My GT3 is back from Porsche..
06-30-2014, 08:58 PM
#16
Rennlist Member
^^^ Im agreeing with this.
Perhaps they just "didnt get it" that you paid a 3rd party over list for the car in the first instance.
In the final analysis Im with Porsche on the decision although I appreciate you were mis led.
However by now this is all history and you will be sitting in one of the performance bargains of the decade. It will all be forgotten first time you rev it out to 9000 LOL!
I cant help but think the next GT3 (991.2?) if there will be an atmo engined version will be LOTS more expensive than the 991 GT3. Porsche can sell all they make, they have proven that, its not a money spinner for them in any case and they have some shareholder to appease now on what must amount to a nett loss situation and a brand image tarnishing on the 991 Gt3...
Perhaps they just "didnt get it" that you paid a 3rd party over list for the car in the first instance.
In the final analysis Im with Porsche on the decision although I appreciate you were mis led.
However by now this is all history and you will be sitting in one of the performance bargains of the decade. It will all be forgotten first time you rev it out to 9000 LOL!
I cant help but think the next GT3 (991.2?) if there will be an atmo engined version will be LOTS more expensive than the 991 GT3. Porsche can sell all they make, they have proven that, its not a money spinner for them in any case and they have some shareholder to appease now on what must amount to a nett loss situation and a brand image tarnishing on the 991 Gt3...
06-30-2014, 09:04 PM
#17
Rennlist Member
^^^ Im agreeing with this.
Perhaps they just "didnt get it" that you paid a 3rd party over list for the car in the first instance.
In the final analysis Im with Porsche on the decision although I appreciate you were mis led.
However by now this is all history and you will be sitting in one of the performance bargains of the decade. It will all be forgotten first time you rev it out to 9000 LOL!
I cant help but think the next GT3 (991.2?) if there will be an atmo engined version will be LOTS more expensive than the 991 GT3. Porsche can sell all they make, they have proven that, its not a money spinner for them in any case and they have some shareholder to appease now on what must amount to a nett loss situation and a brand image tarnishing on the 991 Gt3...
Perhaps they just "didnt get it" that you paid a 3rd party over list for the car in the first instance.
In the final analysis Im with Porsche on the decision although I appreciate you were mis led.
However by now this is all history and you will be sitting in one of the performance bargains of the decade. It will all be forgotten first time you rev it out to 9000 LOL!
I cant help but think the next GT3 (991.2?) if there will be an atmo engined version will be LOTS more expensive than the 991 GT3. Porsche can sell all they make, they have proven that, its not a money spinner for them in any case and they have some shareholder to appease now on what must amount to a nett loss situation and a brand image tarnishing on the 991 Gt3...
06-30-2014, 09:18 PM
#18
Completely agree, Macca. The GT3 is the bargain of the century...build a C4S, 50th or a Targa, all within dollars of the GT3, which is so much more car than any of those I mentioned. The GT3 is gonna keep its value (or close to it), and will not depreciate too much, as it is very exclusive, an amazing car, and once this is all behind us, it will all be forgotten. While this was going on, I was looking at all other cars that would appease my desire for something in the same category, and there really is nothing anywhere this price...as my friend who works for Ferrari said, you need to spend double with them to get close, and even then, you really can't drive those cars as the value drops like a rock when you do. So, we are left with the GT3. Good for us owners!
Man...I can't wait to finally get my car!
06-30-2014, 11:25 PM
#19
Completely agree, Macca. The GT3 is the bargain of the century...build a C4S, 50th or a Targa, all within dollars of the GT3, which is so much more car than any of those I mentioned. The GT3 is gonna keep its value (or close to it), and will not depreciate too much, as it is very exclusive, an amazing car, and once this is all behind us, it will all be forgotten. While this was going on, I was looking at all other cars that would appease my desire for something in the same category, and there really is nothing anywhere this price...as my friend who works for Ferrari said, you need to spend double with them to get close, and even then, you really can't drive those cars as the value drops like a rock when you do. So, we are left with the GT3. Good for us owners!
06-30-2014, 11:57 PM
#21
Instructor
Thread Starter
07-01-2014, 12:46 AM
#22
Nordschleife Master
they didnt' charge you over tho.. it was a broker... porsche had nothing to do with that.
if u give me 100k over sticker for a speciale... then ferrari isnt getting it, i am...
it's just common sense. you paid "someone" extra money to guarantee you get a car.. porsche has nothing to do with that..
as far as over sticker for used ones.. thats just a way around them getting in trouble for adding a "market adjustment" to the window sticker which is shunned upon (what happened to you)
as far as "other exotics" i would say most gt3 owners have other toys too... never met someone who only had a gt3 and then had minivans and prius'
if u give me 100k over sticker for a speciale... then ferrari isnt getting it, i am...
it's just common sense. you paid "someone" extra money to guarantee you get a car.. porsche has nothing to do with that..
as far as over sticker for used ones.. thats just a way around them getting in trouble for adding a "market adjustment" to the window sticker which is shunned upon (what happened to you)
as far as "other exotics" i would say most gt3 owners have other toys too... never met someone who only had a gt3 and then had minivans and prius'
07-01-2014, 12:55 AM
#23
Instructor
Thread Starter
they didnt' charge you over tho.. it was a broker... porsche had nothing to do with that.
