2005 Gt3?? - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

blinkwatt · 06-30-2006, 04:21 PM

Why not keep it for a year or so and sell it? Then go back to a Boxster if you dont like it?
I can personally say after being in one and driving along side one that those things are damn intimidating. When I drove along the side one of one,listening to the exhaust note,feeling the guy gun it on the on ramp(literally),"oh cra*,thats awesome" isnt something I will forget anytime soon. But at the same time I didn't think anything less of my Boxster,just how darn amazing GT3s are. A GT3 will make you popular at PCA meetings as well,almost as popular as the guys with Carrera GT and GT2s. Make sure its the decision that YOU want. Best of luck!

hdpt73 · 06-30-2006, 07:35 PM

You guys are making this too hard for the guy, If you can buy a 2005 GT3, surely you can afford a used boxster as a 2nd car.

threpwood · 06-30-2006, 08:13 PM

All of your advice and comments are very helpful for me in order to consider the car. Keep it coming!

I can probably handle the upkeep of gt3, but I don't plan on keeping 2 porches as I would probably never drive the other. My current boxster is almost a garage queen anyway.

Currently my logic says no on the gt3 (thanks to Bruce), but my heart says yes....

I will get a chance to test drive it first and if the hp is too much for the streets here, I would probably just skip it. Included are the pics of the gt3 that is sitting on the car dealer so you can see it more clearly. It has about 9K km (or about 6000 miles).

threpwood · 06-30-2006, 08:14 PM

Pics of the butt

Grizzly · 06-30-2006, 08:37 PM

DO IT! DO IT!! DO IT!!! :dance:

lexuspilot · 07-01-2006, 06:33 AM

If you really wanted a GT3 you would already have bought it and you wouldn't give a shizzle what other people said. Mostly because you wouldn't hear them.

threpwood · 07-01-2006, 07:54 AM

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Originally Posted by lexuspilot

If you really wanted a GT3 you would already have bought it and you wouldn't give a shizzle what other people said. Mostly because you wouldn't hear them.

dude, if money grows on a tree, sure I would already have bought it

I just don't want to make bad decision in this, and stuck with it. It's not like buying a car with 30 days money back guarantee, so getting opinions from people that KNOWS Porches are probably a smart idea.

mjw930 · 07-03-2006, 05:37 AM

That IS NOT a 2005 GT3

The '05 GT3 was a carryover of the 996, the GT3 in the 997 body style is just now appearing as an '07. Also, I don't think they ever put sunroofs in GT3's.

Get the VIN and get a certificate of authenticity from Porsche if you are serious about this car.

At best that's a base 997 (325 hp, about 70 hp shy of a GT3 and a few hundred pounds heavier) with the GT3 front and the Aerokit wing and side skirts. It's a hack job, I would stay away from it.