J.Seven:
What a beauty, sad to see it going, your 911 looked wonderful, the S3 pails next to it, why the change?
Thanks, to you and everyone else. It was a true beauty. Now it is gone. It went quick
Why the change?
Well, I had the GT4 for "fun" and the C4S for "daily use". My girlfriend had a Mini. In the end three not so practical cars when it comes to transporting people, items, go skiing, on holiday, etc. So we decided to trade in the Mini for the S3, which so far has met all our requirements and exceeded out expectations. It fits us perfectly.
Adding to this we only have two parking garages, so reducing to one fun car was sort of needed. Of course I could have looked for renting another garage space somewhere in the neighbourhood, but I did not want to start fiddling around with this, and then paying for a car which would not be much used. So in the end it came to a choice between the C4S and the GT4. This was not an easy choice. The C4S was a true all-season all-round champ. On the one hand a comfortable cruiser, on the other hand a track weapon. Very fun to drive. In the end, the GT4 obviously had the edge for being fun and feeling more "special", but also being quiet unpractical. Given that the S3 now provided the practicability, I felt the GT4 complimented it better.
Adding to this, there are 10+ used 991 at every Porsche dealer in Switzerland, but no GT4. Hence if the desire were to grow too much, picking up a 991 is easy. A GT4 less so, unless one pays a serious premium.
Which takes me to the last reason. I was offered, from an official Porsche dealer, more for my GT4 than what I paid for it. After having owned it for 1 year, done almost 8k km and then getting such an offer then I thought I should definitely hold on to it.
To quote Watt, the end of an era
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2015 981 Cayman GT4 | White | Full Bucket Seats | Sport Chrono
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