Carrera S converted to GT3 - 60k too much?
09-13-2009, 10:31 PM
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Carrera S converted to GT3 - 60k too much?
I'm looking to buy this car.
Here's a link to their ad in Auto Trader - http://tinyurl.com/lgtrag
2005 Porsche 911 Carrera S
Black on black
35k miles
new engine (has 500 miles on it)
fully loaded converted into a gt3 rs with all oem porsche parts
maya 20" rims
cargraphic exhaust plus cats
daytona gt steering wheel with PADDLE SHIFTERS
aluminum floor mats and pedals
european carbon fiber rs bucket seats
carbon fiber exhaust tips
eibach lowering springs
ipd air flow unit
Here's a link to their ad in Auto Trader - http://tinyurl.com/lgtrag
2005 Porsche 911 Carrera S
Black on black
35k miles
new engine (has 500 miles on it)
fully loaded converted into a gt3 rs with all oem porsche parts
maya 20" rims
cargraphic exhaust plus cats
daytona gt steering wheel with PADDLE SHIFTERS
aluminum floor mats and pedals
european carbon fiber rs bucket seats
carbon fiber exhaust tips
eibach lowering springs
ipd air flow unit
Last edited by Lysoleverywhere; 09-13-2009 at 11:26 PM.
09-13-2009, 10:36 PM
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Did they drop a GT3 engine into it, and a GT3 tranny?
Personally, I think one should avoid buying Frankenstein Porsches (we have another name for them in Germany). You will spend a lot for a poser. Prices are going down. Just buy a real one and be done with it.
Personally, I think one should avoid buying Frankenstein Porsches (we have another name for them in Germany). You will spend a lot for a poser. Prices are going down. Just buy a real one and be done with it.
09-13-2009, 11:08 PM
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I would never buy a "kit" car as others have said...sounds like its rigged with bubblegum and paperclips, so a headache waiting to happen for you. Plus, there's usually only one "sucker" in a deal like this...if you buy it, odds are that you will be stuck with it for life (or will take it in the shorts when you go to unload it).
09-13-2009, 11:19 PM
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09-14-2009, 12:47 AM
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09-14-2009, 03:32 AM
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That car falls under the "greater fool theory." You'll be hard pressed years from now to find someone dumber than you to buy it off you.
I think it would be embarrassing to drive a fake car. it's not a GT3RS but screams RS all over it with $200 worth of decals. I would imagine that if you dig enough on that car you'll find out that something happened to that car, which led to the extensive modifications. No one routinely does that to a car without something driving it,--like an accident.
I think it would be embarrassing to drive a fake car. it's not a GT3RS but screams RS all over it with $200 worth of decals. I would imagine that if you dig enough on that car you'll find out that something happened to that car, which led to the extensive modifications. No one routinely does that to a car without something driving it,--like an accident.
09-14-2009, 09:43 AM
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I agree with everyone else. It's like buying a white shirt, going home, and dyeing it another; it will never look right, everyone will know, and you'll just look dumb. Had that been a GT3 that someone managed to fit an auto transmission to, that would be one thing, but to take a C2S and, with some touches of paint, a spoiler, and a couple of decals, declare it is a GT3, is ridiculous. Imagine trying to list that for sale and just how sketchy it would sound.
