996/997 GT3s

Stumpy · 27-01-2015, 11:50 PM

Who's interested?

I'm very tempted at the moment.

Always wanted Pork, and am in the camp of if I don't do it soon, will I ever do it...?

Anyone else in the same boat?

I'm on the list for a Cayman GT4 but not sure which would be a better car to buy. The GT4 will be brand spanking new of course, and might prove very popular...

Trawler · 28-01-2015, 07:16 AM

Love the GT3 range, but sticking with cesil made that choose 9 years ago when I could have bought a 996 GT3. What I find interesting is that cesr owners seem to prefer pork over red Fiats Can't remember any Fiats being discussed here.
Can't see why I would buy now when prices have gone very silly.

philj · 28-01-2015, 07:19 AM

Worth a read
https://grrc.goodwood.com/road/news/...911-gt3-values

73CSL · 28-01-2015, 09:57 AM

I'm a huge Porsche fan & have 2 aircooled ones

These days the only watercooled 911 I'd have is a GT3 , great cars

But, my CSL has become one of my favorite cars, it does everything I want .... track car ( admitedly only been on track once ) , great yorkshire dales back road blaster ( better than a GT3 probo on these roads due to extra suspension travel, ground clearance etc ) , school run car ( massive boot for the kids bags etc , work car ( everyone thinks its just a silver bmw) , european tourer ( more relaxing for me than my 5 series .. wife thinks the opposite though

) etc etc

Think we play down how great the CSL is compared to Pork sometimes

Stumpy · 28-01-2015, 10:05 AM

Don't disagree with those points at all. I have however always hankered after Pork since childhood. Now that I'm in a position to buy one its all about which one.

For a long time it was obviously a turbo. Now not so much...

MisterCorn · 28-01-2015, 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stumpy

Don't disagree with those points at all. I have however always hankered after Pork since childhood. Now that I'm in a position to buy one its all about which one.

For a long time it was obviously a turbo. Now not so much...

I love my 996 turbo. Around 650hp. 60-100mph in 3.1s in 3rd. It is nuts.

MC

Trawler · 28-01-2015, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stumpy

Don't disagree with those points at all. I have however always hankered after Pork since childhood. Now that I'm in a position to buy one its all about which one.

For a long time it was obviously a turbo. Now not so much...

Ah, the 930 turbo. Had a picture fixed to my file when I was at college. Always wanted one then and a few years afterwards, but not interested in owning one anymore. Still brings back memories when I think/see one.

73CSL · 28-01-2015, 11:20 AM

had a 996 turbo, running around 520bhp .. & that was stupid quick ... god knows what over 600bhp must be like

With hindsight I should have bought a GT3 as they are much more my kind of car / drive , but I needed rear seats for the kids ( these can be retro fitted to a 996 gt3 )

khooni · 31-01-2015, 03:08 PM

i am on the list for 1 too. Am no.1 at opc cardiff

GregorJP · 01-02-2015, 07:27 AM

I've spent several months agonising over this question, to the extent of viewing, test-driving and, in one case (and annoyingly for the seller, no doubt) putting down a deposit on a 997.2 GT3 on the Friday morning only to ask for it back on the Friday afternoon. The conclusions I came to were:

- GT3s were looking over-valued and I thought they might pop.

- If they kept going up in price, I'd be less willing to drive and enjoy it (an issue I have begun to feel with the CSL, in fairness).

- To enjoy the car properly, I'd need to be able to take the family on road trips or it would have to be purely a toy, and would get driven perhaps once a month or so.

I ended up buying a stage 4 GTR with lots of toys from Litchfield for just over half the price of the GT3 I was looking at. Although it's a nice car and will not lose money hand over fist, it's no GT3 in engineering terms and I don't feel that I need to treat it with kid gloves. It's practical for the family, I put the miles on it if I feel like it and, in performance terms (with the LM suspension especially), it would brutalise a GT3 in most circumstances.

BUT

The GT3 is still more desirable and this thread just made me look again at 997.2 GT3 prices. Save for one example, I think I would have made an easy £10k if I had have bought the one I looked at 6 months ago. Tellingly, JZM have hardly any at all for sale, and if there were any out there, they would have them. Oh well, you win some...

