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Old 02-09-2021, 08:25 AM
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Originally Posted by WolfDenShoebox
Someone suggested selling on Consignment. This may be the best way to go for your situation to get the most money for it.

Alternatively, you can post on carsandbids.com and bringatrailer.com or even pcarmarket.com to get your car auctioned off.

The worst option of private party sale would be Craigslist/Facebook Marketplace. You will get lowball offers probably 15 to 30% below actual market value.

With that being said, trade in values at a dealership is always going to be hit or miss. If you are serious about convenience and just want to dump your Targa, then I suggest getting quotes from Carvana/VROOM/Carmax AND your local Porsche dealership. Just sell you car to the place that's offering you the most. (hint, it's most likely the Porsche dealership)

Car values from dealerships generally come for what the cars are getting at Mannheim Auction. Many dealerships like to use the MMR value to generate a "black book" offer for your car. Carvana exclusively uses KBB trade in values for some unknown reason. If you want to get an idea of what Carvana will offer you, just spec out your car on KBB. The range KBB gives you is probably where your car will land. Just some ideas.

For what it's worth, I think selling a turbo charged, direct injected $100k+ 911 with less than 1k miles is a hard sell to the enthusiast market. It's very clear in two years of ownership the car is barely driven, if it at all. As an enthusiast, I don't read this as "added value," I just see this as potential problems that simply haven't crept up yet and definite carbon build up issues.

Direct injected engines need to be operated at temperature and somewhat hard. This helps burn off the carbon deposits that form on the back of the valve heads.

Your car isn't even broken in, really. My recommendation? DRIVE YOUR CAR. I mean, DRIVE IT HARD (after break in). I decided to buy a 911 over an R8 because the 911's are sports cars designed to be driven, enjoyed, and grow in time. They are timeless machines.

You should have no problem finding some rando off the street who thinks lower mileage is better, almost "new."
Although your overall response is well placed, you are entirely wrong on a 500 mile 2019 Model year car may have "potential problems" and like new mileage on a 24 month old car as a negative.

This is not some air-cooled car garaged for last 10 yrs. Additionally, you mention carbon deposits and the fact that these cars need to be DRIVEN HARD.
Assuming the seller doesn't know about these basic things may be naive.

There is a plethora of cars on this board that are not driven a lot... and even as little as OP's car. Majority of informed enthusiasts would consider a 500 mile 2019 Model car to be Like-new, and a positive.
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Old 02-09-2021, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by desmotesta
Although your overall response is well placed, you are entirely wrong on a 500 mile 2019 Model year car may have "potential problems" and like new mileage on a 24 month old car as a negative.

This is not some air-cooled car garaged for last 10 yrs. Additionally, you mention carbon deposits and the fact that these cars need to be DRIVEN HARD.
Assuming the seller doesn't know about these basic things may be naive.

There is a plethora of cars on this board that are not driven a lot... and even as little as OP's car. Majority of informed enthusiasts would consider a 500 mile 2019 Model car to be Like-new, and a positive.
I qualified my statements based on his target audience. I did say a non-enthusiast market would not be aware and would not care, but would pay top dollar because of the perception of being "new."

I for one, look for cars that have been driven and have had a life. A car with solid history over thousands of miles significantly lowers the chances of something going wrong and it's already experienced the bulk of its depreciation. I get to enjoy the car near trouble-free and without losing my *** on it.

Just my opinion on that and you know what they say about opinions.
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Old 02-09-2021, 10:17 AM
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As many here know I am selling my 2019 Targa GTS, with a manual tranny and 7k miles (in service Nov. 2018). I checked with a couple of dealers and they both wound up offering me $135k, and one told me I could take some of the extras off, and both would buy out right (no trade). I plan to order a 2021 Boxster Spider so trading it many months from now is not going to happen. Also, someone that was talking to me about buying my car a couple weeks ago wound up buying a 2019 with 4k miles for $155k, manual with a little higher MSRP but no extras or PCCB.

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Old 02-09-2021, 10:28 AM
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Originally Posted by WolfDenShoebox
Someone suggested selling on Consignment. This may be the best way to go for your situation to get the most money for it.
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Old 02-09-2021, 05:10 PM
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Suggest trying to sell first before any trade in. The Targa market is unbelievably hot now, take advantage if you can.
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Old 02-12-2021, 11:45 PM
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Please help me understand how you get enjoymentputting only 500 miles on your car. Great if you do. When I go for a drive on a good weather day I easily put 150-200 miles on my loop. I feel I don’t drive my car far enough and I have 9800 miles in about 16 months. And it’s not my daily driver. I have a 4Runner for that.

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Originally Posted by k_h_d
Please help me understand how you get enjoyment out putting only 500 miles on your car. Great if you do. When I go for a drive on a good weather day I easily put 150-200 miles on my loop. I feel I don’t drive my car far enough and I have 9800 miles in about 16 months. And it’s not my daily driver. I have a 4Runner for that.
Some people have several vehicles to spread the miles over and some just like to have it to drive when they wish - do you think that Leno drives all his cars every day 24/7?
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Old 02-12-2021, 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Bob Z.
Some people have several vehicles to spread the miles over and some just like to have it to drive when they wish - do you think that Leno drives all his cars every day 24/7?
Good point
Old 02-13-2021, 04:26 AM
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If you are in a position to dump 6 figure car with only 500 miles I'd say why bother with the hassles from private txn, just drop it off to the dealer & call it a day.
Old 02-13-2021, 06:12 AM
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Originally Posted by WolfDenShoebox
I qualified my statements based on his target audience. I did say a non-enthusiast market would not be aware and would not care, but would pay top dollar because of the perception of being "new."

I for one, look for cars that have been driven and have had a life. A car with solid history over thousands of miles significantly lowers the chances of something going wrong and it's already experienced the bulk of its depreciation. I get to enjoy the car near trouble-free and without losing my *** on it.

Just my opinion on that and you know what they say about opinions.
And fact is less miles = more $$, and it applies to any car & target market.
Old 02-13-2021, 09:34 AM
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Lol at somebody talking about valve deposits on a car with 500 miles.
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Old 02-13-2021, 03:22 PM
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I'm curious, OP - how different is your build on the Targa you ordered vs. the one you're looking to replace? I know we all have our preferences, but I can't see wanting to replace a unit with another of the same model (roughly) after so few miles & months.
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bob why you selling?
Old 02-13-2021, 05:45 PM
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Start by getting an offer from CarGurus. It's easy and will give a base price to work off of.
Old 02-13-2021, 11:28 PM
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500 miles in 2 years? You should just visit the dealer for test drives when you feel the urge.
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