Where are all the bucket seats?

[Jumpingjackflash]

I was looking at all the 991 GT3's for sale last week and none of them had bucket seats or Roll cage. Why do most have rubbish spec?

[Cheib]

Jumpingjackflash said:

I was looking at all the 991 GT3's for sale last week and none of them had bucket seats or Roll cage. Why do most have rubbish spec?

Because the ones with a good spec sell straight away !

[Porsche911R]

Jumpingjackflash said:

I was looking at all the 991 GT3's for sale last week and none of them had bucket seats or Roll cage. Why do most have rubbish spec?

because new owners buy what they want and are not swayed by forums ;-)

[Jumpingjackflash]

I suppose if you are just flipping a GT3 you would not spend too much on options

[MartinRS2K]

Cheib said:

Because the ones with a good spec sell straight away !

^^^ I have to agree with that. The cars with comfort spec seem to have been sitting for sale for months. Most are white as well which is maybe a sign that brighter or PTS colours move through quicker?

[dvshannow]

I honestly don't know why a gt3 would have comfort seats think even a gts buckets are a good choice and more suit the coupe versions character but for a gt3 they are almost essential given the genesis of the car

[mr pg]

If I was able to afford a GT3 I wouldn't have specked buckets for one simple reason. My garage is so narrow I can hardly open my door and there's no way I'd get in or out of a bucket, so of no use to me. I don't get this idea that one spec may suit one buyer, so has to be perfect for everyone else, whether it's what they want or not.

[2010spy]

I've got buckets in both my Spyders. I've just bought a GTS with Comfort Seats. Have a guess which car I like driving the most and which is most comfortable.

[dvshannow]

mr pg said:

If I was able to afford a GT3 I wouldn't have specked buckets for one simple reason. My garage is so narrow I can hardly open my door and there's no way I'd get in or out of a bucket, so of no use to me. I don't get this idea that one spec may suit one buyer, so has to be perfect for everyone else, whether it's what they want or not.

the buckets are little different to get in and out of to regular seats ...I think the post was more saying there will be a few who have certain reasons not to get buckets in a GT3 but given its a track orientated car they were expecting that % to be a lot lower than what they are observing - case in point you would only not spec buckets as you have a narrow garage , but there is some correlation between people who want to spend that kid of money on a car and having a double garage (GT car contango distortions aside

[paul0843]

Slightly off topic,but my 997 c2s was bought on the strength that it had buckets and ceramics

[mr pg]

dvshannow said:

the buckets are little different to get in and out of to regular seats ...I think the post was more saying there will be a few who have certain reasons not to get buckets in a GT3 but given its a track orientated car they were expecting that % to be a lot lower than what they are observing - case in point you would only not spec buckets as you have a narrow garage , but there is some correlation between people who want to spend that kid of money on a car and having a double garage (GT car contango distortions aside

Yep, thought when typing that if I could afford a GT3, I probably would have a bigger garage too! Tried a Cayman R with buckets and knew they would be an issue, so my 981CS has sports+ seats which I'm quite happy with. Perfectly good enough for the B4391 we drove today. :-)

[red997]

my 991 GT3 has buckets / cage / ceramics - I too can't see the point of comfort seats - I'd also be surprised if they are harder to get out of in a narrow garage than comforts.
drove it for the first time in a couple of months today - damn I'd forgotten how good it was !
A1 was closed so I was forced into some backroad thrashing
just ticked over 30K miles too -even better !

[sidicks]

red997 said:

my 991 GT3 has buckets / cage / ceramics - I too can't see the point of comfort seats - I'd also be surprised if they are harder to get out of in a narrow garage than comforts.
drove it for the first time in a couple of months today - damn I'd forgotten how good it was !
A1 was closed so I was forced into some backroad thrashing
just ticked over 30K miles too -even better !

My 991 GT3 has (folding) buckets / no cage / ceramics. The buckets are so good (and comfortable) that I'd definitely get buckets again, even on a Turbo, for example.

[Jumpingjackflash]

I have owned a few Porsches now. My conclusion is that the standard seats are comfortable. The sports seats are not comfortable or supportive because I feel they push my shoulders forwards. I feel like I am sitting on them rather than in them. Oddly the buckets are very comfortable. ???

[Younez]

I can't get in to the buckets also since pdk many are used as daily so makes sense.

[Younez]

mr pg said:

If I was able to afford a GT3 I wouldn't have specked buckets for one simple reason. My garage is so narrow I can hardly open my door and there's no way I'd get in or out of a bucket, so of no use to me. I don't get this idea that one spec may suit one buyer, so has to be perfect for everyone else, whether it's what they want or not.

Resale spec

[sidicks]

Younez said:

I can't get in to the buckets also since pdk many are used as daily so makes sense.

You should choose what works for you but buckets are easily usable on a daily basis.

[Younez]

Not when you are a powerfully built director aka fatty