LP560-2 TO 991.2 GT3 ??

[waiteu2]

Ok i seem to be doing lots of umming and ahhing recently.Looking at swapping a 993 for a 997 GTS then got thrown a curve ball!
I also have an LP560-2 50th anniversary sub 10k miles with good options.
I love the car especially the noise on start up and downshift,its immense!

Anyway a friend i do a bit of business with has a Black 991.2GT3 with lift/buckets/roll cage and other bits and bobs in PDK.
He has offered top sell it to me still loads more than list but approx 15k under what similar cars are advertised for at dealers (180k mark)

Only issue is i can't afford to keep the Lambo and have this aswell so it would have to go.

There is no other LP560-2 for sale in the country at the moment as far as i know so this is another factor in what i should do.
Ive always loved to have a motorsport Porsche but the feeling the Gallardo gives is still fabulous.

Normally make an instant decision but this is giving me a headache.

Anyone have any input? (I realise this is subjective but would love other points of view)

Cheers,Craig

[70proof]

Haven't seen one on sale in months... Don't do it.....nothing better for pure sense of theatre and involvement

[Superleg48]

You’d be going the wrong way! Keep the Gallardo.

[Never you mind]

Tough call Craig. The 50th is a special car more so than any normal LP560 due to the 2WD and the spec of our cars. Driving wise I don't think you'll gain anything in trading it in for 991.2 GT3 apart from a roll cage.


The only car that I would be happy to chop mine in for would be an E-Type or something of that ilk.

Edited by Never you mind on Friday 25th May 09:46

[RamboLambo]

Wow, can't believe you are even thinking about it ?!

Keep the Gallardo or you will regret it. Don't get me wrong a GT3 is a great sports car but its not a SUPERcar IMHO.

Downgrade and pay overs, no thanks not for me

[Pioneer]

Keep the G .... 100%

[waiteu2]

^^^ Thanks.Think i knew the answer all along but minds firmly made up now.
Spoke to a dealer who said pretty much the same thing today.He has two .2 GT3's in both with ceramics at just 10k more than i can have the black one for without ceramics.
At 150k it would be relatively free motoring for a year but not at any more than that.
I know i'd end up looking for another Gallardo/Huracan anyway so i'll stay happy with my lot for now.

Cheers all.

[hondansx]

Can't say I have driven a 2WD Gallardo, but there is no way a 'regular' one can compete with the latest GT3. Sorry.

[waiteu2]

Cant compete i what respect?

[av185]

hondansx said:

Can't say I have driven a 2WD Gallardo, but there is no way a 'regular' one can compete with the latest GT3. Sorry.

Cars are chalk and cheese.

The Gallardo is miles behind the gen 2 GT3 not just from a driving dynamics perspective but in every other area.

Just be aware that if your pals GT3 has steels it would be worth up to £15k less than a pccb car all other things being equal.

[waiteu2]

av185 said:

Cars are chalk and cheese.

The Gallardo is miles behind the gen 2 GT3 not just from a driving dynamics perspective but in every other area.

Just be aware that if your pals GT3 has steels it would be worth up to £15k less than a pccb car all other things being equal.

I know what your saying but saying its behind in every area is just not true.What about sense of occasion and how the car makes the individual feel when driving it?

To the layman ones just another 911 and ones a car that they had posters on the wall of.

[isaldiri]

Ask to have a drive of the gt3 and take it down a nice road you're familiar with. If it does enough to want to change then start properly umming and ahhing imo. The gallardo clearly does still tick lots of boxes for you, the gt3 is better in some respects but it's definitely not a given you will prefer the overall experience.

[Never you mind]

waiteu2 said:

^^^ Thanks.Think i knew the answer all along but minds firmly made up now.
Spoke to a dealer who said pretty much the same thing today.He has two .2 GT3's in both with ceramics at just 10k more than i can have the black one for without ceramics.
At 150k it would be relatively free motoring for a year but not at any more than that.
I know i'd end up looking for another Gallardo/Huracan anyway so i'll stay happy with my lot for now.

