Originally Posted by P0RKY

Mate, never say never... apparently, Porsches (and particularly 911s) are habit forming and just one tankful short of requiring a "warning: addictive substance" label on them. Good luck with your purchase - I bet whatever you decide on, it'll leave you with a smile plastered on your face every time you get behind the wheel.

Originally Posted by Chadds

So are you holding that line, or are you going to scratch the Rolex itch again? I couldn’t stop at one!

Originally Posted by ron4sc

I bought a Pepsi GMT in 2021. I swear THAT is the last Rolex I'm buying.

Originally Posted by Chadds

Other than being addictive Rolex shares one other attribute with Porsche, that is the most desirable models are impossible to get. You maybe safe. 😀 I remember when my local Rolex dealer would call and say I’ve got this Sub, Daytona etc coming in do you want it? How things have changed.

Originally Posted by ron4sc

Yeah buying a Rolex tool watch makes buying a Porsche seem like they are in abundance. At least with a 911, I have a reasonable expectation that it will be in my driveway within 24 months!

Originally Posted by P0RKY

I sat on the fence for a bit before I finally committed to my build - just thought I'd share my perspective, pit falls & ultimately, how I came to my decision. There's no one size fits all, and what works for one will definitely not fit another, so please, no brickbats or hate or name calling. Just sharing.

These will be the first Porsches in my stable. The Cayenne was an easy build and decision, and I lost absolutely no sleep on it. Mainly because it was for Her Majesty, She Who Must Be Obeyed, For Whom the Toilet Seat will be returned to Its Original Position. It'll be her daily driver. Done & dusted in ½h after a good chat with a very friendly Sales Agent and a test drive with the wife & twins in the back. Easiest $170,000 the Sales Agent ever made (his words, not mine).

The 992 was one I flipped and flopped over and over.

I thought I'd start with a budget of $300,000 (damn the taxes in Australia) - which would get me a nicely loaded base Carrera 2, with all the bells and whistles. I rationalized that even the base Carrera would be more car than I would ever had the testicular fortitude to manhandle on public roads. That build came up to $304,819 - bang on budget. What a great start. I then started to worry that I would suffer from S envy, and despite never having given a flying f*ck to the opinions of people that don't matter one bit to me, I didn't want to be saddled with a purchase that would translate to a bad case of buyer's regret.

So, I upgraded my sights to the Carrera 2. And I initially thought I'd try to keep to the planned budget, which meant I'd take away some of the accoutrements that I'd spec'ed in the Carrera 2. Instead of Club Leather, I went with the interior full leather option. I contemplated removing the Adaptive Cruise Control (I decided to include them ultimately), saying to myself that the C2S would be a weekend driver, but I had to leave the Front Axle option intact, as Sydney's roads are beyond redemption in certain parts. That build came up to a whisker of that of the base Carrera: $338,314, not something that we didn't plan for - and thus I thought was where the story ended.

Until that itch that needed scratching happened again. This time, no thanks to the steady stream of venom and poison that was being IV'ed into my veins by the well-meaning folks on these esteemed forum pages. I caved in and gave a call to my agent to void my Carrera S order and put in a new one for the GTS. With the Tequipment Martini Livery (I like it, and felt that it wouldn't be too out of place on a GTS, where it might be a touch try hard for the base or S) - and I even bought the keyfob covers depicting the same from eBay. When the dust settled, the bill came up to $364,302 + $1884 for the Martini "go-faster" stickers = $366,186

Was there anything wrong with the base Carrera? Or even the Carrera S? Absolutely not. I've test driven both, back to back - and frankly, I can't tell one from the other (both were PDK-equipped), and at my age, I was never going to be baited to make a run at the traffic lights by a ricer in his pimped out S2000, or whatever the flavour is these days. Ultimately, it was down to what felt good to me, how big the smile on my face was - and how long it lasted - and whether I had the wallet-size big enough for my vehicular appetite (hey, money doesn't grow on trees).

Will I stop losing sleep over my decision? I honestly don't know. What I do know is that I'm not inclined towards getting my coccyx jackhammered by the track-biased set up of a GT3, so that's one itch I won't be scratching. The Turbo/Turbo S might be a Nullarbor annihilating cruise missile, but those babies will also rip a hole in my wallet bigger than I can swallow without choking. So, to quote a proverb, "beggars can't be choosers", but to put things into perspective, it's a happy First World Problem to chew on... and for now, I'm feeling quite chuffed with myself, despite being some $60,000 over budget.

Thanks for letting me share.

Originally Posted by 22992

Any chance you can provide a source for this? I am actively trying to decide if upgrading to a GTS is worth it for me, and the only stuff I found actually suggests the S has historically lower depreciation per mile. 1st graph S, second graph GTS.

Originally Posted by P0RKY

I'm not much of a Horologist connoisseur but I'm really tempted by this piece by Tag Heuer...


Tag Heuer Carrera Porsche

Not surprisingly, it's out of stock ... just like the Porsches.

Originally Posted by Spiffx

i watched the YouTube video on your second screenshot. The guy who did the video also conducted the same analyses and posted videos for all 911s. After “investing” all that time doing all the analyses he concluded that the GTS shows the lowest depreciation of the 911s (which he mentions a few times on that video). I didn’t watch all his other videos, and I don’t feel I need to watch them. I also didn’t spend enough time to fully understand his graphs and analyses. I’m comfortable trusting his conclusion and the many posts I’ve read here confirming that the GTS has lower depreciation.

I feel you might be overthinking this.

Originally Posted by Johnauto

Might as well do a lightly optioned base Turbo, 100 more horsepower.

Originally Posted by 22992

Any chance you can provide a source for this? I am actively trying to decide if upgrading to a GTS is worth it for me, and the only stuff I found actually suggests the S has historically lower depreciation per mile. 1st graph S, second graph GTS.