Macca

Those are far more classy than what I saw on google. The black will work fine on the 991 GT3!

mjg

Looks pretty good, maybe we should do a group buy...

O2GO

Dropped your banner in to Dean this morning and had a good look at your car now that its all ready for action. Very impressed with all the little details, very very nice. See you Saturday?

Macca

Thanks Doug. appreciated. Im back on the 6th Sept for 2 weeks....

Do you recall seeing if the interior Carbon RS style door panels have been fitted yet? I must call to find out - that turned out to be a huge job due to some factory changes to the inner door workings from the 964 to the 993....

Yes coming together now. Will be a totally different car to drive with the new geo, suspension and tyres. Im praying for fine weather or else Im likely to come to grief!

Maxem

Holy crap, Macca. Just catching up on the last few days. Thats an epic decision that is.
Congratulations. That garage sale you just had must have really paid off. It's good to know that I own a small part of a 991 GT3. Shall we work out a seat time allocation between you and I for its first track day now or later?

Maxem

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used...-632386033.htm

That looks sweet. Priced about right?

John McM

These are advertised so rarely it has no pricing peers. I'd be surprised if it lasted long before a buy now is hit, but it's one heck of base cost for any track day car. Your car was a far better buy for the intended use.

Macca

Very nice. Best manual coupe Ive seen for price, originality, spec and provenance (assumes straight etc) for a few years. Good colour combo, manual, NZ new and lowish Kms. Should not last long at 68K IMO. If I had a big garage i would buy it!

Paul. You listening?

Macca

John. I agree. Rare to see one these days especially as tidy/original/NZ new.

David C2 was better value I agree, but 964 are better value in general so nothing new there.

In terms of cost relative to the track, that's hard to say as there are plenty in the RSG who have far more tied up in hardware at risk ( 2 x 3.8RS, 997TT, 996 GT3, Seans 964, Rogers GTR, Patsys GTR, my 993 etc etc)

Ive emailed this out to two folk I know in the market and Im sure it wont last long so if anyone on here hanlers for a 993 might be a good opportunity.

Macca

Thanks David. It certainly is going to be an epic car. Not sure how much use the 993 will see when it arrives!

Not sure how much track time the GT3 will see. Wanted to get 2-3 more HD days under my belt before trying it out. Will hopefully have it on the SITT as it will be a more practical tourer than the 993. Will definitely give it a go at HD once I have got the 993 working well first on that track...be interesting/scary what it is capable of....

Unfortunately the sale of all those things only covered the recent work on the 993 at CCS LOL! So you do own the new wheel lug nuts and tyres on the 993....

John McM

I'm finding that as long as something has a defined niche, then it gets used. My 996TT is the commuter, 964C4 is the track and sometime Sunday drive car and the Turbo 3.6 will be a fine weather special day car, when we get to Summer.

Macca

I believe the 991 GT3 would be all three to be honest. I dont have a commute to deal with of course but I should think the PDK-S tranny would be just fine if I did. Track work no argument Ron/Patsy Sunday drives/Targa Tour would be perfect too.
The 993 is my back up for when the wife is using the GT3. And of course for when the 991 GT3 is gone...
We don't have the bandwidth for more than 2 NZ vehicles.....experience has taught me diminishing scale of intrinsic returns after 2. Its an individual thing however. You have approx. the same invested in three cars as the 991 GT3 is to me - just depends how you like your cake cut I guess....

John McM

I like the word "investment" although my records don't support the notion of a return as such, it's all expense to date!

Thankfully that's settling down right now. We've just launched into the second phase of house renovation so the car strategy will be refinement from here or cheap alterations e.g. on Saturday I will run with one seat, nothing in the frunk and a partial fuel load. Instant 50kg weight reduction and cost = $0. I'm going to talk to Topline about the sunroof. That may be another 12kg lost and an appreciable cabin space gain.

Maxem

Because I was such a 993 nerd, I kept track of all manuals that have come up for sale since 05, including my lovely silver one.
Dollars are last seen asking price or sale price where known.

Macca

Agreed. Investment they are not...

Would it be possible just to remove the headliner to give some extra accommodation? A sunroof delete done properly would run 2-3k expense in panel & pain I should think...