Hey Joe, Let me know if Jon wants to get together. I am looking seriously at all the dates offered at the tracks in 2010. Fantastic deals out there.

Good job Jon, lets get together.

 

Hope we can all get together for some coffee and GT3 show and tell. i will let Jon pick the time when he is ready. Jim we need to talk about "Streets" track day soon.

 

200k USD when new right?

 

@ Wilfred.

Unfortunately not. We have a 180 % tax on cars and we have 25 % VAT on everything. If I buy a car outside of Denmark I will then have to pay somewhere near 180 % of what I paid for the car, just in tax. Price in USD 60,000 (purchase price) + 18,000 (30 % VAT and customs) + 110,000 (180 % tax) + 3,000 (shipping) = 191,000 USD

This would be a rough estimate when importing from the US. I 2004 GT3 with Danish license plates will set you back around 200-210,000 USD theses days. This makes good sense to me, since people usually are willing to pay a little bit more for something they can see and try instead of importing something they don't really now what kind of condition is in.

For comparrison, my car a 1991 Carrera 2 with 100,000 miles on the clock cost me about 75,000 USD 1 year ago.

- Morty

 

Price example.... new GT3 from Porsche's Danish website: http://www.porsche.dk/models.asp?variant=19
Kr. 2.501.610 = USD 482,000 (the exchange rate is 5,1901 kr. to 1 us dollar)

 

Joe,

I am game this month if something is up. Maybe we could get some fellow GT3'ers there too. I still have not replaced the windshield from Big Willow last month. My windshield guy, Dana, had a heart attack for New Years! He is only 50!

Anyway, you are going to hate this but I have the itch for the 2010 RS. VJ has been offered a build and he does not want it and is willing to pass it to me. I have until 1/14/10 to decide. Honestly, if you had the cash flow right now would you even consider it although the 996 GT3 is going down in history as the best drivers car of all time??? With all the work done to mine I would think I could see $60K for it??

Fuel for serious thought.

 

Oh boy.

Jon the OP needs to pick a date soon so we can all meet up and then we can talk about GT3RS.

Joe

 

Hey Inverterman, don't know you or your car but GO FOR IT
The 997.2 GT3 RS will also go down in history... maybe as the last great driver's car, following the P-VW wedding

 

FFaust, thanks for the encouragement. Agreed, the 2010 RS might be the last of a run for a long time. I am not sure if you really understand how rewarding the 996 is and how hard it would be NOT to be able to drive it. I cannot have both.

Joe, POC is there on the 24th. We would have to behave since they will put us in the STS. May have to set up "tent"?

 

205 miles California car. Carrara White, Black, PCCB... beauty!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2005-...#ht_500wt_1033

 

Museum piece at this point. It will get 2000 looks no bids. A good buy at $75K in this economy. Wow, what a beaut though.

 

Actually no, I don't "understand", but I do assume that it is and I'm certaily trying to find out more (that's why I'm here ). I'm looking to replace my 996 Cab and, for my price range, the 996 GT3 is at the top of the list as a driver's car. The only thing is that they're hard to come by up here.

Anyway, I'm looking... unless I get sidetracked by a sweet 993

 

OK so, what the heck? Where do they find these things, and how is it even possible?

So some guy buys a nice car, parks it for a while until he can get to it, and then forgets it's in the garage?

 

I hope that you are able to find one. Especially right now. It looks like the 996 may now be at the bottom. It would be a dream come true to find one at a reasonable price with less than 10K miles.

Finding someone to let you drive there is tough. There are only a couple of folks that I would let drive mine and each of them are professional drivers. And it is not to say that GT3 handlers are super or anything, it is just that is takes a little time to understand the impact of your inputs while taming the beast. There is nothing to bail you out in a 996 GT3.

 

In the US, the 996 GT3 is going to be a lot rarer than any other GT3 models to date; period. If you find one and have enough funds to put a bubble-wrap around; I would. Not many will left in good condition.

This particular car must belong to a collector and I hope the price stays there!