Prices Keep Drifting Up
#737
You can still get some deals
All service records, cream puff , hard top black leather 6 so, $24,000 what’s not to love. Sold Saturday. You could have bought it, listed on Bat probably go for 30.
Only bad thing with this one is a trip, price is negotiable.
Since this place service and restores them some times they are just selling a customers car. Anyway the yellow one sold Saturday for $24,000. I would have bought that one in a second, all service records black leather. The guy told me it was a cream puff. The C4s is a trip but you can problably negotiate it down $2,500. When I buy I buy right, always been that way. Anyway. Cheers.
#738
#740
Thanks
my mechanic who is second at a PCA shop told me the same tonight. More than likely another place where I wouldn’t want to leave my car overnight.
#741
Saw mixed reviews
I just did some research, some bad, some good. Anyway since February I have been to 6 Porsche events here in the lone star Region. Anyway I will tell you that most shops get mixed reviews. Anyway my mechanic who I met in Person and used to be part owner of a shop works at his house and I was with him all the way in my first visit. Thanks for the advice , I have traveled and done business in over 100 countries. So as you can imagine I can read people real well, I think I have seen the darkest of the dark anyway this is the reason I’m not in social media. This is different because there are a lot of cool knowledgeable and helpful people. Another cool thing about the Porsche club events people are cool 😎 and they tell it to you like it is, specially the guys that have older cars like ourselves.
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#742
Another record breaker:
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...carrera-4s-54/
$55,500 after fees!!!!
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...carrera-4s-54/
$55,500 after fees!!!!
The real difference between a car 20 years old and 20K or 40K miles, is in the way that the previous owners have taken care of it.
In this specific example, the under carriage photos show a lot of rust (some nuts totally rusted) what indicates probably driving in salty roads. Probably a car with twice the mileage can be in equal or even better condition, but people goes crazy just because the number in the odometer.
I can understand that, because you are living in a market driven by mileage, and if you are thinking in your value to sell. But not so much if you are looking on buying the best you can take out of your money.
Same car, with 50K miles, will never reach that price, even if it is in better shape.
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#743
I just did some research, some bad, some good. Anyway since February I have been to 6 Porsche events here in the lone star Region. Anyway I will tell you that most shops get mixed reviews. Anyway my mechanic who I met in Person and used to be part owner of a shop works at his house and I was with him all the way in my first visit. Thanks for the advice , I have traveled and done business in over 100 countries. So as you can imagine I can read people real well, I think I have seen the darkest of the dark anyway this is the reason I’m not in social media. This is different because there are a lot of cool knowledgeable and helpful people. Another cool thing about the Porsche club events people are cool 😎 and they tell it to you like it is, specially the guys that have older cars like ourselves.
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HoustonCgrBkr (05-11-2021)
#744
One of the thing that amaze me more about the US used car market is how strong factor the mileage is in the selling price. It looks like is the only (or at least the most important) factor to consider, even over the status of the car.
The real difference between a car 20 years old and 20K or 40K miles, is in the way that the previous owners have taken care of it.
In this specific example, the under carriage photos show a lot of rust (some nuts totally rusted) what indicates probably driving in salty roads. Probably a car with twice the mileage can be in equal or even better condition, but people goes crazy just because the number in the odometer.
I can understand that, because you are living in a market driven by mileage, and if you are thinking in your value to sell. But not so much if you are looking on buying the best you can take out of your money.
Same car, with 50K miles, will never reach that price, even if it is in better shape.
The real difference between a car 20 years old and 20K or 40K miles, is in the way that the previous owners have taken care of it.
In this specific example, the under carriage photos show a lot of rust (some nuts totally rusted) what indicates probably driving in salty roads. Probably a car with twice the mileage can be in equal or even better condition, but people goes crazy just because the number in the odometer.
I can understand that, because you are living in a market driven by mileage, and if you are thinking in your value to sell. But not so much if you are looking on buying the best you can take out of your money.
Same car, with 50K miles, will never reach that price, even if it is in better shape.
#745
If you have a car that presents well and you want to sell it for top dollar, then sell it on Bat.
If you are looking for a great car, one that you can thoroughly understand it's condition and buy it for a reasonable price, then you have to work your PCA network, go meet with people, do PPIs, and then and only then buy it.
If you are looking for a great car, one that you can thoroughly understand it's condition and buy it for a reasonable price, then you have to work your PCA network, go meet with people, do PPIs, and then and only then buy it.
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#746
high mileage cars.
If you have a car that presents well and you want to sell it for top dollar, then sell it on Bat.
If you are looking for a great car, one that you can thoroughly understand it's condition and buy it for a reasonable price, then you have to work your PCA network, go meet with people, do PPIs, and then and only then buy it.
If you are looking for a great car, one that you can thoroughly understand it's condition and buy it for a reasonable price, then you have to work your PCA network, go meet with people, do PPIs, and then and only then buy it.
#747
I wanted a 996.1 GT3 until I listened to what Preuninger had to say about them and how many compromises were made just to get it to production. How it was more of a parts bin car and not really a developed full GT3 as we now know them to be. And that the 996.2 GT3 was where they made all those things right. It's early on in the 40min youtube video tour of the GT3 vault he gave to Chris Harris. Great watch in general btw.
#748
Vision Motosports will fix improve the 996.1 gt3
I wanted a 996.1 GT3 until I listened to what Preuninger had to say about them and how many compromises were made just to get it to production. How it was more of a parts bin car and not really a developed full GT3 as we now know them to be. And that the 996.2 GT3 was where they made all those things right. It's early on in the 40min youtube video tour of the GT3 vault he gave to Chris Harris. Great watch in general btw.
#749
I was just telling my wife the same thing. I felt I did a lot of research and knew what to look for and I bought my 996, but lots of things I did not know or just assumed was really not as big a deal to deal with. I admitted to her, there was still a lot more I learned after I bought the car. If I were to do it all over again, I would have leaned in more on this community.
But I am also learning as I go, like some dos and don’t moving forward.
I am about to travel down the send my car off to have the engine rebuilt, 9xx will be my choice. I don’t need a track car, I just want a car for either long or short term ownership that I am confident I have a solid engine.
But I am also learning as I go, like some dos and don’t moving forward.
I am about to travel down the send my car off to have the engine rebuilt, 9xx will be my choice. I don’t need a track car, I just want a car for either long or short term ownership that I am confident I have a solid engine.
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