I have sold my GT3, with 3 OPC’s bidding I got £9k more than I paid 10 months and c5k miles ago, such is the appetite for stock. I'll obviously miss the engine, (did I mention the engine?), that special PDK, learning a different track driving style and the theatre of the car. Still I got in 8 track days and a great deal of enjoyment from the car.
I had intended keeping it for another year but the offer late Christmas week of a February build GT4 was a temptation too far. One background consideration was insurance brokers getting a little sniffy at me being on my 3rd 3 year licence renewal, anyway I'm back into a GT4. I didn't really bond with the first one, it was a first manual in >20 years, same colour (white) as my custom build 981 3.8L Carerra engined PDK Cayman, and really didn't excite me that much. The GT3 of course was an entirely new and brilliant experience, but was always going to be for a limited ownership period. The new GT4 is the same spec as my first one! - except this one is PDK, has a reversing camera and in Shark Blue so I'll see how much a different colour and PDK make.
Looks nice though.
...and to think I always had white or silver in the past - mind you I am somewhat colour blind!
I am hoping the build schedule does not move backwards with track days already booked. I don't understand why it would be routed via Kornwestheim (Stuttgart area) if built at Osnabrück but I guess either built at Stuttgart (unlikely) or Kornwestheim is a logical but non-physical staging area in the Porsche production system.
It's going to Topaz for prep, PPF and ceramic coating because if it has anything, it has the colour. I expect hope to be on the road by March 31st, have it run in within a week, suspension set up week 2 and on track mid-April - we shall see.
I'll keep it stock save for PFC pads and JCR noise reduction exhaust tips. I'll use the pads from the GT3 and the GT3 tips are up for sale. If anyone in the South West needs 8L of Mobile 1 0W-40 oil at a good price for an oil change on a pre-OPF car, send me a PM.
I had intended keeping it for another year but the offer late Christmas week of a February build GT4 was a temptation too far. One background consideration was insurance brokers getting a little sniffy at me being on my 3rd 3 year licence renewal, anyway I'm back into a GT4. I didn't really bond with the first one, it was a first manual in >20 years, same colour (white) as my custom build 981 3.8L Carerra engined PDK Cayman, and really didn't excite me that much. The GT3 of course was an entirely new and brilliant experience, but was always going to be for a limited ownership period. The new GT4 is the same spec as my first one! - except this one is PDK, has a reversing camera and in Shark Blue so I'll see how much a different colour and PDK make.
Looks nice though.
...and to think I always had white or silver in the past - mind you I am somewhat colour blind!
I am hoping the build schedule does not move backwards with track days already booked. I don't understand why it would be routed via Kornwestheim (Stuttgart area) if built at Osnabrück but I guess either built at Stuttgart (unlikely) or Kornwestheim is a logical but non-physical staging area in the Porsche production system.
It's going to Topaz for prep, PPF and ceramic coating because if it has anything, it has the colour. I expect hope to be on the road by March 31st, have it run in within a week, suspension set up week 2 and on track mid-April - we shall see.
I'll keep it stock save for PFC pads and JCR noise reduction exhaust tips. I'll use the pads from the GT3 and the GT3 tips are up for sale. If anyone in the South West needs 8L of Mobile 1 0W-40 oil at a good price for an oil change on a pre-OPF car, send me a PM.
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