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Hi guys I'm looking too buy 997 gt3 gen2 The prices off them at the moment seem a bit high too me like £10k over the top in some cases Any thoughts or info off any available would be good many thanks budda77

Also on the hunt. Please PM me if your considering selling.

I'm really looking for a club sport but as long as its a nice car I'm interested many thanks

Red CS are the fastest

Do you want too sell this car very nice

Any luck budda?

Hi bryce86 No nothing as yet I'm looking for a club sport really !! I've looked at the red 1 in mach1 cars and it needs discs and pads all round plus 4 new tyres So roughly £3000 too get the car right Jzm have got a mint black 1 there but it's not the spec I'm looking for all the opc cars too me seem over priced When last year Porsche Cambridge offered me a red 09/59 with good spec and buckets with 16k on the clock for £66 this time last year should off had it but the time was right for me how are you getting on finding 1

Budda77 said: Hi bryce86 No nothing as yet I'm looking for a club sport really !! I've looked at the red 1 in mach1 cars and it needs discs and pads all round plus 4 new tyres So roughly £3000 too get the car right Jzm have got a mint black 1 there but it's not the spec I'm looking for all the opc cars too me seem over priced When last year Porsche Cambridge offered me a red 09/59 with good spec and buckets with 16k on the clock for £66 this time last year should off had it but the time was right for me how are you getting on finding 1 This car needs discs and tyres? http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p... Prices have certainly taken a shift recently and Im trying to get my head around it. Not sure why they have but Im nervous to jump in if this is just a little bubble. I too was offered a few cars last year at what now seems great prices but at the time I was set on a GT2 so declined. By the looks of it I should have and had a year of depreciation free motoring. Im after a car with buckets and it must not be white.

I'm thinking there just trying there luck on the prices at the moment and don't wana pay the money then take a big hit on it The red car is clean but needs the tyres and brakes doing I'd want too pay £70k no more They are gona drop soon they have got too keep me posted how you get on

If I was you two guys and you want one of these cars then find a good one and commit (wait for the comments on it's not that easy, it's loads of money etc etc). But 1 year of looking? You could have been driving it, polishing it, looking at it!! the market is the market. I am lucky enough to have a few cars, like lots of people on here. But if the only reason you cannot commit to a car is because you think they are riding a bubble then you will never buy one, and when you do you will never enjoy it because you will be waiting for the bubble to burst. Any decent GT3 is not going to lose a lot of money, if any at all. I currently have a Gen 2 RS which I paid in my eyes top money for last year. But I wanted the car, and took a chance. Last week I was offered a lot more than I paid for it ( not that I am selling). I drove my previous Gen 2 GT3 for a year, 15k miles, and sold it to a dealer for what I paid for it. Just find a good one, buy it, and enjoy

£66k same time last year. Wow! Don't think they will drop anytime soon. Only and handful of cars available, no more manual going forward,.....

mm450exc said: £66k same time last year. Wow! Don't think they will drop anytime soon. Only and handful of cars available, no more manual going forward,..... I nearly bought one about the same time and was looking around the same value - wish I had now as comparable cars are now moving for high 70's I'm banking on the deliveries of 991 cars putting more 997.2 cars onto the market and subsequently lowering the costs... I hope

I reckon if they would offer the 991 GT3 in manual the market would be flooded with old cars!

I agree. But it looks like they never will

I agree with you in principle ruebo. As I said this time last year I was looking for a GT2 so wasn't really paying much interest in the 3's but I was watching pricing. I think you've got lucky with yours due to the prices rising. Whether buying now will work the same, who knows.. Problem for me is not the money so much, but more the point of that if I've to pay top dolla for one then it's got to be my perfect spec - and that hasn't appeared yet. I bought my dream bike like year and paid a lot more than I wanted to but it was the perfect spec and I have no regrets. Numbers wise it was near 20% more than rest but it was "the one".

True Bryce86. My two essentials where ceramics and lift. In the end I bought a car without lift. The good cars are so few and far between I think you will have to compromise, but I hope not. I paid 67k for my Gen2 at the beginning of last year! I do agree the prices look like they are high, but with spring around the corner I cannot see them dropping. Good luck with your search. It will be worth it :-)

