2018 GT3 to Buy or not to Buy
07-22-2017, 04:25 PM
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07-23-2017, 05:07 PM
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I left a deposit for 2018 GT3 manual some time ago for MSRP + 15% in US. I received a call today that the car is ready to be build.
1. Is that a good deal?
2. How much do you think the car will depreciate over next few years if I'll drive 5,000 a year?
Any advise will be very appreciated.
1. Is that a good deal?
2. How much do you think the car will depreciate over next few years if I'll drive 5,000 a year?
Any advise will be very appreciated.
You will totally regret buying one it.
Also don't feed the fenzy of above msrp bs.
Good luck.
07-23-2017, 05:56 PM
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Never looking back....the price paid is LONG forgotten after the first acceleration to 9K rpm's with the windows down....hopefully Tuesday night.....
Have fun and don't look back.
07-23-2017, 06:49 PM
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G63, M4, 750, 97 S550 and wanted to add Porsche to my collection. I wanted to buy GT3, but I'm not sure if I want to spend so much money for the car I can only use on track.
07-23-2017, 07:16 PM
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You are talking about paying $25k+ over for a GT3...that's an auto pass.
07-23-2017, 07:28 PM
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I was offered an allocation by a dealer for $35K. I passed - more on principal than anything else. He acted like I had won the lottery by being offered one. I did think seriously about doing it for a day or two - if I'm being honest
07-23-2017, 07:32 PM
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Was this from a dealer that you have a relationship with?
07-23-2017, 08:12 PM
#40
Not really - I was buying my 2016 GT3 from them. I had told them when I agreed to buy the 2016 I wanted a spot on the list for the GT3.2. When I was signing the papers on my new to me GT3 they said they may have a spot and two days later texted me to say the spot was mine for $35K.
They are within 45 min from my house so I'm local but the dealer I have more of a relationship with is 10 min down the road, but that list is 30 deep. I'm next to an area with very deep pockets so my relationship is relatively weak in comparison to many of their customers.
They are within 45 min from my house so I'm local but the dealer I have more of a relationship with is 10 min down the road, but that list is 30 deep. I'm next to an area with very deep pockets so my relationship is relatively weak in comparison to many of their customers.
07-24-2017, 10:25 AM
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All cars will depreciate once you put miles on it. Unless you want to pay $200K+ to look at the GT3 everyday, don't concern too much on the depreciation for now. Plus, there's no chance you can get your 'market adjustment' back anyways.
07-24-2017, 01:18 PM
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MSRP + 15% gets you into the Mclaren 570S, Audi R8 V10 Plus or used 12C range. Go and test drive these cars. If you think GT3 can bring you as much pleasure, then go for it.
All cars will depreciate once you put miles on it. Unless you want to pay $200K+ to look at the GT3 everyday, don't concern too much on the depreciation for now. Plus, there's no chance you can get your 'market adjustment' back anyways.
All cars will depreciate once you put miles on it. Unless you want to pay $200K+ to look at the GT3 everyday, don't concern too much on the depreciation for now. Plus, there's no chance you can get your 'market adjustment' back anyways.
I'll talk to my dealer again and tell him that i will not buy car with 15% mark up.
07-24-2017, 03:36 PM
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Have you done your reading and driven an 991.1 gt3? The GT3 is not a track only car, and increasingly, people are using their gt cars on the daily. Sure, it's focused for the track, but this is not a radical.
07-24-2017, 04:23 PM
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People have been saying this sense 2009 when the recovery started. Technically I suppose you're right as there will with almost 100% certainty be some type of major downturn in the next 50 years. That doesn't make it any easier to predict when it will happen, and what it would do to car values. Like Mooty posted once, maybe you wait for a better deal and die in the meantime. Nothing is a given in this life