1989 MkII Golf GTI, Atlas Grey
1991 MkII Golf GTI, Royal Blue
2002 Civic Type R, Black
1998 E36 M3 Evo, Techno Violet
2004 Mini Cooper S Works, Red
1992 964 Coupe, Guards Red
2001 B5 RS4, Black
1979 911 SC, Light Green Metallic
2000 996 GT3 Clubsport, Zanzibar _________________ Zanzibar Clubsport
Daniel Donnington
Joined: 02 Feb 2005 Posts: 11909 Location: Not where I want to be!
EX VR993 - C4
EX 993 - C2
EX GT3 996.1
EX Cayman 3.4 S 987.1
EX Megane R26R #36.
EX Cayman R
Windy101 Silverstone
Joined: 05 Jun 2015 Posts: 103
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 12:44 pm Post subject:
964 C4 Cab Man(Sold)
993 C2 Coupe Man
997.1 GT3 Comfort
Pip1968 Suzuka
Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: 1027 Location: Blighty
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 12:49 pm Post subject:
I went pretty much straight for a 996 GT3 (stupidly saving the extra £15,000 it woud have cost me to get the RS at the time).
Mini (original shape 1098cc)
BMW e21 316i (shark nose with 1799cc)
BMW e30 323i
BMW e30 325i
BMW e30 320
BMW e34 530
BMW e34 M5 (3.6L)
BMW e39 M5 (5.0L)..........one of my favourites and a real autobahn killer
BMW e46 M3 CSL
Mini GP MkI (supercharged)
All are stick/manual aside from the M3 CSL which I have kept despite its downside
GT3 996
Pip
ELA Suzuka
Joined: 30 Aug 2011 Posts: 1086 Location: Nurburgring Doorstep
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 1:01 pm Post subject:
Daniel wrote:
993 C4
993 C2
GT3 MK1Comfort (996)
Cayman S
R26R Megane
Cayman R
GT3 MK1 Clubsport (996)
Great to see you corrected your mistake (selling your first) Daniel
A few of the my more interesting ones from memory:
MG Metro
Mk2 Golf GTi16v
Ford XR2
Sunny GTi
Almera Gti
Nissan 200SX S14a 400BHP
Nissan 200SX S14a
Nissan 200SX S13 620BHP
Nissan R32 GTR
BMW 325
BMW 740 (no ***** idea why just the V8 box ticked I guess)
Nissan 200SX S14a lightweight 400BHP
Mazda RX7 FD
Porsche 996 C2
7.1RS _________________ 1275kg 997GT3RS with:
Kessels 458bhp 3.8l & vgs-MS ECU
Akrapovic titanium exhaust
Cup 9:35 diff, Airbox, PAS, front lip
BBS 19's
H&R Suspension
Carbon wings/doors/bonnet/door cards
I missed my 996 GT3 so badly even with the Turbo in the garage. Some of my friends thought I was so ungrateful....
Anyway, back to GT3 ownership now. And constantly smiling. Definitely not letting this go anytime soon.
kingston Österreich
Joined: 09 Jun 2010 Posts: 894
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 4:02 pm Post subject:
Fiat Seicento Sporting
Honda Integra Type R DC5
996 GT3 _________________ I really must learn to spell check and proof read my posts
Daniel Donnington
Joined: 02 Feb 2005 Posts: 11909 Location: Not where I want to be!
993 C4
993 C2
GT3 MK1Comfort (996)
Cayman S
R26R Megane
Cayman R
GT3 MK1 Clubsport (996)
Great to see you corrected your mistake (selling your first) Daniel
If I had not split with my partner, I would never of sold it..
Only move I could see me making would be 997 RS Black or Orange. (but don't think I could afford one..) _________________ *Current - GT3 996.1 Clubsport (Manthey K400)
EX VR993 - C4
EX 993 - C2
EX GT3 996.1
EX Cayman 3.4 S 987.1
EX Megane R26R #36.
EX Cayman R
Pip1968 Suzuka
Joined: 26 Oct 2009 Posts: 1027 Location: Blighty
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 5:10 pm Post subject:
kingston wrote:
Fiat Seicento Sporting
Honda Integra Type R DC5
996 GT3
Kingston, sorry you are going to have to explain this. You third car ??? At the moment I am contemplating that you fall into one or more of the list below:
1. Are only 21
2. Keep you cars even longer than I do (I am old)
3. Live in London
4. Had an extended driving ban
How come you have had so few cars.
It is interesting to see how many are loyal to brand throughout their car ownership - until the Porsche appears.
Pip
Disco Estoril
Joined: 13 May 2008 Posts: 3553 Location: Hertfordshire
Fiat Seicento Sporting
Honda Integra Type R DC5
996 GT3
Kingston, sorry you are going to have to explain this. You third car ??? At the moment I am contemplating that you fall into one or more of the list below:
1. Are only 21
2. Keep you cars even longer than I do (I am old)
3. Live in London
4. Had an extended driving ban
How come you have had so few cars.
It is interesting to see how many are loyal to brand throughout their car ownership - until the Porsche appears.
Pip
I suppose that I'll have to explain myself too then as my first GT3 was also only the third car I'd owned (and indeed the second car that I bought as my first was a hand me down).
