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Old 03-29-2009, 09:34 PM
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I have been saying that I will wait until next year to purchase the GT3, I am finding it very difficult to hold off. All three are in white, one is at a Porsche dealer, the other two are non P dealers. Low mileage cars, one with 750, 2500 and 4500 miles, Prices start at 110k, 95k and 94K in the same order. I will be trading in my 07 C2S Cabrio with 9k miles. Logically, I will keep the 996 Cabrio since it has quite a bit of custom mods. I need some sound advice.
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i like how you have a 996 and 997 cabrio.....

i have driven both variants and would ditch the 996 personally.

If you can afford to keep the 997 cabrio, sell the 996 and buy a 997 GT3 for 80k. (they are out there now)
then you can have two 997's! (which are good keepers with a long shelf life)
Old 03-29-2009, 09:53 PM
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all 3 of them are overpriced unless you're keeping it as garage queen, keep looking.
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Originally Posted by tcsracing1
i like how you have a 996 and 997 cabrio.....

i have driven both variants and would ditch the 996 personally.

If you can afford to keep the 997 cabrio, sell the 996 and buy a 997 GT3 for 80k. (they are out there now)
then you can have two 997's! (which are good keepers with a long shelf life)
I agree, however, the 996 has a new x51 with a bunch of other mods including the x74 suspension and I have a sentimental attachment to this vehicle.
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not in your area but if one of the cars is at Park Place, PM me.
I took 3 months to find my car. What I will warn anyone is to do not trust carfax. If getting a Porsche from a Porsche dealer you can get a damaged car even if it is CPOed. A dealer can not CPO the car if 2 or more panels are painted but one is OK. i found no less than 6 cars that had repairs. A couple with track offs . If the owner does not go through insurance car fax will be clean.
By the way: Alex's car was not a damage car.
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Gordon, good advise, have any GT3 go through a PPI at the dealer you trust.
If you don't trust them(and have no other choice), make sure they know it!

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I had the dealer do the mechanics and a body shop guy remove the fender liners and such. They can hide almost all repairs under liners and trim.
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Originally Posted by roberga
not in your area but if one of the cars is at Park Place, PM me.
I took 3 months to find my car. What I will warn anyone is to do not trust carfax. If getting a Porsche from a Porsche dealer you can get a damaged car even if it is CPOed. A dealer can not CPO the car if 2 or more panels are painted but one is OK. i found no less than 6 cars that had repairs. A couple with track offs . If the owner does not go through insurance car fax will be clean.
By the way: Alex's car was not a damage car.

Funny, one of the cars is at Park Place. I guess that is the first one to be scratched off the list. Thanks for the head's up.
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Originally Posted by Carefree
Gordon, good advise, have any GT3 go through a PPI at the dealer you trust.
If you don't trust them(and have no other choice), make sure they know it!

Sweet 91! Nicely set up. Wanna sell her?

That's pre-ban, I think.
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That would be an HK21 and it sold for $24k, which paid for part of my wifes 08 335i (which she loves), what more could I ask for?
Happy wife, happy life!!!!!



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