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997 turbo S - am I mad?

docdale said:
... and due to limited numbers would seemingly be a good place to put my money as depreciation seems very slow.

997.1 or 997.2 Turbos are stunning but just as a fact check, if you rank in order the numbers of UK registered cars you might be surprised.

Ranking UK cars from lowest to highest

1. 997.2 Turbo PDK
2. 997.2 Turbo S PDK
3. 997.1 Manual
4. 997.1 Tiptronic

There is just a cigarette paper between the first 3 but it does rather turn on its head the whole thing.
 
Jcx said:
docdale said:
... and due to limited numbers would seemingly be a good place to put my money as depreciation seems very slow.

997.1 or 997.2 Turbos are stunning but just as a fact check, if you rank in order the numbers of UK registered cars you might be surprised.

Ranking UK cars from lowest to highest

1. 997.2 Turbo PDK
2. 997.2 Turbo S PDK
3. 997.1 Manual
4. 997.1 Tiptronic

There is just a cigarette paper between the first 3 but it does rather turn on its head the whole thing.

Not wanting to seem pedantic but shouldn't the 997.2 manual sit at the top of that list as far as rarity goes?
 
m119cars said:
Jcx said:
docdale said:
... and due to limited numbers would seemingly be a good place to put my money as depreciation seems very slow.

997.1 or 997.2 Turbos are stunning but just as a fact check, if you rank in order the numbers of UK registered cars you might be surprised.

Ranking UK cars from lowest to highest

1. 997.2 Turbo PDK
2. 997.2 Turbo S PDK
3. 997.1 Manual
4. 997.1 Tiptronic

There is just a cigarette paper between the first 3 but it does rather turn on its head the whole thing.

Too true!

1. 997.2 Turbo Manual
2. 997.2 Turbo PDK
3. 997.2 Turbo S PDK
4. 997.1 Manual
5. 997.1 Tiptronic
 
There are supposedly some 997.2 Turbo S Manuals knocking about. That would be the rarest surely.
 
TwinBoost said:
There are supposedly some 997.2 Turbo S Manuals knocking about. That would be the rarest surely.

I don't think so......I can't say I've ever heard that ...where did you get that from?An official source ?
 
911TEL said:
TwinBoost said:
There are supposedly some 997.2 Turbo S Manuals knocking about. That would be the rarest surely.

I don't think so......I can't say I've ever heard that ...where did you get that from?An official source ?

EDIT: Just realised the above might refer specifically to 'S' cars.

Re standard 997.2 Turbos ... they are definitely out there but when I queried how often they came up I was told by JZM that "they are 'as rare as hens teeth".

Whenever I've seen any advertised they are always at a premium price and always sell very quickly.
 
911TEL said:
TwinBoost said:
There are supposedly some 997.2 Turbo S Manuals knocking about. That would be the rarest surely.

I don't think so......I can't say I've ever heard that ...where did you get that from?An official source ?

I read it on here.

http://911uk.com/viewtopic.php?t=108758&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=20

Clanky said:
I can confirm there was at least one turbo S Manual in the UK a few years back.
I drove it down at Silverstone on one of their driving courses & have been looking out for one ever since!

Surely it can't have been a one off was it?

It's one of my dream cars, but I'll be gutted if it turns out I'll never own one!

:nooo:

I am prepared to believe the chap was mistaken.
 

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