996 Carreras Tipped to Rise

[Eddh]

Heard it here first...

[mollytherocker]

Eddh said:

Heard it here first...

Not quite, many are saying it! Its possible as the previous cars become too expensive for many. I certainly dont think they are going to fall any further.

I cant see them rising much though, but we shall see!

[hornetrider]

461 997s on PH classifieds, only 142 996s. It's an inevitability

[Eddh]

mollytherocker said:

Eddh said:

Heard it here first...

Not quite, many are saying it! Its possible as the previous cars become too expensive for many. I certainly dont think they are going to fall any further.

I cant see them rising much though, but we shall see!

I am just trying to stir the prices up a bit like everyone else seems to be doing

Only thing is there is quite a lot of dogs on the 996 market which I think will struggle, ankoring the decent ones to them a bit.

[IknowJoseph]

Eddh said:

Only thing is there is quite a lot of dogs on the 996 market

This is how 911 prices move, isn't it? Thinking of the 964 as the last once-unpopular 911: The price falls and you get some that aren't maintained properly, these become heaps whilst others remain well looked after. If interest in the model grows it's up to the seller to search out the appreciating good ones from the rubbish.

[skinny]

i heard that too.

particularly early manual coupe's

[IMIA]

I've not seen a good gen 1 or 2 C2 Manual coupe for sale for a few years.

[Magic919]

Some of them seem like they've risen from the dead. Not convinced about prices.

[pete a]

I do think that at the current prices a nice well maintained 996 c2/c4s at the right money is fantastic value, and it would be a great car to be able to do as many miles as you like, in whatever weather it is, leave it out in the rain, park it in the car park shopping without worrying about getting a slight scratch, eat a sandwich in with a coffee going along the motorway and sod the crumbs.

Exactly the opposite of what my 997 Gt3 is now, to expensive to trash.

Though it is bloody fun when i do drive it, i'd most likely derive more overall enjoyment from one I drove all the time????

[nsm3]

That's what RatboyCSL did, dropped a 7.1 GT3 at the £50k-ish mark, when we all still thought they would settle gently at £40k and bought a 996 C4S, which I think he enjoyed "more" as an ownership proposition?

[Eddh]

skinny said:

i heard that too.

particularly early manual coupe's

Wow fancy that! A little bird told me that the black ones are most sought after...

[pocty]

Don't tell anyone but 996 GT3 RS's are finally on their way up to. :-)

Pocty

[Helicopter123]

I'm not so sure, perhaps in time when numbers on the road fall a bit further.

[Pickled Piper]

I think canny owners are holding on to them, recognising them as an appreciating asset. Especially the early ones with orange indicators. They will be acknowledged as "first of the water-cooled". t's a real shame they have fallen into the hands of speculators rather than enthusiasts that will use them as they were intended.

pp

[Eddh]

Pickled Piper said:

I think canny owners are holding on to them, recognising them as an appreciating asset. Especially the early ones with orange indicators. They will be acknowledged as "first of the water-cooled". t's a real shame they have fallen into the hands of speculators rather than enthusiasts that will use them as they were intended.

pp

Mine is my only car so will be getting used as intended! Obviously I'll be looking after it and it won't ask for anything as per my previous cars.

It is a shame if people start garaging them away but as with everything at the moment going up in value it is to be expected...

[pete a]

Eddh said:

It is a shame if people start garaging them away but as with everything at the moment going up in value it is to be expected...

[dvshannow]

Why not... in this bubble even the ugly sister is in demand. Though would think it will always be at a significant discount to the 997 and that in turn to the 993

[Mogul]

Saw a Guards Red 996 on the commute into work this AM. It certainly looked like it was going up in value...

[Eddh]

pete a said:

Eddh said:

It is a shame if people start garaging them away but as with everything at the moment going up in value it is to be expected...

I think you just wooshed yourself, that was a sarcastic comment hence the ... afterwards.

This whole thread was meant to be a fun poke at all the other threads on this forum where people are talking up the value of their cars

[richardalanlee]

Has everyone else clocked the SIXTY grand 40 year anniversary in the classifieds?

Who is going to pay that, for that?

I'm also in an early C2 on amber. I've heard the ones in the most nineties colour schemes are at to rise. Ocean with savannah must be a shoe in.