DRG13

Might want to check the US dollar vs. Canadian...that logic makes no sense except for a short period in mid 2007..it would be more expensive for canadians, not cheaper...maybe cheaper for the rest of the world besides canada and south america...lol

fryd

No, he's right. HUGE differences in new and used prices for the same vehicle between Canada and the US. Some mnftr's (Porsche, BMW, Merc, etc.) have started to cut Canadian prices to get closer to lower US prices, but there is still a big gap. Used is the same. Even Canadian dealers are bringing up US cars to sell them here (if you can't beat 'em, join 'em!)..

Example: 2008 Turbo Cab - List price in Canada is $C 171k; List price in the US is $US 136.5k. Last time I checked USD=CAD roughly, so that's a huge difference.

DRG13

Makes sense, my statement was comparing apples to apples based on same msrp or pricing, I didn't realize there was such a msrp discrepancy between the two countries..I know lots of foreigners are buying up our cheap real estate because of falling markets and their strong $ compared to the US $..

sechsgang

I am JUST about to purchase a cobalt blue 996...but it aint 94k...It will probably be right arund 77-79 WITH CPO...and its only got 6k miles...

P.J.S.

I bought my 996 3 a year ago from a US dealer that is 30 minutes from the Canadian border... when I was negotiating the price... they said that for my initial offer, they could sell it for more to a Canadian dealer...

I asked if they did a brisk business with Canadians -- yes was the reply... Canadian individuals and Canadian delaerships... in fact that is why they did not have a lot of used cars... Canadians and Canadian dealers were buying them up at retail US pricing.

I asked how this benefitted their service department since they were shipping their service base out of their territory... he said it does not help at all but they also sell Audis and Jeeps... they are pretty remote (Roger Jobs Porsche in Bellingham, WA).

In fact my salesman was juggling the paperwork from my deal for a 996 3 and a Canadian fellows paperwork for a 996 TT X50 at the same time... both cars were there for less than 2 weeks.

Blondurant

That's what I offered them for that very car. They declined. A friend of mine offered $87,900 a short time after that but I guess they passed on that as well. My salesman told me another salesman had a client with an offer of $95k on the table. I told him that guy had more money than sense. The exhaust on the car is pretty awesome. Definitely the best pre-owned car that I've ever seen. I'm with CJ - cobalt rocks.

Leigh2

I recently purchased a 2005 996GT3 from a US dealer with 18k miles and CPO for just under 74k. Full leather, litronics, deviated stitching etc so nicely optioned. As a Canadian it's very nice to finally have an on-par dollar although we still have 6.1% duty plus 5% GST when it crosses the border. At the time of purchase I could only find 3 996 GT3s for sale in Canada all of which were priced far higher than this Cobalt Blue GT3.....I agree that Cobalt rocks; especially on Caymans!

sechsgang

fwiw, the 2004 cobalt gt3 that Im picking up with just 6k miles was 78...so ya, that 95k offer is completely insane...

Scott 1996 993c2

That car is simply HAWT! The cobalt rocks ... (almost as much as the carrara white) ... and I bet if they can afford to hold out ... they will find someone willing to part with 94 large.

Scott

Crazy Canuck

Dollar has been roughly par for a year.

My GT3 was from Wisconsin via a broker from Chicago. $79.5K w/980 miles on it bought in July of '07.

67FJ45

FWIW, blue book is just under $80k for that car (assuming perfect condition at that mileage and CPO).

WHB Porsche

Considering I can get a 997 GT3 in the same color for $30k more... I'll pass.

Vivek

I initially offered $80k for that car and then went up to $85k and they still shut me down. Besides the color, it's not heavily optioned. The original MSRP was $112K, I think my offer was fairly strong considering the thing will be out of warranty soon and it's 4 years old. Oh well, I'm sure somebody will buy it...but man, that's expensive. I've since found another one with the same miles, $28k extra in factroy options for over $10k less! They are definitely in GT2 territory with their pricing.