Carlo_Carrera

It really made no sense then for you to sell yours.

my04996tt

With thousands of turbos built, I think it's wishful thinking to call them collectible. The exception being a few limited models. While values are rising for the lucky folks that have them (especially low mileage factory originals) I think it has to do due to the time factor. Of the million mustangs built most weren't anything special, exceptions k-codes, shelbys,etc. Having bought mine less then a year ago, am very happy it's appreciating, unlike most of my cars. Makes me smile even when not driving it.

FRUNKenstein

I'm no English major, but apparently both spellings are correct, with the "i" spelling occurring twice as often as the "a" spelling, according to grammarist.com:

http://grammarist.com/spelling/colle...s-collectable/

rmc1148

I am happy I sold as while a very nice car it wasn't 100% of what I wanted long term. As far as prices going up or down its not a concern for me financially= thankfully. I will buy another when the right car come up.

Carlo_Carrera

There were around 16,000 total 996TT made world wide. They built almost the same number of K-code first gen Mustangs. How will 996TT not be collectible when other cars made in much greater numbers by less prestigious manufacturers are now bonafide collectible? All 996TT will be collectible in twenty years.

Carlo_Carrera

Sure.

Carlo_Carrera

It is tricky. I have always gone with collectable as an adjective and collectible as an adverb, but I think going forward I will just use collectible for everything.

rmc1148

Somethings are the same lol. I will get another when the right car is available. The two items I want are Aero,no sunroof and with lower miles , black interior and x50 are a little negotiable. Any color but red-white or yellow.

Carlo_Carrera

Sure.

rmc1148

Sure is the correct answer..

ScottKelly911

Nope. Lobster Forks came on the Carrera. Similar how some people call the 996TT Headlights the Fried Eggs even though, they're not. The Fried Eggs were the '99-'01 Carrera (shared with the Boxster). in '02, they went to the Turbo headlights. Funny thing is that everyone hated the Fried Eggs, but it wasn't because they were bad looking (they actually looked decent with the clear turn signal lenses) people hated them because they didn't want their $80,000 dollar car looking exactly the same as the $40,000 car from the front. But when the Turbo debuted in '00 and came out in '01, most people LOVED the Turbo headlights. Only the Purists (who still didn't want to admit that Watercooling was a move forward) lamented about the lack of round headlights.

I agree with what you're saying here, but the thing is, you don't buy cars in todays market with tomorrow's market prices. Today, yes they're appreciating, but they haven't reached "collector" car status yet. These days they're considered an appreciating asset as they're a lot of car for the money. So they've got a great $ to performance envelope which make them good usable cars to actually DRIVE. I agree with you that in 20 years, they're going to be collectable/collectible/collektibal? lol They've got a lot going for them to head that direction. That being said, This is 2017, not 2037. So I think while for years they may have been under valued, the cars that are in the $70K+ range in my opinion are WAY off base, even with low miles with maybe only a couple of exceptions of cars that have been put away as time capsules.

autobonrun

As is so often the case in these discussions, people are confusing collectible with desirable. They are two totally different markets with two totally different groups of buyers; yet I only see the term collectible used. Either category can see price fluctuations. You don't have to wait 20 years for a car to be desirable. And, as long as the number of people that desire an asset exceed those that are selling the asset at any given time, the price will increase. For some, desirability is driven by market press and hype. A few years ago, the hype for the 996TT wasn't there, now it is and it's drawing in new buyers and we're seeing the result in pricing. Doesn't mean it can't go the other direction in a year.

For me a highly optioned 50k-75k mile TT in PTS would be highly desirable because I could drive it. On the other hand, if I wanted to speculate on collectability, I would get a fully optioned 2k-5k mile TTS in an unusual PTS color then put it away; just driving enough to keep it maintained. At least for the TTS coupe in the US, we're talking about 185 produced, not the 16k total figure that gets tossed around. Eventually production numbers do impact collectability.

However, discussing whether the 996TT will become collectible is like discussing stock prices in 20 years; who knows. Desirability is immediately obvious.

Carlo_Carrera

It sure is.

rmc1148

I'm happy to see once again we agree Carlo. I have found a black low mile car with most of what I want but the interior is off and it has mods, price is great. Building another garage at my house so I can store another car or two here instead of 50 miles away= would like to wait until its finished.

Carlo_Carrera

Sure.