Mk2 Astra 1300 (base model, not even an L) - Scrapped (body rot uneconomical to repair)
E36 318i SE - traded in
996.2 GT3 - written off on the Nurburgring
997.2 GT3 Clubsport - Still got it
E93 320i - Still got that too
I keep my cars a long time as I have a philosophy that regularly changing them tends to bleed away an antisocial amount of money in depreciation so I buy for the longer term. Driving since 18, now in my 40s, no bans of any kind so far, not a city resident. For clarity though - I've driven rather more than I've owned and I had spent some time in the 964 that my parents used to have before I bought my GT3 - I didn't go into it cold from a 4 pot 3 series. _________________ Colin
Black 997 GT3 3.8 CS - Acquired for the 2012 season and beyond
Black 996 GT3 Mk2 - Gone, but will never be forgotten
Roro Long Beach
Joined: 01 Oct 2010 Posts: 6079
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2017 8:28 pm Post subject:
Car history, excluding the daily drivers:
1987 BMW E30 320i 2 door
1994 Toyota MR2 Mk 2
2005 Mini Cooper S
1994 MX5
2005 997 Carrera S
2007 997 GT3 _________________ 2007 997.1 GT3
2015 DMAX Blade
2016 Smart ForFour
Joined: 01 Aug 2014 Posts: 33 Location: Gloucestershire
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 1:28 pm Post subject:
VW Beetle 1303S (VPD255M)
Audi 80
Scirocco GT
924S
Audi A4
Alfa 156
Various company car rep mobiles
997.1 GT3CS
_________________ 997.1 GT3 CS
NLW73 Imola
Joined: 27 May 2014 Posts: 768 Location: Yateley
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 7:35 pm Post subject:
what got me into a GT3? goes back to 2004 and riding shotgun in a mates brand new basalt black 04 black 6.2 club sport to le mans.
have always been a huge fan of porkers and this thing was epic. he used to have a TVR but he moved over....went to hong kong back in 2007 but has kept the gt3 in storage!!
it was super hot like now (30 plus degrees) the whole way and week at le mans. everything else was breaking down around us despite being new but TVR crap. we wafted down there in air con luxury, laughed at all the others as they cooked up and fixed stuff and it would do 190 mph with ease, with the cool air blowing and not using that much fuel compared to the others.
I just remember the noise, the gear change, the grip, the grunt , just how amazing and responsive the whole thing was as a package. and it had like 1500 miles on the clockl!!
I was hooked, he let me drive it a fair bit and that was me done/sold/in love. vowed to get one somehow and here I am after quite a lot of cars....
205 GTI 1.9 (should have kept it)
Pulsar GTiR
R33 GTR skyline x 2 (one running HKS 2530s, big injectors, Power FC ECU, loads of mods and nearly 600 bhp. flame spitting giggle monster)
R34 GTR skyline (standard apart from filter and exhaust- learnt my modding lesson!)
e30 m3 left hooker (215 bhp version)
couple of E36 m3 track cars I used to keep at the ring (when it was good to be there before top gear ruined it)
plus an E30 track with 3 litre m3 e36 engine in it. hilarious car!
996 Carrera 2 manual 3.4 in artic sliver.
BMW m3 CSL x 2 (one silver and black)
Guards red 996.2 GT3.
Daily is a Seat Leon Cupra 290 (chipped to 350 BHP) which is a riot and wolf in sheep's clothing. matches the gt3 for pace up to 80!!
I have got a barn find E36 3 litre m3 4 door saloon which I am slowly doing up and just about saved it. also got a boggo 996 C2 non sunroof manual tucked away for the future too. _________________ 996 GT3 mk2 - Guards Red
jotaking Spa-Francorchamps
Joined: 01 Jun 2012 Posts: 271
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2017 3:36 pm Post subject:
Some great car history listed here.
Very interesting, I did think most would have gone Porsche or Porsche Turbo prior to pulling the trigger on the GT3? Seems that some just went "all in" straight to GT3!
I assume that the GT3 is the pinnacle or do I need to start another thread.
Life after a GT3?
mm450exc Trainee
Joined: 13 Jun 2009 Posts: 80
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2017 3:47 pm Post subject:
I made the standard mistake and had a 997.1 Turbo before I got a 997.2 GT3.
There is nothing after a GT3.
kingston Österreich
Joined: 09 Jun 2010 Posts: 894
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2017 4:02 pm Post subject:
Pip1968 wrote:
kingston wrote:
Fiat Seicento Sporting
Honda Integra Type R DC5
996 GT3
Kingston, sorry you are going to have to explain this. You third car ??? At the moment I am contemplating that you fall into one or more of the list below:
1. Are only 21
2. Keep you cars even longer than I do (I am old)
3. Live in London
4. Had an extended driving ban
How come you have had so few cars.
It is interesting to see how many are loyal to brand throughout their car ownership - until the Porsche appears.
Pip
Just never needed to change all that often or saw the point. With each car doing what i needed to at the time;
Fiat, great for London commuting and uni years
Honda, great all rounder though road/track noise gave me tinnitus, plus its a honda so never broke down
Gt3 is what it is
The GT3 would probably have gone this year but the car id like next, 997 GT2, is beyond what im willing to pay.
I hardly drive the GT3 now so no point selling it for something else that i wont drive that much either _________________ I really must learn to spell check and proof read my posts
jkeith Nürburgring
Joined: 22 Jan 2010 Posts: 436 Location: Jesmond
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2017 6:40 pm Post subject:
Well, I've been driving for over 45 years so have had lots of car changes. Here is a selection including first and last:
From the age of 9 the Porsche marque held a significant interest. It took a long time to get there!
Cheers, Keith. _________________ 2005 996 GT3
1986 944 turbo (now for sale)
1986 Grand Prix White 3.2 lhd whaletail
2005 BMW 325 M sport
968 Clubsport (sold)
964 (low mileage, (sold (sadly) to an enthusiastic neighbour)
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