27-01-2015, 11:50 PM	#1
Stumpy S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 354 Casino cash: $3883	996/997 GT3s Who's interested? I'm very tempted at the moment. Always wanted Pork, and am in the camp of if I don't do it soon, will I ever do it...? Anyone else in the same boat? I'm on the list for a Cayman GT4 but not sure which would be a better car to buy. The GT4 will be brand spanking new of course, and might prove very popular... __________________ No 406. Hayward & Scott exhaust. Loving it...

28-01-2015, 10:05 AM	#5
Stumpy S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 354 Casino cash: $3883	Don't disagree with those points at all. I have however always hankered after Pork since childhood. Now that I'm in a position to buy one its all about which one. For a long time it was obviously a turbo. Now not so much... __________________ No 406. Hayward & Scott exhaust. Loving it...

28-01-2015, 07:16 AM	#2
Trawler Driving it like I nicked it Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 2,213 Casino cash: $25916	Love the GT3 range, but sticking with cesil made that choose 9 years ago when I could have bought a 996 GT3. What I find interesting is that cesr owners seem to prefer pork over red Fiats Can't remember any Fiats being discussed here. Can't see why I would buy now when prices have gone very silly.

28-01-2015, 07:19 AM	#3
philj S2 - Picking it up Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 60 Casino cash: $2611	Worth a read https://grrc.goodwood.com/road/news/...911-gt3-values

28-01-2015, 09:57 AM	#4
73CSL S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 464 Casino cash: $8747	I'm a huge Porsche fan & have 2 aircooled ones These days the only watercooled 911 I'd have is a GT3 , great cars But, my CSL has become one of my favorite cars, it does everything I want .... track car ( admitedly only been on track once ) , great yorkshire dales back road blaster ( better than a GT3 probo on these roads due to extra suspension travel, ground clearance etc ) , school run car ( massive boot for the kids bags etc , work car ( everyone thinks its just a silver bmw) , european tourer ( more relaxing for me than my 5 series .. wife thinks the opposite though ) etc etc Think we play down how great the CSL is compared to Pork sometimes

28-01-2015, 11:20 AM	#8
73CSL S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 464 Casino cash: $8747	had a 996 turbo, running around 520bhp .. & that was stupid quick ... god knows what over 600bhp must be like With hindsight I should have bought a GT3 as they are much more my kind of car / drive , but I needed rear seats for the kids ( these can be retro fitted to a 996 gt3 )

31-01-2015, 03:08 PM	#9
khooni S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: east london Posts: 309 Casino cash: $3592	i am on the list for 1 too. Am no.1 at opc cardiff

01-02-2015, 07:27 AM	#10
GregorJP S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 319 Casino cash: $2092	I've spent several months agonising over this question, to the extent of viewing, test-driving and, in one case (and annoyingly for the seller, no doubt) putting down a deposit on a 997.2 GT3 on the Friday morning only to ask for it back on the Friday afternoon. The conclusions I came to were: - GT3s were looking over-valued and I thought they might pop. - If they kept going up in price, I'd be less willing to drive and enjoy it (an issue I have begun to feel with the CSL, in fairness). - To enjoy the car properly, I'd need to be able to take the family on road trips or it would have to be purely a toy, and would get driven perhaps once a month or so. I ended up buying a stage 4 GTR with lots of toys from Litchfield for just over half the price of the GT3 I was looking at. Although it's a nice car and will not lose money hand over fist, it's no GT3 in engineering terms and I don't feel that I need to treat it with kid gloves. It's practical for the family, I put the miles on it if I feel like it and, in performance terms (with the LM suspension especially), it would brutalise a GT3 in most circumstances. BUT The GT3 is still more desirable and this thread just made me look again at 997.2 GT3 prices. Save for one example, I think I would have made an easy £10k if I had have bought the one I looked at 6 months ago. Tellingly, JZM have hardly any at all for sale, and if there were any out there, they would have them. Oh well, you win some...