997.1 GT3, which should I buy?

[tomvcarter]

Hi, I have sold my car and now have cash in the bank to spend... Can you please advise which you think would be the my best option. I also want to try to avoid depreciation where possible...
Options for me are these three, does anyone have any thoughts, or know any of the cars?
Club sport with steels from Harbour cars:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3262021.htm
White Club sport with ceramics, OEM sale (very over priced if you ask me!):
http://mobile.pistonheads.com/sales/3307775.htm
Or RS with ceramics from OEM for £70k (good price IMO, but pushing my budget A LOT!):
http://www.porschehost.com/ApprovedStockIframe.asp...

Or save myself 20-30k and buy a Caterham R500?....
Tks Tom

[Magic919]

Wow, thread #6 on buying a GT3.

[911Thrasher]

I'd go for the WHITE 997.1GT3 at £68k

But then for a couple more bucks you can get a RS...which if you are concern about depreciation and "special" feel will probably age better

If you want a WHITE 7.1RS mine is for sale, but then it would most probably push your budget way too far.

[nsm3]

If you want to avoid depreciation, you will be better giving them all the swerve IMO?

I was recently offered a trade in value that equated to a 17k loss in 12 months for mine, so you will be looking at 8k the minute you buy any of them.

There again, you could think bks to all that and just dive in - you will be hard pushed to find a better steer?

[drpep]

tomvcarter said:

Hi, I have sold my car and now have cash in the bank to spend... Can you please advise which you think would be the my best option. I also want to try to avoid depreciation where possible...
Options for me are these three, does anyone have any thoughts, or know any of the cars?
Club sport with steels from Harbour cars:
http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3262021.htm
White Club sport with ceramics, OEM sale (very over priced if you ask me!):
http://mobile.pistonheads.com/sales/3307775.htm
Or RS with ceramics from OEM for £70k (good price IMO, but pushing my budget A LOT!):
http://www.porschehost.com/ApprovedStockIframe.asp...

Or save myself 20-30k and buy a Caterham R500?....
Tks Tom

The Harbour cars one is a decent purchase provided it comes with some warranty. I paid similar, plus a 2 year warranty for a 6700 mile car from OPC Belfast so it's not a bad shout. Bear in mind, owning a GT3/RS over winter might be a really agonising wait as the driving opportunities are somewhat dictated by the weather. Nonetheless, you should get a good car for good money between now and December/January but i'd aim to move before Feb when folks start thinking about their 'summer fun car'. I expect things to pick up towards march/april time provided there's still a post Christmas economy. One thing's for sure, choose right and you won't regret the purchase! I'm loving mine. Cant wait 'til the alpine passes thaw out in spring!!

[drpep]

nsm3 said:

I was recently offered a trade in value that equated to a 17k loss in 12 months for mine, so you will be looking at 8k the minute you buy any of them.

There is always big variance in trade offers though so make sure you shop around. By example, I was offered between £20k and 27k for my late C2S last year.

[tomvcarter]

Magic919 said:

Wow, thread #6 on buying a GT3.

WOW 4700 posts in 52 months...

[g7jhp]

tomvcarter said:

Magic919 said:

Wow, thread #6 on buying a GT3.

WOW 4700 posts in 52 months...

I think Magic919 was implying it might have been easier to post one GT3 thread with all your questions. That way you get all your feedback in one place and people tend to respond better (rather than multiple threads)

[Slippydiff]

Phooey said:

Not overpriced. Check the spec/mileage/warranty.

Give Allan Dennis a call on 0116 367 8871 if you are serious about that car. Also has a Meteor GT3 in group.

Maybe not overpriced per se, but it's still a lot of money for a Gen 1 '7 GT3. At this level I'd be going the extra mile to find a Gen 1 RS, but that in turn leads you into the whole "do I buy a Gen 1 RS or Gen 2 GT3 scenario ?" . . .

[Dr S]

Slippydiff said:

Maybe not overpriced per se, but it's still a lot of money for a Gen 1 '7 GT3. At this level I'd be going the extra mile to find a Gen 1 RS, but that in turn leads you into the whole "do I buy a Gen 1 RS or Gen 2 GT3 scenario ?" . . .

7.2 GT3 is far superior to a 7.1 RS. The latter is massively overpriced for what it is: a pure colour scheme marketing job...

[911Thrasher]

Dr S said:

7.2 GT3 is far superior to a 7.1 RS. The latter is massively overpriced for what it is: a pure colour scheme marketing job...

+single flywheel cluth
+wider track
+lighter glass

+RS sticker/name

Edited by 911Thrasher on Tuesday 1st November 16:55

[tomvcarter]

911Thrasher said:

+single flywheel cluth
+wider track
+lighter glass

Is it worth it?

[TheDeadPrussian]

tomvcarter said:

Is it worth it?

In my experience having driven both (997.1 GT3 and GT3 RS) back-to-back, the most noticeable difference is in the way the engine gains and looses revs, the single-mass flywheel does make a difference.
Wider track and lighter - I'm not a good enough driver to notice the difference on the road.

My first GT3 was a 997.1 GT3 with Clubsport package, but recently I have bought a 997.2 GT3 with folding bucket seats rather than a 997.1 GT3 RS. I felt the 997.2 had moved things forward.

If your budget is fixed and you cannot stretch to a 997.2 GT3, I don’t think you will be disappointed with either a 997.1 GT3 or an RS – both are fantastic.
In my opinion though the GT3 should look and feel different, and so I would always want bucket seats etc to make it feel as I would like – the comfort spec interior is a little too close to a non-GT car for me.

[kingstondc5]

Tom,

Have you been out and test driven any of them yet?

[nsm3]

I was at Solihull today and noticed they have a White Gen 1 with buckets, cage etc (I think on steels?) and 25k on the clock for just under £60k - I bet you could kick a couple of K out of it and still get the 2 years warranty?

[Slippydiff]

nsm3 said:

I was at Solihull today and noticed they have a White Gen 1 with buckets, cage etc (I think on steels?) and 25k on the clock for just under £60k - I bet you could kick a couple of K out of it and still get the 2 years warranty?

I saw it last week, it is on steels, looked to be a nice example too. I thought it tad expensive with 25K miles up it.

[nsm3]

Agreed, if you take out the 2.5k for 2 years warranty and get another 2k off the asking, it would be nearer to the 55k cars it is competing with.

PS: The warranty reduction would be theoretical only, to make the comparison against non-OPC cars. Mine is in for a suspected RMS, however, they have contacted me to extend the loaner as apparently the gearbox has to come out twice, once to identify and do the job and again following road tests and on ramp running, to check it has worked! Seems a bit excessive to me, the labour must be getting on for 3 grand?

Edited by nsm3 on Wednesday 2nd November 06:51

[kz1]

911Thrasher said:

I'd go for the WHITE 997.1GT3 at £68k

But then for a couple more bucks you can get a RS...which if you are concern about depreciation and "special" feel will probably age better

If you want a WHITE 7.1RS mine is for sale, but then it would most probably push your budget way too far.

What milage has your car done? What price do you want?

[GT3ZZZ]

tomvcarter said:

Is it worth it?

No. Unless you're a hairy chested driving god (Liar) you wont be able to tell the difference apart from the lighter wallet.

[tomvcarter]

kz1 said:

What milage has your car done? What price do you want?

+1