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AlexNJ89 said:
TDT said:
Yep. That’s my old car mate. I was the first owner.
Factory order from New in 2014.
I ordered from Reading and also sold it back to them when changing to GT4. It then went to OPC Portsmouth, where is was bought by second owner who got in touch with me. He then sold to Ashgood few weeks back, and then went to Paragon I guess.
I covered about 22k in it as my daily in just about 2.5years. Mainly station, airport as I worked internationally and in the city’s, and obviously fun drives. Frikin’ loved it... proper weapon with PDK, PTV/LSD and X73.
Any Qs let me know. Second owner added some little bits i believe, GTS badges and carbon entry sills.
I ordered it debadged and it had standard entry stills.
Would love to see it again. Held its value well too.
I saw this car on Pistonheads as it is fantastic looking and I was wondering who specced the car because it was such a strange spec given it had the carbon sills but not front parking sensors.Factory order from New in 2014.
I ordered from Reading and also sold it back to them when changing to GT4. It then went to OPC Portsmouth, where is was bought by second owner who got in touch with me. He then sold to Ashgood few weeks back, and then went to Paragon I guess.
I covered about 22k in it as my daily in just about 2.5years. Mainly station, airport as I worked internationally and in the city’s, and obviously fun drives. Frikin’ loved it... proper weapon with PDK, PTV/LSD and X73.
Any Qs let me know. Second owner added some little bits i believe, GTS badges and carbon entry sills.
I ordered it debadged and it had standard entry stills.
Would love to see it again. Held its value well too.
Edited by TDT on Saturday 12th June 10:12
They didn't list X73 in the ad so I thought it was missing PASM, also no front parking sensors, I don't trust myself in tight spacing.
I think X73 would've been too firm for me on the daily.
Hope the new owner enjoys the car!
I've put a deposit down on it for 2 reasons 1) For track day fun 2) Top stop the incessant GT3 searching. :-)
TDT said:
Lol, yep it arrived in yesterday. Weirdly… I happened to be there (browsing!) when it arrived.
Still lovely. Nice to know it will be down the road again.
Browsing or shopping for upgrades? :-)Still lovely. Nice to know it will be down the road again.
Edited by TDT on Wednesday 12th January 16:35
The CGTS is a HELL of a lot of car for £48k.
This time we should finally try to arrange a drive out!
Check out how immaculate this one is, incredible
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202206166...
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202206166...
julian987R said:
squirdan said:
It’s £61k ffs !
Who cares how shiny the door shuts are or aren’t - that is the wrong price
well yes it is pricey but it has 20k's worth of options and is spanking clean. Who cares how shiny the door shuts are or aren’t - that is the wrong price
julian987R said:
well yes it is pricey but it has 20k's worth of options and is spanking clean.
Mine has £20k plus of extras and was £10k less near enough, confession it does have thirty thousand more miles 
. It's a gorgeous edition but I doubt it will sell for that. I have a slight distrust of cars that have been too pampered, like a boxer who spends the off-season on the couch, feel the car will not be used to rigorous driving
I think the 981 GTS market is stronger for Boxster variants because of lack of supply of the 718, but both are holding good value - especially considering the price of them was £55-60k new in 2014.
I recently picked up a 981 BGTS and it is lovely, so much so I cancelled my 718 BGTS order and swapped it into a Cayman (and immediately got a build slot for December). The 981 sounds lovely, in fact probably a bit too loud on occasion but it's a lovely thing and I think (hope) prices will remain strong for some time. A lot of the 718 orders won't get fulfilled.
That yellow one above is a lovely thing though, rare colour on those cars. The thing also to consider is a new Cayman GTS is nearer £80k now when 'essential' options are added, so the delta can be pretty large.
I recently picked up a 981 BGTS and it is lovely, so much so I cancelled my 718 BGTS order and swapped it into a Cayman (and immediately got a build slot for December). The 981 sounds lovely, in fact probably a bit too loud on occasion but it's a lovely thing and I think (hope) prices will remain strong for some time. A lot of the 718 orders won't get fulfilled.
