Hamhands

Simply put, impossible, until its 25 years old from build date.

Steve Theodore

If it's a RoW example, run away. Meaning, there is no direct path to success, but there are many chances for failure as it shouldn't be US compliant until it's 25 years old (to the month of manufacture).

JS

You're being polite.

prl

If they offer a storage solution for a fair monthly price it’s worth buying and waiting 8 years. But that’s a long game.

Wonderdan

I have an office in Germany and thought about this last year... many PTS 4.0's and GT2's are being stored already because thats an easy bet. However the ~400k-600k price tag for the standard white&black sounds good on paper now but doesn't make for a worthy arbitrage when most have more than 10k miles. In the end I assumed if I dont distract myself with such endeavors and focus on making money with the things I know I'll just buy it.

Auto_Werks 3.6

I'm sure this is an ignorant question, because I've always completely steered away from importing a vehicle, even with a broker..... But, can you not import the car to the states as a track or display only car, and store it with your own cars while you wait to make it street legal? I'm assuming it would be confiscated or some other problem if you tried to bring it over too soon?

Hamhands

No, you cannot.

jack073

Would you consider selling your 2010 GT3 to a fellow rennlister or is that one a keeper?

RAudi Driver

You're not a fellow Renllister until you are vetted.

nebmot

General question not really aimed at anyone, but since this is the for sale thread seemed like an appropriate place to ask. if it's not the right place or has been discussed at nauseum just post a thread and I will take myself over there.

Would you choose a higher mileage 997.2 3RS over a 997.1 3RS with lower miles.
Example: Zweck has a 997.2 3RS (not really a great spec to be honest, it doesn't have buckets) and it has 59k miles for 250k vs there are a bunch of 997.1 (black, white or silver) at 235k down to 218k.

So I guess my question is, is the .2 worth picking one up with more miles over a lower mileage .1?

jreifler

Suspect you’ll get the usual split of the crew on this, with a caveat for your use case.

I don’t have a link handy, but Google “997.1 or 997.2 GT3” and the Rennlist results will indeed give hundreds of pages of discussion.

But the gist will be that everyone agrees the .2RS is the more advanced, objectively higher performing car. Then you’ll get 50/50 on which car people prefer for a thousand different reasons, but most boiling down to emotion and aesthetics.

But your use case is the differentiator for you. Will you drive the p*ss out of it? Will you care about mileage and resale value? Will you track? Do you want a garage queen and amazing spec instead ? No one else will be able to answer those for you, and no one can say one is “worth” more than the other, unless you mean strictly resale value, and not subjective ownership experience.

nebmot

I don't really care about resale value, it's a forever car, that's why I'm looking for a manual RS. I'm buying the car to drive it, not stare at it in my garage. Part of my equation is get a .1 RS and save the money and put it towards the 4.1 sharkwerks upgrade and suspension work done by BBI, but then I ask myself if it makes sense to do that to a lower mileage car that has life in the motor still vs getting a higher mileage .2 RS and since its closer to needing work, doing the 4.1 on it, however since the higher mileage has higher miles, it could mean more is worn out and drives the upgrade cost too. I want to track it, I live in SOCAL plenty of tracks not that far from me so there are options for that.

As I just typed that out, I think getting a .1 RS driving it till it needs work and then doing the upgrade probably makes the most sense, then I'm not leaving money on the table upgrading it prematurely. thank you for the reply.

Vocan

Just worth pointing out that these motors are fairly stout and there are more than a few still running very strong with over 200k miles. You could be a long way from a rebuild on even that higher mileage .2 RS and especially on a lower mileage example. As long as you had a solid ppi with strong compression and leakdown I wouldn’t worry too much about miles if you’re looking for a driver. It’s likely higher mileage cars may need at least a partial suspension refresh, though. Dampers, springs and bushings only last so long.

RAudi Driver

I only see two .1 RS’s under 235 for sale. In is RFM’s and that’s a pass and the other one is that clapped out black RS for 218,000. Both of those a hard pass in my book. Where is this third one, or bunch, you speak of?

Elliotw44

I'd buy what resonates most with you. Both are fantastic cars. I don't think you will be disappointed. While many like the styling on the .1s, I prefer the .2s.