shotor

^^^ This man speaks the truth!

TRAKCAR

+2

tcsracing1

With $60k budget and the idea of the car maintaining value in the next 5 years you would be best to score a 964 or 993.

usctrojanGT3

+1 I have never understood the rationale to buy cars for investment purposes. I buy all my cars to DRIVE. In my mind, I view them as depreciating assets. However, if I happen to own car/s that do appreciate or hold their value then I consider myself lucky and it's just whipped cream on top of the sundae. Sunk carrying costs such as insurance, registration, and/or storage can add up and then of course you have time value of money and opportunity costs of other investments. But what do I know, I'm just a lowly bean counter and a Porsche semi-newbie.

ilko

If you want a fun car for $60K, buy a well-sorted narrow body 993. It provides the best air-cooled experience. You won't lose money if you ever you decide to part with it.

jvmax

ship has sailed on the 996GT3, $70k is the bottom for a clean 40k-50k mileage one. 30k mile and under $80k and up. There are just not any for sale, roughly 1,000 units for the us market 2004-2005.

993 narrow body or 964 coupe 2 or 4.

aircooled porsches, GT2, GT3, GT3 RS, Turbo, CGT seem to be the hot ones. nice 996 are even climbing and they are the best value (non GT cars that is)

jvmax

sorry, none of mine are for sale except the 991 50th and Ford GT

JuanCarpantier

How about a Gen 1 Boxster Spyder?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Porsche-Boxs...m=141712147548

NAM VET

A Donzi, not a car.

All the best...

Reid55

996 Turbo (with X50 if you can get it). They seemed to have bottomed out. Rocket ship, highly modifiable, very dependable.

Tacet-Conundrum

I was surprised to this fact when I was just farting around and pring 964s and such.

I was going to say the 996 GT3 too. I don't know if it will appreciate in value, within 5 years, but it's your best bet for the 996 model. And will more than likely become one of those ugly duckling cars that won't appreciate until there has been a mass market consensus to the fact - as in a lot of the older Ferrari Models(250's,275's and Quad Cam V12's).

I feel someday people will appreciate the 996 GT3 for what it is, the more or less most stripped down version of the GT3s lacking the driving nannies.

Besides, if you ever get the hankering you can do the Sharkwerks 3.9L modification on it. But since most examples have been driven a lot they might suggest a bottom end rebuild if needed.

Personally I have been looking at the V10 M5s with Manual transmission. And one thing is for certain... Mercedes, BMWs and Audi's don't hold their value like a Porsche does.

CosmosMpower

Where are you guys finding clean 997.1 turbo 6MT's for 60K? I'd take one for 60!

Quadcammer

They aren't.

I just bought a 2008 with 50k miles for 58.5, but it definitely needed some work.

Tacet-Conundrum

For an 997.1 Manual with low miles, under 20K to even around 5K (Sunday driver) you're looking at "AROUND"(!!!) anywhere from ~$75K to ~$90K+. That is depending on Mileage, already mentioned, and relovent Options.

But you can get lucky for $60K on an 997.1TT. Prepurchase inspection is a must and never use someone to inspect a car that a dealer or seller has suggested. The whole point is you are getting a completely independent inspection but everyone here probably knew that already.

mooty

i stopped deriving it last weekend. 19 hours detail, sent mia under the car to scrub the belly pan and max on wheel well.

investment in cars? haha
if htat's the case, i htink i would rank ahead of buffet on forbes by now.