My wife was in the market for a car a few months ago. She agreed on a 997.2 with PDK, and I set out looking for one. I have an investor-oriented mind and don't like throwing away good money, so I found that anything that was only a few years old with a remaining warranty was going to have a very, very steep depreciation curve. In all likelihood, that meant losing $30K or more over time on this car. I could lessen the hit by going for an early 997.2, and looked at a few, but in the end I decided I was uncomfortable with owning a water cooled Porsche out of warranty. Too many variables and unknowns.
We went with a new Mercedes, so now we can enjoy the car for 4 years without worry.
Porsche is no different then BMW, Range Rover, Jag, Aston, etc. Its a roll of the dice. You're a blink of the eye away from a $10K + repair bill.
Moving forward, we're only going to get into a Porsche for her if its new or near new and comes with a full factory warranty. I don't see that day coming any time soon