if u give me 100k over sticker for a speciale... then ferrari isnt getting it, i am...
it's just common sense. you paid "someone" extra money to guarantee you get a car.. porsche has nothing to do with that..
as far as over sticker for used ones.. thats just a way around them getting in trouble for adding a "market adjustment" to the window sticker which is shunned upon (what happened to you)
as far as "other exotics" i would say most gt3 owners have other toys too... never met someone who only had a gt3 and then had minivans and prius'
if u give me 100k over sticker for a speciale... then ferrari isnt getting it, i am...
it's just common sense. you paid "someone" extra money to guarantee you get a car.. porsche has nothing to do with that..
as far as over sticker for used ones.. thats just a way around them getting in trouble for adding a "market adjustment" to the window sticker which is shunned upon (what happened to you)
as far as "other exotics" i would say most gt3 owners have other toys too... never met someone who only had a gt3 and then had minivans and prius'
If I wanted to pay 50k over to get a GT3, it's my money and my choice. AGAIN, they AGREED to pay me what I had in the car, sent me a settlement statement and then backed out. Just stating facts here. I was just simply stating that if I did not have anything else fun to drive during the "no drive" period, I would have been more pissed. Also, there nothing wrong with having a minivan or Prius. I own a 2004 Ford Crown Vic Police Interceptor and enjoy driving it as well..
07-01-2014, 01:08 AM
#24
Driving back from COTA sunday night around 5:30, I saw a black 991 GT3 going south on 360 near 183,was that you?
07-01-2014, 01:10 AM
#25
Instructor
Thread Starter
07-01-2014, 01:29 AM
#26
07-01-2014, 10:14 AM
#28
Race Director
^^^ Im agreeing with this.
Perhaps they just "didnt get it" that you paid a 3rd party over list for the car in the first instance.
In the final analysis Im with Porsche on the decision although I appreciate you were mis led.
However by now this is all history and you will be sitting in one of the performance bargains of the decade. It will all be forgotten first time you rev it out to 9000 LOL!
I cant help but think the next GT3 (991.2?) if there will be an atmo engined version will be LOTS more expensive than the 991 GT3. Porsche can sell all they make, they have proven that, its not a money spinner for them in any case and they have some shareholder to appease now on what must amount to a nett loss situation and a brand image tarnishing on the 991 Gt3...
Perhaps they just "didnt get it" that you paid a 3rd party over list for the car in the first instance.
In the final analysis Im with Porsche on the decision although I appreciate you were mis led.
However by now this is all history and you will be sitting in one of the performance bargains of the decade. It will all be forgotten first time you rev it out to 9000 LOL!
I cant help but think the next GT3 (991.2?) if there will be an atmo engined version will be LOTS more expensive than the 991 GT3. Porsche can sell all they make, they have proven that, its not a money spinner for them in any case and they have some shareholder to appease now on what must amount to a nett loss situation and a brand image tarnishing on the 991 Gt3...
Completely agree, Macca. The GT3 is the bargain of the century...build a C4S, 50th or a Targa, all within dollars of the GT3, which is so much more car than any of those I mentioned. The GT3 is gonna keep its value (or close to it), and will not depreciate too much, as it is very exclusive, an amazing car, and once this is all behind us, it will all be forgotten. While this was going on, I was looking at all other cars that would appease my desire for something in the same category, and there really is nothing anywhere this price...as my friend who works for Ferrari said, you need to spend double with them to get close, and even then, you really can't drive those cars as the value drops like a rock when you do. So, we are left with the GT3. Good for us owners!
We're obsessed with the story here but we aren't a representative sample, and in a few years none of this will matter much regardless, IMO.
07-01-2014, 10:34 AM
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^^^ Im agreeing with this.
Perhaps they just "didnt get it" that you paid a 3rd party over list for the car in the first instance.
In the final analysis Im with Porsche on the decision although I appreciate you were mis led.
However by now this is all history and you will be sitting in one of the performance bargains of the decade. It will all be forgotten first time you rev it out to 9000 LOL!
I cant help but think the next GT3 (991.2?) if there will be an atmo engined version will be LOTS more expensive than the 991 GT3. Porsche can sell all they make, they have proven that, its not a money spinner for them in anly case and they have some shareholder to appease now on what must amount to a nett loss situation and a brand image tarnishing on the 991 Gt3...
Perhaps they just "didnt get it" that you paid a 3rd party over list for the car in the first instance.
In the final analysis Im with Porsche on the decision although I appreciate you were mis led.
However by now this is all history and you will be sitting in one of the performance bargains of the decade. It will all be forgotten first time you rev it out to 9000 LOL!
I cant help but think the next GT3 (991.2?) if there will be an atmo engined version will be LOTS more expensive than the 991 GT3. Porsche can sell all they make, they have proven that, its not a money spinner for them in anly case and they have some shareholder to appease now on what must amount to a nett loss situation and a brand image tarnishing on the 991 Gt3...
Speaking of, wonder if you just took stock everything and just did an ECU remap how much more you could get out of this engine? Wonder if there is 25 BHP lurking in there?
Last edited by Tacet-Conundrum; 07-01-2014 at 11:24 AM.