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I don't know. Yes it's a cab but it's a museum quality cab in a particularly nice color combo. The one at Miller flew off the shelf at 90k in less than one day. I thought it'd go for 100k or thereabout
Well with buyer’s premium added in the price exceeded the Miller car.
We have seen quite a few museum quality 996TTs come up short of $100k. I am
guessing $100k is a significant mental threshold.
The air cooled S and unicorn colors have broken well past $100K, but the base models seem stuck in the $70K-$80’s like the 6TT. It won’t be long though. The low mileage base examples will go first, and then the mental barrier fades away.
Originally Posted by rick brooklyn
Meaning you think they'll break past 100k? Or they'll come back down?
964 & 993 NA are up against the same barrier right now too. None for very long
I haven’t watched this thread in a while. Last time I was here I think $65k would get you any 996TT (x50, rare color, etc.). Good to see these cars finding a market they deserve.
As a former 996 GT2 owner, along with over a dozen 911’s going back to the 930, I’ll be curious to see where prices go in the next 5-10 years for the 996. Other than the TT, GT2, and GT3, which all have serious performance, the rest are rather nondescript with none of the build quality or character of the 993 and prior cars IMO. I can’t even get excited by a 997, which is a far better car in every aspect.
My weekend car is now a 993 (the 3rd one I’ve owned) converted to RS specs. I’d only trade it for a 964 TT or RS, which will never happen given current prices. But my guess is the air cooled cars will continue to appreciate more than their successors. It’s a matter of shorter supply and a certain personality that nothing that came after quite captures.
My current 993 might as well be a Yugo compared to the performance of the 996 GT2. But it just has a feel and character - everything from the upright seating position, the steering feel and feedback, the dash with those old metal gauges, the bank-vault sound when the door closes, the smell of the heater, the sound of the air cooled engine and intake, the total analog experience and feeling of quality and the evolution of 911 history in every aspect…..priceless.
Having said all that, I sure wish I’d bought a used 996TT tiptronic for a daily driver when they were cheap.
I miss the historic aura of the legacy 911 too. Porsche abandoned provenance for performance with 996, and almost everything was lost but numbers. Round headlights didn't bring it back either. Gone.
Originally Posted by palladio
I haven’t watched this thread in a while. Last time I was here I think $65k would get you any 996TT (x50, rare color, etc.). Good to see these cars finding a market they deserve.
As a former 996 GT2 owner, along with over a dozen 911’s going back to the 930, I’ll be curious to see where prices go in the next 5-10 years for the 996. Other than the TT, GT2, and GT3, which all have serious performance, the rest are rather nondescript with none of the build quality or character of the 993 and prior cars IMO. I can’t even get excited by a 997, which is a far better car in every aspect.
My weekend car is now a 993 (the 3rd one I’ve owned) converted to RS specs. I’d only trade it for a 964 TT or RS, which will never happen given current prices. But my guess is the air cooled cars will continue to appreciate more than their successors. It’s a matter of shorter supply and a certain personality that nothing that came after quite captures.
My current 993 might as well be a Yugo compared to the performance of the 996 GT2. But it just has a feel and character - everything from the upright seating position, the steering feel and feedback, the dash with those old metal gauges, the bank-vault sound when the door closes, the smell of the heater, the sound of the air cooled engine and intake, the total analog experience and feeling of quality and the evolution of 911 history in every aspect…..priceless.
Having said all that, I sure wish I’d bought a used 996TT tiptronic for a daily driver when they were cheap.
To be honest, for me the whole air cooled experience thing is way overrated. I have owned a few air cooled 911s in the past but since I bought and sorted my 996TT I would never go back to an air cooled car. There is just no comparison for me. The water cooled cars are just better in every way. The only thing I miss is the "chunk" of the air cooled door, but that is it. Just my 2 cents.
Last edited by Carlo_Carrera; 08-17-2021 at 04:53 PM.
And in the beginning it was the motor that crossed the finish line at LeMans first (and second) Overall in a 911 ever. Sometimes I just listen to it idle and rev and think: that is exactly what they heard at LeMans. Only louder
$80K for Rennbow.org 4-Paint Cans: “Dark Teal Metallic” (Lago Green), looks a lot like my old Amazon Green 964. Totally gorgeous, and so much nicer than black + aluminum, beige + wood int too!!!
08-14-2021, 10:24 AM
