GT3RS for 50 anniverary
03-20-2014, 01:54 AM
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Maybe it's just me, but I don't get the collector car values. I LOVE the 356, but for simple driving pleasure, I would never buy one ahead of a current generation 911. Is it nostalgia? Perhaps. Is it superior technology? Hell, no. Is it more fun to drive a 1980s vintage 911? I don't think so, unless you want to take corners at speed without a net. No thanks.
Singer 911s are very cool and special but for the money, I'll take a new one, thank you very much.
03-20-2014, 02:17 AM
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I must have misinterpreted it when you said gt3rs and if - I am not aware of a PDK equipped rs... As in "if your RS is a manual"
To date all available RS are manuals
Not for long I concede
To date all available RS are manuals
Not for long I concede
03-20-2014, 12:48 PM
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If your GT3 RS is a manual, I'd be inclined to keep it. That said, the 911.50 is the best Porsche available for sale IMO. I've driven most of the Porsches in the last 4 years and with its sublime 7 speed gearbox, it's the best one I've driven. Period. And yeah, I've owned a GT3 (not the 991 with PDK, however). The PDK is great but for the street, *NOTHING* beats a manual transmission with 430 horses running hard. NOTHING.
If you're looking for an investment, put it in real estate.
If you're looking for an investment, put it in real estate.
obviously it does not compare to a 7.2 rs, but if the op is not
a tracker and just wants one nice daily driver and no track car, then it could just be the ticket.
03-20-2014, 01:00 PM
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Anyway on the Singer. Walk over there with a couple guys from my shop who are probably some of the 2 most anally detailed people I know. We are talking about the Singer, they are impressed with the look and especially the interior details. Although comment it seems to be running off, but does sound good. Then the driver door opens. Made a nasty click during opening. I didn't hear it. Shop guys say "wow, not impressive, hear that?" I did hear it when he closed door. For the $ they are charging, fix the nasty click. Small details matter.
03-20-2014, 10:48 PM
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If your GT3 RS is a manual, I'd be inclined to keep it. That said, the 911.50 is the best Porsche available for sale IMO. I've driven most of the Porsches in the last 4 years and with its sublime 7 speed gearbox, it's the best one I've driven. Period. And yeah, I've owned a GT3 (not the 991 with PDK, however). The PDK is great but for the street, *NOTHING* beats a manual transmission with 430 horses running hard. NOTHING.
03-21-2014, 12:44 PM
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do not get caught up in the glitz and the glam of the new 991 carrera with 50th bits on it.
As nice as it is, it is just a carrera at the end of the day.
The 997.2RS is the last of the manual tranny short wheel base water pumpers.
The 997RS series is the next 911 "must have" in any collection or drivers garage.
Desireable Air cooled 964 and 993 models are already sky rocketing.
The GT3 in the water cooled era will follow suit especially with time.
As nice as it is, it is just a carrera at the end of the day.
The 997.2RS is the last of the manual tranny short wheel base water pumpers.
The 997RS series is the next 911 "must have" in any collection or drivers garage.
Desireable Air cooled 964 and 993 models are already sky rocketing.
The GT3 in the water cooled era will follow suit especially with time.
03-22-2014, 02:11 PM
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997.2RS = Special car that it truly the last of its kind.
On to the Singer...I would love to know if any of these cars have resold for more than the owner paid. I suspect there have been far too sold to have any real info. I would LOVE to have a Singer. Spectacular in every way. Would I sell my 997.2RS for one....yes. (only if the numbers were equal which they aren't. A Singer is $400k...)
On to the Singer...I would love to know if any of these cars have resold for more than the owner paid. I suspect there have been far too sold to have any real info. I would LOVE to have a Singer. Spectacular in every way. Would I sell my 997.2RS for one....yes. (only if the numbers were equal which they aren't. A Singer is $400k...)
03-23-2014, 11:18 PM
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Echo... You could probably get 160 for the RS. I had an order in for the 50th and then I drove a GT3. Cancelled the order, got the GT3. Then I drove an RS...
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