sebastian944

Left and right, people at work, family and friends constantly tell me to sell the Porsche. Wrong investment, you will lose thousands of dollars. You are crazy. What were you thinking? Why do you buy a seasonal car? Why? Why? My answer is, well it makes me happy, does your 12k bathroom make you happy? I take a dump, and read the paper I don't care if the bathroom is worth 12k.

I'm annoyed. coming from people who think driving in the winter without snow tires is a skill and should be appreciated.

sebastian944

Nothing is like going to the auto store (Canadian Tire) and having a 50+ guy in the parking lot notice your car and accidentally bump into you in the store to tell ya to take care your baby .. which is obviously someone who is in total appreciation for what I have done taking ownership of such a car.

sebastian944

Nothing is like girls becoming your new coffee buddy at work when you bring the car in

barkerd427

I knew very little about the 944 until right before I bought mine. After many road trips I have been surprised at the number of people that come up to me to talk about my car. Even the rednecks down here in the south have an appreciation for the car. I guess I've noticed the opposite of what you have noticed. At least you're gettin the ladies.

gt37vgt

ask these retards to do a balance sheet on any hobby or interest they have is they do infact have one ..
the cars depreciation is very little only changing according to miles and condition..

Darwantae951

No one ever talks to me about mine...except the random guy at a gas station who comes up and says "Hey! Nice RX-7!"...

Van

Other than my wife saying, "are you ever going to get rid of those things?", no. No one tells me to sell.

Obviously, people who are telling you, "it's a bad investment..." don't have 2 brain cells to rub together. You don't buy a high-maintenance, 25-year old, specialized sports car for an investment - you'd be better off just burning your money - but, you buy it because it offers some kind of enjoyment (like going out for dinner).

People who can't see that usually are not worth educating... that takes far too much effort.

m73m95

^^ RX-7? Mine is usually a Ferrari

Willard Bridgham 3

Tell them that no car other than Bugattis and etc is an investment, it is a depreciating current cost.

It will leave them thinking enough that you can disappear.

951Tom

Yeah I get that too sometimes from my annoying sister-in-law. You know damn well if they had the money, they would run out & get a Porsche. lol, good post.

dillon410021

The only people who give me the thumbs up are the Porsche owners in town. Several drive cayenne turbos, one driver a late 80's 911T, and one drives a newer boxster. Also, a guy in my town has a 944 and a 911 gt2. There are also several 944's around town, but they usually just sit like one that has sat in the same spot for about 12 years. Everyone else has no idea it is a Porsche. I did have a couple people that just hated my car just because its known as the "poor mans Porsche".

gt37vgt

If you were to buy a well optioned immaculate 91 turbo S with under 50K on the clock and then put only a few 1000 a year on it you are likely to get close to what you paid for it if you are careful buying and patient selling .. Plenty of cars can be an ok investment .. you certainly wouldn't lose the same sort of coin that one would on a veyron....
I think in terms of performance V $ they are as good as anything out there there is enough of them in existence that you can always get good second hand stuff at reasonable cost and there is few enough that people don't know what they are .
I still tend to refer to it as a sports car before i tell people the brand ..

DanaT

That little voice in my head keeps telling me that as I am having everything fixed/updated. I stopped counting the money at around 10k.

-Dana

drew44

When people think of investments, they usually think of a return in capital. But they're looking at the P cars as the wrong investment, at least the 951. We put time and money into our cars and get a huge return on our investment in most cases. Where else can you run to the bank, a five minute trip, and end up being gone for close to an hour just because you happened to drive the 951 and you weren't done driving it yet. That's the kind of things that happen to me when I drive my car. Driving these cars in the spring and summer with the windows down with a best friend or wife beside you, or even by yourself. It's a huge return on our investment. It's not always about the money. Those who look at a 944 as a way of saving money are absolutely crazy, unless you're looking at tearing up a $100,000 car with a quarter of that into yours.

fbgh2o

+1

It's not an investment, except in my sanity...