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$15k!!!! What the heck happened? I spent $24.5k for mine 2 months ago that has a bunch of goodies so I feel like I paid market. I'm not gonna brag and say I got a great deal cuz I didn't. It was the exact car I wanted and I paid basically what the dealer was asking ("negotiated" $1500 off sticker) and hightailed it out of there (and haven't stopped grinning since).
I don't really buy that we are at the bottom of the depreciation curve. Though I don't have any data points to support my opinion I think the mere perception that this is "not a collector's car" will continue to dog the 996. This feeling makes the 996 somewhat of a bastion of elitist attitudes where folks seem to forget that all of cars share the bloodline and as well as the 3 lovely model digits found on all MYs. I'd consider myself lucky to get what I paid for it in a few yrs when I upgrade to a 997.2.
I think the mere perception that this is "not a collector's car" will continue to dog the 996. This feeling makes the 996 somewhat of a bastion of elitist attitudes where folks seem to forget that all of cars share the bloodline and as well as the 3 lovely model digits found on all MYs. I'd consider myself lucky to get what I paid for it in a few yrs when I upgrade to a 997.2.
A few things will happen as time goes by, however. Sure, they made a metric ***t ton of 996's. But they crash, and break, and get crushed into cubes, so there will be less of them. Supply will go down.
Also, think of the kid who was 8 or 9 years old when the first 996 came out, knocking his jaw to the ground. He/she is in their mid-twenties now, out of school, earning money...demand will go up.
I don't think they will ever achieve the collectibility of the air cooled models, but I do think they will creep up in value over the next decade.
AWD, are you the guy who wrote about your engine rebuild on Grassroots? Great thread. After reading it I decided to start saving more money before I buy. Hence this thread.
Hope you are enjoying your car now!