James P Posted 27February, 2018 Report Share Posted 27February, 2018 1 hour ago, OnSafari said: What do 996 GT3's go for? We are talking 996 GT3 Cup cars not road going GT3's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnSafari Posted 27February, 2018 Report Share Posted 27February, 2018 16 minutes ago, James P said: We are talking 996 GT3 Cup cars not road going GT3's Okay, that makes sense now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troubleshooter Posted 27February, 2018 Report Share Posted 27February, 2018 3 hours ago, Bluegus73 said: Just got message from the Red 3.2 seller. Sold Anyone here get it? Not me Don't some sellers just love to text out ":SOLD" to the buyers that missed out, decided to run, or played hardball. They think it's a victory over buyers who 90% couldn't give a rats.... So are you on the road atm, drilling down the 9 hours? Or holed up in a rats nest room for the night? Is she behaving herself? Bluegus73 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear924 Posted 27February, 2018 Report Share Posted 27February, 2018 On 26/02/2018 at 3:33 PM, Fraz said: Nice, James any chance of a pic of said 996. I agree, the 996 has to be one of the most unappreciated cars ever. For me it was a case of wanting a car that did it all and some (turbo) in comfort. If your on the hunt for any 911, air cooled or not at least test drive a 996 or better still a turbo preferably a manual, if that doesn’t make you change your view on what bang for buck is nothing will. It would appear that some of us who have experienced and loved air cooled cars are moving on, maybe we are ahead of the curve. A potential 996 bargain: http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0001-10002227/motor-vehiclesmotor-cycles/1998-porsche-911-carrera-996-manual-coupe?spr=true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted 27February, 2018 Report Share Posted 27February, 2018 Thanks!! This one:https://www.carsales.com.au/dealer/details/Porsche-911-1978/OAG-AD-15532473Nice one! That looks awesome!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Bluegus73 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted 27February, 2018 Report Share Posted 27February, 2018 A potential 996 bargain:http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0001-10002227/motor-vehiclesmotor-cycles/1998-porsche-911-carrera-996-manual-coupe?spr=true I swear this was on Carsales just recently.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Troubleshooter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLD Posted 27February, 2018 Report Share Posted 27February, 2018 2 minutes ago, Morpheus said: I swear this was on Carsales just recently. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 hour ago, bear924 said: A potential 996 bargain: http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0001-10002227/motor-vehiclesmotor-cycles/1998-porsche-911-carrera-996-manual-coupe?spr=true This was on Carsales for about 6 months for $35,999 at a used car yard in Sydney Troubleshooter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted 27February, 2018 Report Share Posted 27February, 2018 A potential 996 bargain:http://www.graysonline.com/lot/0001-10002227/motor-vehiclesmotor-cycles/1998-porsche-911-carrera-996-manual-coupe?spr=true I swear this was on Carsales just recently.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk This was on Carsales for about 6 months for $35,999 at a used car yard in Sydney I thought so!! Already up to 30k now. It doesn’t look bad for a cabriolet.Sent from my iPhone using TapatalkSorry mods - feel free to delete the double posts. Tapatalk isn’t working very well it seems...Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Posted 27February, 2018 Report Share Posted 27February, 2018 7 hours ago, DT said: Awesome James, you've just nailed the best bang for buck 911 road/track combo... early 6.1 C2 manual coupe for the road, 996 GT3 Cup for the track, brilliant! And you can get both for the price of a half decent 3.2...know which I'd rather have. Fascinating when you consider the $ like that. Makes air cooled pricing seem absolutely ridiculous. 10 hours ago, Fraz said: If those comments don’t get me flushed these might, GT3s Pfffffffffttttttt. Yeah, GT3 pfffft, I skipped GT3 and went straight from GT2 to GT4. Surely highest number must be best ??? James P, Fraz, sleazius and 1 other 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoHeadsTas Posted 27February, 2018 Report Share Posted 27February, 2018 1 hour ago, JLD said: This was on Carsales for about 6 months for $35,999 at a used car yard in Sydney I wonder whether this has been thru Motor Gallery at Five Dock at some stage???. I was told they used to bulk buy the turbo look alike wheels and put them on any early 996 they had through the yard 'cos they looked better.... Mind you, as a manual that's not a bad price provided everything else stacks up..