have bailed. I came to resent it being in the garage it just doesn't pull it's monetary weight for me it's simply not good enough for the money it cost so it's gone.
Anodyne? If you think hitting 9k in 2nd in a .2 is anodyne I’m assuming you fly an F22 Raptor as your daily?And Supercar running costs? Where were you having it serviced and how often?
fridaypassion said:
The RS is a decent car but I would not want something any less focussed than this model I think I would have really regretted buying a none RS as the minimum excitement levels would not have been reached at all! They are quite anodyne cars generally I'm afraid so for the supercar running costs and purchase costs I will be returning to the supercar fold! My take away from my stint of ownership I think they are OK for the RRP the original owners paid but paying 160K for a car like mine I just do not see that money in them. This fact has gnawed away at me so much I have bailed. I came to resent it being in the garage it just doesn't pull it's monetary weight for me it's simply not good enough for the money it cost so it's gone.
Always interested to read a view that is different to the norm. What Supercar would you buy instead for the same money and how do you use your cars. I don't own an RS but do own a 991.2 GT3. For me as a car that is great fun to drive on the road but also can be driven on track and deal with that abuse without complaint they are hard to beat at this money. McLaren's are an obvious competitor if you're going on track but their running costs are more than a GT Porsche. fridaypassion said:
458. 3 times the car for less money that's what I'm going back to.
Fairly dated and very expensive for an old car imo.Too big too wide for B roads and auto box also a minus.
Great engine 9k limit yes but engine no better than the 991.2 GT3.
Would have sold mine a couple of years back if it hadn't appreciated so much.
The 991.2 GT3 is a better far more involving car overall imo. Especially as a manual.
Interesting Steve Sutcliffe rated even the 991.1. GT3 on a par with the Speciale in most areas way back in 2014.
f1ten said:
Gt3s holding up well. Is it me or are there a hell of a lot of 992 turbo s for sale (at 40k overs) !?
Its not you. All of a sudden there seems to be a glut of used 992TTS and 992 Turbos for sale especially with OPCs. I suspect they've been traded in for new 992GT3s. Either way paying overs for these is very silly indeed and I predict 992TTS prices back to list or below in the next few months.f1ten said:
Gt3s holding up well. Is it me or are there a hell of a lot of 992 turbo s for sale (at 40k overs) !?
Wait time for a new TTS is around 18 months if ordered today, lots that had early TTS car ordered new ones that are coming trough as so a few 20/21 Year cars coming to market. 
The one on CC is currently sat at £164k with 6 hours to go. 
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