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Signal Yellow is definitely my favourite.... aka Mango. Nice car - $$$. (Just to be clear I'm not bidding on it!)

Now there is one for you @Yeatesy- correct colour too

Saw that the other week, gotta say I like the colour, slate grey!

Nice SC at Richmonds https://richmonds.com.au/portfolio/1978-porsche-911sc-coupe-manual-2/

Great question... Depends on what model your heart is set on and how much you can part with without impacting the other important things in your life. In my case, I had set myself the target of buying my first Porsche by the age of 35 as I wanted to track it before I was going through a midlife crisis 😁😁 What's worse was that my heart was set on a GT3. Everything fell into place after a moment of clarity in my mid 20s when I purchased an investment property with the expressed purpose of flipping it for my dream car once paid off. A genius move for saving the funds quickly (with capital gains), a silly move financially once flipped (cars depreciate) 😁 The 13 years of memories, ownership experience and friendships are irreplaceable and worth every cent spent. Until the next midlife crisis for me!...

My goodness this is sexy in person, they have fixed ugly headlights, infotainment. 30mm wider with big 325mm in back now. Only downside I see is depreciation, they are second to EV.. historically. Anyone with previous ownership experience?

Many of them have been listed for ages. = overpriced. When they are well priced they can sell in a couple of days. There was a Porsche approved Boxster S (pdk) that seems to have sold recently around $85k. IMO the porsche warranty definitely counts for something towards that figure. For a base model perhaps $75k is realistic for a well sorted example assuming average kms. Given the type of car (weekender), it looks like many have pretty low kms, but that doesn't seem to help as much as it would for a 911 coupe. Presumably there is less collector interest in this model, as seems to be the case for 911 convertibles too. The sports exhaust can be retrofit as can the sports mode button. With the latter you don't get the chrono dashboard thing but you do get the other functionality of the sports mode. It's only a matter of time until people are switching from the EV models to 718 for aural reasons.

I bought my 87 G50 at 34 on the very day my first daughter was born (3 daughters now), 16 years ago. I was literally on the phone from in the hospital room finalising negotiations haha. I scoured Australia and bought the very best I could find. I thought what the hell, you only live once - well 3 times in my case. Glad I got in 16 years ago. An 88 928S4 has been and gone since then (awesome cruiser) but never selling my 87 Carrera.

Well I f..ked that up on both points! 😅

I’ve pined for a porker since I was about 7. Set a goal to get my first by age 30, but passed on an SC at 28 and bought a new WRX STi instead. Over the next 8 years one halved in value, the other tripled, leaving me to jump on a 996 at 36 as a bit of a consolation Porsche. I no longer have the 996, but a family-hauling Porsche instead. My craving won’t be satisfied until I have a G-series in the garage.

This for me has been the unexpected... I've found myself in some real pinch yourself moments thinking to myself "how the F&^% did I end up here again?" A real conduit to some life experiences if you let it be!

Did you find a 987?

bit like a cool Freemason gang

Just coming at this from a different angle with a theory that owning an expensive, desirable marque can potentially lead to a couple of things: 1) It keeps one motivated to do well in life in order to keep your pride and joy in commission (or add others if you so wish). 2) It puts you in touch with successful individuals from whom you might be able to learn a thing or two in order to further your career, business, income, wealth etc just by means of gaining a perspective that you might not have access to in other circles. Certainly not an intentional reason to go into Porsche ownership but they’re a couple of organic ideas to ponder. This is obviously a financial type discussion so I won’t even mention the friends you make along the way.

Health scares tend to drag things into focus too. Had surgery to remove some skin cancer at 32 and then a child hot on the back of that that I thought we would lose for 18 months. Those two things jolted my brain into realising that my 'I need to have x before I do y' life plan was pretty stupid. Enjoy it now because tomorrow is promised to noone.

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Hi Miffy, we upgraded to the 718 from the 987 last year and fortunately found a very low milage (12k) example with a heap of extras fitted, over $28,000 at new price. Have continued to watch the market and there is not very much turnover, but asking prices have remained the same for at least 18 months. Added extras don't seem to reflect in the second hand price which is a significant bonus for those buying used. Was initially concerned about the perception of feel and sound, but can only say we are thrilled with our car which has both the sports exhaust and chrono options. The gutteral sound this thing makes soon resolves any concerns and even though it is the 2.0 it has plenty of poke and pull and for road use we can easily keep up with our local Porsche club drives. Haven't driven the "S" but they don't seem to comand a significant premium over the base model from what I can see. We purchased from Duttons Melbourne and negotiated a $4K discount and new tyres from the asking price, If you are after a low mileage 718 example I would expect between $105~120K, but bear in mind what I said about the options it is fitted with (chrono and sports exhaust are a must). Look at the specs for the 981 vs 718 (both non "S):- Power 195Kw vs 220Kw Torque 280Nm vs 380Nm The 981S for comparison is:- Power 232Kw Torque 360Nm

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Hi everyone, I need some advice on the safest jacking point underneath the car, using a trolley jack, to lift the rear of the car, to allow for jackstands at the rear jacking points. I would appreciate all advice, kind regards Norman