997 Gt2
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HokumPokum

Original Poster:

2,089 posts

235 months

Sunday 23rd December 2012
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how are these like on the track?


the GC motor car looks to be good value

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/use...

IMI A

9,997 posts

231 months

Sunday 23rd December 2012
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Good on track. Get it checked out properly though as thats way cheaper than most other GT2s. There's an accident damaged one for similar money at another dealer hence geuss there may be a story

Callughan

6,313 posts

222 months

Sunday 23rd December 2012
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That does seem cheap.

Do you know about GT2's?

BMCG

484 posts

166 months

Sunday 23rd December 2012
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26k miles would be first reason it is low 60k GBP.

Still you'd definitely want to have a look at the over-rev characteristics...

mollytherocker

14,465 posts

239 months

Sunday 23rd December 2012
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GC Motors you say....

I always go on about checking cars carefully, and this would be no exception.

Slippydiff

16,411 posts

253 months

Sunday 23rd December 2012
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mollytherocker said:
GC Motors you say....

I always go on about checking cars carefully, and this would be no exception.
^

This.

As I've said previously, if you want to see comedians, book yourself a ticket to one of the better known acts, Russell Howard, Frankie Boyle etc, they're far better value for money . . . .

dave wilkinson

126 posts

192 months

Sunday 23rd December 2012
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pretty sure this was an old press car? which may be putting people off is so? if it checks out get a full inspection, rev read outs and compression/leak down test. if passes that will be a cheap gt2 for someone!

FactoryPilot

1,352 posts

246 months

Sunday 23rd December 2012
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It is the ex-press car. Had a new gearbox, etc....

Has over-rev's like most of them....

bryce86

393 posts

172 months

Monday 24th December 2012
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IMI A said:
Good on track. Get it checked out properly though as thats way cheaper than most other GT2s. There's an accident damaged one for similar money at another dealer hence geuss there may be a story
What car is that?

Great Pretender

26,140 posts

244 months

Monday 24th December 2012
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HokumPokum said:
how are these like on the track?


the GC motor car looks to be good value

http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/use...
26k miles and its no longer fitted with its ceramic discs? Hmmm scratchchin

Sounds like it's had a hard life. Also, wheels become heavily pitted with hard use, so a good ol' refurb in a tarty colour helps disguise any visual clues.

I suspect its a bit of a hound.

IMI A

9,997 posts

231 months

Monday 24th December 2012
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bryce86 said:
IMI A said:
Good on track. Get it checked out properly though as thats way cheaper than most other GT2s. There's an accident damaged one for similar money at another dealer hence geuss there may be a story
What car is that?
http://classifieds.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/porsche/911-gt2-997/porsche-911-gt2-911-997-gt2-2dr-comfort-pack-modified/349765

Great Pretender

26,140 posts

244 months

Tuesday 25th December 2012
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Jesus, those graphics eek


houlbt

740 posts

295 months

Wednesday 26th December 2012
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buy an RS if you want a track car.

Bone_Head

22 posts

209 months

Thursday 27th December 2012
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Just to answer the original post, they are pretty awesome on the track - pretty much the quickest Porsche around the Nurburgring bar none!

I bought one myself a month or two ago and love it. Catching the boost mid corner can be interesting, but other than that, an amazing car. Before I bought mine, I went and test drove the silver GC car. It drove okay, but it is the press car that spent some time in the Isle of Man and has had a gear box which rings some alarm bells. It's been driven hard; I would say that most of its miles have been hard track miles. But it is what it is and it's a cheap GT2 by any estimation. Check it out though - I thought I detected some rattles from the top mounts. I wouldn't be overly bothered by any over revs in the 1,2 and 3 areas (anything above would need further investigation); it's the Mezger GT1 engine that's designed as a race engine and it's more than capable of taking some substantial abuse. I'd recommend Peter Morgan's for the inspection, his guy Gary Harris did a superb job on mine.