Truble10

A person selling can ask whatever they want for their car. That is not the price they will get. There are several on ebay from reputable dealers with buy it now prices in the mid $80's. Ebay will give you a more realistic view of what vehicles are selling for not what people are asking for their car in the classified section. Most have not been selling in the mid $80's. I see a lot of GT3's sitting around with very low miles.
Your dealer is getting much higher than average prices.

Truble10

Here are a few I found on ebay. The first two have a buy it now price around $88K. The last one, my favorite - love the color has no bids with no reserve at $90K. This has only 2400 miles and a sticker of $120K.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsc...spagenameZWDVW

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsc...spagenameZWDVW

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsc...spagenameZWDVW

MJSpeed

I am on ebay...it's the white with natural brown interiour. Buy it now price of $87.5 I'll sell it to a Rennlister for $85K.

weston98

Do you guys think a silver/black 2004 GT 3 with only 800 street miles and steel brakes lightly optioned is a good value at $95k? This car is supposedly perfect. Is the factory warranty automatically transferrable if purchased from a private party? thanks..

mooty

weston 98,

factory goes with the car, not the owner. as long as the car is less than 4yrs old or less than 50k miles whichever occurs first. so yes, this car is covered.

however, if the car is lightly options, it would have stickered at 105ish. so IMHO 95k isn't a good value despite low mileage. 85k-90k is where the mkt is at.

weston98

Thanks John. I guess if I could get the price down a few grand then we are in the general market. Then again if the car is perfect, what's a couple of grand when you think of it. I appreciate the insight...

mooty

weston, i agree that if you like it just buy it. i usually pay more than mkt to get what i want, but most of my buddies think i am insane ;-)

Fongster

when are you ready to buy me car !

like Jeremy Clarkson said on Top gear, you can get a 997S and go as fast as a GT3.

but in my opinion. it aint no GT3..

NJ-GT

like comparing a E46 BMW M3 to a BMW M3 CSL.

DanH

Clarkson doesn't really know much about performance driving. He just likes to make ill researched pronouncements that add drama to his shows. Not that I have a problem with that, but one needs to take his comments with a large pinch of salt.

You can't get a 997S and go as fast as a GT3 on track. Some ring times to support my point :

7:40* -- 161.217 km/h -- Porsche Carrera GT, *cold and partially wet track (sport auto 12/2003)
7:40 --- 161.217 km/h -- Porsche GT3 RS, stock but Pirelli P Zero Corsa, Mattias Ekblom (ams)
7:40 --- 161.217 km/h -- Mercedes Benz McLaren SLR, Klaus Ludwig (Autobild 07/2004)
7:41 --- 160.868 km/h - Manthey Porsche GT3 M410, 413hp (AutoBild 07/2004) >>> www.manthey-motors.de/nextsh...spdf.asp?id=217

7:42 --- 160.519 km/h -- Mosler MT900S Photon, Joao Barbosa, 2004 (according to dailysportscar.net)
7:42 --- 160.519 km/h -- Radical 1500 SR3, 230 PS/510 kg (2002)
7:43 --- 160.173 km/h -- TechArt Porsche GT Street, 620 PS/1453 kg, (sport auto 08/2002)
7:43 --- 160.173 km/h -- Porsche 996 GT3 RS, factory test driver Walter Röhrl (MOTOR Magazine)
7:43.5 - 160,000 km/h -- Lamborghini Murcielago (Autocar magazine 2002)
7:44 --- 159.828 km/h -- Pagani Zonda C12 S, 580 PS/1820 kg (sport auto 07/2002)
7:45 --- 159.484 km/h -- Gemballa Porsche GTR 600, 600hp (2000)
7:46 --- Porsche 996 GT2
7:46 --- SHK Porsche 993 GT2, 652 PS (1999)
7:47 --- Porsche 996 GT3 RS, 381PS (996) (2004)
7:49 --- Porsche 996 GT3 Cup
7:50 --- BMW E46 M3 CSL (2003)
7:50 --- Blitz Supra, 750 PS, Herbert Schürg (1997)
7:50 --- Honda RC30, Helmut Daehne (1993)
7:50 --- Lamborghini Murcielago (2002)
7:52 --- Gemballa Porsche 911 Le Mans (1995)
7:52 --- Lamborghini Gallardo (2003)
7:52 --- Mercedes SLR McLaren (2004)
7:54 --- Porsche GT3 (996) (2003)
7:55 --- Caterham R500 Superlight (2002)
7:56 --- Ferrari 360 Challenge Stradale (2004)
7:56 --- Porsche 996 Turbo
7:59 --- Porsche 911 Carrera S (997) (Performance Chassis) (Walter Rohrl - WHEELS June 2004)
8:02 --- Porsche 911 Carrera S (997) (Sport PASM setting) (Walter Rohrl - WHEELS June 2004)
8:03 --- Porsche 996 GT3 (1999)
8:04 --- Lamborghini Diablo GT
8:05 --- Ferrari 575M Maranello
8:05 --- Porsche 911 Carrera S (997) (Normal PASM setting)(Walter Rohrl - WHEELS June 2004)

mooty

when are you ready to buy me car !
_______________
you are lucky.
b/c you are my good buddy, that's the only reason why i have offered you $60k on your dirty white riced out GT3. tell you what, i'll give you $65k if you let it go today.

RR

How the eff did a fat Murc get around the ring at 7:43?

bora

John

I commute in mine from south county to San Jose at least once a week.
I find the car very docile in traffic and comfortable to drive.

But then my car is bone stock.

fahren affair

because 'ring times are suspect and as meaningful as you want to make them. i've found published 'ring times on five different sites (u.k., italian, german, et al) that has different times for the same cars.

i also think the "bat" is slower than that.

Bob Rouleau

I am curious, from what I've seen a used GT3 is going for about $85K. Compared to a 99.5K new cost, that's about 15 percent depreciation. That's not bad in my book. If someone bloats a GT3 with 30K worth of cosmetic options, well you had to know that you'd never get your money out when you bought them. It's like this on every car and moreso on a GT3 destined for hard core drivers.

Am I missing something?

Rgds,