Any love for the 997 GTS?

[Cheib]

Louis Balfour said:

You don't mean it's a dreaded.... PD....

Looks like it. Worthless !

[VerySideways]

KittyLitter said:

Lovely blue one coming up for auction. Shame no GTS interior option, but a lovely rare colour for the GTS.

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2011-porsche-9...

Wish i had the cash!! That's stunning.

Obviously i'd have to drive it regularly which would reduce its value by £££ per mile... but i wouldn't care

[Porsche-worm]

VerySideways said:

Wish i had the cash!! That's stunning.

Obviously i'd have to drive it regularly which would reduce its value by £££ per mile... but i wouldn't care

You'd look good in the Pete

[GT4P]

Looks lovely, I remember when back in 2011/12 a new and very very low miles same colour could have been had for £60k!
Looking for a new toy/daily and that isn’t far from me to go and have a butchers, as long as the price doesn’t go crazy, certainly not going to attract the purists with no GTS interior, I dont care as want to drive it not look at it!

[KittyLitter]

GT4P said:

Looks lovely, I remember when back in 2011/12 a new and very very low miles same colour could have been had for £60k!
Looking for a new toy/daily and that isn’t far from me to go and have a butchers, as long as the price doesn’t go crazy, certainly not going to attract the purists with no GTS interior, I dont care as want to drive it not look at it!

I'll be very surprised if it doesn't reach £90K (with commission), maybe more. Thats a 90K+ car right there. A 997 GTS unicorn.

[gbrown2014]

GT4P said:

Looks lovely, I remember when back in 2011/12 a new and very very low miles same colour could have been had for £60k!
Looking for a new toy/daily and that isn’t far from me to go and have a butchers, as long as the price doesn’t go crazy, certainly not going to attract the purists with no GTS interior, I dont care as want to drive it not look at it!

I was the muppet who sold it , went it via Camerons in 2012. Needed cash for the house renovation, shame it’s not been used much!

[johnny senna]

Serious question!!!!!
Could a decent trimmer convert a plastic dash into a leather dash and make it look OEM? Would that be more expensive than finding a leather dash car in the first place?
It is one of the world’s greatest rip offs that Porsche expect buyers to pay extra for a leather dash in the various 911 GTS models.

[KittyLitter]

johnny senna said:

Serious question!!!!!
Could a decent trimmer convert a plastic dash into a leather dash and make it look OEM? Would that be more expensive than finding a leather dash car in the first place?
It is one of the world’s greatest rip offs that Porsche expect buyers to pay extra for a leather dash in the various 911 GTS models.

They come up for sale, such as

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276525730589

no chrono, but you could get the fix whereby the installed chrono doesn't need the clock - as its pretty surplus to needs.

or this, with the chrono hole....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165838524492

then the lower dash set

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166830541090

Or brand new

https://teile.com/en/porsche-parts-shop/model-911-...

Unsure on the installation but you'd have to remove/fit anyway with either option of course. Patina wise it'll look more correct in my opinion than a brand new recovering. Probably cheaper and can be sure its the OEM leather.

[johnny senna]

KittyLitter said:

They come up for sale, such as

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276525730589

no chrono, but you could get the fix whereby the installed chrono doesn't need the clock - as its pretty surplus to needs.

or this, with the chrono hole....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165838524492

then the lower dash set

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/166830541090

Or brand new

https://teile.com/en/porsche-parts-shop/model-911-...

Unsure on the installation but you'd have to remove/fit anyway with either option of course. Patina wise it'll look more correct in my opinion than a brand new recovering. Probably cheaper and can be sure its the OEM leather.

Thanks. It would end up being quite dear.

[KittyLitter]

johnny senna said:

Thanks. It would end up being quite dear.

By the time you have factored in the door updates to match then it’s probably £10k to retrofit

[akadk]

Ashgood have de-bucketed my old GTS to get it flogged

Plastic dash thou !

[KittyLitter]

akadk said:

Ashgood have de-bucketed my old GTS to get it flogged

Plastic dash thou !

Surprised by that as buckets would, in my opinion, be the perfect seat in a 997 GTS.

[Porsche-worm]

akadk said:

Ashgood have de-bucketed my old GTS to get it flogged

Plastic dash thou !

Or sell the seats separately as that is much more profitable.

[dibblecorse]

Mine is at Northway waiting for me to go get her back after a full major service and PDK service, should be back in my hands Thursday

[Tony B2]

johnny senna said:

Serious question!!!!!
Could a decent trimmer convert a plastic dash into a leather dash and make it look OEM? Would that be more expensive than finding a leather dash car in the first place?
It is one of the world’s greatest rip offs that Porsche expect buyers to pay extra for a leather dash in the various 911 GTS models.

I can recommend DesignLS (near Cobham) who do a lot of Porsche interiors.
Well within their capabilities, but not likely to be cheap.
Having said that, in my experience they are definitely competitive on costs.

[KittyLitter]

At last, not a black, white or silver one.
Listed today and instantly reserved it seems.

https://www.williamscrawford.co.uk/showroom/porsch...

[Maxf]

KittyLitter said:

At last, not a black, white or silver one.
Listed today and instantly reserved it seems.

https://www.williamscrawford.co.uk/showroom/porsch...

Any idea what price it was listed at? Lovely colour!

[KittyLitter]

Maxf said:

KittyLitter said:

At last, not a black, white or silver one.
Listed today and instantly reserved it seems.

https://www.williamscrawford.co.uk/showroom/porsch...

Any idea what price it was listed at? Lovely colour!

It really is a lovely one. So too that blue one on CC coming soon.

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2011-porsche-9...

The yellow one was instantly listed as reserved.

[GTRene]

today I came across another GTS for sale, manual not white and not black or yellow, so new to me, its grey-ish not very wow maybe, but not bad.








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https://www.autoscout24.nl/aanbod/porsche-997-2-ca...

[KittyLitter]

GTRene said:

today I came across another GTS for sale, manual not white and not black or yellow, so new to me, its grey-ish not very wow maybe, but not bad.



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https://www.autoscout24.nl/aanbod/porsche-997-2-ca...

Very nice. Interesting choice of blue colour for the calipers. You tempted?