Budda77 said: I'm thinking there just trying there luck on the prices at the moment and don't wana pay the money then take a big hit on it The red car is clean but needs the tyres and brakes doing I'd want too pay £70k no more I don't think you'll find a car for £70k or less but good luck. I think you're more likely to be successful if you set yourself a realistic budget of £75k for a non-OPC/private sale. Definitely budget an extra £2k for a two year warranty. graeme4130 said: I nearly bought one about the same time and was looking around the same value - wish I had now as comparable cars are now moving for high 70's I'm banking on the deliveries of 991 cars putting more 997.2 cars onto the market and subsequently lowering the costs... I hope I don't think it's a coincidence that older GT3s have firmed up in value despite the 991 GT3 being delivered to customers. Ordinarily you'd expect prices to go down but I firmly believe that the 991 GT3 has created instant classics of the older generation GT3s. I'd rather sell my 991 GT3 than my 997.2 GT3. mm450exc said: I reckon if they would offer the 991 GT3 in manual the market would be flooded with old cars! The PDK-S is a large part of the 991 GT3 experience. In my opinion, a traditional manual gearbox would not suit the car and it's not going to be offered anyway. ruebdo said: I do agree the prices look like they are high, but with spring around the corner I cannot see them dropping. Good luck with your search. It will be worth it :-) I completely agree and prices will grow stronger as the weather improves. The 997.2 GT3 is a very special car and most definitely worth stretching the budget for. I know it's not cheap but at least right now they're still selling for less than they cost new. It's impossible to tell whether they'll continue to rise or just firm up. If they fall, I don't see them falling far.

+1 for some of the comments above. FWIW I was waiting so long for a decent 997.2 gt3 to come up I specced up and priced a 991 but even at £60-£70k a 997.2 gt3 was 'cheap' compared to one of those. Buy now, worry later. One less will actually drive the price up!

ruebdo said: I currently have a Gen 2 RS which I paid in my eyes top money for last year. But I wanted the car, and took a chance. Last week I was offered a lot more than I paid for it ( not that I am selling). Just find a good one, buy it, and enjoy Still enjoying it?

yep, still loving it. Harnesses in, Spa booked and a few others for the summer. I have put on about 1800 miles since buying it off you, so still just under 10k. I cannot see myself selling it. They are just so different to anything else (and I reckon hugely undervalued at present). Fancy selling your Green one??

Hey. Hope all is well. Which Spa date? PM me if you prefer.

ruebdo said: yep, still loving it. Harnesses in, Spa booked and a few others for the summer. I have put on about 1800 miles since buying it off you, so still just under 10k. I cannot see myself selling it. They are just so different to anything else (and I reckon hugely undervalued at present). Fancy selling your Green one?? Do you think it's that different to the GT3? And no kermit's not for sale, yet!

Hi all gen2 gt3 for sale at jzm Does any body know this car looks nice what do you think many thanks

Budda77 said: Hi all gen2 gt3 for sale at jzm Does any body know this car looks nice what do you think many thanks Nice car. Low-mileage. No over-revs. Only 2 owners. Sensible price. Respected seller. Surprised to see a 'comfort' spec car without PCM though.

Is it possible too add this PCM module too the head set mate

In all honesty when I first drove the RS i thought the Gen 2 GT3 was a better car. But when you get to know it and what it does it gets you. It is a real sense of occasion. The main stand out difference is the gearing to me. Then you have the noise, and the looks etc etc As an every day car no way. As a fun car it's brilliant. It just feels angry :-)

Hi all I'm still looking for a gen 2 gt3 any body know off any worth looking at many thank

Just bought a gen2 pick up sometime next week from opc. What's your budget and what spec u looking for ?

Hi mate 75 to 80 k I mist a white 1 at Guildford is that the 1 you went for The jzm car is nice but no pcm3 many thanks

Been watching for a while, no clubsports or any there is don't have buckets, nipped in on the Guildford one as great spec imho, hope it turns out to be a goodun, if anyone knows the car be interested to hear.

ruebdo said: In all honesty when I first drove the RS i thought the Gen 2 GT3 was a better car. But when you get to know it and what it does it gets you. It is a real sense of occasion. The main stand out difference is the gearing to me. Then you have the noise, and the looks etc etc As an every day car no way. As a fun car it's brilliant. It just feels angry :-) I think I read somewhere that you can easily replicate the gear ratios of the RS on a normal GT3. It's just a question of shortening the final ratio and lengthening 6th gear to compensate for motorway driving. Think JZM have done it already actually.

The JZM Gen2 GT3 is my old car. For sure it is quite low spec but it really is mint. I bought it with 900 miles on the clock and went all over Europe in it last summer (who needs nav anyway if you have a smartphone)? I did two trackdays in it (probably 25 laps at Silverstone and 50 laps at Castle Coombe). It's an honest car guv and not one to be sniffed at I would say.

PM if you're interested in a white 2010 car...looking for a quick sale