Originally Posted by rotaz

@RapidGT wow cudos to you crazy you found history on this car. Since the car is from Puerto Rico hence no history shows up for the U.S. great tool. I thought it was too good to be true price was too low as well.

Originally Posted by lawrence1

Private party deals are probably the only way to get some value (for both sides). Not sure why more people don't pursue that route. I also think one has to be realistic if selling. What most in this forum may not realize is that dealers (no offense but this refers to all of them, including the ones well liked on rennlist!) want to make 15%-20% on a deal and offer accordingly if you want to sell them one of these cars. IMO that is laughable at this price point, unless you're selling them an absolute pile that requires a ton of work, but nonetheless, for the most part, that is their business model. No doubt that the trade-in tax credit advantage contributes to that expectation, and it may or may not make sense to go that route if you're trading for something they have in inventory.

For the rest, it's probably a win win to transact without a middle man/dealer, which requires a seller to understand the asking prices they see at Merit, Ryan Friedman, or others, don't necessarily equate to the eventual transaction prices, and aren't generally reflective of what they themselves could achieve in a sale.

Originally Posted by cooler2442

The thing is many think that Ryan/Merit/GP etc all pay massive numbers for these cars because they have massive asking prices but they don't. Friend has a 10k mile 997.2 3RS cream puff he gave to them to offer on thinking he was going to get offered 350+ on it since they are asking 400+ for cars with those miles and none of them would go above 330k. BaT won't give him a 350+ reserve either. It's an interesting market to be in if you're both a buyer and seller right now with a 997 RS car.

I'm just sharing what I've learned in the past few months while hunting for mine and I'm out of the market now unless I somehow find a good 997.2 RS to buy and sell my 4RS to try it out alongside the Pumpkin to figure out which I like more.

Originally Posted by rotaz

you’re done with the 4RS? I swap cars with my buddy on the canyons so they drive so well almost too good and too easy. The 997 you gotta pay attention and work more way than my 9.1RS.

Originally Posted by cooler2442

No, not done yet. I'm just in a bit of an odd situation with it. I only have two garage spots and was planning on the 4RS being the perfect pairing with the 997 but I also received a Spyder RS allocation I have to take(its MSRP) so now the 4RS has to go and I still haven't really discovered if I like the 997.1 or .2 RS as I've never driven either but bought the 997.1 3RS to try. I basically have a bucket list of cars I want to own in the next few years to really figure out what I like. I love the 4RS and would 100% keep it if I didn't have the SRS coming.

Originally Posted by cooler2442

No, not done yet. I'm just in a bit of an odd situation with it. I only have two garage spots and was planning on the 4RS being the perfect pairing with the 997 but I also received a Spyder RS allocation I have to take(its MSRP) so now the 4RS has to go and I still haven't really discovered if I like the 997.1 or .2 RS as I've never driven either but bought the 997.1 3RS to try. I basically have a bucket list of cars I want to own in the next few years to really figure out what I like. I love the 4RS and would 100% keep it if I didn't have the SRS coming.

Originally Posted by neurotic

always do your diligence

Originally Posted by Elliotw44

I like the idea of a Sypder RS paired with a 997 GT. It seems like a nice mix. For me, 4RS and 3RS overlap a lot in terms of usage.

Originally Posted by RapidGT

For sure a pampered carefully driven garage queen

Originally Posted by go-ran

When i seen it and read that there is engine mods, I thought Rangers old car right away. If it is infact rangers car, the build sheet on his engine and the who car is on rennlist somewhere. The man spared no expense on that build. it was done by Champion.

Originally Posted by RapidGT

Build thread from previous owner:
https://rennlist.com/forums/997-gt2-...ispreloading=1

When previously for sale by owner who did most of the mods:
https://rennlist.com/forums/997-gt2-...ispreloading=1

Other previous listing:
http://veh-markets.com/cars/porsche-...rack-only.html

BaT 2021 listing:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...che-gt3-rs-36/

VIN: WP0AC299X7S793248

Originally Posted by RapidGT

It is that car. Engine blew and was replaced with a 3.8L 997.2 Cup motor. Here’s the list of links from a post I did.

Originally Posted by RapidGT

It is that car. Engine blew and was replaced with a 3.8L 997.2 Cup motor. Here’s the list of links from a post I did.

Originally Posted by cooler2442

Should we place bets on how much we think the dealer will list it for? I say 250k.