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Originally Posted by Mark Wilson
Early Boxsters have been $8 - $10K for several years. Early 996's have been $15 - $20K for several years. Of course there are some above and some below, but there's nothing to indicate values are currently in any kind of rapid decline. Anyone who predicts future values or trends is using fairy dust farted by rainbow colored unicorns. This thread alone, shows the lowly 996 is becoming a more popular car but I'll stop short of telling anyone what will happen to the prices.
If you want one, buy smart and enjoy the hobby. When I bought mine, I mentally wrote off the purchase as a loss and drive the crap out of her.
And just think - I drove her from Seattle back to Dallas and didn't have to stop and replace the motor even one time!
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I can predict that a $15k car cannot depreciate more than $15k and be pretty safe. If someone wants to buy one, I endorse it full-heartedly. If a blown engine would ruin someone financially, they have no business in the Porsche hobby. These are disposable cars in the scheme of any collector or performance car world, plus they are fantastic rides if they do not grenade!
Yours looks great. I had a positive ownership experience with mine, in fact it was one of the best cars I've ever owned. It had already had at least one engine replacement, though. I did not get records with it.
They are dropping a little in price lately and should continue unless people who wear bow ties in England start snatching them up in the U.S.A., which I highly freaking doubt. Almost every used car is depreciating, it's a non-factor unless it's precipitous and that's not what's happening here.
