Porsche Owners Thread - If you own one or just like or hate them! :)

Jonnycoupe said:
I've heard thats there are something like 5 letter of intent for each UK car banded about. So indeed, snooze you lose on this one :p

What colour you going for?
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Yea, that was me, I heard the number was now closer to 7 :eek:

Not on the list i'm afraid, plenty I know are. OPC's putting calls in this morning for deposits, know of a few with 5K down already, also know of people who would have been top of the list who are not going to take them.

Will let the noise fade a bit and have a look what I can find. With these sorts of cars, limited numbers, high demand it really does come back to a mixture of luck, right time right place and some mates who may chose to flip their place at the front of the line.

I think I would like one, very 996 GT3 feel about the numbers, but brought up to date for the new world and without question a better road car.
 
According to the Porsche website, there is not a single GT3 or GT3 RS outside of the 991 (of which there are 2) available for sale as a used buy. Madness and annoying. At £82K you are in 997 Gen 2 territory and I think on that basis I'd go GT3.
 
Housey said:
£ 81,550.00
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I want one real bad, but I'd rather just for now stick with the Mustang idea, because I can buy it outright and have no debts. I cannot buy an 80k Porsche outright. :(

Maybe in a couple of years!

Mine was yellow, ceramics, clubsport, leather/yellow stitching interior, buckets, PCM blah blah, comes to 79-84k depending on how carried away I get with additional leather bits.

But my gut feeling is this is maybe not a car that one could make a profit on, I mean if it cost 80k in the right spec, surely people won't pay 90-100k second hand as that is 997.2 GT3 money, so am sceptical. I guess they will hold value or any depreciation will be very small certainly in the first 1-2 years, but I can't see them selling for 90-100k second hand, if they do then GT3's will only become even more expensive.

If Porsches keep getting more and more expensive for GT's or well spec'd rarer examples soon they will no longer be the affordable car they once were, the prices are getting forever closer to Ferrari, Turbo S for example, now 160k new! :eek:
 
Housey said:
According to the Porsche website, there is not a single GT3 or GT3 RS outside of the 991 (of which there are 2) available for sale as a used buy. Madness and annoying. At £82K you are in 997 Gen 2 territory and I think on that basis I'd go GT3.
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It is the issue, both stunning drives, but this Cayman I reckon would edge it as it has the 991 GT3 parts but has the one thing everyone screamed about, a manual too.

So every day living, can see the GT4 being the better car and suspect it will be more fun on track too as mid-engine cars tend to flatter and invoke some hooligan driving, whereas the 911 is in my opinion the more rewarding car to drive precisely, though when it does let go it feels very natural, but I am to scared to turn the systems completely off and go really mental, have turned them off on track in the wet at low speeds, seemed very progressive car as long as you did not fight it.
 
Frankly both will be good all rounders, the PDK will make for a more relaxed day to day car and you won't get a GT4 this year, so take delivery and enjoy.
 
[RXP]Andy;27584571 said:
This is the thing for me. Yes, I do want to but in reality is going to be more of a road car than track for, so for me I think the GTS is the better choice.
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GT4, your getting way more for your money and it's a bespoke limited numbers car with a vastly better engine, GT3 suspension and when it comes to depreciation the GT4 will depreciate far less than a GTS.

Having being in GT3's on the road, they are not harsh, suspension has come along a good deal in last decade, the GT4 will be epic on uk roads, so unless PDK is your deciding factor the GT4 is a vastly superior car.

Both are incredible but one is a run of the mill Cayman with some nice options as default, one is a bespoke limited edition with far more performance and it will hold it's value far better. You only need to look at Cayman R values compared to regular Cayman of same year/mileage, one had depreciated like a brick, the other has held in value.
 
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