How about Guards Red, 8.6k miles, original owner, never driven in rain, full clear bra since new, Orton flash, JIC's, B&M..........

 

Thanks 6speeders, I am just struggling with how much depreciation the turbo has shown vs. an educated guess what I think the GT3 will do.

 

wonder how your car would do with another 100 hp?

 

are you trying to pick a car or make an investment?

 

I agree and also thinking of getting one!!

 

faster in a straight line...my car told me that I was driving it too hard...haha, go figure...no really..."car being driven under extraordinary conditions"...haha

 

Not an investment, but rather just trying to be smart about the timing of buying a GT3 in a time that they are still strong.

 

Man, listen. With my previous post, i've only tried to come up with an idea, or a speculation based on MY experience and a formula I have come up with and so far, it seems to be about right. Truth is, I could be wrong and in a year, the GT3 may keep all or only lose $3000 in depreciation.

The fact is you can't think about buying cars that way. You have to figure with 5 to 7k miles in a year and normal wear n tear, the car will lose a good 1% of it's value per month. ESPECIALLY a brand new car.

If it doesn't and it becomes a sought-after collectors item, then great!!!

Bottom line, buy the car you want, and expect it to depreciate the way any $115,000 car will (losing around $15,000 the 1st year). If you can't stomach that, you have no reason buying a car this expensive.

Just giving you my best advise. GL with your decision.

 

Personally, I would miss the boost, but then I have never driven a GT3. Have been for a ride in my instructor's car at the track and wasn't impressed. I like the looks of the GT3RS with it's wide rear though. Get the GT2 and have the best of both.

 

hmmmmm all depends what you do... I had the 997 tt and 997 gt3 and 997gt3 re,,,, so I can say from exp,, I would take the 997 gt3 period... I thook the 9973 on dates and to the track very refined car

Not to disrespect Tom ,,,, but I drove my Speed Yellow 997 gt3 once on the track no alignment done no set up done. Pagid yellows Hoosier r6's I ran two sessions just to try it out I was timed at 2:06's in traffic ,, which is respectable time in a de with 40 mins track time,,, they are more than capable cars

 

lmao ..... That's what u did

 

mirroring my response...haha

 

I bought the 2,,, LOL

 

Say your car is worth $60K today. If you put a tonne of miles on it, but maintain it well, it should bottom out lows 40s, say $40K for the sake of argument. I'm coming up with the $40K number, based on seeing very few nice condition Turbo Porsches of any era being available at under that figure.

Most likely, if you get a GT3 it will lose more than $20K in 2-3yrs, based on it not being limited edition, facelifted car coming out with possibly a small bump in hp etc. Maybe it will bottom out at around $70k ish in 4-5 yrs, but who knows. For holding value, you might be better off with a GT3RS since that is defintely a limited edition car.

Anyways, in many situations logic goes out of the door when you get passionate about something!

 

i think im going RS (personally)...but not the pretty new one...Im talking about the REAL mans RS (2000-2001 cup pre-rsr) 500 hp and 2700 lbs...now we're talkin!