Buyer from the middle east
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About to pull the trigger on an under warranty 2007 Targa 4s Tip with 23,000km for $70k.
Car looks clean and have been told that it was carefully driven by a woman.
Options include:
PASM, Navigation, full leather, and electric seats. No sports chrono.
Question 1: I can find similar mileage/option '07 C2S Tip for about $65k with sports chrono. There won't be a depreciation with the Targa in the market here so i'm not worried about that. Which would you go for and why? I do not intend to track this car but normal street driving here is always aggressive.
Question 2: Any Targa owners living in hot climates? This will be my daily driver and don't want the 118F of average weather during summer to make me hate driving.
Thanks for reading.
Car looks clean and have been told that it was carefully driven by a woman.
Options include:
PASM, Navigation, full leather, and electric seats. No sports chrono.
Question 1: I can find similar mileage/option '07 C2S Tip for about $65k with sports chrono. There won't be a depreciation with the Targa in the market here so i'm not worried about that. Which would you go for and why? I do not intend to track this car but normal street driving here is always aggressive.
Question 2: Any Targa owners living in hot climates? This will be my daily driver and don't want the 118F of average weather during summer to make me hate driving.
Thanks for reading.
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I'm in Dubai and I would not own a Targa! Its just way too hot and the heat seems to bleed thru the windows.
I'd look for a coupe 4S...and a manual if you have time. I'll be daily driving mine and if you are worried about re-sale then you'd be smarter buying a Cab as they are in such high demand in the Middle East.
If its between those two I'd nab the C2S...
Good luck and PM me if you need a shipping company as the one I'm using I've used numerous times with great success and cheap!
I'd look for a coupe 4S...and a manual if you have time. I'll be daily driving mine and if you are worried about re-sale then you'd be smarter buying a Cab as they are in such high demand in the Middle East.
If its between those two I'd nab the C2S...
Good luck and PM me if you need a shipping company as the one I'm using I've used numerous times with great success and cheap!
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I'm in Dubai and I would not own a Targa! Its just way too hot and the heat seems to bleed thru the windows.
I'd look for a coupe 4S...and a manual if you have time. I'll be daily driving mine and if you are worried about re-sale then you'd be smarter buying a Cab as they are in such high demand in the Middle East.
If its between those two I'd nab the C2S...
Good luck and PM me if you need a shipping company as the one I'm using I've used numerous times with great success and cheap!
I'd look for a coupe 4S...and a manual if you have time. I'll be daily driving mine and if you are worried about re-sale then you'd be smarter buying a Cab as they are in such high demand in the Middle East.
If its between those two I'd nab the C2S...
Good luck and PM me if you need a shipping company as the one I'm using I've used numerous times with great success and cheap!
A removable roof panel is manageable if the design is like the old Targa. We had an NSX-T that was very entertaining with the top panel removed... about ten days every year. The rest of the time, it stayed fixed. The design of the current generation Targa is not like that at all. The ones we examined seemed more like a giant sunroof. It would be a pleasure in many climates, but not ours. And I don't think you'd enjoy it either.
So I endorse everything Cam said. Grab a coupe and hold out for a manual unless you see a PDK in your price range. Those two transmissions are the only ones I'd recommend to anyone planning vigorous driving. In our climate here, or yours, I'd be afraid the Tiptronic would overheat with that sort of driving. Maybe I'm being too conservative since I've never owned one. We'll see what Tip owners suggest.
Gary
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I'm not a price expert, but a few posts below yours is one about an '07 4s for $60k. It is also very loaded. In short, you should be able to either way get more car for $70k. BTW what is the gas price over there? I hear a gallon of water is more expensive!
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About to pull the trigger on an under warranty 2007 Targa 4s Tip with 23,000km for $70k.
Car looks clean and have been told that it was carefully driven by a woman.
Options include:
PASM, Navigation, full leather, and electric seats. No sports chrono.
Question 1: I can find similar mileage/option '07 C2S Tip for about $65k with sports chrono. There won't be a depreciation with the Targa in the market here so i'm not worried about that. Which would you go for and why? I do not intend to track this car but normal street driving here is always aggressive.
Question 2: Any Targa owners living in hot climates? This will be my daily driver and don't want the 118F of average weather during summer to make me hate driving.
Thanks for reading.
Car looks clean and have been told that it was carefully driven by a woman.
Options include:
PASM, Navigation, full leather, and electric seats. No sports chrono.
Question 1: I can find similar mileage/option '07 C2S Tip for about $65k with sports chrono. There won't be a depreciation with the Targa in the market here so i'm not worried about that. Which would you go for and why? I do not intend to track this car but normal street driving here is always aggressive.
Question 2: Any Targa owners living in hot climates? This will be my daily driver and don't want the 118F of average weather during summer to make me hate driving.
Thanks for reading.
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Dude, whoever is selling you a 2007 Targa Automatic Porsche for 70k is taking you for a ride. And a woman drove it? I would be even more nervous with that car.
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Thank you all for your responses. I've decided to move on past the Targa due to lack of SC and the lack of a good technician here for Targa roof tops.
Found a very clean 2007 C4S with 23,000 KM, SC, GT2 kit, turbo wheels for 3k less than the Targa. Currently negotiating the price down, hopefully this will materialize!
Found a very clean 2007 C4S with 23,000 KM, SC, GT2 kit, turbo wheels for 3k less than the Targa. Currently negotiating the price down, hopefully this will materialize!