Low priced manual GTS in the classifieds.
Low priced manual GTS in the classifieds.
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13m

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Thursday 18th February 2016
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No connection.

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

Make a fun thing for occasional track days, wouldn't it? Miles are up there, but at the right price you'd not be too worried about tracking it.

mollytherocker

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232 months

Thursday 18th February 2016
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Thats a difficult car to value. It will have a very small market.

13m

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Thursday 18th February 2016
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mollytherocker said:
Thats a difficult car to value. It will have a very small market.
Funnily enough I was chatting to a fella at a kart track a few months ago. He was looking for a 4GTS manual. I said, "good luck with that". I think he is a PHer, so perhaps he will see it.

Edited to change "catting" to "chatting". Neither of which is the same as dogging.

Edited by 13m on Thursday 18th February 21:41

av185

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150 months

Thursday 18th February 2016
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Probably the highest mileage 2011 911 out there.......strange spec in a way with ceramics but basic placcy dash and no extended leather.....arguably not the best colour and 4wd now not quite as desirable as 2wd but quite rare manuals now drawing more £ than pdk.

Would say it is too expensive with the mileage......£45k tops retail.

I would wait for a more sensible mileage ex Porsche finance at BCA Nottingham......far better value and most are proper one owner stock even though they inevitably trade over book.

driving

13m

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Friday 19th February 2016
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av185 said:
Probably the highest mileage 2011 911 out there.......strange spec in a way with ceramics but basic placcy dash and no extended leather.....arguably not the best colour and 4wd now not quite as desirable as 2wd but quite rare manuals now drawing more £ than pdk.

Would say it is too expensive with the mileage......£45k tops retail.

I would wait for a more sensible mileage ex Porsche finance at BCA Nottingham......far better value and most are proper one owner stock even though they inevitably trade over book.

driving
I think that spec is exactly what would appeal to someone. As for leather dash, it serves no useful purpose. The colour is a personal thing.

Why would Porsche put desirable cars through am auction, rather than retailing them? Not saying you're wrong, I am asking why.

I am not in the market for one by the way.

the baron 79

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Friday 19th February 2016
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This was the one on the Autotrader a few weeks back (private sale), he wanted circa £42k for it. Bet the dealer payed less than £40k for it. Nice profit if you can get it..

Cheib

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198 months

Saturday 20th February 2016
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I like that colour....it's like the one in the 997 GTS spotted thread over Xmas.

I would have thought £45k was the right price but hell of car for that money!

13m

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Cheib said:
I like that colour....it's like the one in the 997 GTS spotted thread over Xmas.

I would have thought £45k was the right price but hell of car for that money!
I bet it goes for somewhere near asking.

ttdan

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Saturday 20th February 2016
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13m said:
Why would Porsche put desirable cars through am auction, rather than retailing them? Not saying you're wrong, I am asking why.

I am not in the market for one by the way.
Because the can't or don't wish to warranty it, perhaps. Probably have an upper milage limit too.

13m

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Wednesday 24th February 2016
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Cheib said:
I would have thought £45k was the right price but hell of car for that money!
Pretty close to £45k now.

13m

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Thursday 25th February 2016
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anonymous said:
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Don't know. When I bought my GTS, a chap on here said, "ooh that'll have plastic seats and dash then" but my seats are definitely leather (where they aren't alcantara) and the interior feels good quality.


pete

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Thursday 25th February 2016
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Nope, the UK GTS (and the 997.1 GT3 for that matter) had a plastic dash and interior panels as standard, unlike the mainstream 997s which had leather. When I bought my old 997 GT3 I was glad to see the original owner had spent a small fortune on extended leather for everything that wasn't alcantara, which made it feel much plusher inside - it was very much a comfort spec car, before everyone cries sacrilege!

One of the main niceties of the extended leather in a GTS is that if you kept the alcantara seats, you also got things like the lower dash in alcantara instead of plastic. It would be an essential for me, but it would be boring if we all liked the same thing :-)

Pete

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pete said:
anonymous said:
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Nope, the UK GTS (and the 997.1 GT3 for that matter) had a plastic dash and interior panels as standard, unlike the mainstream 997s which had leather. When I bought my old 997 GT3 I was glad to see the original owner had spent a small fortune on extended leather for everything that wasn't alcantara, which made it feel much plusher inside - it was very much a comfort spec car, before everyone cries sacrilege!

One of the main niceties of the extended leather in a GTS is that if you kept the alcantara seats, you also got things like the lower dash in alcantara instead of plastic. It would be an essential for me, but it would be boring if we all liked the same thing :-)

Pete
Were there different levels of leather then? I think I have seen them with plastic seats, and more leather than mine. But mine has leather seats and plastic in other places.



pete

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Thursday 25th February 2016
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No, I think you've got the default interior, which is leather and alcantara on the seat facings, and plastic everywhere else. I wonder if the rear seats are leather, or if they're replaced by "I can't believe it's not leather"-style vinyl? Can't say I've ever looked that closely.

There's a version which has a leather dash, door tops and rear trim, with alcantara/leather seats, and alcantara lower dash and door panels, which would be my preference for a GTS. There's also a version which is leather everywhere that a Carrera S would have leather, which sort of starts to defeat the point if you ask me. Then there's the dreaded options list where you could specify leather sun visors, air vents, and probably even leather mud flaps knowing Porsche :-)

13m

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pete said:
No, I think you've got the default interior, which is leather and alcantara on the seat facings, and plastic everywhere else. I wonder if the rear seats are leather, or if they're replaced by "I can't believe it's not leather"-style vinyl? Can't say I've ever looked that closely.

There's a version which has a leather dash, door tops and rear trim, with alcantara/leather seats, and alcantara lower dash and door panels, which would be my preference for a GTS. There's also a version which is leather everywhere that a Carrera S would have leather, which sort of starts to defeat the point if you ask me. Then there's the dreaded options list where you could specify leather sun visors, air vents, and probably even leather mud flaps knowing Porsche :-)
Okay. It's perfectly good as far as I am concerned. I have had other 911s with more leather, but they were no more pleasant to be in. If I had placcy seats I think I'd be less impressed.

chrisABP

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Thursday 25th February 2016
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Did someone mention leather dash, leather door tops, alcantara lower dash and alcantara door cards....

My GTS with all the above boxes ticked!


Big E 118

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Thursday 25th February 2016
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I've got the Alcantara interior and anything that isn't Alcantara is leather in there.

The options ticked on the spec sheet that relate to leather are below, the full dash must have been standard?

Door Panels in Leather Trim
Gear Lever gate in Leather Trim

Not the best photo and obviously I don't spend enough time putting stripes in my alcantara Chris. wink


13m

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chrisABP said:
Did someone mention leather dash, leather door tops, alcantara lower dash and alcantara door cards....

My GTS with all the above boxes ticked!

Our gardener can't do stripes like that on our lawn.

av185

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Thursday 25th February 2016
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Full leather and extended stitching is the way forward...... alcantara can be too much, especially on steering wheels and gear levers...hehe

chrisABP

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Thursday 25th February 2016
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13m said:
chrisABP said:
Did someone mention leather dash, leather door tops, alcantara lower dash and alcantara door cards....

My GTS with all the above boxes ticked!

Our gardener can't do stripes like that on our lawn.
LOL - neither can I, this was when my car was detailed prior to collecting it from 911 Virgin. Employed the amazing services of Richard Tipper @perfectionvalet

Never looked as good since!