Porsche 997.2 Turbo replacement

[jthomo]

Looking for interesting ideas. Starting the discussion here because most of my own thoughts have leaned towards Audi albeit on a few different bases..

I've had the car getting on for 18 months and have nothing but admiration for it but thinking about replacing due to itchy feet. Situation: live in Central London with an underground parking space. My only regular trip is to the golf club once or twice a week 30 miles away down the A3. Otherwise: long weekends say 6 per year, to France 1/2 per year, visiting family in the South East 6 per year, work-related 4 per year plus golf in other locations and weekend blasts making up the rest. Roughly 6-7k miles pa including Europe stuff. No kids no dogs don't drive to airports.

I'm fighting off the temptation to get something sensible (i.e. new S3 Sportback or similar) then hiring something less sensible for the odd trip maybe 3 times a year as I like having the car there for when a spontaneous situation arises. Even though for the majority of journeys I get no benefit from the added performance mainly due to traffic.

I would consider S3 plus a GT3 or even a classic but as I only have one parking space it might be too much hassle renting another one nearby and unless it was very nearby would remove the spontaneous benefit point.

I have basically fallen in love with the new R8 plus. However even with a good discount (8%?) i'm still a bit nervous about depreciation and it would be quite a step up in financial commitment (£65k to £120k car) but i'm up for that. I would be interested to hear what those that have driven the previous R8 plus as well as the new one think. Perhaps I should consider the previous one too? Needless to say I would test drive all contenders before committing.

All ideas welcome and forgive the somewhat open situation..

[ooid]

you could post this to "supercars" forum instead, there are more R8 owners out there.

R8 temptation is quite normal, previous generations v10's are also quite good and the prices are not too bad. They are much more reliable than porsche imho, by the way. -engine department-

[BentleyR8]

I think for me personally the smart money would go on an original V10 plus manual. Not many about and can get a very low mileage one for around 80k. Interior may be dated in comparison to the new one, but externally I think its much nicer.

[Wilmslowboy]

R8 v10 plus great car ...tempted myself....


be careful of buying new (8% is not enough discount)...trade bid for early cars are now £35+k below original list prices (for 1 year old cars)

[ChrisW.]

You could have an RS3 as the fairly sensible lovely every day, and a GT4 for the hi-days and holidays ??

I guess for more or less the same amount as the R8 ??

[jthomo]

Thanks for the thoughts will mull it over

That's a great shout re the gt4 hadn't thought of that. Not sure I would need the rs3 in addition!

[Whitean3]

jthomo said:

Looking for interesting ideas. Starting the discussion here because most of my own thoughts have leaned towards Audi albeit on a few different bases..

I've had the car getting on for 18 months and have nothing but admiration for it but thinking about replacing due to itchy feet. Situation: live in Central London with an underground parking space. My only regular trip is to the golf club once or twice a week 30 miles away down the A3. Otherwise: long weekends say 6 per year, to France 1/2 per year, visiting family in the South East 6 per year, work-related 4 per year plus golf in other locations and weekend blasts making up the rest. Roughly 6-7k miles pa including Europe stuff. No kids no dogs don't drive to airports.

I'm fighting off the temptation to get something sensible (i.e. new S3 Sportback or similar) then hiring something less sensible for the odd trip maybe 3 times a year as I like having the car there for when a spontaneous situation arises. Even though for the majority of journeys I get no benefit from the added performance mainly due to traffic.

I would consider S3 plus a GT3 or even a classic but as I only have one parking space it might be too much hassle renting another one nearby and unless it was very nearby would remove the spontaneous benefit point.

I have basically fallen in love with the new R8 plus. However even with a good discount (8%?) i'm still a bit nervous about depreciation and it would be quite a step up in financial commitment (£65k to £120k car) but i'm up for that. I would be interested to hear what those that have driven the previous R8 plus as well as the new one think. Perhaps I should consider the previous one too? Needless to say I would test drive all contenders before committing.

All ideas welcome and forgive the somewhat open situation..

You might get some insight from AndrewD on here- he's recently gone from an R8 plus to a 991TT; has plenty of other Porsche owenership experience too... and is an all round good guy.