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Ugh, I was looking out at the Speed Yellow Turbo the other day sitting in a Panda Express parking lot and thinking: can I still park it here when it’s worth half a million dollars? Probably not. And it will. Ugh.
With each passing year the 996 Turbo is evolving into an antique Countach. In Speed Yellow it literally stops some traffic. A new consideration back to the drawing board perhaps.
I have to fight this notion because all 911’s are works of mechanical art. At some point you just have to get out and drive.
Agreed. But to your point and Ryan's point, some are valued higher than others for specific reasons.
The motorsports shop I mentioned specializes in high end work. They restore race and street cars as well as service car collections. You can bet that very few miles are put on the vast majority of the cars in the collections other than driving it around parking lots and private roads.
Do i want to I want to park this car at Panda Express?? The answer is obviously yes, because I knew the Turbo is this car when I bought it.
Originally Posted by GC996
Agreed. But to your point and Ryan's point, some are valued higher than others for specific reasons.
The motorsports shop I mentioned specializes in high end work. They restore race and street cars as well as service car collections. You can bet that very few miles are put on the vast majority of the cars in the collections other than driving it around parking lots and private roads.
Hah! IMHO, I do believe that the turbo represents the best value in the 996 line-up presently and who knows when prices will shoot up.
I have a buddy that used to club race a 993 Turbo S. He was a very fast and skilled driver. Never got into an accident and never scraped the car in any way. All of a sudden, 993 Turbo S prices sky rocketed to nose bleed levels from rather low prices. When that happened, he stopped club racing, and restored the car. Now it's a collectible.
The truth is all the cars eternally parked in Ralph Lauren's sunken living room were built to be driven. You can park them in your living room, or in the Panda Express parking lot. Its a free country we can't be held hostage by Hagerty curves.
10-06-2021, 09:35 AM
