nberry:
For whatever reason, the 992GT3 doesn't generate any excitement in me. However, for those that frequently track their car (Grant), the 992 may offer improved times of maybe a couple seconds if that. Is that worth the additional cost? To some it may.
Grant, are you going get the 992?
Hi Nick - I might get it. I am #1 in line at a small dealership with the promise of no ADM and free Euro Delivery. If everything falls into place (including a price around $155k before options and a good trade value for my car), then I may do it.
The incentive for me is not the couple/few seconds around my local track that it'll save. It's the prospect of many track days at the Nurburgring, Spa, Bilster Berg, Red Bull Ring (Austria), etc. I might plan to keep the car on the continent for 90 days (and maybe go visit it more than once and return home to catch up on work in between). Doing ED like this is way cheaper than renting cars for this purpose (would need to rent a road car and a track car as regular rental agencies don't allow their cars on the track). One day of track rental in a GT3 is over $5k with far worse insurance than what is included with ED (or available from The Open Track on a car that you own if one doesn't believe this is included).
Lots of fun opportunities on these schedules:
https://www.openpitlane.de/alle-termine/
https://www.greenhelldriving.nuerburgring.de/#/landing
Because of the strong residual value of my GT4 and GT3, it allows the cost of ownership while doing ED to be manageable (and Colorado only charges sales tax on the difference between the cost of the new car less the trade-in value of the old car).
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18 GT3 Manual, 73 Carrera RS 2.7 Carbon Fiber replica (1,890 lbs), 06 EVO9 with track mods. Former: 16 Cayman GT4, 73 911S, Two 951S's, 996 C2, 993 C2, 98 Ferrari 550, 79 635CSi