Depreciation and Buying Guide Boxster 981

Depreciation and Buying Guide Boxster 981

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fourwheeltrader

Original Poster:

3 posts

56 months

Wednesday 21st August 2019
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Hi Everyone,

I made a depreciation- and buying guide for the Boxster 981 based on the UK market. This guide is made for one person, but I think that anyone who is browsing around here might benefit from it. To my knowledge, most of the information in the guide isn't readily available on the web.

You can see the full analysis on youtube by following the link at the end of this post. In short, the guide shows the average price points for the different Boxster models, the depreciation per year, forecasted values, depreciation per 1000 miles driven, the fair purchasing prices, and relative value analyses. One interesting finding is that the depreciation curves for the standard and S models differ significantly for the newer model years. For the older model years, however, they are parallel to each other. Also, in general, it can be concluded that the depreciation per 1000 miles for the Boxster is relatively low. In the comment section of the video, I also show what the different price points are for cars which have the Chrono package, cars at dealers, and cars at Porsche dealers.

I'm of course open for feedback, so please let me know if you have any suggestions, tips, or questions.

https://youtu.be/o7jySBvOsGc



Edited by fourwheeltrader on Thursday 22 August 16:37

Zagamuffin1

64 posts

63 months

Friday 23rd August 2019
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Nice work.

Nyloc20

574 posts

63 months

Saturday 24th August 2019
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Very timely thread, I changed my 987 Gen 2 Manual for a 981 PDK yesterday. Look forward to reading the content later.

FrankCayman

2,121 posts

213 months

Saturday 24th August 2019
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Mate....fantastic work. I love facts rather than bs.....refreshing on here! Keep up the good work

fourwheeltrader

Original Poster:

3 posts

56 months

Wednesday 28th August 2019
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FrankCayman said:
Mate....fantastic work. I love facts rather than bs.....refreshing on here! Keep up the good work
Thanks, that's actually why I started to do these analyses. There are just too many unfounded claims out there when it comes to depreciation/appreciation of cars.

doclip1

11 posts

61 months

Wednesday 28th August 2019
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Zagamuffin1 said:
Nice work.
Wow do this type of stuff for a living or is just a hobby ?
Can you provide the same graph with 95%CI for the mean depreciation over time as the shaded area
Might it also be possible to calculate the mean depreciation and 95%CI over time rather than merely a point estimate from your graph

fourwheeltrader

Original Poster:

3 posts

56 months

Sunday 1st September 2019
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doclip1 said:
Wow do this type of stuff for a living or is just a hobby ?
Can you provide the same graph with 95%CI for the mean depreciation over time as the shaded area
Might it also be possible to calculate the mean depreciation and 95%CI over time rather than merely a point estimate from your graph
Your reply seems quite similar to a comment on Youtube. I think I already answered your questions there smile