LVDell

So I was at the Lowe's Motor Speedway post-Parade DE this past weekend and there was another beautiful speed yellow GT3 there and when I got closer I noticed there was something wrong. At first glance it looked just like mine (SY, CF wing) but then there were 3 things that just made me shake my head.

1. GT3RS side foils
2. GT3RS decklid badge
3. Personalized plate that reads "GT3RS"

So my question is why? The only person (sure there might be a small number of exceptions to this rule) that really knows the difference between at GT3 and GT3RS is the Porsche enthusiast so why do this to your car when those of us in the know just shake our heads?

I didn't take a picture of it but here is a screen capture from some video when we were on track together.

Just trying to understand the rationale for this.

Jetmech

I don't claim to be an RS...I just like the look. but I agree, don't claim to be an RS...if you ain't one. I claim to be a GT3 with RS goodies.

Jetmech

I understand that Ain't, ain't no word

gt3'er

Maybe...it was special ordered, imported. One can only hope.

LVDell

Putting the RS wing is one thing as it is actually a part created for the car. Just like the 996C2 guys could order the "GT3" Aerokit for their car. There is actually a very nice SY one over on the 996 forum (Mike's).

What got me thinking about this is that on our way back from Charlotte I saw an older S class mercedes (probably a S430) yet the car was overbadged on the rear decklid with "V12" "AMG", etc, and the plate said MBAMG. That one was funny since the all the fake badgin was done in the WRONG places.

I guess I just don't get it. Maybe it's time to go buy one of those "Type R" stickers from Auto Zone and have the first GT3 Type R

I thought the 996GT3RS only came in white and you had the option of red or blue as the "color" compliment (wheels, foils, stitching, etc).

TurboCup87

Just trying to understand the rationale for this.


Probably the same rationale as the people who put Mercedes or BMW logos on their clapped out Hyundai Excel......

datax

Putting only logos is no longer a show winning mods. Yea, those kind of cars confuse the hell out of people. Some even do have OEM BMW parts!

P.J.S.

I have bee thinking about fake badging my M5 with a "hybrid" emblem

in hybrid crazy Seattle, I thought a 5 litre V8 (E39 M5) with a hybrid emblem would be funny...

fake badging your GT3 into a GT3rs is so lame...

multi21

Dell,

It's for the chicks of course!!

BTW: Lest anyone think I have an "RS" in my avatar, that is "QS" the class I run.

LVDell

I think all the ladies care about is the "Porsche" badge.

996FLT6

The only way ne girl will like the ride in a gt3 is sitting on top of u and driving on a bumpy road for an hour. U don't even have to work on it the gt3 does it for u.

ron_dargenio

Each additional badge = 17 HP, 1 MPH Top Speed
Each additional sticker = 8 HP, .5 MPH Top Speed

Only OEM designations work. Others will severely hamper performance and may cause driveability/safety issues.

roberga

must have come from the BMW side. I have seem dozens of fake badged M3s.
Dell, I hope you passed the guy in your lowly GT3.

LVDell

several times, maybe even twice in one session

DRG13

One of the salesmen at a dealer in Salt Lake many years ago had a SY 996 C2 with the GT3 aero kit and he put a"GT3" badge on the rear...I saw it and said sarcastically "wow, nice GT3, you don't see them very often"..he says "I wish, it's just a C2 with the aero kit"....what a tool...