Originally Posted by secretcollector

As some of you may know, I joined RL about three months ago. Somehow, in spite of collecting Porsche Turbos for nearly 25 years, I never came across this site (although I'm not a big internet person). In this time, I have read with great interest on a wide variety of topics here, and made a few posts in search of cars and opinions to get a feel for the community. Without reservation, the members have been friendly, intelligent and engaging - thank you all!

I have followed with great interest the various discussion surrounding the GT2 RS and would like offer a different perspective here. Please understand that I am in no way dismissing any other opinion as less than valid, merely offering another one. Mine comes from owning more than 30 Turbos, every factory variation, most of the serious tuners - Ruf (yes, real ones with Ruf Vins), DP Motorsports, Gemballa - and most importantly to this post, two GT2 RS's.

My sense in following the discussions is that most of the RL members are track people, which I seriously applaud as I just don't have the proverbial ***** for it. I also sense that almost everyone who has written about this car has neither owned one nor driven one. For those that do own this car, track performance is essentially irrelevant. With a few exceptions, these cars will never be near the track. They are owned by collectors, of both Porsches and other marques like McLaren, Ferrari, Lamborghini, etc... They are much more likely to be driven to a second home on the weekend, or the country club for dinner, then on the road at 100 mph+ (if they're driven at all). For me and those I know well, it's about the combination of street fun, design, rarity and the intangible pleasure of just knowing it's in the garage.

How do I know this? Well, I own two and close friends own another dozen. That alone is more than 10% of the US production. Add in friends of friends and you're nearing half of all US cars. This is real, firsthand experience with those have written checks for these cars. Once again, though, it doesn't make my opinion any better, just different.

The GT2 RS is the most advanced car Porsche has ever built. The turbo lag is so minimal that you can hardly call it as such. The balance, agility, braking and feel on the road is perfect. The styling is aggressive yet way more subtle than the GT3 RS or most supercars. And speaking of supercars, for those are what the owners of these compare them to, it outperforms most of them in nearly every category, has better fit and finish, and is certainly much more dependable. Is this car fast? Hell yes. Supercar fast and frankly, even dangerous in the hands of an inexperienced or ego-heavy driver.

Some like the carbon fiber body components aesthetically, others not so much. I do, that's just me. The interior, especially in the black and red, is fun, different and just what a car like this should have, but again, not for everyone. It has just enough creature comforts to be drivable on the street for a while, but not too many as to lose the RS ethos.

As for valuation, no doubt the MSRP is expensive but let's put it in context: only 500 were built and a few are already dead and buried (and I'm sure a few more will be over time). They're trading at about 10% below MSRP when actual buyers and sellers get together, which puts them generally in the $230-250,000 range today. In the supercar realm, they're actually inexpensive. They're even arguably inexpensive (or how about under-valued) in the Porsche world when compared to a the CGT (1270 or so built) and the 4.0 RS (600 built).

I assure you that I have no vested interest in promoting this car - I'm only a buyer, not a seller. In fact, I hope that the consensus opinions I've read here come true and these cars start trading in the sub $170,000 range - I'll buy every good one!

I'm sure this will stir some discussion; hopefully it is enjoyable reading from the non-track side of the tracks!

Have a nice evening everyone.

Originally Posted by secretcollector

My intention with this post was merely to offer a different perspective on the GT2 RS, not in any way to boast of my collection. It is a shame if anyone would read it that way.

I did acquire a second GT2 RS last month, although not through or because of any post made here. I bought it because it will allow me to keep the mileage very low on my original one and because I feel that they're under-valued in the grand scheme of things. However, based upon the advice (and urging) of the members here, I did last week acquire a GT3 RS (my first ever naturally aspirated Porsche) through a post made here, for which I am quite pleased.

I'm sorry to say that I don't possess a single picture, even on my iPhone, of any car that I own - just not my style I suppose.

Originally Posted by C.J. Ichiban

when space and money align my garage will have both another GT3RS (sold both of them) and a GT2RS. Great cars, last of the great manual transmissions too- most people fail to mention other than a.928 that the 991 and newer cars don't even have real 6 speeds anymore...just some weird "pdk" manual bastardized tranny.


always funny to see people saying that the 400-450hp GT3 is "faster" than a GT2 or GT2RS...I'll take the GT2RS any day if there was a competition. That being said I don't drive street cars on the track anymore...just real race cars (fire systems, roll cages, halo seats, 2+3 way adjustable shocks)

but hey we all have our own little soap boxes, right?