plpete84

$387k was the number for that "new old stock" 996 GT2 - https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...che-911-gt2-2/

bdronsick

Half-million dollar Mezgers will become commonplace

See it now

bdronsick

Won't matter all bets are off when the ROW GT flood breaks out at 25YO

You want your dollars now where the most Mezgers are now, not where they will be

Billup

Depends on model and location. Since being in Charleston past 3ish years have seen 4 or 5 996's, one was a black aero and the other a white aero very recently. Outside of that there's two 991's on the same street as my plant that are there fairly often, and a handful of 997's roaming around. Definitely don't see many daily.

GC996

Sure, the GT2s and GT3 RSs due to scarcity and uniqueness.

If the 996 Turbos hit 500k, then the 996 Carrrra will be 325k using the current valuation ratio. Maybe in 50 years.

bdronsick

I live in Virginia horse (whine) country, where there are one million Ferrari's on the road for every one 996 in storage

bdronsick

You seem to keep wanting to forget there are over 200 more Mezger GT's than Mezger Turbo's in manual coupe

25YO changes everything

plpete84

I now think bdron had too much wine and fell off a horse while riding over to his 996 storage barn

bdronsick

Bro, 7,000 996 Turbo manual coupes in this universe, and 7,201 996 GT's (which are manual coupes)

Those numbers will hit the United States in 2024 like a tsunami, and nobody believes it (yet)

brontosaurus

Anyone else want to take this one?

GC996

I love your enthusiasm but don't quite get your numbers. Especially since Marv was kind enough to provide some data. I love turbos, i want a turbo to compliment my 996.2 carrera just for the hell of it, but there are alot of turbos.

bdronsick

Bro half the 964's on BaT now are ROW

Market is inescapable

GC996

I love you man...

But I got no idea what you are talking about. We are talking 996 mezgers at 500k.

bdronsick

"there are a lot of turbos"

First of all, there were THOUSANDS more 930 Turbos made than 996 Turbos, and that hasn't stopped 930 from becoming the "rare" quarter-million dollar collectibles they now are. Ponder that one

But primarily: you can no more lump tiptronic-cabriolet Turbos in with Turbo manual-coupes, as you can lump tiptronic-cabriolet 964's together with 964 manual-coupes.

Same difference. The 964 tiptronic-cabriolet will be a $35K car forever. The 964 manual-coupe is a rare, collectible prize; currently vaulting towards mid six-figures!

Bottom line: there were only 7K 996 Turbos total made in manual coupe, and that number is lower by several hundred than the 996 GT production total

So, in general if the 930 Turbo is "rare", the 996 Turbo is "rarer"

And, more specifically: if the 996 GT is "rare", than the 996 Turbo in manual coupe is "rarer"

peterp

A different, but related story. In the mid-1980's I was living in Florida and wanted to buy a late 60's/early 70's 911. At the time, I was young and on a limited budget but had enough to buy one. The problem was, with the humidity in Florida, it was very hard to find an early 911 that didn't have any rust (Porsche didn't have any rustproofing until zinc-coated bodies in 1977 and then fully galvanized with the 911 SC in 79ish I think). I finally found a rust-free a 1969 912 with Fuchs alloys that was truly rust-free. I really wanted a 911, but decided to pounce on the 912 because it had already been a long search.

A few weeks later, I took a business trip to Arizona, and I see used car lots with 5 or 6 rust-free early 911's just sitting on the lot! It was really pretty frustrating. I loved the 912, but was always disappointed I didn't get an early 911. I did later buy a 1974 911s that was rust-free, but it wasn't a replacement for the truly lightweight pre-'73 911's.