Marv

dems fancy pedals in your avitar!

jfabes

I think you need to be careful here. Oh, btw, yes, I am a newbie here Most people "expect" certain things in an $80k+ car. Few peeps buy these cars "just" for the driving experience. If that were the case, there would be way more base cars. I think that if you get a car that is barely equipped, yes, you will pay less now and get less for it down the road. The downside to that is that you will be targeting a more select audience that doesn't care about options. And there aren't many. In turn, that means that you *may* end up selling the car for LESS than its true value due to a niche market.

By no means am I suggesting dropping $20k on options like the aero kit and the x-51 - even though those are both bad-a$$ options. But, I think things like xenon's are must have's. To me, its not silly, its rediculous to spend that much on a car and not have those.

I had a 97 Boxster and swapped out the halogen's for the Litronics and it was a world of difference. I hadn't had halogen's in a car since then until I bought my daily driver two months ago - an '06 VW Rabbit - and compared to xenon's I've had in my MB's, Audi's, BMW's and Porsche's I've owned, halogens are the worst lighting EVER.

My response to people who say that their halogen's put out more light on the road than Xenon's.....go get your xenon's aligned. That's an outrageous claim.... like saying that you invented the question mark. As a highly educated Engineer......I have to say "prove it to me".

Dave I

Speaking of lightly-optioned C2S's, here's one that would sticker for less than $83.5k, if anyone's interested...if they were aggressively discounting it too, it would be nice.

http://champion.porschedealer.com/ne...ntoryid=246743

Putt-Putt

A real-smart buy would be a non-S carrera, with no options (or just a few) and 4-5k off sticker. That's a brand new fast Porsche that you could love with a full warranty for around $66 or $67k. Great buy.

krC2S

what about a "sport pack" : sports chrono, sports seats, sport design wheels

nice and cheap

i later couldn't resist and got PSE

tim martin

o.k. ill play...zenons and power seats... thats it...oh its a "lowly" 3.6 non s.....got 3 k off last year when cars were scarce....goes fast and pulls great for me. 130+ last weekend heading up to monterey (open road, no cars). :0

discoganya

Sticker = 72,400 - discount (5000) = 67,400 + delivery (600) = 68,000 + tax (8.75%) = 74,000.

That's the least you can get one for. Is 5K discount a reasonable amount?

lazlo9

ALL I GOT WAS Xenon's, bose, arctic silver and my big luxury... power seats... which in my opinion are not needed.

mglobe

I've got a non-S 997 with:

Xenons
Sport Chrono
Sport Shifter
Color wheel creasts

I could easily drop the Chrono, but none of the rest. Don't see any need for power seats, as I'm virtually the only driver. LOVE the Sport Shifter.

Paul SLC

Sport seats, sport chrono, mats, and silver paint, that's it.
Love it.

Putt-Putt

True.. I was talking pretax, which is how it's usually discussed. But I hear you, sales taxes suck. Fortunately, I paid no sales tax on my car since it was preowned, private-party. Sticker 99K, I paid 89K plus the registration fee.

jfabes

Okay, I'll bite....how do you buy a car w/o paying the sales tax? i've lived in several different states and bought several used cars and have never seen a loop-hole out of this one. pre-owned, new, whatever. even if buying from a private party you need the title and registration to go get plates. so, please tell me how you got out of this one....is it not TT&L for a reason???

Vancouver83LTD

Well in Canada anyways, you will save GST if you purchase a used car anywhere. PST (Provincial Sales Tax) will still apply on a used vehicle at a dealership. However, if you purchase the vehicle used from an individual - the previous owner himself - you pay no sales tax whatsoever.

Make sense?

I don't know if that's exactly how it works down south, but I suspect it likely is.

Sands

I wasn't really sure about including my Rennline pedals, Marv. I took "options" to mean anything you could check off on the Porsche order form. I also have the V1 radar detector, which I put in the same category. Once you get past the Porsche factory options, you're into "customizing."

Putt-Putt

Arizona. If you buy preowned from a private-party - no sales tax. If you buy preowned from a dealer - you pay sales tax.