Christ the RS is smug. Even the way it looks at you, it has that aged look of utter contempt about everything around it.
I’ve decided to sell the RS and it’s time for something that isn’t 911 shaped. I’m on my 5th GT3 and I’m getting bored of hearing myself wax lyrical about them. It really isn’t very becoming of me to continually bleet about a car so obviously brilliant. It’s sickening, really it is. It’s also utterly mental that I want to sell something that is so obviously brilliant too. It’s superb to look at, utterly intoxicating to drive, aurally stimulating and people love to watch, listen and ride in it. So why on earth am I thinking of selling it? Because, my non-existent, imaginary, binary friends, the grass is always greener.
What were my choices then? In no order of preference:
Ferrari 599
Ok, let’s just get this one out of the way. I like my V12 Ferraris, except I can never seem to afford them until they are at the end of their cycle run. Sub £100k is where I’m at, so Mr. Fiorano, another day perhaps.
Audi R8
Now that prices are down to sensible levels, there’s a lot to like about Audi’s offering. There’s also a sprinkling of choice, from V8 to V10 to the Spyder. Each model has its merits and they all make for a compelling argument. There’s real world practicality to consider, then there’s the every day accessible supercar performance coupled with a fantastic soundtrack. Aesthetically, it’s a bit of a disappointment in certain companies.
Porsche (insert a billion acronyms here)
The whole reason I have itchy feet is because I want to try something different. So that rules out a GT2, which I’ve been eyeing up for a while. I haven’t been as excited about a car in a long time as I have about the GT2RS. By all accounts it’s a monster and one of the fastest production cars ever. Georg Kacher, awesome Car journalist, recounts:
“I’m not sure that there exist enough Walter Rohrls to fully realise the true portential of the ultimate rear-wheel drive 911. Porsche can guarantee that the GT2RS has every piece of technology to humble any Ferrari, Lamborghini and Bugatti. Except, perhaps, an adequately talented driver.”
Colour me shallow, but that’s just a red rag to me. I fancy myself.
As for the GT3RS, I’m still a bit pissed with Porsche’s attitude to the whole sales process. I sent another email to Porsche GB asking them why, when I had been denied a car, were there well over a dozen cars currently for sale at speculators. I got no reply. Still, I shouldn’t cut my nose off to spite my face and it takes a fool to deny the GT3RS the merit it deserves – it truly is a spectacular car, I will have one next year I suspect when the prices settle down. At the moment, it’s not £40k better than my current car.
Which leaves me with only one other option. A phone call was made earlier today. :)
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Still a bit Teutonic, that last option!
Felicitazioni…
Please don’t congratulate me, I’ve not bought anything yet! Cross your fingers.
Good luck with the sale, or should that be good luck with the mistake?
Sad to see it go!
I have an itch that must be scratched.
I didn’t even take notice off the picture… Superleggera replacement would indeed justify the loss of your RS. :)
oh my god don t buy a ferrari.
Think back when you had the 550 and wanted to sell it.
Depreciation was like a rock falling from the sky s.
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Buy a GT2 or better a GT3RS.
Don’t worry, no ferraris :)
I’m assuming the replacement is the car pictured? (Just as with the Touareg post?).
Is it gonna be a spyder? That is surely the only way forward now that you’ve seen the light (that enters the cockpit once you take the roof down). :)
oh no lambo are you sure. :)