Why so many GT3s being sold?
04-12-2015, 12:31 AM
#1
Why so many GT3s being sold?
I can't help but notice that there is a new "GT3 sold" thread here almost every other day.
What I want to know is, why so many people, almost 95% of the "selling my GT3" threads have cars that have less than 1000 miles. Is it because people who buy these cars buy them because of the hype and the hype dies after 1000 miles or is it because the demographic who buy these cars mostly buy them for the sake of trying them out and moving to the next best thing?
I always thought that the GT3 club in Porsche was a small exclusive club made by hardcore track goers and true car enthusiasts who are the kind of people who hang on to their car like they hang on to their houses or other important things for many, many years. The fact that a ton of people get out of these cars so quickly, sometimes after only a few hundred miles, is just really strange. Is the car boring or not satisfying? Or is it that there are a whole bunch of people here with a hole in their pocket and they are just moving from car to car?
I am merely trying to understand the motivation behind such large number of people getting out of these cars. I am also trying to understand why there are so many cars out there with not so many miles. Do people simply buy these cars to keep them in the garage, put a few hundred miles in a year, and sell them to move on to the next shiny car (Lambo, etc)?
This is such an amazing car in my mind and I am surprised that people would even consider selling it after driving it for a year. I am also even more surprised that people would drive this car 200-300 miles for 6 months. If I had a GT3, it would be my daily driver and would see at least 1,000 miles/month. Spending that kind of money on a car and keeping it in the garage is just insane!
It's like being married to a super model but not sleeping with her in the same bed and instead sleeping on a couch in the living room!
Hope I didn't upset people
What I want to know is, why so many people, almost 95% of the "selling my GT3" threads have cars that have less than 1000 miles. Is it because people who buy these cars buy them because of the hype and the hype dies after 1000 miles or is it because the demographic who buy these cars mostly buy them for the sake of trying them out and moving to the next best thing?
I always thought that the GT3 club in Porsche was a small exclusive club made by hardcore track goers and true car enthusiasts who are the kind of people who hang on to their car like they hang on to their houses or other important things for many, many years. The fact that a ton of people get out of these cars so quickly, sometimes after only a few hundred miles, is just really strange. Is the car boring or not satisfying? Or is it that there are a whole bunch of people here with a hole in their pocket and they are just moving from car to car?
I am merely trying to understand the motivation behind such large number of people getting out of these cars. I am also trying to understand why there are so many cars out there with not so many miles. Do people simply buy these cars to keep them in the garage, put a few hundred miles in a year, and sell them to move on to the next shiny car (Lambo, etc)?
This is such an amazing car in my mind and I am surprised that people would even consider selling it after driving it for a year. I am also even more surprised that people would drive this car 200-300 miles for 6 months. If I had a GT3, it would be my daily driver and would see at least 1,000 miles/month. Spending that kind of money on a car and keeping it in the garage is just insane!
It's like being married to a super model but not sleeping with her in the same bed and instead sleeping on a couch in the living room!Hope I didn't upset people
04-12-2015, 12:59 AM
#3
Rennlist Member
I think most people who own GT3's also have other pretty decent cars, including cars that are more appropriate or comfortable for work, taking your kid to sports practices, taking the family somewhere for the weekend, etc.
As far as the number for sale here on RL, I bet a few of those are being sold to make room for an RS.
As far as the number for sale here on RL, I bet a few of those are being sold to make room for an RS.
04-12-2015, 01:50 AM
#5
Nordschleife Master
991GT3 is an amazing car, but i feel the type of person that buys the GT3 over the TT/TTS/High Optioned Normal 991 also has a greater appreciation/knowledge for cars and surely has many other "fun" vehicles in the stable that take their attention.
also theirs always new vehicles coming to the market that demand attention.. right now it's the Mclaren 570 and the 488... some might say they are 80-150k more, but that doesn't really mean much to a collector... it's more about the vehicle over the cost.
also... when you have 4-5-6-10 cars... 1000 miles takes a little bit of effort... and several months.
also theirs always new vehicles coming to the market that demand attention.. right now it's the Mclaren 570 and the 488... some might say they are 80-150k more, but that doesn't really mean much to a collector... it's more about the vehicle over the cost.
also... when you have 4-5-6-10 cars... 1000 miles takes a little bit of effort... and several months.
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04-12-2015, 02:12 AM
#8
Nordschleife Master
04-12-2015, 02:24 AM
#9
RS comes out soon....
Lots of guys have driven this car for free for several months....demand still very high....
Sell when you can - not when you have to
Lots of guys have driven this car for free for several months....demand still very high....
Sell when you can - not when you have to
04-12-2015, 02:45 AM
#10
Nordschleife Master
Hopefully when I go V200 for the RS in May....I will have an opportunity to get close to msrp for my 3 as a trade for RS. That will mean trading in May and giving up gt3 pleasure for the summer months.
04-12-2015, 03:06 AM
#12
Race Director
I don't think you can generalize too much. There are many reasons why cars like the 991 GT3 get sold although it is true, IMHO, that some members of the GT3 demographic you mentioned do just want to try out the latest thing and have the wherewithal to indulge themselves with something different every few months. I don't mean this as a negative in any way, but that says more about the person than it does about the cars they're turning over. There's nothing about the 991 GT3 that would keep it from being satisfying...long term.
04-12-2015, 03:34 AM
#13
The 991 GT3 is a keeper. I'm sure the RS will offer 5-8% improvement but at $40k more, it's a stretch.
Seems like people are willing to spend more time waiting for the next car than driving it when it finally arrives.
Seems like people are willing to spend more time waiting for the next car than driving it when it finally arrives.
04-12-2015, 03:42 AM
#14
GT3 player par excellence
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gt3 is wonderful machine
i think i will keep mine.
but many are selling due to RS inbound.
i think i will keep mine.
but many are selling due to RS inbound.
04-12-2015, 04:02 AM
#15
Nordschleife Master