turboT Posted 29April, 2015 Report Share Posted 29April, 2015 Its been a while since I have looked at 996 prices. A 2004 996 tip was my first Porsche. Loved it. Owned it for 5 years and then on sold for about $75k with somewhere close to 50,000 kms. That was about 6 years ago. Just saw this ad for what is basically the same car. Its amazing to think you can own a car like this for 6 years, add 40,000kms and only be looking at just over $3000p/a in depreciation. That's pretty amazing value. http://www.carpoint.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=SSE-AD-3315202&Cr=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevMcRev Posted 29April, 2015 Report Share Posted 29April, 2015 Nice colour combo! Probably towards the top of the price bracket for a tip... They are great value cars. I think if you really just want to DRIVE a Porsche and enjoy it more than you want to play "how much will my aircooled car go up in the next 24hrs" or "how much will my new 991/997.2 Porsche depreciate in the next 24 months"...then these are hard to beat! Or look at it this way, 12 months depreciation on a new 911is pretty much a FREE 996! Buy one now at the bottom of the curve...in 10 years they'll be the next generations classic Porsche, and the "last of the real Porsches" before electronic driver aids took over! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJM Posted 29April, 2015 Report Share Posted 29April, 2015 go 996!! 993 GT2 recently sold US $1m. Happy to take US$500M for my 996GT2 today!! But seriously like Trev says a 996 is great buying for a great drive. Serious improvement in all areas over a 993 but much maligned by cracked egg headlights, ims, water cooling (novel idea!). No more rain gutters, better torsional rigidity, better crash performance and way cheaper. Get on board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveF Posted 29April, 2015 Report Share Posted 29April, 2015 As Tazzieman would say, "Rubbish cars" so no one will buy them. (I'm only saying that because I am looking for one and don't want the prices to start going up) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboT Posted 29April, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 29April, 2015 As Tazzieman would say, "Rubbish cars" so no one will buy them. (I'm only saying that because I am looking for one and don't want the prices to start going up) Anyone found him yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ByronBayChris Posted 29April, 2015 Report Share Posted 29April, 2015 Anyone found him yet? He's in the depths of NZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGB Posted 30April, 2015 Report Share Posted 30April, 2015 Buy one now at the bottom of the curve...in 10 years they'll be the next generations classic Porsche, and the "last of the real Porsches" before electronic driver aids took over! This is dreaming big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreamr Posted 30April, 2015 Report Share Posted 30April, 2015 This is dreaming big.Agreed ..... but so was $200k for a 993TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomo Posted 30April, 2015 Report Share Posted 30April, 2015 Yeah but with only just under 6000 993 TT world wide they are always going to be "Special" Were as with the 996 C2 with some 80,000 examples wordwide between 98 to 04 they might take a bit longer to get to that rare status, and prices should stay reasonable for a while with a bit of luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGB Posted 30April, 2015 Report Share Posted 30April, 2015 ...the 928 on the other hand.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboT Posted 30April, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 30April, 2015 Yeah but with only just under 6000 993 TT world wide they are always going to be "Special" Were as with the 996 C2 with some 80,000 examples wordwide between 98 to 04 they might take a bit longer to get to that rare status, and prices should stay reasonable for a while with a bit of luck quite a few 3.2's and sc built and look at their values..Putting aside the potential growth, I think the point is that you could drop $40-$50k on one of these now and as long as you looked after it, it would probably never devalue that much. Coming from the heady heights of taking 5 year leases out on ridiculously expensive new machinery this is a car lovers dream! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboT Posted 30April, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 30April, 2015 ...the 928 on the other hand....yep, something went wrong there..Magnus might eventually revive worldwide interest and we will be kicking ourselves that we didn't invest in that $8000 car from years ago car that is now worth $8250.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGB Posted 30April, 2015 Report Share Posted 30April, 2015 yep, something went wrong there..Magnus might eventually revive worldwide interest and we will be kicking ourselves that we didn't invest in that $8000 car from years ago car that is now worth $8250.. I 'invested' that in the first service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orion03 Posted 30April, 2015 Report Share Posted 30April, 2015 . Just saw this ad for what is basically the same car. That's asking price, what is the real sold price? