farisad

if you can afford to keep it, store it
if not let it go and there will always be come back opportunity

bergx7

Opportunity to come back is much harder when you have a 3.9 build car like his. Very rare and expensive to replicate.

I would vote you hang on to it, and bring it to Smokies again, and drive with me. Ha!

flsupraguy

Im actually leaving Friday to visit my father in NC and heading to smokies Sunday to meetup with the group

mchrono

997rs4.0

I would just park it. Thats the beaty of cars. Once they are paid for you can just leave them until you feel that you want to use them again. My daughter is into horses. When they loose interest for a while, its hard to just park them. Still cost a ton of money. ������������

007DT

When/where's the meet up... I may jump in.

BTW I agree with all of the comments. Hold onto it and use when you can. You'll get accustomed to your new ever-changing life and it'll be a great outlet to jump in the car, when you can and take the long way to the grocery store, etc...

TRAKCAR

Give some of them up for adoption?

daddyscar

I had two kids when I got my Cayman. I traded it for a Cayenne when the third one arrived. After a boxster loaner I traded in the Cayenne for a high mileage CPO Carrera 997.1 after a year. Kids loved the guards red CPO Carrera cab 997.2 I switched to. Fourth kid arrived. I planned on getting a 991.1 cab with PDK so my wife could drive it. My 2010 GT3 popped up one morning at my local dealer (including two full bags of groceries from Trader Joe's accidentally left in the frunk). It took a couple days to take delivery where I first had to explain that it wasn't a cab . . . it was a bit more than I planned on spending . . . I got another manual . . . oh, and there are only two seats . . . but it's a very special and difficult car to find. Almost three years later I have talked about getting something else but my wife tells me that I need to keep it.

bweSteve

^^^ nice story. love that you went for the full stable of ,..... kids! Lol. Just joking around,... kids were the BEST thing my wife & I ever did. They ground us, and then even grow up to become car nutts too! And they will ALWAYS support our not-so-logical GT purchases. Sounds like your wife likes the GT3 too.

What color did you get for your 997.2 GT3? .... Any notable options that you love?

guessing it's not a SW 3.9,.... but clearly the moral of your story is .... KEEP IT flsupraguy!!
=Steve

flsupraguy

Just got back from the Smokies trip. Amazing to have a car I can beat on at Sebring, drive long trips, and be 100% reliable!

ATXGuy

how is the car on long trips? Any fatigue from seats, suspension, etc? I’m curious if these cars can make good daily drivers.

flsupraguy

It's not as bad as I thought it would be. I have the rare retractable GT2 carbon buckets and full $10,000 Ohlin track suspension. It obviously is more harsh then stock but was certainly doable. Having a remote valve controller on longer trips makes the exhaust quiet when wanted. It's ultimately the perfect street/track car.

ATXGuy

Now I need to figure out a way to justify keeping my R8 and getting one of these to daily.

flsupraguy

Lol funny you say that as I have a supercharged 2017 R8. They are great cars!

bergx7

For what its worth, on my 4.0 build 997 GT3 (similar car to flsupraguy) I have a full JRZ RS Pro setup with monoballs and I have it tuned to ride better than the car did stock! I also have a touch of extra ride height dialed in (still less than stock but close) vs. a purely track focused setup and it just hauls *** on a good back road. They are very livable cars for road trips with the following caveats:

1. Exhaust selection will obviously play a factor. I have full Dundon loud (black) setup which is pretty loud
2. The factory stereo is laughable (I have sound package plus) so get aftermarket speakers/bluetooth/carplay setup if you want to listen to tunes
3. The steering is quite "alive" vs. the 991 gen cars, doesn't tire me out but you do have to pay attention at speed