Porsche Owners Thread - If you own one or just like or hate them! :)
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[ui]ICEMAN;29293092 said:
You did well to get an R. I've friends with 918's who are not sure they will get one and this will be the hottest 911 for 10 years I think. I'd have taken it because this will surpass the GT3 RS 4.0 I suspect based on current market trends and they were changing hands fro close to 350K sterling, 250K dollars at least over list within a few months.
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Yes it does. 105k for the GT4 and 65k for the 991 would put a nice 458 in range plus change.
[RXP]Andy;29293093 said:
Something is on the way. I'm thinking it will be a Gt2.
GT2 is on the way as there has been numous reports over the last week, with photo's of the test mule.
Over 700HP / RWD / PDK are the headline stats.
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You do make a habit of accidentally forgetting stuff that is so obvious even half the forum already knows. You didn't exactly happen to find the Panamera down the back of a sofa did you? You didn't randomly decide to start working in London yesterday evening? As with virtually every Dr House post ever made there is a faint aroma of 'Huh!?!' with this one - surely the real answer is that you always intended to 'flip' the GT4. It makes no total sense - no enthusiastic 911 owner who simply couldn't wait to get his hands on his dream 911 would leave it at the dealer for ages before bothering to collect it and then suddenly decide 'Oh I forgot I had 12 other Porsches, I better sell this one!'.
Sure this car wasn't always purchased to resell?
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[TW]Fox;29293458 said:You do make a habit of accidentally forgetting stuff that is so obvious even half the forum already knows. You didn't exactly happen to find the Panamera down the back of a sofa did you? You didn't randomly decide to start working in London yesterday evening? As with virtually every Dr House post ever made there is a faint aroma of 'Huh!?!' with this one - surely the real answer is that you always intended to 'flip' the GT4. It makes no total sense - no enthusiastic 911 owner who simply couldn't wait to get his hands on his dream 911 would leave it at the dealer for ages before bothering to collect it and then suddenly decide 'Oh I forgot I had 12 other Porsches, I better sell this one!'.
Sure this car wasn't always purchased to resell?
The london job has been on the cards for some time but I have no idea how long it will last. My hope is one year and 4 months (jobs rotate in August) and then I could be anywhere in the country.
My plan was always to keep the Gt4 for a short time (6 months) and move it on. when I ordered it no one expected there to be a 30k premium on them at best I was hoping I could own and run it for a year and come out with 5 to 10k profit at this level it makes much more sense to sell it and buy something else with the profit.
At the end of the day these cars are offered to customers who spend money with the dealers and any money we make on them help to offset losses made on other cars.
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Yes that works also. As long as you take both.
My view in the GT4 is they will be stable at 90k for a couple of years for a good spec used one with under 10k miles. Just like the Gt3 which has fallen from its highs of 150k to closer to 125k.
The difference you all forget, is I use my cars, I don't park them up like a hank stain, I take them for 400 mile drives most weekends because I can. So come a few years down the line I have a 40K car surrounded by 15K cars in a marketplace which is saturated by "this car has 4 miles less so is worth 6K more" idiots. 
Well in that case any car is going to lose lots more £££££'s.
If you can't take the hit buy something cheaper which will depreciate less or drive fewer miles
Let me clarfiy. The over inflation means I am adding 30K loss on top of the normal loss because I believe that bubble will burst in the next 12 to 18 months. Now I don't know for sure but I am old enough to remember last time. It's a new world today with the exception of the late 80's (the last time) the market is over inflated on certain brands due to speculation. Move away from the "what can you afford" as that isn't really relevant in my situation with the cars being discussed above, the problem is am I wiling to throw away that 30K bubble and you know what, I don't think it's worth it....but I'm still only 95% on that point
All car prices have rocketed to be frank not just Porsches. E46 M3's you could get them for 4-5k now they all seem 8k plus and the nicer ones are 10k plus. 350/370Z are not exactly cheap either.
E92 M3's seem to be shooting up as well, V10 M5's still seem like great value but a lot of cars seem more expensive now compared to a couple of years ago, being offered 12.5k for my M3 by a guy with a GT3 was a little tempted but am keeping it as I want to have some fun in it over the Summer.
E92 M3's seem to be shooting up as well, V10 M5's still seem like great value but a lot of cars seem more expensive now compared to a couple of years ago, being offered 12.5k for my M3 by a guy with a GT3 was a little tempted but am keeping it as I want to have some fun in it over the Summer.
The difference you all forget, is I use my cars, I don't park them up like a hank stain, I take them for 400 mile drives most weekends because I can. So come a few years down the line I have a 40K car surrounded by 15K cars in a marketplace which is saturated by "this car has 4 miles less so is worth 6K more" idiots.
I do sometimes wonder why people buy really high end cars and not drive them. I do worry a little about the miles on the 911 so I would avoid driving from london to Sheffield in it every weekend and use the Panamera instead. I think we put 20 000 miles on our first one in 10 months.
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I would like some advice..
I'm thinking about to get a 2008 911, I know it is an 8 years old car, but it is what is close to my budget.
I pretend to keep the car for something between 1 and 2 years.
What should I look for and what should I avoid?
What would make my life easier when it comes to sell the car?
I'm thinking about to get a 2008 911, I know it is an 8 years old car, but it is what is close to my budget.
I pretend to keep the car for something between 1 and 2 years.
What should I look for and what should I avoid?
What would make my life easier when it comes to sell the car?
Frankly if budget is tight then an 8 year old 911 is a risk. These things can throw up significant bills, 10K plus bills are not uncommon when seals or engine issues arise. If I were buying a 997 then I would seek a Generation 2 version with the DFI engine, which doesn't suffer the issues that effect some Generation 1 cars, but will come with a higher price of course.