That yellow one above is a lovely thing though, rare colour on those cars. The thing also to consider is a new Cayman GTS is nearer £80k now when 'essential' options are added, so the delta can be pretty large.
julian987R said:
Check out how immaculate this one is, incredible
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202206166...
I think that's the only 981 GTS I've seen with the new style steering wheel. Has that been retrofitted? https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202206166...
Jefferson Steelflex said:
I think the 981 GTS market is stronger for Boxster variants because of lack of supply of the 718, but both are holding good value - especially considering the price of them was £55-60k new in 2014.
I recently picked up a 981 BGTS and it is lovely, so much so I cancelled my 718 BGTS order and swapped it into a Cayman (and immediately got a build slot for December). The 981 sounds lovely, in fact probably a bit too loud on occasion but it's a lovely thing and I think (hope) prices will remain strong for some time. A lot of the 718 orders won't get fulfilled.
That yellow one above is a lovely thing though, rare colour on those cars. The thing also to consider is a new Cayman GTS is nearer £80k now when 'essential' options are added, so the delta can be pretty large.
Also picked up a BGTS and am delighted with it. It’s my other half’s car really but it’s surprised me how good a road car it is. I must be getting old but roof down vs magically less stiff feels like a great trade ! I recently picked up a 981 BGTS and it is lovely, so much so I cancelled my 718 BGTS order and swapped it into a Cayman (and immediately got a build slot for December). The 981 sounds lovely, in fact probably a bit too loud on occasion but it's a lovely thing and I think (hope) prices will remain strong for some time. A lot of the 718 orders won't get fulfilled.
That yellow one above is a lovely thing though, rare colour on those cars. The thing also to consider is a new Cayman GTS is nearer £80k now when 'essential' options are added, so the delta can be pretty large.
X73
PCCB
PTV
Carbon buckets
david-j8694 said:
julian987R said:
Check out how immaculate this one is, incredible
https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202206166...
I think that's the only 981 GTS I've seen with the new style steering wheel. Has that been retrofitted? https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202206166...
Is that car that was advertised on Autotrader in a garage in North Scotland ?
squirdan said:
Jefferson Steelflex said:
Don’t think so, ‘that’ one had the gloss black wheels with the polished edge. Could have been changed though.
I believe the one you’re referring to has an interesting history.
if its the same car, it ticked all the boxes for me other than it looked to have lowering springs on, I spoke to the garage selling it, must be close to 2 years ago, i think at the time it was up at mid or late £40-s , I must have caught the sales guy on a bad day he was proper ars*y with me so I left it. I actually bought something else but kept looking for a nice 981 Gts and I Noticed it taken of sale a few times and relisted over the last 18 months, I wasn't sure if it was sales tactics or they just kept selling it and getting it back,noticed it back again at I think £55k earlier this year, then a month or so ago It was back again closer to £50k. It always had the plates covered so I was unable to do a history check on it but the spec was fantastic and the car looked tidy,would be interested in hearing, if you knew anything about it. I believe the one you’re referring to has an interesting history.
It’s a classic case of right car wrong garage (not a Porsche specialist) and being in a fairly remote place north of Aberdeen prob didn’t help
It’s a 2 owner car - first owner had it for 5 years and did some mods - which despite the paperwork being there were misdescribed on adverts.
It had gone to Centre Gravity for geo who fitted H&R anti roll bars. Suspension itself is OEM X73 option, not lowered, although that option is lower than PASM of course.
It was for sale for a while at a small dealer in Elgin and was then raffled in one of these online competitions . I think they used a bit of poetic licence when they described it… claimed 400bhp and lowered suspension.
Nice result for 2nd owner, £4.50 a ticket …He kept it a year
Has every service receipt (all 4 at OPC) every mot, all other docs etc and was sitting on 6mm N rated Michelins all round.
