[G450X]

I don’t think the driving or raw mechanical prowess of any GT3 has ever been the subject of much debate unless one has a lot of seat time in various types and/or have raced or tracked them.

I guess I am one in the camp of considering the “whole package” and astethics are part of that for me. If you like the kinda flat sides and Boxster/GT1 front end, you’re in luck, because they seem to be the best bargains of the bunch.

Besides a few “non-fatal” issues (coolant tanks/fittings), they have proven very robust mechanically. I recall seeing several street driven 996 and 997 GT3’s in the UK and U.S. with very high miles (150k-200k) on the original engine and transmission. I see different rebuild intervals thrown around for track use, but I have seen many threads which indicate less than 10k miles.

I had hoped the availability of a manual transmission in new GT3’s would ease demand and lower prices of the older 996/997 chassis cars (bucket list car for me), but I haven’t seen that yet.

I enjoy the feedback from GT3 owners as I hope to join that crowd someday...