They are seriously good cars.... I'd just hate to be taking the depreciation bath on one...

+1

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It really does. This one may be hard to part with.

Nevermind:cool:

Wondering...did you ever sell your 428 'stang?

996? What are their trouble areas? I know nothing about the waterpumpers. Don't want to know..

Matt, hope you make good $ on this one...

the arkansas plate is "076 NFL" who is that?

had one for a short while.

buddy was tradding his in for a turbo so i gave him what the dealer would

they are really really really fun to drive

Wow, I underestimated this one. <3 months? A new record? Why?

I'll trade you steering wheels!SmileWavy

Love the rat-rod color combination. If that were my car, I would probably never wash it.

They are a lot of car for the money (and how much you never said:confused:), but I would give these cars a good 20 years before comparing toughness with the older air cooled cars. It might not be the toughness of the olders cars as much as there was just a lot less to go wrong with them. For now, drive the hell out of if in the 6 months you'll own it.:D

I think that's about average.:p

As to why:

1. It's fun to drive a bunch of different, very interesting cars.
2. The money I make goes towards my student loans.
3. I love to tinker, so getting these cars 100% up to date on maintenance feeds my addiction.

I can't disagree, but I would make that argument about any newer car. The more advanced they get, the more stuff to go wrong. With that said, right now the 996 is a very reliable Porsche.

Might have asked this before but re #2 - don't you have to pay sales tax and possibly licence/dmv tags on second hand purchases? Or are you a registered dealer? Those fee's would kill any possible gain unless you got the car for $5-6K under what you're asking for it now.

No, I'm not a dealer. Yes, I pay sales tax and registration. Yes, I have to find pretty good deals in order to make any money. No, I'm not a moron that can't do simple math.SmileWavy

The reason I often go months between cars is the requirement to find a pretty smoking deal in order to make money. I found this 911 significantly under trade-in value. Sometimes people just don't know what their cars are worth.

Matt, do you get a tax credit when you trade a car in Kansas? If you bought a $10K car and traded in a $6K car, do you pay tax only on the $4K difference?

Yes, we do. But I highly prefer buying cars from individuals and don't ever trade anything in, so I don't benefit.