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Originally Posted by Alfisti
Truth is there's a mix of buyers, some are just for show, others like to cruise about on fairweather days and others mildly track or heavily track. I've said before on this forum, if I had the means I still would not go exotic, i'd blow money on a Singer maybe, Alfaholics definitely but big power exotics seem a road to nowhere as they are terrible on the street and a Caterham is more fun on the track.
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Agreed and I think that subset of GT3 owners that take their cars on tracks (whether HPDE or true racing) are VERY few. Yes, there are some wealthy people in CA, FL, AZ, etc. out there racing their GT3s, but come on, they are a rarity. Most of these GT3s aren't tracked. If you're really serious about racing a 911 competitively, you're buying a 911 Cup car. That actually is a steal for the money given the capabilities of the car and all the Porsche support that comes with it. It really is an amazing program and kudos to Porsche for providing it. Hourly running costs for a Cup car are only in the range of $2,000 per hour
Knowing what I know about Porsches now and wanted to race but still have a street legal car, I'd buy a 997 or 987 with a blown motor on the super cheap, build a 4.0, mostly gut it, and go to town with the chassis. I'm not about status. Different strokes.