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996Jane said:askgeez said:* I know of a very clean , below average mileage, 997.2 C4s PDK coupe that the owner wants to offload. Domestic issues :frustrated:
He only bought last year from mid sussex and hence still has lots of OPC warranty remaining . Also a lovely set of sport classics with winter tyres
Interesting - any more details? Colour, history etc?
askgeez said:Basalt black ,PDK , Full OPC history, sports exhaust . 48k miles.
jackliebling said:squelch said:Well that's just nonsense - I'm a frequent visitor (probably twice a week or so) to the Porsche Approved site and 997 GTS's have NEVER been mid 50's. I recall the cheapest one I saw was a Cab at £57.9k with no sports chrono and iirc around 40k miles.jackliebling said:The OPC stock for the last few months was pitched in the mid 50s
Indeed, Hexagon have reduced the price of their stock in the last few months, including their Turbo / S stock (which they have always had more overpriced than anything else they keep) - maybe they're on their way to joining the rest of us here on planet Earth.jackliebling said:Hexagon seem to have reduced prices by about 10k.
I don't know your car and these can be spec sensitive, but £53k seems very cheap indeed. Did you sell it?jackliebling said:I also tried to shift my 997 GTS to several dealers (OPC and indy) who were not interested due to sticky stock towards the end of the year and I also listed it privately for £53k and i had only a couple of calls. Easier to buy than sell it seems!
Ok, well it's your word against mine. In December there were several 997 GTS on Porsche website listed for 54-57k, they have all sold. My car didn't sell privately, some chancer offered me £46k. Last week a well known Indy wanted to list my mint car on SOR with 42000 miles for £53k. No way I'd let it go for that (given their near £5k fee) so I'm hoping to keep it longer to wait for spring.
tom_nieto said:In all seriousness, have you looked into the 997 turbo?
996Jane said:tom_nieto said:In all seriousness, have you looked into the 997 turbo?
Only half seriously, as assumed it might be a bit hard work as a daily driver?
tom_nieto said:996Jane said:tom_nieto said:In all seriousness, have you looked into the 997 turbo?
Only half seriously, as assumed it might be a bit hard work as a daily driver?
4WD and tiptronic would make a lovely daily drive. The suspension is no harder and the driving characteristics are fairly similar throughout the range. The main difference is that it's a proper rocket ship and still keeps up with a lot of new super cars. Sure, there's an argument about turbo vs NA character, but the DFI NA engine arguably lost some character over previous iterations of the flat six. Honestly, you can pop to the shops just as easily in a turbo as a NA 911. You just don't quite reach warp speed as quickly in the NA cars! I'd see if you can test drive one.
Lenny39 said:I went through exactly the same thought process C4S or GTS. I ended up deciding on a C4S, I couldn't justify the extra £20K on a daily. If I spent the extra £20K I think I would always worry about the depreciation due to clocking up the miles, less concerned on a lower value car. I've had garage queens before and didn't want another.
When I looked the GTS seemed very spec sensitive. Some up for sale have been around for a long time.
jl-c said:Better to buy 70K and upwards and factor in a visit to Hartech in my book. You will save the cost of rebuild because of the milage if you are canny, and then you have a car you know is good!
jl-c said:Better to buy 70K and upwards and factor in a visit to Hartech in my book. You will save the cost of rebuild because of the milage if you are canny, and then you have a car you know is good!
yes, sorry about that - it sold very easily in the end.Bund said:I've been reading this with interest, I actually was hoping to buy janes 996 as a side project but last minute decisions stopped that from happening.
Bund said:no I don't think it's worth the premium, buy a pdk turbo for the same money and I bet there are less uk cars.