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLD Posted 27February, 2018 Report Share Posted 27February, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, TwoHeadsTas said: I wonder whether this has been thru Motor Gallery at Five Dock at some stage???. I was told they used to bulk buy the turbo look alike wheels and put them on any early 996 they had through the yard 'cos they looked better.... Mind you, as a manual that's not a bad price provided everything else stacks up..... I think that’s where it was! Edit: it was at Select Auto Centre on Paramatta Road Croydon. It’s definitely the same car Edited 27February, 2018 by JLD Found it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 27February, 2018 Report Share Posted 27February, 2018 1 hour ago, DJM said: Makes air cooled pricing seem absolutely ridiculous. That's because it IS ridiculous TINGY, James P, sleazius and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smit2100 Posted 27February, 2018 Report Share Posted 27February, 2018 2 hours ago, DJM said: Fascinating when you consider the $ like that. Makes air cooled pricing seem absolutely ridiculous. Yeah, GT3 pfffft, I skipped GT3 and went straight from GT2 to GT4. Surely highest number must be best ??? Spotted a yellow Gt4 on Sunday in a tennis club carpark. Managed to have a quick chat with the owner. He too went for the highest number. But I was a bit stunned when he said he upped it from a 991.1 gt3rs that he brought second hand that had not even cracked a ton on the odometer. Eg 3km short. DJM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RennRob Posted 27February, 2018 Report Share Posted 27February, 2018 2 hours ago, TwoHeadsTas said: I wonder whether this has been thru Motor Gallery at Five Dock at some stage???. I was told they used to bulk buy the turbo look alike wheels and put them on any early 996 they had through the yard 'cos they looked better.... Mind you, as a manual that's not a bad price provided everything else stacks up..... Something about the wheels looks off. Is it wearing spacers? Is it just crappy photo displaying poorly on my iPhone? Personally not a fan of 997T wheels on 996. Troubleshooter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoHeadsTas Posted 27February, 2018 Report Share Posted 27February, 2018 6 hours ago, RennRob said: Something about the wheels looks off. Is it wearing spacers? Is it just crappy photo displaying poorly on my iPhone? Personally not a fan of 997T wheels on 996. Agreed. A car i looked at from motor gallery would have very quickly had the turbo look alikes replaced. @TrevMcRev had / has a great set of GT3 wheels that would have been the go if i had proceeded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegus73 Posted 27February, 2018 Report Share Posted 27February, 2018 15 hours ago, Troubleshooter said: So are you on the road atm, drilling down the 9 hours? Or holed up in a rats nest room for the night? Is she behaving herself? Straight through last night ..... 2am arrival. She ran like a dream. A couple of squeaks, blower noises and wind noises that I’ll need to look at (seals etc I’m thinking and pulling the blower apart to work out what’s going on with that) but the engine was great!! Touch wood!! Troubleshooter, Dalai and bear924 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeM Posted 27February, 2018 Report Share Posted 27February, 2018 17 minutes ago, Bluegus73 said: Straight through last night ..... 2am arrival. She ran like a dream. A couple of squeaks, blower noises and wind noises that I’ll need to look at (seals etc I’m thinking and pulling the blower apart to work out what’s going on with that) but the engine was great!! Touch wood!! Jeez mate, you're bloody keen! The big question is, what does the missus think of it? Wind noise is probably that drivers door seal, as they look good, but are usually squashed a bit too much to be effective. Blower noise is an easy fix.....leave it in the OFF position ? Bluegus73 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegus73 Posted 27February, 2018 Report Share Posted 27February, 2018 23 minutes ago, LeeM said: The big question is, what does the missus think of it? “It’s a blue Porsche” ?? DJM, bear924, Scott930 and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevMcRev Posted 28February, 2018 Report Share Posted 28February, 2018 On 25/02/2018 at 10:18 PM, bear924 said: You'd think Porsche would make a couple of bad cars and save us some pondering energy. 