Taxdr1965

Trying to decide between an S and a GTS. First up was the S, it drove nice it had PASM and Sport Exhaust and had 2300 miles on it, overall it felt pretty tight and lively. The sport exhaust did not sound that great and you could barely tell it was there.

Next up was the GTS which only had 43 miles on it. Everything seemed much sharper and finer tuned. Suspension felt tighter, not sure if it had sport pasm or not. The car felt quicker to me and the turn in felt sharper as well. The exhaust also sounded better overall. The GTS just seemed like a finer tuned version of thr S. I know it has a little more HP, unless porsche is understating it on the GTS.

I dont know if it was just a psychological thing that it was a GTS or what, it just felt like it drove better overall.
Maybe because it was brand new?? I would think 2300 miles should not make a difference.

So bottom line I have a deal on a speed yellow gts. Has all the options I would want except PDLS. Is that standard maybe on the GTS? If not i guess it has standard lights?? How are those?? Weird that they would leave that out.

Its a $92,270 build they were asking $83k, now got them down to $76k. Is this a bad, ok, or pretty good deal???

Taxdr1965

Crickets? No opinion

Chester7

You are getting an excellent deal on the GTS. Standard GTS headlights are okay for some, not great for others. I ordered my CGTS with the xenon PDLS+ since I wanted a brighter light and will drive my car to the gym early morning.
The GTS likely sounds better than the S because it has a different intake manifold. Good luck! Racing yellow is hot!

CaymanSinAR

Take the deal and run. Great color. Great spec.

DriveInHouston

Take the GTS and drive it like you stole it!

Todd B

I picked up a discounted 2018 GTS at the end of the year. It has the standard lights, if I was ordering I would have added the PDLS lights. The standard lights are 25watts, I swapped out the bulbs and ballast to the 35 watt versions (which is what comes in the PDLS lights). Made a big difference and easy to do. No issues with glare or headlight alignment. I do like the fact the standard lights do not include the headlight washers in the bumper.

Taxdr1965

The story gets worse. I got the inspection report and it stated body damage which the guy claims he did not see. It has a bunch of scrapes underneath the front bumper and the passengers door. Now I have scraped the front bumper on my R8, since it was so low , but not under my door. They are putting it on a lift and shooting a video. Someone must have run over something. If its cosmetic it can be fixed, but they need to take more money off the car. They claim just cosmetic.

At this point see what they discount and have to get a PPI done on it now. Does anyone know a good independent shop in the Chicago area???

Don't want to find out it has under body damage more extensive then cosmetic. They offered me another $400 off. You got to be kidding

CaymanSinAR

So the car has body damage with only 43 miles? That's probably why it hasn't been sold in 12+ months.

DAVfoto

Pass on that car man. Some porter (dealer driver) probably drove over a damn curb in it.

SharkB8

That sucks, because that car would have been awesome. I have a similar option build (mine came in around $99k)...and having owned and driven the last 2 gens (981, 982) in all configs (owned a '13 Base, '14 S, and now own a '18 GTS) I can positively say the GTS is my fave. I had a '17S launch car picked out in graphite blue that was a stunner, did the Porsche playground event and was extremely disappointed in the exhaust note (owned the '14S with a Borla at the time). I didn't think I'd be back in a Boxster/Cayman platform due to the switch...then I heard the GTS...and immediately dove in. So happy I did. It's a different sound that the 981, but I like it, and growing to like it more and more as it's opening up (seems like the 1k mile mark, things get a little more oompfh to the sound).

Ymmv. Good luck in your search!

Chester7

Run away from that damaged car! I still get Car Guru listings for CGTS and BGTS and I do wonder about 1 owner cars with less than ~500 miles. After hearing your adventure, I can see that some owners (or dealer porters) can do damage, and the owner unloads the car.
Careful inspection is required, and even then you can be fooled. Good luck! Don't give up!

manifold danger

To add more food for thought, I actually very much prefer the GTS interior package- which that car doesn't have. Some people prefer leather and there is also the fact that you can't get cooled seats with the GTS package (I don't think you can at least)- but for me, the interior package is amazing and part of the benefits of picking the GTS.

Definitely interesting about the damage though. Do your due diligence on that one.

Chester7

Agree. I spec'ed my own GTS interior package: full black leather with racing yellow stitching and yellow seat belts, and black brushed aluminum interior trim. A bit pricey but I wanted it. I ordered ventilated seats too.

Yc911Kid

I'd find a MT gts with a couple of nice to have options(leather int;pdls;car play&bose;prefer 2way seat) and call it a day

Yc911Kid

This is a really nice combo. If budget is tight I found that leather int with sport tex seat gives most bang for the bucks, for 2k you have leather dash and free silver stitching