But will a Cayman and $12,000 in municpal tax free bonds hold their value better than a 911? I fully agree with your conclusion...we should all buy what we like.

Alan

 

Erm ... the 996 doesn't have the residuals of the previous 911s. Not by a long shot. I'm considering a 996 C4S as a daily driver, you can get an 02 for less than $60K these days.

 

I wholeheartedly disagree. The 996 [bar the GT3 and Turbo] are in a hilarious nose dive of depreciation. I don't think that the 997's curve will be as bad, but time will tell. You can't tell the future any better than the rest of us...the Cayman is a seperate model from the Boxster, regardless if it shares some parts with it, so time will tell with that car's depreciation curve as well.

As far as a "step backwards" going from 996 to Cayman S, after the first few drives you will know the answer. You did not make a bad decision by any means, trust me

 

I think the issue with depreciation for the cayman will be dependant on the amount of vehicles produced. If not many are being sold, then likely it will hold its value as there will be many people that will want one as a track car (in 3-4 years for example).

 

actually i WANT cayman prices to drop to hell. that way i can find interchangeable panels, but spare cars instead of spare parts ;-)

one thing that GT3 is so expensive to track was that if i ever looped it and kiss a wall backward the wing/deck is something to the tune of 6-8k if i rememberd right. and what is the likelihood of finding a deck/wing at the wrech yard?

now if they would just build 1 million cayman...

 

Well, the 99s are sure diving fast, but % wise they 2000s and newer are still doing better than the Boxsters (maybe not by much, but still better). An '00 boxster S that cost 70k is now a high 20s car at best.


I would think a Cayman would be able to run with a 996, assuming no X51. It not a bad decision at all.

 

i ran with a 2003 996c2 3.6L no x51. a friend of mine, we are about same level of skill or lack there of. very close. i can enter turns quicker without understeering, mid corner speed about same, but he will exit faster due to torque and rear wt bias. but if one of us is off just a tad, the other will pass in the next corner. it was fun "playing" with the 996.

also played with a C4 3.4L. dont know the drive, he told me he's putting out 300hp at the wheels. i can keep the same gap overall (gap gets bigger on straights, he pulls away clearly, but gap gets smaller at turns), but never was able to pass him, tried for 2 session. but he sure can't lose me either.

 

The Boxster is dropping in value because they sold soooo many of them and leased even more and the dealers are getting flooded with them. Its nothing to do with the merits of the car itself. For the most part its been more expensive for porsche to Build Boxsters than 911's.

If production of the CaymanS is small then the resale value will be excellent and the resale for the 2nd owner will be even better. Everyone wants a piece of this car but at the moment I think most people view it as bit of a Porsche getting greedy pricing situation. Once the price comes down every enthusiast is going to be fighting for these cars.

 

I raced a 03 996 x51 last night! 3rd and 4th were pretty much even!

 

Who paid $70,000 for a 2000 BoxsterS? Please tell me I have a bridge here NYC that they might be interested in.

The danger of optioning out your P-car into the stratosphere is no urban myth.

The BoxsterS will lose 50% of its value after 4 years when it comes off warranty, just like most other Sports cars.