Cheers all.

Think I know the dealer in question and the 2 cars you mention. Recently picked up a little A45 AMG for the wife from there at the weekend Out of the two the silver one is a better spec if I remember rightly, the black one isn't a club sport.

They might be better in some measureable way but the Gallardo gives you stuff that you can't measure, well in a quantifiable way.


PCCB can be expensive if you need to replace pads, steels are cheaper but less desirable.

[sardis]

As you own both marques you are well placed to answer the question yourself, and indeed you already have in many ways. There are very few cars that elicit the same sense of occasion and general appreciation from Joe Public as a Lamborghini. I understand that to aficionados the latest RS/GT/2/3/4 is the dogs danglies and indeed it may be 7/10th of a second faster round the circuit of your choice. However, unless you are an absolute track demon you are highly unlikely to get even close to extracting the theoretical advantage. As you have already said the driving experience comprises many different elements, including of course the sound and mechanical response of the engine and drive train. So if you enjoy a spirited drive out with your mates, get pleasure from talking to people about Lambos at every petrol station, café, and anywhere else you happen to park up, keep a Lambo in your portfolio.

[Gameface]

Or even your garage.

[sardis]

Indeed:

Portfolio: a collection of investments that are owned by a particular person

[waiteu2]

Sardis, i think you've hit the nail on the head. Whilst i'd love a GT3 the reality is would i pay overs to the tune of approx £45k for one and lose the Gallardo? No i wouldn't.
Now that I've given it some serious thought i know i wouldn't be happy knowing that I've paid 45k more than the car lists at.
As others i quite like knowing that my cash is not going to take a nose dive although i expect normal depreciation i do try and limit it with being a limited edition or in the case of the 993 soon to be classic.

I think i'll sit tight and see what happens to 991.1 and .2 values and take a view later on.I'm not that unhappy with what I've currently got just a little familiarity creeping in.

[Porsche911R]

Go drive a new GT3 , btw it just won Autocars best hardcore drivers car 2018.

And they also put it above a 458 Speciale !!!

with the Lamborghini Huracan Performante 5th

https://images.cdn.autocar.co.uk/car-news/best-car...

:-)

I guess if you like driving Porsche has no competition, if you like posing then that's another matter.

Edited by Porsche911R on Thursday 31st May 08:35

[Never you mind]

Porsche911R said:

Go drive a new GT3 , btw it just won Autocars best hardcore drivers car 2018.

And they also put it above a 458 Speciale !!!

with the Lamborghini Huracan Performante 5th

https://images.cdn.autocar.co.uk/car-news/best-car...

:-)

I guess if you like driving Porsche has no competition, if you like posing then that's another matter.

Edited by Porsche911R on Thursday 31st May 08:35

I guess if you pay LIST for it then it makes sense. If you are paying some flipper who wouldn't know it's better than the speciale as they have never driven it then it's a different proposition.

[70proof]

Never you mind said:

I guess if you pay LIST for it then it makes sense. If you are paying some flipper who wouldn't know it's better than the speciale as they have never driven it then it's a different proposition.

Disagree, even at 50k overs it is value for money bang for buck if it's this good.... Until the next GT3 arrives which will be even better and so on and so on.... The 911 has and is being fine tuned for ?40years now so of course this GT3 is going to be good and the next better....and given the clammer for n/a cars they make allow the 4.0 to live on....

There will be better cars, faster cars too.... Tyres explain many of the gains fwiw.... But if we all thought like that no one would hanker after a 288 gto etc....the older cars have character, the gallardo is just modern enough to still be analogue, and the V10 behind the ears has be one of the greatest road car engine ever made...

Sure some owners that have moved their 560-2 on can comment, I know one one who regrets it now , even compared to his performante...

OP, the grass always seems greener on the other side, until you go to graze there... I get familiarity creep, but think of her as the wife you'd happily wake up to every morning, faults and all...

Edited by 70proof on Thursday 31st May 09:36