Has the 911 market turned?
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I got into 911's around 2016 which from my perspective was the tail end of these cars being low key and relatively unknown and cheap. By 2019/2020 the hype train was in full steam with youtubers and social media hype. The 911 was very well known as the car you buy and can drive for free in terms of selling it and getting your money back. Maybe more or slightly less. Everyone was in. 992s flooded the market like no other. Bunch of first time buyers. Crowd got younger. It was the "smart" car to own. Prices shot up. 991s are selling for the same prices, if not more compared to 7 years ago.. Now prices are back on the downward trend (especially non GT cars and somewhat Turbo/S). So that old sentiment isn't really holding true.
These types of threads never really existed in the base forums and were mainly reserved to the GT3 forums.
I hope prices crash and stay that way on the depreciation train so the nerds who calculate cost per mile go away and go back to Mercedes or whatever. Let cars be cars. Depreciating assets. Im taking delivery on a brand new GT3 monday and I wouldn't care if 3 years from now I lose 100k. No, im not rich either. I am a serf.
These types of threads never really existed in the base forums and were mainly reserved to the GT3 forums.
I hope prices crash and stay that way on the depreciation train so the nerds who calculate cost per mile go away and go back to Mercedes or whatever. Let cars be cars. Depreciating assets. Im taking delivery on a brand new GT3 monday and I wouldn't care if 3 years from now I lose 100k. No, im not rich either. I am a serf.
Ehhh, no thanks! Wishing for devaluation just because a couple of resale nerds are hyper focused is a fool’s errand. That’s about as silly as wishing for home values to drop because of housing lotteries and home flippers. Nobody is stopping you from racking up a bunch of enjoyment miles on your personal cars.
Last edited by M3Inline6; Feb 22, 2026 at 04:49 AM.
Drifting
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it was a little extreme but I just miss coming to car forums and most of the discussion was modification, DIYs, pics, fun stories and help/diagnosis sprinkled in with excited owners and great deals instead of people walking on glass scared of losing some coin. All the older gen people are having the real fun. I miss the 991 section from back in the day. Intense 991.1 vs 991.2 debates and opinions. ***THE SOUND*** of na vs Dyson vacuum sounding turbo lol.
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it was a little extreme but I just miss coming to car forums and most of the discussion was modification, DIYs, pics, fun stories and help/diagnosis sprinkled in with excited owners and great deals instead of people walking on glass scared of losing some coin. All the older gen people are having the real fun. I miss the 991 section from back in the day. Intense 991.1 vs 991.2 debates and opinions. ***THE SOUND*** of na vs Dyson vacuum sounding turbo lol.
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I hope prices crash and stay that way on the depreciation train so the nerds who calculate cost per mile go away and go back to Mercedes or whatever. Let cars be cars. Depreciating assets. Im taking delivery on a brand new GT3 monday and I wouldn't care if 3 years from now I lose 100k. No, im not rich either. I am a serf.
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Can relate. Nowadays, we can't have any 992.2 GTS thread without having alleged "veterans" whine about resale value.
Like, Porsches keeping resale value is a relatively new phenomenon (started with COVID, ended last year?) yet these people can't stop whining about the GTS being a so-called depreciation trap and pure ICE vehicles being supposedly future-proof (haha).
I'm buying my cars to drive them, not think about the next guy, thanks. To me, a sport car is a toy, the cash is written off the moment I get the keys. If I can get some money back on resale that's a bonus, not a perk.
I wonder how these so-called Porsche "veterans" were doing doing the transition to water-cooling and turbo engines.
Like, Porsches keeping resale value is a relatively new phenomenon (started with COVID, ended last year?) yet these people can't stop whining about the GTS being a so-called depreciation trap and pure ICE vehicles being supposedly future-proof (haha).
I'm buying my cars to drive them, not think about the next guy, thanks. To me, a sport car is a toy, the cash is written off the moment I get the keys. If I can get some money back on resale that's a bonus, not a perk.
I wonder how these so-called Porsche "veterans" were doing doing the transition to water-cooling and turbo engines.
Last edited by VxD; Feb 22, 2026 at 09:56 AM.
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idk - i dont see it as a negative video - i thought the video was informative and would be helpful if i was looking at preowned or looking to sell. Nevertheless, those are financial decisions, and for the drivers who neither buy nor sell, the prices arent too relevant.
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He makes these videos every other week because the 911 audience is huge and it gets him a lot of clicks.
The reality is, it has zero relevance. The price is the price when you go to buy or sell your car.
The reality is, it has zero relevance. The price is the price when you go to buy or sell your car.
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Porsche must find themselves in an interesting, never been seen before, space. My recollection, Pre Covid prices were MSRP and during COVID I was seeing discounts. Late covid or maybe post covid, depending on your POV, we saw increases due to ADM (supply chain, greed, whatever). Then we had a blend of Porsche price increase(s) and later... tariff's. Assuming Porsche wouldn't refund a tariff would Porsche even consider rolling back a price increase?
Drifting
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There are no tariff refunds and if the auto tariffs were lifted tomorrow, the price would not come down so long as people just keep buying the 911. The high prices now mostly affect repeat buyers. I already have a car so I have no incentive to upgrade. New buyers who don’t have cars sustain their sales, I would like to see the statistics on that.
Drifting
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Lets switch to the term "depreciate".
I hope these cars depreciate hard. Harder than ever. Every other brand (especially luxury/german) sees insane depreciation. Bring some over.
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Crash is a term thrown around too loosely because everything is big in America. Including exaggeration.
Lets switch to the term "depreciate".
I hope these cars depreciate hard. Harder than ever. Every other brand (especially luxury/german) sees insane depreciation. Bring some over.
Lets switch to the term "depreciate".
I hope these cars depreciate hard. Harder than ever. Every other brand (especially luxury/german) sees insane depreciation. Bring some over.
