mooty

the day they sell me their RS allocation at invoice and cut back the trunk money to me will be the day we do business again.

as far as mkting goes. i hate LE in anything. it creates artificial demand. i never buy AP ROO when they release special editions b/c they have way too many, just like GT3, M3 whatever. there will be another one. plain jane un-numbered good stuff is what i like.

if one must control the number of widgets, increase the price to match the number of units to be sold. dont come up with an arbitrary number of 600, 500 or whatever. sell the RS at $400k each, that will control units sold. but then i am known to be insane.

Carrera GT

Buy that man a beer!

If only it were that simple to find a perfect market with perfect elasticity between price, supply and demand.

For me, part of the appeal of the car is the limited availability. Or at least the justification for buying it at all is the knowledge that it's now or never. Give or take. But if they offered a $135 3.8 RS with a $20K "power kit" to put the 4.0 in it, that's what I'd be buying and pocketing the $30K in exclusivity ... just to then squander it on brakes, wheels and tires ...

richk

Mooty

IMHO there will be 4.0's available at invoice...be patient. The car is overpriced like the GT2RS(currently 9 available on cars.com)

I bought an immaculate 2011 GT3RS this week for 123k(MSRP was 170k). The laws of depreciation never change(spoken from a man who took a 100k hit on a Scuderia).

TRAKCAR

Rent a transporter with Savy and some others and we'll see you in Sebring jan / Feb

mooty

but aren't scud limited edition and unobtanium....
sorry to rub it in. but you know what i mean.
that said, RS4.0 if never driven and parked for 20 years, it will go up in price. but i do 20k miles a year driving to and from no where.


i predict savvy will have a 6 car rig soon. triple decker.

richk

Although I wouldn't do it again I don't regret buying the scud and the 5k glorious miles(multiple track days).

I paid over sticker for the scud but that was 2008...its a different world right now. Also, paid over sticker for my 1st .1RS. I am learning patience and I was rewarded this week. I bought an RS this week for 47k back of window plus full clearbra(4K), RSS X-pipe(2k), and evoms/sit ecu upgrade.

mooty

smart man, sure learned faster than i.

Shane O'Neill

Hopefully I will pick up my car on the 1st of August.
Can't wait.
The Akropovic exhaust is already ordered.
Should be fun.
Shane

Nizer

That's some mojo right there. It'll be interesting to see how many others are willing to put their 4.0's under the knife.....

wurlie

Hello all here is my cunning plan:
Car finished at factory Sept 16,
Visit to Frankfurt IAA Sept 19,
Museum, pickup in Stuttgart Sept 20,
Manthey visit Sept 21,
Spa trackday Sept 22,
Manthey visit #2 Sept 23,
Leipzig PSDS G-Force training Sept 24-25.

Manthey to-dos:
- Endless pads, SRF, brake lines
- Battery kill switch
- Rotation of front struts, full alignment
- Front cage
- Cup diff plates

Can't wait!!!
Best, w

TRAKCAR

You're a genius

911SLOW

Excellent!

Don't forget registering the car and picking up the German plates, you lucky &%**^.

-eztrader-

Sounds like a great deal. Which car did you buy.?

Carrera GT

That sounds like one from a very well thought out bucket list. I'd add putting the factory brake rotors on he shelf and get PFC or Brembo rotors all round.

I think given we're the lab test rats for the painted CF hood, fenders, wing, I'd get all of those plastered with 3M film -- let somebody else find out if they're prone to rock chips, especially on the track.

Have you had experience (as in many track days) with running the factory motorsport LSD plates in something like a 997 GT3?

richk

I did get a great deal from a friend...could make a quick 10-12k profit but this car is AWESOME!!!