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99TS3 Posted 30April, 2015 Report Share Posted 30April, 2015 No way will he get close to asking for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod C Posted 30April, 2015 Report Share Posted 30April, 2015 I have been following 996 prices closely for the past 2 years and what I have noticed is tip cabs seem to take a long time to sell if at all, coupes manuals sell quicker than the tips and 4s cars are moving real quick to point where one needs to consider for not much more coin you can get your butt into an early 997. A good example of a 4s 996 with a few extra factory fitted goodies is pretty much on parr with the early 997 and that also seems to be a factor in quick selling cars is all original with factory fitted options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevMcRev Posted 30April, 2015 Report Share Posted 30April, 2015 As Tazzieman would say, "Rubbish cars" so no one will buy them. (I'm only saying that because I am looking for one and don't want the prices to start going up) Haha, and i'm only telling everyone how great they are because I might want to sell mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevMcRev Posted 30April, 2015 Report Share Posted 30April, 2015 TrevMcRev, on 29 Apr 2005 said: Buy a 964 now at the bottom of the curve...in 10 years they'll be the next generations classic Porsche. KGB, for a laugh I've tweaked my quote above. Removed 996, inserted 964 and wound back the date of the comment 10 years. That comment would have been crazy talk then i'm sure... Back then they were not old enough to cool classics and not new enough to be modern and current. Stuck in no-mans land...at the bottom of the price curve. Even only 3-4 ( or less!) years ago it was all about the 993, the 964 was not on peoples radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGB Posted 30April, 2015 Report Share Posted 30April, 2015 *calendar reminder set; 1 May 2027* I'll find you... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99TS3 Posted 30April, 2015 Report Share Posted 30April, 2015 The numbers are against a huge rise for the 996 for a very long time. However I do agree that they are great motoring if you can get your hands on a reasonably priced manual Coupe. 964 62,172 built 993 69,528 built 996 175,262 built Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter M Posted 1May, 2015 Report Share Posted 1May, 2015 Interesting, I always thought there was huge gap in production numbers between 964's and 993's. Maybe there were significantly fewer 964's sold in Australia than 993's (892 in total I believe) and that's where I got that notion from. Good point about the 996 numbers. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiller Posted 1May, 2015 Report Share Posted 1May, 2015 With the 996 GT3s, GT2s and Turbos still at what I consider to be rock bottom, those cars will be the ones to go up out of the 996 family (and probably not for 10 years), before the 996 C2s make their way up IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevMcRev Posted 1May, 2015 Report Share Posted 1May, 2015 The numbers are against a huge rise for the 996 for a very long time. However I do agree that they are great motoring if you can get your hands on a reasonably priced manual Coupe. 964 62,172 built 993 69,528 built 996 175,262 built Yeah but subtract all the ones with IMS failure and they might be the rarest 911 of all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike737 Posted 1May, 2015 Report Share Posted 1May, 2015 The numbers are against a huge rise for the 996 for a very long time. However I do agree that they are great motoring if you can get your hands on a reasonably priced manual Coupe. 964 62,172 built 993 69,528 built 996 175,262 built You also need to break it down into generation 1 & 2 versions. There's a visual difference and slightly different engine which will have an effect. Am I correct in saying that it was the first 911 to have a facelift and engine size increase within the same model number? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turboT Posted 1May, 2015 Author Report Share Posted 1May, 2015 You also need to break it down into generation 1 & 2 versions. There's a visual difference and slightly different engine which will have an effect. Am I correct in saying that it was the first 911 to have a facelift and engine size increase within the same model number? they did this with the 997 aswell. Gen 2 997 is a much improved car. 930's had an engine change after the first three years, as did the 964 turbo and I am sure there are many other examples. Porsche seem to have a habit of releasing a 'new model' that infact uses the previous models bits, and then a few years later doing a Gen2. Clever way of expanding the life span of parts I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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