Someone claimed on a forum ages ago the pccbs were shot (or chipped) so as well as getting it serviced at the dealers expense I got Porsche Aberdeen to do a 111pt check and a load of other stuff , Rev ranges & specifically a report on the brakes. Discs are like new, none of that crazing you sometimes see, and rear pads are 25pc worn, probably due to the effect of PTV.
First owner could have had it remapped by DMS as they also supplied an exhaust, but it is now entirely standard and let’s be honest not much you can really do to an N/A engine anyway.
Did it see the track? Probably, but it’s like when you read at advert that says “never driven in the rain…a GT3 that has never been on the track… etc etc”. As a subsequent owner you can never really know
Net net, with that spec (mega. List was £75k) and a price sub £50k Porsche serviced, warrantied and frankly looking like a new car (ppf) I thought it was worth the trip.
Ashgood just sold a bgts for £48k I think, white, fairly ordinary spec, same miles. And they sell cars quickly as they are generally quite cheap relative
With a 981 spyder at £72k+ this is in essence the same car (both have X73) with a few bhp less, for 33pc less money
That was my man maths anyway!
It’s a 2 owner car - first owner had it for 5 years and did some mods - which despite the paperwork being there were misdescribed on adverts.
It had gone to Centre Gravity for geo who fitted H&R anti roll bars. Suspension itself is OEM X73 option, not lowered, although that option is lower than PASM of course.
It was for sale for a while at a small dealer in Elgin and was then raffled in one of these online competitions . I think they used a bit of poetic licence when they described it… claimed 400bhp and lowered suspension.
Nice result for 2nd owner, £4.50 a ticket …He kept it a year
Has every service receipt (all 4 at OPC) every mot, all other docs etc and was sitting on 6mm N rated Michelins all round.
Someone claimed on a forum ages ago the pccbs were shot (or chipped) so as well as getting it serviced at the dealers expense I got Porsche Aberdeen to do a 111pt check and a load of other stuff , Rev ranges & specifically a report on the brakes. Discs are like new, none of that crazing you sometimes see, and rear pads are 25pc worn, probably due to the effect of PTV.
First owner could have had it remapped by DMS as they also supplied an exhaust, but it is now entirely standard and let’s be honest not much you can really do to an N/A engine anyway.
Did it see the track? Probably, but it’s like when you read at advert that says “never driven in the rain…a GT3 that has never been on the track… etc etc”. As a subsequent owner you can never really know
Net net, with that spec (mega. List was £75k) and a price sub £50k Porsche serviced, warrantied and frankly looking like a new car (ppf) I thought it was worth the trip.
Ashgood just sold a bgts for £48k I think, white, fairly ordinary spec, same miles. And they sell cars quickly as they are generally quite cheap relative
With a 981 spyder at £72k+ this is in essence the same car (both have X73) with a few bhp less, for 33pc less money
That was my man maths anyway!
was the spec that caught my attention, I wanted a BGTS as a road car, I called and was told the original exhaust , dampers and arbs were not present, I do recall the 400bhp upgrade advertised, I asked if it had upgrade throttle body cams or anything else but I got the impression it was a number plucked out of the sky.
On paper it looked a dream spec, I previously had a 981 Spyder but the manual gearbox and faffy roof were negatives for me, that car was as close to what I have seen a car that I would have specced myself new.
Great to hear it is all good, by the time I talked myself into calling up again about it, it was sold and I ended up with a similar car, just lacking buckets which wasn't a deal breaker for me having had them in the Spyder , I found the lack of adjustment hard work on long journeys.
On paper it looked a dream spec, I previously had a 981 Spyder but the manual gearbox and faffy roof were negatives for me, that car was as close to what I have seen a car that I would have specced myself new.
Great to hear it is all good, by the time I talked myself into calling up again about it, it was sold and I ended up with a similar car, just lacking buckets which wasn't a deal breaker for me having had them in the Spyder , I found the lack of adjustment hard work on long journeys.
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