M3 Stablemates: What else do you have in the garage?

[Gt4]

I have the 5 cars in my signature. The E46 M3 Silver is pretty much sold and should be gone by next week.

I also wrench on bicycle when I have spare times. I have my mtb, road bike and fat bike for winter.

[Lagunaseca_Blau]

In the midst of restoring and doing a build on a hellrot 840ci I picked up last year along with refreshing the 04 lsb.

[kaiv]

I also have this old thing:



My grandma bought it new and its been garage kept ever since. 60k miles. Immaculate.

Wow!!

[SQ13]

Make sure you drive that thing for a good amount of time before buying. The 981 S/GTS/GT4 manual transmission has even longer gear ratios than the base 981.

Rented a 981 S to drive around on a trip recently and the gear ratios started getting to me after a few hours. They're so long that you end up not shifting much, which took a bit of the fun out of it for me.

They’re not that much longer compared to the base (only a couple mph difference), and I still have fun driving the base, which sounds great at all revs with the PSE exhaust. I imagine the GTS will be fine, esp on back roads and the track.

The car is in NY so I’m buying it sight unseen.

[SQ13]

Love the GT3s! 997.2 GT3 in manuel is my (now unobtainable) dream car.

[LSB4Me]

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996 PCCB. Very rare; very nice!

Ok, SQ13 . . . here y’a go . . .

[Cubieman]

Guys wtf. Y’all can’t say you have a GT3 in the garage and not share photos smh.

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[heinzboehmer]

I’m priced out of the GTS 4.0 and GT4, and I’m not interested in a 987. I like this 981 GTS. It’s optioned almost perfectly…the only thing I might want to change are the wheels. The PCCBs get me yellow calipers so I get to avoid the McDonald’s look, but I’d be iffy about tracking with them ($12k per axle!). Thankfully Girodisc sells steel rotors for $1300. Speed Yellow, full leather interior/lack of alcantara, and sub-10k miles are selling points for me.

Make sure you drive that thing for a good amount of time before buying. The 981 S/GTS/GT4 manual transmission has even longer gear ratios than the base 981.

Rented a 981 S to drive around on a trip recently and the gear ratios started getting to me after a few hours. They're so long that you end up not shifting much, which took a bit of the fun out of it for me.

[R717]

I'll play
06 M3
86 Jeep CJ-7 daily
06 F350 tow monster
20 explorer (wife/family hauler)
86 930 (911 turbo)
58 Corvette
80 911 vintage racecar

My Dad got the Corvette in 1970, I restored it when i got back from OIF in 2006.

[LSB4Me]

I’m priced out of the GTS 4.0 and GT4, and I’m not interested in a 987. I like this 981 GTS. It’s optioned almost perfectly…the only thing I might want to change are the wheels. The PCCBs get me yellow calipers so I get to avoid the McDonald’s look, but I’d be iffy about tracking with them ($12k per axle!). Thankfully Girodisc sells steel rotors for $1300. Speed Yellow, full leather interior, and sub-10k miles are selling points for me. I’m not a fan of alcantara on steering wheels and dashboards.

That GTS sounds excellent. And at sub-10k miles, it’s basically brand new.

Good call protecting the pccb rotors. It’s a shame replacements are so expensive, because the initial bite / stopping power is unreal. I protect mine by not driving the car . . .

[SQ13]

If you can swing a newish 718 4.0, do that and don’t look back. It’s what the 911 should have been instead of the fat, bloated 992.

Otherwise, Cayman Rs and original GT4s can be had for good prices these days. Don’t let the badging scare you, those cars are more than comfortable enough to be daily drivers.

I’m priced out of the GTS 4.0 and GT4, and I’m not interested in a 987. I like this 981 GTS. It’s optioned almost perfectly…the only thing I might want to change are the wheels. The PCCBs get me yellow calipers so I get to avoid the McDonald’s look, but I’d be iffy about tracking with them ($12k per axle!). Thankfully Girodisc sells steel rotors for $1300. Speed Yellow, full leather interior/lack of alcantara, and sub-10k miles are selling points for me.

[maw1124]

I also have this old thing:



My grandma bought it new and its been garage kept ever since. 60k miles. Immaculate.

Proper!

maw

[Randall921]

2005 M3 race car
2009 M3 sedan daily
1997 993 C4S (kids love it, weekend car)
2021 X5 kids/wife/race car hauler

[LSB4Me]

Guys wtf. Y’all can’t say you have a GT3 in the garage and not share photos smh.

I recently got this 2016 Cayman Black Edition (base/2.7) to replace my blue M3, but the dealership is taking it back due to some issues that shouldn’t have been present on a CPO car. Looking at replacing it with a 981 GTS.

If you can swing a newish 718 4.0, do that and don’t look back. It’s what the 911 should have been instead of the fat, bloated 992.

Otherwise, Cayman Rs and original GT4s can be had for good prices these days. Don’t let the badging scare you, those cars are more than comfortable enough to be daily drivers.

[Jimbo's M]

And my Summer daily when its nice out

Outstanding!