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If you look at their chart, Yellow typically adds a premium, so this "GT3-light" as people were dubbing it fetched more money. Id rather have a 40th AE over a kitted, fancy color.
i have almost $65k everything included in my 2003 650 hp twin turbo 996. That’s double the horsepower wide body and the only 24 hours of lemans race winning engine that porsche put in a street legal car. You can’t drive a color. Imagine if n a couple of years with a scored engine another $35k plus to fix this. I know the skittles Porsches are pretty but you can’t drive color.?
while true! Color does carry a premium. I have a few vintage cars that I love but I got unpopular colors so I could at least have it
If you look at their chart, Yellow typically adds a premium, so this "GT3-light" as people were dubbing it fetched more money. Id rather have a 40th AE over a kitted, fancy color.
This and I'm biased because I own one I like yellow cars and people will pay for something they want whatever they want to but seeing Speed Yellow and Signal Yellow in person this weekend I'm very much in the Signal Yellow camp. Yeah, I know, I don't think it was available for a 996 at the time. With better cooling, X51 motor, which was developed along the side of the mezger in case that didn't work out and the LSD, the 40AE is much more of a GT3 light IMHO. Besides the Turbo, it was the second most powerful 996 after the GT3.
If you like Speed Yellow, and I do, this car is a rare and highly desirable package. I couldn't Justify the cost on my budget, but I could see it easily comparable to a 40AE, at 45k or so. Buyer got a beautiful and distinctive car that can be a long-term keeper, and the cost can be amortized over years of satisfaction. And I consider 46k to be relatively low mileage. At a typical 5k per year, that's 10-11 years till 100k.
This one could be interesting. Speed Yellow, huge plus. Over 100K miles though and 7 previous owners -- at least. The CarFax shows the car having been "sold" 5 times within the first owner's section.
04-25-2023, 06:30 PM
I like yellow cars and people will pay for something they want whatever they want to but seeing Speed Yellow and Signal Yellow in person this weekend I'm very much in the Signal Yellow camp. Yeah, I know, I don't think it was available for a 996 at the time. With better cooling, X51 motor, which was developed along the side of the mezger in case that didn't work out and the LSD, the 40AE is much more of a GT3 light IMHO. Besides the Turbo, it was the second most powerful 996 after the GT3.
