Originally Posted by Macca

I was referring to your bottom picture. that is exhaust side no?

Yes I use an iPad too. However I use a PC for posting and always re-size my pictures first. Posting full 5MB pictures is great but downloading them especially on iphone data plan is slow unless you re size them. Because the site is now playing up with large pictures (if you are on a PC you would need a 27 inch monitor to see the ones you posted) many thread son RL are now trying to ban the use of large images that haven't been re-sized. Its becoming a real headache. I cant use the iPhone an longer and now the PC is useless as soon as someone puts up a 5MB file. My ipad if OK but I rarely ever write a response form it as the spell check is painful and I dont keep any heavy picture resources on it for posting.

Whinge over.

Rear RMS is a common one. If the valve covers are the plastic ones they deform slightly with age and heat. they can look ok but be a bit warped. Frankly I think you can probably get away with re using them once those channels and gaskets are replaced but Rennline now make some nice alloy ones which are no longer expensive and have the ignition lead clips on them and all the factory stuff. They weren't available when I did mine last in 2011 and the ones that were were silver or red anodized and very expensive but Rennline ones are cheaper and better as they have the lead clips and they come in black. Might be worth considering. If your gonna do it might as well come out of it with a part that will last a lifetime and looks better to?

Originally Posted by Macca

I was referring to your bottom picture. that is exhaust side no? Yes I use an iPad too. However I use a PC for posting and always re-size my pictures first. Posting full 5MB pictures is great but downloading them especially on iphone data plan is slow unless you re size them. Because the site is now playing up with large pictures (if you are on a PC you would need a 27 inch monitor to see the ones you posted) many thread son RL are now trying to ban the use of large images that haven't been re-sized. Its becoming a real headache. I cant use the iPhone an longer and now the PC is useless as soon as someone puts up a 5MB file. My ipad if OK but I rarely ever write a response form it as the spell check is painful and I dont keep any heavy picture resources on it for posting. Whinge over. Rear RMS is a common one. If the valve covers are the plastic ones they deform slightly with age and heat. they can look ok but be a bit warped. Frankly I think you can probably get away with re using them once those channels and gaskets are replaced but Rennline now make some nice alloy ones which are no longer expensive and have the ignition lead clips on them and all the factory stuff. They weren't available when I did mine last in 2011 and the ones that were were silver or red anodized and very expensive but Rennline ones are cheaper and better as they have the lead clips and they come in black. Might be worth considering. If your gonna do it might as well come out of it with a part that will last a lifetime and looks better to?

Originally Posted by Maxem

Has something changed? I used to be able to upload a pic of any size and it would auto resize.

Originally Posted by Maxem

Has something changed?
I used to be able to upload a pic of any size and it would auto resize.

Originally Posted by nzskater

The new iPhone app is absolute ****, and is causing many frustrations. This is one of them. I've cancelled my paid subscription as a result.

I've been trying to post IMG tagged external links, which are working on all but this thread for some reason!!

Originally Posted by kiwi 911

RSG................

Originally Posted by Macca

I believe the 964 C2 ceased production at the end of MY 1993. I dont believe there is such thing as a 1994 MY 964 in naturally aspirated guise. Others may correct me. Probably just yet another inaccuracy in the advert.

Was the 991 GT3 you saw in the showroom Rodium Silver with around 4000km on the clock? If so it is Watts car.

The 991 GT3 listed at new 277,500K on road in NZ (list base price 275K + ORC). That was with NZ options (which included front lift kit and a few other things). Most would have gone out the door between 285-310K depending on options (PCCB would have made the car 310K with a few little upgrades). Im guessing the average 991 GT3 would have been delivered at around 292K NZD on the road.

Porsche Cars Australia really sharpened their pencil on the 991 GT3 for NZ at the time as they feared UK imports. The 991 GT3RS has been priced more in line with their standard pricing policy. $362K on road and I guess the average car will be around $378K with options. So around 86K more than a similar specced GT3 which is consistent with the old mark up structure and in line with the difference in UK and US markets (35K GBP, 50K Euro, 50K USD).

Ive been told by a couple of owners that the 991 GT3 RS (price plus limited availability) has strengthened 991 GT3 used/trade prices but I have no evidence thats the case unless of course you can confirm the $300K asking for the one in the showroom is Watts used car delivered this time last year.

In terms of discount structure for cars like new GT3. This is a tricky one. It depends on the customer and the relationship. Generally speaking the very best customers who haggled hard and had an existing relationship could probably have negotiated a 18K discount on the car best case scenario. however its most likely this would have been applied to their trade in to keep the sale price clean of discounts. Without a trade the best you could expect would be perhaps 13K but again depends on relationship and what else you committed to buying. PCNZ would have argued at the time that they were already heavily discounting the car for NZ market and the margin was thin.

Its worth remembering too that MY2014 owners affected by the engine recall were offered a cash settlement as compensation which effectively reduced the cost of their car by 10% or so. The other alternative was they received full refund for their car. Interestingly (and perhaps this is a NZ psyche thing) everyone bailed (8 cars had been delivered or were about to be delivered with another 4 or 5 caught up at the factory) barr one who took his compensation by way of exclusive upgrades for his car, and myself (who took the cash compensation!). So the reality is if those people had have accepted delivery of their car, taken the compensation and negotiated hard up front then their current 991 GT3 would owe them around $240K giving them at least 18 months of depreciation proof ownership! As I say interestingly only one NZ customer took this option (and by way of options and Porsche selection gear etc).

Interesting scenario which no doubt will get lost in history of time...

Originally Posted by gt38088

that's the one on the CCS web site just under 270k

Originally Posted by NZ964C4

The movie I saw at the NZFF the other week was pretty amazing; Steve McQueen, the Man and Le Mans. An amazing story behind the original film I was not aware of, Steve McQ being a bit of a w+ker, conflicts with directors, no script until well after filming was due to finish, rolling a car off-set with his co-actress onboard, David Piper's 917 crash in filming which cost his leg, McQ supposed to be at the dinner which ended up in the Manson murders but he was off ********. Worth a watch if only for the 917 footage but an intriguing piece of motorsport/film history.