This is a hypothetical question...

How much would you pay for a silver on black leather 95,000 mile 993tt with new turbos, new brakes and new clutch at mid 50k miles, well serviced since 50k miles, minor accident history at 28k miles with some repainting done (well painted)?

Normal wear and tear. Solid exterior and interior for age and mileage.

A reasonable estimate would be helpful.

Thanks guys.

 

Depends on condition of the car and paperwork. A quick guess for me would be low to mid 40's at best.

 

4 owners. Minimal paperwork before 59k miles. Meticulous paperwok after 59k miles.

 

Is it Polar Silver? :-) should be able to get it for 40kP

 

Arctic silver/black leather interior

 

Ok, Spartan and I were talking bout about a 95k silver one a couple weeks ago for a daily driver.

 

$40k at most, but that's just me.

 

Mattnshilp, I think I know what you're trying to do. You are trying to figure out your depreciation hit if you buy that Turbo. Right?

I am NOT a big subscriber to depreciation. I say this because, to me, depreciation (as related to a Porsche) implies a loss in value without receiving a perceived or true benefit in return. Nothing could be further from the truth by being a Porsche owner, especially a 993TT owner. We receive a LOT in return for the cost of admission.

I fully expect my Porsche toys to be worth less each year. Not because they "depreciated", but because I have "consumed" part of the car's value and received a great benefit during the ownership experience during that time period. Nothing’s for free. Some of us are getting paid dividends.

Maybe I am just trying to "justify" things to myself. Let's face it, no one needs a Porsche. These are toys. But I challenge you to think differently about depreciation. It's a bit of a paradigm shift.

 

Not so hypothetical

There's one in the RL classifieds now

116,000 miles asking $49500

Plus 2 more +/- 90k miles sub $50k on Autotrader:

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...standard=false

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/vdp.js...standard=false

 

overpriced if you ask me, especially with the light gray (dove?) interior.

 

Why would the "light gray" interior make it overpriced?

 

I tend to believe it is less desireable than black or cashmere. Do I have hard facts on this? No, but based on my search, it seemed grey interior cars were more polarizing. I personally have a strong dislike of gray interiors in any car.

 

Great guys. Thanks. You gave me exactly what I needed.

I'm good.

 

Hypothetically speaking, if the economy rebounds strongly in the next few years, some enthusiasts continue to keep some of the collection of Turbos in the garage as queens, the Euro rebounds and more of our cars take a trip over to the motherland, couldn’t the value remain pretty flat (very little depreciation) and even possibly go up (slightly)????

 

Ooooh. I like that!!!

But of course that would mean some other stuff I want would also get more expensive....