Where Did The 911s Go?

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by Jim Richards

I agree....Denis IS old

[Racerbvd]

This pulled up just as I was leaving from dinner.

[ramonesfreak]

was out for a drive yesterday and ran into a 928s and its owner in the grocery store parking lot. that doesnt happen often...not a 911 but an old porsche in good working order...the owner said he was the chairman of the local PCA. maybe it was a sign.......

[Daves911L]

Originally Posted by ramonesfreak

was out for a drive yesterday and ran into a 928s and its owner

I hope he's Ok, and the damage wasn too bad

[piscator]

ba dum bump -- rim shot +1

[ramonesfreak]

Ha very good!

[black_falcon]

10 yrs ago my local craigslist had 3-4 decent air-cooled's listed at any given moment. Took it for granted, like everyone else. Beautiful mid-mileage SC's and Carreras with tails, sport seats and rare colors for 12k-15k all day long. I remember looking at a 82 Targa in 2011 that needed a top end w/ had higher mileage, but clean otherwise, that the seller couldn't give away, think the price was finally slashed to 7 or 8k before it sold after months on the market.

Then around late 2012/2013 the frenzy hit. I was scouring nationwide craigslist calling on any reasonable SC or Carrera. All sold within the hour or had people stacked to see it. People were just going nuclear trying to get their hands on them.

Now, we might get a couple per year, but they are usually nothing you'd want to own and/or not priced realistically. Haven't seen an honest 911SC being sold by some friendly long term owner for a fair price in...??

Were a weekly sight on the roads as well but are no more. Literally, over the period of a couple years they vanished. It's been the same dozen cars at cars & coffee but nothing new. My Indy sells cars on the side and was sending just about every 911, 914, 928 over to Europe during the storm.

[racer]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

This pulled up just as I was leaving from dinner.

Maybe its my old eyes, but do I see 7" front and 6" rear wheels? Ugh...

[ramonesfreak]

Same here. Got mine in 07 for 13k from Craigslist. Car was 5 miles from me. Had no PPI, cracked tires and stalled 5 times driving home but after refreshing a few things and driving it, car drives perfectly and I wouldn’t part with it for any money unless I could get a nice long hood....in my records is the add from Sloan where PO got it in 2000 and it was listed for 20k then.....so PO presumably lost 7k and few parts he installed like a new antenna

In 12 years I’ve probably put less than 5k into it making it better. These are amazing cars

Originally Posted by black_falcon

10 yrs ago my local craigslist had 3-4 decent air-cooled's listed at any given moment. Took it for granted, like everyone else. Beautiful mid-mileage SC's and Carreras with tails, sport seats and rare colors for 12k-15k all day long. I remember looking at a 82 Targa in 2011 that needed a top end w/ had higher mileage, but clean otherwise, that the seller couldn't give away, think the price was finally slashed to 7 or 8k before it sold after months on the market.

Then around late 2012/2013 the frenzy hit. I was scouring nationwide craigslist calling on any reasonable SC or Carrera. All sold within the hour or had people stacked to see it. People were just going nuclear trying to get their hands on them.

Now, we might get a couple per year, but they are usually nothing you'd want to own and/or not priced realistically. Haven't seen an honest 911SC being sold by some friendly long term owner for a fair price in...??

Were a weekly sight on the roads as well but are no more. Literally, over the period of a couple years they vanished. It's been the same dozen cars at cars & coffee but nothing new. My Indy sells cars on the side and was sending just about every 911, 914, 928 over to Europe during the storm.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by KC911

I agree....Denis IS old

Not in that crowd. When I want to feel young, I go to a Porsche event.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by speeder

Not in that crowd. When I want to feel young, I go to a Porsche event.

One of the great things about PCA Porsche Parade is the wide range of cars and people. For sure more than a few grey hairs, but lots of younger folks, with the kids. So many kids they have entire events designed to keep the kids occupied while the parents are off playing in the Porsche. Many kids have been going to Parade all their life.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by racer

Maybe its my old eyes, but do I see 7" front and 6" rear wheels? Ugh...

I think it's the lighting on the spokes/paddles. They look the same to me.

Not too many 911's out around here either these days. It's gotten to the point where one really notices if one is sighted.

[thamlin000]

Originally Posted by racer

Maybe its my old eyes, but do I see 7" front and 6" rear wheels? Ugh...

I think I see 7” 951 Fuchs on the rear. 7” 911 Fuchs up front.

[racer]

Originally Posted by thamlin000

I think I see 7” 951 Fuchs on the rear. 7” 911 Fuchs up front.

I thought about the 951 7s on the rear.. but then i thought, nah.. they "rotated" the tires at the local tire shop when the new "roadhandlers" were installed and no one noticed.

Having run both 911 and 951 fuchs I know what you mean... but imho, you want the "deeper dish" wheel on the rear for aesthetics at minimum.

Anyway, at least it was out being used!

[93nav]

Saw a 1993 928 GTS 5 speed about a week ago.

There are currently 4 or 5 pre 1990's 911's for sale in the local Craigslist. Except for in the winter, seems I see about one new pre 1990's for sale per month on local CL. This is in Minnesota.

Plus, there are some CHEAP newer 911's (yr 2000 +/-).

[Seahawk]

I have an '82 Targa sitting in one of my barns, on a trailer no less - no foreshadowing, I promise.

911's have driven me nuts since the first time a drove in one; a mixture of competence, visuals and sound...all these years later the sound remains the same.

My son wants to get it back to road with some purpose when he finishes law school. Until then, I'll checkbook the brakes and fuel lines and drive it.

I need the trailer.

[tcar]

Originally Posted by racer

Maybe its my old eyes, but do I see 7" front and 6" rear wheels? Ugh...

Agree....you're right.

[DWBOX2000]

If I bought an SC or Carrera for say $10k, (and that was a financial stretch) and the price suddenly quadruples, I would probably be afraid to drive it too. Suddenly you have something that you probably couldn't afford in current markets and can't replace if you crack it up. It really sucks the fun out of something when your afraid to use it. Also, For some this bubble put a lot of people in the situation of having a >$40k car that there was zero chance their significant other would have agreed to if it cost that much when they bought. Suddenly you have something expensive and you don't want to risk losing it. You crash it and your likely ending up in the 996/Boxster world (Proud 2000 Boxster S owner) which makes you just like anyone else.

I did a road trip recently with my buddy that has a 79 Trans Am. He loves that car. Everywhere we went he worried about parking to the point that we couldn't stop in certain places because he was afraid it would get scratched. I totally get it but it does really take away from enjoying the car if your worried about devaluing it.

Whatever floats your boat I guess.

[Embraer]

I sold my Ferrari a couple of years ago, for that very reason. As the value goes up, the fun factor goes down.

[ramonesfreak]

I would rather drive a $50k car I paid $15k for than a $50k car I paid $50k for

If the car’s value went so high as to be unaffordable to insure, like a 60s Ferrari, then that would be an issue for me