986 Boxsters are nearly being given away now and I suspect they'd be a total hoot to drive. I can confirm they are bags of fun and ridiculous bang for buck. A $15-20k Porsche that on tight twisties can hold it's own with almost any other P-car even 10X it's price is good value in my book. I don't know if i'm just telling myself this...but I do feel like I have more fun pedalling it than my 5x the price 996.2 I had. The only downside is "it's not a 911", less likes on Instagram,...and the constant hairdresser jokes *cough, cough - @Ozvino* Troubleshooter, Ozvino and firstone 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozvino Posted 28February, 2018 Report Share Posted 28February, 2018 8 minutes ago, TrevMcRev said: I can confirm they are bags of fun and ridiculous bang for buck. A $15-20k Porsche that on tight twisties can hold it's own with almost any other P-car even 10X it's price is good value in my book. I don't know if i'm just telling myself this...but I do feel like I have more fun pedalling it than my 5x the price 996.2 I had. The only downside is "it's not a 911", less likes on Instagram,...and the constant hairdresser jokes *cough, cough - @Ozvino* Trev, you always have your naturally aspirated 924 if you feel like driving something more masculine Bluegus73, DJM and micknine01 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoHeadsTas Posted 28February, 2018 Report Share Posted 28February, 2018 31 minutes ago, TrevMcRev said: I can confirm they are bags of fun and ridiculous bang for buck. A $15-20k Porsche that on tight twisties can hold it's own with almost any other P-car even 10X it's price is good value in my book. I don't know if i'm just telling myself this...but I do feel like I have more fun pedalling it than my 5x the price 996.2 I had. The only downside is "it's not a 911", less likes on Instagram,...and the constant hairdresser jokes *cough, cough - @Ozvino* I freely admit that the missus' 987 is (so far) much more fun to drive than my 996.2, although I suspect the 996 is a better long distance tourer. More responsive, sounds better (at the moment) and is a manual Gavn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevMcRev Posted 28February, 2018 Report Share Posted 28February, 2018 32 minutes ago, Ozvino said: Trev, you always have your naturally aspirated 924 if you feel like driving something more masculine Like this fella in the first ad... Rod C 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_189 Posted 28February, 2018 Report Share Posted 28February, 2018 52 minutes ago, TrevMcRev said: I can confirm they are bags of fun and ridiculous bang for buck. A $15-20k Porsche that on tight twisties can hold it's own with almost any other P-car even 10X it's price is good value in my book. I don't know if i'm just telling myself this...but I do feel like I have more fun pedalling it than my 5x the price 996.2 I had. The only downside is "it's not a 911", less likes on Instagram,...and the constant hairdresser jokes *cough, cough - @Ozvino* Jerry Seinfeld had one in '97! TrevMcRev and micknine01 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozvino Posted 28February, 2018 Report Share Posted 28February, 2018 15 minutes ago, TrevMcRev said: Like this fella in the first ad... that didnt help your cause Trev..... 5 minutes ago, dan_189 said: Jerry Seinfeld had one in '97! "not that there is anything wrong with that"....... TrevMcRev, sleazius, dan_189 and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StevepGT3 Posted 28February, 2018 Report Share Posted 28February, 2018 2 hours ago, TrevMcRev said: I can confirm they are bags of fun and ridiculous bang for buck. A $15-20k Porsche that on tight twisties can hold it's own with almost any other P-car even 10X it's price is good value in my book. I don't know if i'm just telling myself this...but I do feel like I have more fun pedalling it than my 5x the price 996.2 I had. The only downside is "it's not a 911", less likes on Instagram,...and the constant hairdresser jokes *cough, cough - @Ozvino* @Ozvino Has to contend with Hairdresser and Tent, Does that make his the Brokeback Mountain special edition ? Not that there is anything wrong with that either Troubleshooter, ByronBayChris, TrevMcRev and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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