997GT3 available now (at a price)!!
997GT3 available now (at a price)!!
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997gt3

Original Poster:

3,139 posts

244 months

Sunday 4th February 2007
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Viewed a 997GT3 yesterday at www.williamloughran.co.uk/

It's in flat black, has buckets in leather/suede, sat nav and sport chrono plus. List price will be around £85000 but yours now for £94950 yikes

They also have a Carrera GT in with 4500 miles on the clock for a mere quarter of a million pounds - the downside is, it doesn't come with 22 identical sealed boxes hehe

Wetwipe

3,019 posts

243 months

Sunday 4th February 2007
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997gt3 said:


They also have a Carrera GT in with 4500 miles on the clock for a mere quarter of a million pounds - the downside is, it doesn't come with 22 identical sealed boxes hehe


or i assume the annoying git with the beard and bad taste in shirts

northo

2,377 posts

249 months

Sunday 4th February 2007
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Was offered a new GT3 from a Porsche dealer at list this week, if anyone's interested.

Koln-RS

4,127 posts

242 months

Sunday 4th February 2007
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Official Porsche dealers are not allowed to sell factory supplied cars above list.

northo

2,377 posts

249 months

Monday 5th February 2007
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William Loughran is not a franchised Porsche dealer

b7ett

340 posts

259 months

Monday 5th February 2007
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northo said:
Was offered a new GT3 from a Porsche dealer at list this week, if anyone's interested.

Tell me more or PM me

fuji

43 posts

241 months

Monday 5th February 2007
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Koln-RS said:
Official Porsche dealers are not allowed to sell factory supplied cars above list.



I ended selling my GT3 back to a porsche dealership for £86750, i paid £85300 for it and i had done just under 1200 miles. They did tell me it was for their chairman who already had a RS but found the bucket seats too uncomfortable so wanted a GT3 with standard seats for everyday use.

Koln-RS

4,127 posts

242 months

Monday 5th February 2007
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With rare, hard to get models, that command a premium in the 'open market', OPCs will sometimes pay above list and they are allowed to add their margin to this figure.

What they can't do, is take a new, factory supplied car, that becomes may be a cancelled order, and sell it above list.

Dealers like William Loughran and Tom Hartley specialise in this market.

northo

2,377 posts

249 months

Monday 5th February 2007
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GT3 now sold - just checked with my dealer. Porsche dealers can sell used cars over list - not new though.

gunner

760 posts

260 months

Monday 5th February 2007
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I was lucky enough to be offered a cancelled order 997GT3 at list last week by an OPC.I bought it immediately on the basis that it was a white clubsport.I then sold my grey comfort spec car onto a friend having covered 1000 miles in it.Needless to say I loved it,but had always regretted not going for a white clubby and 'playing it safe'instead.New car should be with me Friday,absolutely cannot wait.Feel very fortunate at having had a second bite at the cherry having felt I specced it wrong first time around.

atomic

150 posts

262 months

Monday 5th February 2007
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gunner said:
I was lucky enough to be offered a cancelled order 997GT3 at list last week by an OPC.I bought it immediately on the basis that it was a white clubsport.I then sold my grey comfort spec car onto a friend having covered 1000 miles in it.Needless to say I loved it,but had always regretted not going for a white clubby and 'playing it safe'instead.New car should be with me Friday,absolutely cannot wait.Feel very fortunate at having had a second bite at the cherry having felt I specced it wrong first time around.


That sounds very lucky! I'm having slight second thoughts that I should have gone for a RS so could perhaps be persuaded to sell my GT3.

gunner

760 posts

260 months

Monday 5th February 2007
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I have now cancelled my RS order.For me the clubsport is the best of both worlds,I am not nearly good enough to exploit the RS's advantage over a regular CS.Kudos to those who have an RS/are getting one...they look the absolute nuts.

b7ett

340 posts

259 months

Monday 5th February 2007
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gunner said:
I have now cancelled my RS order.For me the clubsport is the best of both worlds,I am not nearly good enough to exploit the RS's advantage over a regular CS.Kudos to those who have an RS/are getting one...they look the absolute nuts.

When did you have a build slot for ?

gunner

760 posts

260 months

Monday 5th February 2007
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May I think,might have been June.

northo

2,377 posts

249 months

Monday 5th February 2007
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Gunner, does your car have PCM?

gunner

760 posts

260 months

Monday 5th February 2007
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old one did,new one doesn't.I won't miss it to be honest.

northo

2,377 posts

249 months

Monday 5th February 2007
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gunner said:
old one did,new one doesn't.I won't miss it to be honest.


Have you been dealing with Ross?

Grant3

3,710 posts

285 months

Monday 5th February 2007
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northo said:
GT3 now sold - just checked with my dealer. Porsche dealers can sell used cars over list - not new though.


Not in the UK they can't!!!

Pugsey

5,821 posts

244 months

Tuesday 6th February 2007
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Grant3 said:
northo said:
GT3 now sold - just checked with my dealer. Porsche dealers can sell used cars over list - not new though.


Not in the UK they can't!!!
There's always the 'back door' nudge, nudge, wink wink. When I was due to pick my car up from the factory an OPC (not the suppling one) offered me list plus £1k to let him have the car.................

bund

2,624 posts

251 months

Tuesday 6th February 2007
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Pugsey said:
Grant3 said:
northo said:
GT3 now sold - just checked with my dealer. Porsche dealers can sell used cars over list - not new though.


Not in the UK they can't!!!
There's always the 'back door' nudge, nudge, wink wink. When I was due to pick my car up from the factory an OPC (not the suppling one) offered me list plus £1k to let him have the car.................



I hope you laughed at him.......