bigmacsmallfries

Yea? Find a grey black GT3 RS without suspension modifications anywhere in Canada or within 500 miles of Buffalo so I can drive and not have to take a flight. There's one on porsche.ca, two on autotrader.com, and one on ebay.com (all with suspension mods except the ebay one). I foolishly decided to fly over to Chicago and see it after I placed a deposit only to find out the car had major electrical issues that could not be fixed even though they had the car in their possession for a few months and the original factory warranty was still intact. They did not disclose that to me. Not the first time either, placed a deposit on a GT2 in Montreal only to find out it had 15,000 stage 1 over revs when I got there (my fault, they just got the car in their possession and ran the DME report a couple days later). So let's just say this hasn't been a pleasant experience so far....

bigmacsmallfries

Yea, I'm discouraged that I haven't found one yet. I'm so tempted just to go get a 997.2 GT3 as there's a couple nice ones in Toronto but I refuse to give in. I want the RS. There's only one left in Quebec, and it's been heavily tracked --was not used on public roads, and is a current Rennlist member that kept the car in a trailer.

J. Kid

At 8,400 RPM redline you'd get 140 in one second. So the car with 141 type one ignitions likely had one bounce off limiter. Sounds like an extremely careful owner to me!

ChrisF

Why limit yourself to cars in a small radius? I looked nation wide for my car and it still took me 6 months to find the right one. I ended up finding mine across the country. I got a referral for a local shop here on RL. They did a thorough PPI and I bought it sight unseen. If you have to put eyes on it, an airfare buys a lot of comfort. Cost me another $1500 to ship back. I've bought 3 Porsches (2 used/1 new) this way and had excellent results.

Reddy Kilowatt

None of this makes any sense to me. Never owned a Porsche, so first car must be GT3 RS. Worried about prior abuse, but buying used from a dealer w/ no ability to talk w/ PO. Buying a car to use for the street, but buying one that's been tracked extensively. Have to have the right car, but color and close to home are the driving factors. Finances not an issue, but buying used and worried about repair costs. What am I missing?

mooty

^ lmao

Alan C.

10 ignitions would only be 3 revolutions. I hit the rev limiter in my 11 GTS with PDK and I think it showed around 15. A PDK equipped car in sport plus with manual engaged can register stage 1 hits.

mooty

yes can b reset
that's why u buy the seller not the car.
I can chg ecu, and every bit of trk remnants that u will never know it's tracked. I usually look,at car, look at buyer, then I decide wire or not. compression leak down I don't really care.

bigmacsmallfries

Over analyzing. Just looking for a grey black RS within a 10 hour drive from where I'm located that doesn't have extensive suspension mods or extensive track time.

I don't want extensive track time not because of cost, but because the car begins to feels 'loose' and not 'tight' or crisp behind the wheel. Don't want to the interior to start squeaking either.

I'm a car enthusiast, and decided I want to get the car that I believe is the best driver's car out there. Can't fault me for that.


Anyways guys, I'm not here to share some petty 1st world problems. Just wanted to get a detailed answer of what to look out for. I decided 3 months ago I was going to go ahead with this purchase, everyone has to start somewhere...

bigmacsmallfries

Good to know, thanks!

LVDell

That's owner dependent. This is not a linear nor causal relationship that the more miles the car has the more over-revs it has. I bought mine as an 8K mile cream puff and have treated it the same and yet have taken it to the track about 1/2 dozen times and have absolutely no over-revs. I don't run it to the rev limiter when on track and consistently shift a few hundred rpm before that. I've got mine up to 14K miles now so how many over-revs "should" I have???

ShakeNBake

Porsches make a lot of noises, especially the RS, compared to say, a BMW. Every RS I've been in has not been without squeaks, rattles, and enough road/wind noise to render the audio system useless. I wear in-ear headphones when I drive mine longer distances. If you want to minimize noise, stay away from aftermarket suspension arms with solid/spherical bushings, after market exhausts, aftermarket engine/transmission bushings, and aftermarket/motorsports transmission shift cables.

If you want to get back to a tight feeling (which shouldn't be an issue with the very stiff bushings on the GT3, but if quels your psychosis..) it's a simple matter of replacing all the bushings and replacing shocks.

Honestly, the RS is a pretty terrible street car at legal speeds. Up there with an Ariel Atom.

orthojoe

+1

That 'loose' feeling is totally in your head, you know. These cars aren't made out of paper.
Other than mentally feeling better about it, can you explain to us why having range 1 over revs is bad for the car?

Yup. OP is gonna think every car is loose.

OP, your only play here to satisfy your needs is to buy a bubble wrapped RS, which will cost you a significant amount more.

malmasri

A Ferrari CA is makes a very nice tight drive with the right noise, nothing loose except your hair or whats left of it..and if ever tracked, that may be because the previous owner got lost...
with current prices of an RS you do better in a F car....Good luck

Reddy Kilowatt

You want "tight" and "crisp", but don't want the interior to start squeaking? First, you know you don't have to buy a GT3 RS to have a great handling street car, right? Second, you know that the GT3 RS is about 5x overkill for the street and might not actually be that much fun there, right? Third, you know that the simple act of driving the car (even on the track) doesn't automatically turn it into a squeaking/rattling bucket of bolts, right? Fourth, you know that NOT driving the car on the track is no guarantee that the car won't squeak/rattle, right? Good, just checking.

Don't get me wrong, I'd probably buy one if finances were no object, but I have $10 (finances are no object!) that you'll sell the thing inside of 3 years.