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Shaun @ Tru6 02-07-2020 06:21 AM

Bubble still going strong
 
1986 Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe

Special cars are still commanding a serious premium. I have to admit I'm a little surprised by the length of the bubble.

ckelly78z 02-07-2020 06:24 AM

I had a poster of a very similar car on my bedroom wall, in high school. I STILL can't afford it !

nb6179505 02-07-2020 06:32 AM

BAT bubble!

When is my 84 going to sell for 300k? I mean the normal 32k mile 70s Datsun z can fetch that...

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tdw28210 02-07-2020 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by nb6179505 (Post 10744778)
BAT bubble!

When is my 84 going to sell for 300k? I mean the normal 32k mile 70s Datsun z can fetch that...

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That was a Gen 1 240z with super low miles, but yeah..$300k is crazy. Probably going to a collection to never be seen again.

But a Guards Red 911 with a 915, even with only 42k mile for $60k seems "bubbly" - to Shaun's point.

Shaun @ Tru6 02-07-2020 07:08 AM

I'm going through last few days of email now.

Another one. Low "high" miles. special color. Great shape. But over $10K more than I would have guessed given the mileage.

Granite Green 1988 Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe

onewhippedpuppy 02-07-2020 07:10 AM

Damn. A nice Carrera but nothing remarkable about that particular car. Crazy money for what it is.

RWebb 02-07-2020 11:39 AM

Double, double
Toil and trouble
Fire smoke and car price bubble

GH85Carrera 02-07-2020 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy (Post 10744814)
Damn. A nice Carrera but nothing remarkable about that particular car. Crazy money for what it is.

Hush you!

I want the price to stay high, and keep going up. I don't intend to sell my 85 Carrera until I can't get in and out of it. But I want the price to keep going up. Then I will get the Taycan SUV that will be out by then, with total autonomous driving in normal mode or in the curvy roads I can put in in Walter Röhrl mode and have a real thrill.

aigel 02-07-2020 11:58 AM

Guards red ... is it en vogue again?

That's crazy money - 964 / 993 territory or new mid engine corvette! :)

G

onewhippedpuppy 02-07-2020 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera (Post 10745165)
Hush you!

I want the price to stay high, and keep going up. I don't intend to sell my 85 Carrera until I can't get in and out of it. But I want the price to keep going up. Then I will get the Taycan SUV that will be out by then, with total autonomous driving in normal mode or in the curvy roads I can put in in Walter Röhrl mode and have a real thrill.

Noooooo! I have to admit that I'm perpetually hoping prices will eventually decline so I can get a Carrera or SC to just drive and enjoy. But once they get much past $30k the cost/benefit math starts to get really fuzzy. Like Shaun, I really expected things to normalize a little more by now.

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Originally Posted by aigel (Post 10745174)
Guards red ... is it en vogue again?

That's crazy money - 964 / 993 territory or new mid engine corvette! :)

G

Most cliche Porsche color ever. Especially in the 1980s.

Dude, you need to look at 964 and 993 prices. That money barely buys you a tiptronic 964 cab.

speeder 02-07-2020 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Shaun @ Tru6 (Post 10744813)
I'm going through last few days of email now.

Another one. Low "high" miles. special color. Great shape. But over $10K more than I would have guessed given the mileage.

Granite Green 1988 Porsche 911 Carrera Coupe

This was about $20k high for this car, IMO. And that is factoring in the run-up in prices...it was a $17k car a few short years ago. :eek:

The '86 was about $15k high but that's BaT, these days.

sugarwood 02-08-2020 03:40 AM

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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy (Post 10744814)
Damn. A nice Carrera but nothing remarkable about that particular car. .

Granite Green is rare as hen's teeth. It is worth a 5-figure premium.
The red car has unicorn miles. Anything under 50k miles will bring a 50-100% premium.

onewhippedpuppy 02-08-2020 06:13 AM

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Originally Posted by sugarwood (Post 10745760)
Granite Green is rare as hen's teeth. It is worth a 5-figure premium.
The red car has unicorn miles. Anything under 50k miles will bring a 50-100% premium.

I was talking about the Guards Red one. And I would hesitate to pay a premium for low mileage on any car that can be rolled back with a cordless drill. Hope it’s well documented.

911boost 02-08-2020 07:44 AM

That’s the thing Matt, it said TMU, so I agree about the premium....

onewhippedpuppy 02-08-2020 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by 911boost (Post 10745938)
That’s the thing Matt, it said TMU, so I agree about the premium....

Basically every old car should be considered TMU unless they have awesome documentation.

Noah930 02-08-2020 09:50 AM

I suppose that's one benefit of smogging every two years here in Kalifornia. Makes it more challenging to cheat on mileage. I just bought a car with a broken odo. But I had faith that this was a recent event and that the mileage on the odo was fairly accurate because I knew the seller/family well, and I could see the progression of miles (or lack thereof in this case) through smog records.

svandamme 02-08-2020 11:03 AM

those headlights on a 3.2 Carrera??? I thought those went out long before the 3.2's??

speeder 02-08-2020 08:57 PM

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Originally Posted by svandamme (Post 10746115)
those headlights on a 3.2 Carrera??? I thought those went out long before the 3.2's??

Those would be the correct, original headlights for a 1986 U.S. market 911. 1987 was the first year for the H5s on the Granite Green car. :cool:

WPOZZZ 02-09-2020 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy (Post 10745854)
I was talking about the Guards Red one. And I would hesitate to pay a premium for low mileage on any car that can be rolled back with a cordless drill. Hope it’s well documented.

The owner of German Auto is a friend of mine and I know he would not roll an odometer back. Lots of cars are low mileage in Hawaii because we have nowhere to go. lol My 77 930 is sitting at 39xxx miles as I don't even drive it. I think I put on 500 miles on it since I bought it 8 years ago. That is pretty much the same for all my other Porsches. I think the one I drove he most was the Boxster, and I put on 8k over 4 years, and it was a semi daily driver.

svandamme 02-09-2020 02:53 AM

500 miles in 8 years???
60 a year?

sorry to say, but that's sad.


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