PRSWILL

There's been a few stratospheric priced cars lately- there was a yellow C4S with 2300 miles out here for $ 170 K I think just a while back. Are these car SELLING for that? It would seem to the casual observer, that there is a lot of high asking prices and very few sales at thes points. Just curious. I am not a buyer at this price for sure- not that it may be worth it, but I really like to drive my car and these are NOT driver cars - unfortunately.

Opo

People can ask what ever they want , but the market always speaks for it self , I bought a car that was listed $89k for $70k and than I bought a set of sport seats that were listed for $10k here on RL and I got them for $5k , so asking price don't mean nothing , it's the market that speaks and I don't think people always pay for the high asking price .

Opo

It's a buy low list high game , that's it !
I had to post this so it can be my 3, 993 post

RodKnock

All right then, for some unknown reason, I want to go to Jamba Juice and get a wheat grass shot with 1/2 Carrot 1/2 Orange juice chaser.

goofballdeluxe

The "juice" goes to whoever pays the most.

Whether it's Opo or RodKnock, if they each bring $100K to the table, neither has more juice. $100K is $100K, no matter who bring it.

Opo is right, asking prices mean nothing. Selling prices are everything. The rest isn't juice, it's just hot air

Opo

when I come visit we go pick up Goofball for some juice

Agree

RodKnock

Well, then, let's say Opo's orange tree grove is much larger than mine. Additionally, Opo's reputation acquired over the many years precedes him. My reputation is, well, um, not quite on the same plane as Opo's.

I have one 993 with one pair of hardbacks. Opo has.....well, let's just say more than one of each.

JDHertz11

Awesome!

So Mr. Rudy, why aren't you buying this one? All it needs is some paint, wheels, PSS10's, seat belts and wheels for you?

Opo

I listed my Offer and have t heard anything , let's see what happens and btw I'm in not desperate at the moment , I'm Rudyfing the new 95 Riviera Blue cabriolet I just bought and my Violet Meatllic 964 C2 should arrive from China next week , so I have plenty to do right now :


Btw , did you find your Ruf wheels ? If you haven't send me a PM or email and I will get you hooked up

JDHertz11

China? First time I've heard of someone importing something from there! Nothing on the RUF wheels yet. Are you going to RSR?

Opo

Yeah I imported a 1990 c2 in violet metallic not going to reensport spending the week with my daughter at her college town , email me when you get back from Reensport and we can talk about the Ruf wheels , have fun bro

TouringTeg

I see these cars vanish from the market either sold at a lower price or gone into storage. Who knows

Speaking of high priced C4S... check out this Canadian 96 C4S 39k miles for $164,500 CAD ($125k USD) Madness.

http://wwwb.autotrader.ca/a/Porsche/...howcpo=ShowCPO

_snowbird_

My first thoughts as well.

When I was shopping for my coupe last year, the market was dominated by cabs. Probably more than 80% of cars for sale were cabs, and that was true through my year long search. And priced MUCH more affordably than coupes - usually around 60-70% of the price of a similar mileage coupe.

But ultra low mileage cars have their own (irrational) pricing reality. It's a strange breed of buyer that is willing to pay 2-4x more for a 10k mile car vs a similarly excellent 30k mile car. But I suppose that's the essence of collecting. It's not an objective evaluation of a car. It's a contest to see who can own the car with the fewest digits on the odometer. Not my game for sure. It has nothing to do with the reason why cars were built in the first place (ie to experience driving in them).

mathfuzzy

Just to prove Opo's point, the first $500k that shows up for my perfect '97 993 C2 takes it. I'll even throw in the original wheels with original tires still mounted. And if you act before the end of September, you can have the euro tail lenses that I bought but didn't install.

FWIW, I agree with the camp that there isn't a significant bubble building in air cooled 911s. More like they are a good combination of real asset investment and, particularly for the 3.2 Carreras, 964 and 993, hand-built cars that are reliable and provide a wonderful driving experience. Much as I'd love to have my 2.2 S back, I wouldn't love driving it in the same way that I do my 993.

And I think Rudy's $100k offer is all the juice in the world for that cab.

RodKnock

Here are my thoughts.

Today's daily eBay "saved search" email, that I receive each morning, came up with 13 new 1995-1998 993's, NB and WB. NOT ONE of them was a Cab. Porsche produced roughly the same amount of Cabs and NB Coupes. So, I'd certainly disagree with your thoughts on this matter. Just sounds like someone making stuff up to me. And certainly flies in the face of the periodicals that I receive each month including auction results.