Boxster 986 550 Anniversary values
Discussion
I'm looking to sell my Boxster and looking at comparable cars on line I found this:
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...
How on earth is that now worth nearly £20,000?
It's an excellent car, but that's not realistic is it?
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...
How on earth is that now worth nearly £20,000?
It's an excellent car, but that's not realistic is it?
This has been talked about a bit on boxa.net too. The Silverstone auction car was a very low-miler 'collector' type car. The Paul Stephens one while turned out well isn't particularly low miles. Personally, I see the 550 as in between the 981 GTS/987 RS60 and the 987 Spyder / 981 Spyder. Paint and cosmetics aside there is nothing there you can't spec from the Tequipment catalogue but it all comes as standard and you get the standard M030 vs optional and not often specc'd X73 on current cars. It's questionable whether it's worth a premium for old/tired sports suspension if you intend to refresh/mod.
londonbabe said:
So I'm not getting back more than I paid then :-)
Mine has 70k and the service history isn't as consistent, but mechanically and cosmetically it's spot on - almost as good as that car.
What would be a good price to pitch it at? 10k? more?
Most savvy buyers want to see evidence of preventative maintenance whether that be suspension arms, condensers etc if they are going to pay the top prices. If it's anotherwise normal car with decent history then most private sales are listed anywhere up to 10k.Mine has 70k and the service history isn't as consistent, but mechanically and cosmetically it's spot on - almost as good as that car.
What would be a good price to pitch it at? 10k? more?
I think if you want over 10k you need mileage on your side, flawless paintwork, or over-zealous maintenance/choice mods or a combination of those. For the uninitiated feelgood buyer then they can get a newer looking 987 1+ year younger with similar or a little more mileage. It will land the same sort of bills for the same sort of items though.
...Do we actually know how many were imported and how many are left running?
I suppose its all about supply and demand really. There is probably not many cars that have
low miles with original paint and the correct history, and I guess a few dealers are trying
their luck.
The interesting thing will be to see if those cars sell and if drags the prices up of
all the other 550 Boxster's that are on the market?
With all that said, I stand by my original statement in my earlier post, that they are not worth £20,000 but, I will watch the market with interest! (and mine is still not for sale ;-))
I suppose its all about supply and demand really. There is probably not many cars that have
low miles with original paint and the correct history, and I guess a few dealers are trying
their luck.
The interesting thing will be to see if those cars sell and if drags the prices up of
all the other 550 Boxster's that are on the market?
With all that said, I stand by my original statement in my earlier post, that they are not worth £20,000 but, I will watch the market with interest! (and mine is still not for sale ;-))
I was just looking at 550 replica prices, came across this again!
http://www.paul-stephens.com/prestige-cars/Porsche...
Was not this car priced nearly 20k a few months ago?
http://www.paul-stephens.com/prestige-cars/Porsche...
Was not this car priced nearly 20k a few months ago?
ooid said:
I was just looking at 550 replica prices, came across this again!
http://www.paul-stephens.com/prestige-cars/Porsche...
Was not this car priced nearly 20k a few months ago?
Brexit lolhttp://www.paul-stephens.com/prestige-cars/Porsche...
Was not this car priced nearly 20k a few months ago?
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