Late 80s super car prices!! WTF!!

[schafe]

What is the deal with the prices of super cars from the late 80s? I own an 1987 Porsche 930 which I would give a grade of B or B+. Hagerty's valuation tools indicate that in the past year the price has risen sharply to over 100,000. The prices for other Porsche models from 87 are mostly flat.

The Ferrari 308 and Testarossa have a similar steep rise in price as does the Countach.

I'm a little nervous driving the car knowing it is worth twice what I thought it was. I know asking and getting are 2 different things. Are cars like mine really selling for this amount?

Is this just a freakish trend that will correct itself soon or should I consider raising the insurance value on the car. Are these prices here to stay?

[NYNick]

Raise your insurance.
Where have you been?

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[schafe]

I don't understand "where have you been?"

[NYNick]

Schafe...
I meant, like, missing the huge run up in air cooled Porsches for the last 2-3 years? The prices for other 87 models (air cooled anyway) have certainly not been flat...check ebay for some shocking news on an 87, 88 or 89, 3.2 G50 Carrera. In fact, EVERY air cooled Porsche EVER produced from day one has been rising meteorically. That's what I meant.

You should consider yourself VERY lucky you own the car you do. You have a very desirable 930 that many of us here would love to own, and would pay dearly for. Insure it properly, drive it but be careful. The value of these cars has been out of the bag for a while now, and they tend to disappear out of driveways and garages.

Pleasant surprise, no?

[schafe]

Thanks. Will do

[SpyderMike]

the 80s crowd is getting older. More money than time left?

[dienstuhr]

Not exactly - I think that the 80s kids are now grown ups with grown up jobs and want to recapture a but of their youth, in the form of the cars that graced their walls in poster form.

If Heather Locklear were commercially available now we'd see a similar bubble ;-)

Cheers

d.

[Ronnie's.930]

Originally Posted by dienstuhr

If Heather Locklear were commercially available now we'd see a similar bubble ;-)

Cheers

d.

I would use my rear booster to cut straight to the head of the line - Christian in his 912E would be in the rear with the gear (not Heather's "rear", however)!

[christiandk]

Originally Posted by Ronnie's.930

I would use my rear booster to cut straight to the head of the line - Christian in his 912E would be in the rear with the gear (not Heather's "rear", however)!

She has not aged as well as the car, imo. The Dynasty period, sure. Now I would respectfully decline.

But Ronnie, why start something you wont be able to finish without blue pills and a picture of David Hasselhof!?

[CountD]

Originally Posted by christiandk

But Ronnie, why start something you wont be able to finish without blue pills and a picture of David Hasselhof!?

Bwahahahha. Ronnie you gotta admit that's a good one.

[Pinball81]

Originally Posted by SpyderMike

the 80s crowd is getting older. More money than time left?

Probably partly true. But I think the opposite is true, as well. Guys like myself who grew up in the '80s (I'm 34) had posters of these cars on our bedroom walls as our "dream cars". Many of us can now afford them and are, in fact, buying them.

[Ronnie's.930]

Originally Posted by christiandk

But Ronnie, why start something you wont be able to finish without blue pills and a picture of David Hasselhof!?

I've got plenty of the blue bombers - see!

Originally Posted by CountD

Bwahahahha. Ronnie you gotta admit that's a good one.

And for your "Bwahaahhaah", good Sir, I offer the following retort!

[Matt Monson]

Originally Posted by christiandk

She has not aged as well as the car, imo. The Dynasty period, sure. Now I would respectfully decline.

Ok Mr Trump. Too good for a 9.99 but you drive 912s and 928s.

[SilberUrS6]

Originally Posted by christiandk

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But Ronnie, why start something you wont be able to finish without blue pills and a picture of David Hasselhof!?

ka-BOOM. That's gonna leave a mark.

[Ronnie's.930]

^^^

Eric, you and CountD need to get a room, ya' fookin' cheer leading bastages!!!

[christiandk]

Originally Posted by Matt Monson

Ok Mr Trump. Too good for a 9.99 but you drive 912s and 928s.

You are just taking it personal because the show that made her is fillmed in your hood.

Hoff sure looks sharp in speedos, Ronnie. You have my blessings!