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I think all agree on the sentiment, but numbers are tricky... I fear that like me you have a "correct" pricing (from a certain era) engraved in your databanks and the current pricing will never make sense again.
Like you I had an SC and to me they are forever 15-20K cars. I'm not denying current value, but I ran one for 15 years and at $35K they are too slow and maintenance intensive vs a used Cayman S for me. But if you're a newcomer to the aircooled world and make a decent salary, $35K is not *that* farfetched, so I fear they will stay there...
Those which make little sense to me are $250K early 911 S (at least in relation to the $50-70K 911Ts you can still find), the $100K 356 coupes with "impale me steering column" and a whopping 60 hp, or the rumored 70+K 912s.. And to be clear those are all cars I've owned and love and wouldn't mind another example of, but I suppose we all have our personal Fun / Cost curve and to me almost every old car from the 60s-70s has jumped the shark on that chart in my head...
Funny the 2002 was mentioned... i have one too, until recently it was the only car I knew that was still under the curve, but no more.... A nice Tii is 30-35 now... A need-nothing base car is way over 15 already...
So now (rant somewhat on) I'm stuck with a few cars that have become valuable (I know boo-hoo) which I drive less because the cost of keeping them nice or mechanically sound tripled, and I fear a texting idiot will crash into me and reduce value. I also can't customize them too much or I lose $, which I agree is my decision but who likes to piss money ? And I cannot justify buying any other bucket list cars from that era because they're just not worth THAT $ to me. Best thing I can think of is trading and pretending we went back 10y in pricing... We should start a website for trades...
Anybody wanna trade a mint 72T for a mint 356A or C or SC ?
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