Any love for the 997 GTS?

[Nurburgsingh]

jzma said:

Evening chaps - views on this car please?

https://finder.porsche.com/gb/en_GB/911-Carrera-GT...

Have been keeping a close eye on these for the past few months was close to buying the Perth aerokit but decided against it and for a bizarre reason it stuck around for 4-5 weeks.
Just missing a leather dash on this - avoid or is it really a must?
Thanks

You can always get the dash trimmed yourself if it bothers you that much?

[julian987R]

I was looking the other day and wow manuals are so rare. Only one manual available and its been that way for a while. So many PDK's

[Louis Balfour]

jzma said:

Evening chaps - views on this car please?

https://finder.porsche.com/gb/en_GB/911-Carrera-GT...

Have been keeping a close eye on these for the past few months was close to buying the Perth aerokit but decided against it and for a bizarre reason it stuck around for 4-5 weeks.
Just missing a leather dash on this - avoid or is it really a must?
Thanks

Unless you have the leather dash the car is virtually scrap.

I'd had mine 2 years before I realised that mine wasn't leather.

[Cheib]

julian987R said:

I was looking the other day and wow manuals are so rare. Only one manual available and its been that way for a while. So many PDK's

There are something like 200 PDK’s and 100 Manual cars. You’d think the ratio was more like 10 to 1 judging by the classifieds

[Louis Balfour]

Cheib said:

julian987R said:

I was looking the other day and wow manuals are so rare. Only one manual available and its been that way for a while. So many PDK's

There are something like 200 PDK’s and 100 Manual cars. You’d think the ratio was more like 10 to 1 judging by the classifieds

Presumably people are hanging onto the manuals as collectors' pieces.

Having had manual and PDK 997s, I'd take a PDK for a car I intended to drive regularly. The manual is lovely though.

[Cheib]

Louis Balfour said:

Cheib said:

julian987R said:

I was looking the other day and wow manuals are so rare. Only one manual available and its been that way for a while. So many PDK's

There are something like 200 PDK’s and 100 Manual cars. You’d think the ratio was more like 10 to 1 judging by the classifieds

Presumably people are hanging onto the manuals as collectors' pieces.

Having had manual and PDK 997s, I'd take a PDK for a car I intended to drive regularly. The manual is lovely though.

It’s the marriage of the manual gearbox and the power kit engine that make the manual 997 GTS the car it is. The car has a top end that a normal 997 doesn’t…and just works with the manual gearbox incredibly well. Yes I can see the PDK has it’s benefits as a car that is driven regularly but the PDK box whilst very good isn’t as good as newer iterations….I’d wager that most of these cars are not bought as daily driver’s now.

For me it’s the best water cooled 911 with a manual gearbox that hasn’t come out of the GT department.

996/997 Turbo’s - Four wheel drive just doesn’t do any 911 any favours and I much prefer NASP engines with a manual gearbox
997 Sport Classic - same car mechanically
991.1 GTS - Iffy gearbox and first gen electric steering
991.2 GTS - Great car but it’s now turbo charged and the later ones have GPF
991.2 Carrera T - Turbo charged, same weight as 997 GTS but 10% less power.
992 Carrera/S - Not for me.

[c4sman]

7 years in, all is good!

[julian987R]

c4sman said:

7 years in, all is good!

Fantastic. Is it manual?

[OPOGTS]

Albeit a 991 but smart looking thing…. And not too bad value on the trade

[c4sman]

julian987R said:

Fantastic. Is it manual?

Yup a manual, bought from an OPC in 2014 and still enjoying ownership. Dabbled with trading it for other pork, astons etc. But despite great offers for more than I paid it just fits my sports car bill too well to sell.

[the orange peril]

INCOMING! 997 GTS manual at Ashgood. Only on the site a day and reserved already! 42,000 miles and £62,000. Good price?

https://www.ashgood.co.uk/vehicle-details/Used-Por...

[julian987R]

the orange peril said:

INCOMING! 997 GTS manual at Ashgood. Only on the site a day and reserved already! 42,000 miles and £62,000. Good price?

https://www.ashgood.co.uk/vehicle-details/Used-Por...

And with buckets?! I would say that is a very good price. shame on the plastic dash but that could be revised is one should care to. I'd say that is a score. Specifically Manual GTS's seem to be as sought after, if not more, than CR's it seems. Someone has reserved a stunner there and a fair price all things considered.

[Cheib]

In the current market that’s a very cheap car.

[g7jhp]

Cheib said:

In the current market that’s a very cheap car.

I think there are signs the market is turning. We're into winter, more cars hitting the market with sellers being realistic and signs of an economic downturn with NI increases, petrol up, food up, energy up and COVID bailouts to pay for.

Good time to sell now whilst you can still realise that gain, before people realise they have less disposable income to spend.

[jason61c]

the orange peril said:

INCOMING! 997 GTS manual at Ashgood. Only on the site a day and reserved already! 42,000 miles and £62,000. Good price?

https://www.ashgood.co.uk/vehicle-details/Used-Por...

I tried to buy that yesterday, it was reserved.

Shame there was no sports chrono pack, seems odd given the rest of the spec.

[MC99]

jason61c said:

I tried to buy that yesterday, it was reserved.

Shame there was no sports chrono pack, seems odd given the rest of the spec.

Many of the manuals weren't ordered with sport chrono in GTS, I thought weird too, when I bought mine. I had the sport button etc retrofitted albeit you can't retro the 'wart' stopwatch. Lovely spec on the Ashgoods car, albeit sunroof is neither here nor there for me, but the buckets are lovely.

[MrVert]

Thats a lovely spec GTS..pretty rare car there!

Not surprised it didn't hang around long at the price.

Once again, Ashgoods seem to be the place to go for buying & selling at the moment.

[Louis Balfour]

julian987R said:

And with buckets?! I would say that is a very good price. shame on the plastic dash but that could be revised is one should care to. I'd say that is a score. Specifically Manual GTS's seem to be as sought after, if not more, than CR's it seems. Someone has reserved a stunner there and a fair price all things considered.

VCAR should really have a Cat P for cars with a plastic dash. They should be scrapped and not allowed back on the road.

[jason61c]

MC99 said:

Many of the manuals weren't ordered with sport chrono in GTS, I thought weird too, when I bought mine. I had the sport button etc retrofitted albeit you can't retro the 'wart' stopwatch. Lovely spec on the Ashgoods car, albeit sunroof is neither here nor there for me, but the buckets are lovely.

I guess with Manual there's not much point?

[akadk]

I enquired when it was still available and dilly dallied …. Snooze you looze