06-30-2006, 06:35 PM
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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.
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06-30-2006, 07:13 PM
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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).
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06-30-2006, 07:14 PM
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The butt
Pics of the butt
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06-30-2006, 07:37 PM
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DO IT! DO IT!! DO IT!!! :dance:
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07-01-2006, 05:33 AM
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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.
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07-01-2006, 06:54 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.
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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.
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07-01-2006, 07:04 AM
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" so getting opinions from people that KNOWS Porches are probably a smart idea."
I would agree. It is amazing how free folks are with other people's money!
Good luck on your decision.
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07-03-2006, 04:37 AM
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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.
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Last edited by mjw930; 07-03-2006 at 04:40 AM.
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07-03-2006, 05:01 AM
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This sale has SCAM written all over it... "Modified Euro car" my ass. I can't believe they are trying to pass that off as an 05 GT3. That's not even a mistake a Porsche dealer could make, they are straight up trying to rip you off.
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07-03-2006, 08:36 AM
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Originally Posted by mjw930
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.
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Indeed it is not a GT3, it is a 997S (Exhaust tips, red calipers). I wouldn't go as far as calling it a hack job, it has the OE Aero Kit not some home made crap.
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