I agree, this discussion is about value and the very emotional topic of money. I think the value/price/desireability debate is due to the fact that we all do not want to watch our hard earned dollars vaporize in the cars. If I buy a car and enjoy it, what can I theoretically sell it for now and in the future?
I think the longhood frenzy and it's accompanying escalation in prices stripped a lot of joy (and hence value as measured by "utils") from 911s. These are used cars, all of them. Some go up, some go down, some stay level, but all are enjoyable or we wouldn't even consider owning them.
Blau911 should buy what floats his boat regardless of what anyone here (including me) thinks. The guys who like 993s should keep demanding those, convice your buddies to buy them or whatever. I bought a 996 because I liked it more. I expect to get almost nothing for it if/when I sell it. Same holds true for my SC and everything else I own.
While I watch 911 values and want to get fair market for when I sell something, I do not obsess over it. I have seen the formerly infallible SCs and G50 Carreras fall as attention shifted around them.
My point is that you can never tell market trends with any real degree of certainty. If you think you can, you should get a job with the Fed right now!
Funny how a 993 is coveted in this community, but if you drive one down the street in some neighborhoods, they just think you are too poor to buy a new one.
Hold your flames at the door, I am just making a point:
You can't make everyone happy, so do what YOU want.
George, 996 = 928? Nah, they are all still 911s...even the lepers we call mid-year owners (again, just making a point)!
