Drove a MY04 GT3 this weekend...

Hi gang, I'd never driven a GT3 before and my local dealer had one on the lot. It's an 04 with a little over 7000 miles on it. It's very, very fast. It seemed just as fast to me as the 03 Turbo I got to drive last year. Brilliant cornering and braking. I love the look of the car as well. It also appeals to me because it's somewhat rare. You just don't see that many of them. This one was Seal Grey which is OK. If it had been Guards Red or Speed Yellow I would have traded the guy on the spot. But it's Grey. And the interior was very, very plain. No color at all but black. Whoever ordered this car was thinking TRACK ONLY and didn't really care how it looked on the inside. The sales dude insisted so I let him run his numbers. He was about $5K too high compared to the other 04 GT3s I found on the web. I think he paid too much for the car when he took it on trade. -Charles

What did he want for it? Did hehave any others on the lot to compare it to?

Dell, They're asking $85K for the car. It is CPO, which is cool but outside of that the car is not that remarkable. No options at all. No cruise, no heated seats (not sure that's an option on a GT3), no nothing. I think he's just asking too much for this car. There is one other GT3 on their lot that's been thrashed pretty hard on the track. I didn't even look at that one.

Are you talking about Leith in Cary?

Dude, Seal Grey rocks the house... big time. No options is great too, as it means a lighter car.

if i had the money........ that seal grey would be swimming in my garage..........

"No options is great too, as it means a lighter car. " That really isn't true. A carbon fiber package in the interior would, if anything, make the car lighter. Cruise control would only add the stalk. Everything else is already in the car. Painted seat backs, painted door pulls and map pockets. Colored guage faces. Any of those would really make the car look better without adding weight. I like the car but the interior is just boring. -Charles

Yeah but all those little add ons you're talking about, can be done on your free time. Don't get little things like that get in the way of purchasing a great car. Just found this well optioned car on fleabay. You can't ask for more. I have no affiliation. White GT3

Yea! Now that's more like it. If the car here looked like that with those options, it' would be easy...

Wow. My kids don't need private school, do they?

Did you attend private school?? If not, well there you go.

Actually . . . the factory Porsche carbon fiber package would make the car heavier. The carbon fiber is laid over the normal plastic part, so there is a slight weight gain vs. a slight weight loss. I am not saying that any normal human could perceive this . . . but I wanted to clarify that for you (and yes, my C2 has the full factory carbon package so I have seen how they are made . . . ).

Yeah I know what you mean...I was a bit disappointed when I saw this, it looks better than a patterned decal but not exactly what I would expect for the price.

Understood. Those carbon packages get REALLY expensive. I do get a chuckle out of some of these weight saving things. It's so easy to take it to ridiculous extremes. I remember going to a show once where some guy was just gushing over his Corvette and the new exhaust he'd installed that saved him 18 pounds. Well, this guy was at LEAST 60 pounds overweight..... -Charles

I am sure you can negotiate the price he quoted. Hard to believe any sales guy will give you his best price first. You can either negotiate the price down or negotiate some of the interior upgrades you want.

I think its just as much fun to build it the way you want sometimes too- but then you have to do the work too!

Why not just buy the one on eBay for $80k if that's what you're looking for?

I'm kinda outgrowing speed yellow and my next color of choice is Seal Gray. Just my $0.02 It gives that subtle but business only look.

How do you outgrow SY??? Thought that was one of those colors that you can never leave

You're right Dell.. I do still love speed yellow... but somehow when I took the car once or twice to church, and everyone was looking as we drove off, I just wished that the color was something more subtle /I guess sports car shouldn't be driven to churches I also like the seal gray quitely barelling down the freeway as other drivers trying to figure out from their rearview mirrors what car it is as it gets bigger and bigger

Ah come on, you are just letting them know that you have a wild side to compliment your church side All kidding aside, I totally understand. I have always had white or silver cars until now. My wife was the one that told me that she was overruling my choice of Carrara White for Speed Yellow. I said fine and the rest is history. To be honest with you, I LOVE THIS COLOR! Actually think I am liking it more than white. But, and this is a big but (pun intended) I really could do WITHOUT all the damn attention it gets. And I am not talking about the camera phones on the roads and the stares at the stoplights.....it's all the Q&A sessions I give in to at EVERY single place I stop and get out of the car (gas station, grocery, post office, Lowe's, etc, etc, etc). But, the Q&A sessions I get when I am at home on the track (VIR, CMP, etc.) it is ALL good! Those are one's I NEVER NEVER NEVER get tired of.

I just got an E-mail from Suncoast today about an '07 white GT3 that the purchase fell thru on. It is available for MSRP...just a heads up ...no connection here. Len

Mike, Whenever someone complains about my driving I always tell them that I did not buy a Porsche to take my grandmother to chuch in it.