This is not about depreciation - it's about appreciation!
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On a lighter note to help even the scales of Porsche doom and gloom versus Porsche joy:
We awoke this morning in Blackburn to an inch or so of freshly fallen snow and bright blue sky with temperatures around 0 degrees. With a Preston Sports and Supercar car meet to attend at a pub that sells cooked breakfasts on a Sunday morning I got the Boxster out of the garage and me and Mrs Blackburn enjoyed a leisurely drive over.
Once we had eaten and socialised for a time, we returned to the car, lowered the roof and headed for the 'seaside' town of Southport. The roads were less snowy and we enjoyed a spirited drive across country, the winter air filling our lungs and the Porsche experience filling our hearts with winter Porsche joy.
After some relaxing Christmas shopping, we returned to the car and travelled home, again with the roof down. By the time we got home, it was just about dark, the car was covered in road filth and my wallet was considerably lighter due to the length of Mrs B's Christmas wish-list. But we were happy: we'd enjoyed the day, the weather, the open-top Porsche experience and hadn't worried about the depreciation of the car's value, whether the colour of it will worry the next owner when we try to sell it, or whether the lack of some important optional extra that has never been fitted will mean that it is now worthless to anyone other than ourselves.
We love our little Porsche and it gladdens me to know that it is sitting in the garage as I type this, basking in it's filthy glory, the car knowing that it gives me and her so much pleasure...
...even though it's not worth as much as it was when it was new. Does every car go down in value when you buy it? Has it always been this way? If I stop using it will it suddenly become a collectors item and be worth more? Think I'll ask the top bods at Porsche Club GB if they know the answers. Does anyone know who the top bods at PCGB are this week, by the way??????
We awoke this morning in Blackburn to an inch or so of freshly fallen snow and bright blue sky with temperatures around 0 degrees. With a Preston Sports and Supercar car meet to attend at a pub that sells cooked breakfasts on a Sunday morning I got the Boxster out of the garage and me and Mrs Blackburn enjoyed a leisurely drive over.
Once we had eaten and socialised for a time, we returned to the car, lowered the roof and headed for the 'seaside' town of Southport. The roads were less snowy and we enjoyed a spirited drive across country, the winter air filling our lungs and the Porsche experience filling our hearts with winter Porsche joy.
After some relaxing Christmas shopping, we returned to the car and travelled home, again with the roof down. By the time we got home, it was just about dark, the car was covered in road filth and my wallet was considerably lighter due to the length of Mrs B's Christmas wish-list. But we were happy: we'd enjoyed the day, the weather, the open-top Porsche experience and hadn't worried about the depreciation of the car's value, whether the colour of it will worry the next owner when we try to sell it, or whether the lack of some important optional extra that has never been fitted will mean that it is now worthless to anyone other than ourselves.
We love our little Porsche and it gladdens me to know that it is sitting in the garage as I type this, basking in it's filthy glory, the car knowing that it gives me and her so much pleasure...
...even though it's not worth as much as it was when it was new. Does every car go down in value when you buy it? Has it always been this way? If I stop using it will it suddenly become a collectors item and be worth more? Think I'll ask the top bods at Porsche Club GB if they know the answers. Does anyone know who the top bods at PCGB are this week, by the way??????
Good post Rich, we couldnt make it today unfortunately, we would have joined you in sunny Southport. Great for Xmas shopping as doesnt get too busy!
Our cars are all about enjoyment, and like you, I always have my spirits lifted by my strange little car.
I will try my best not to mention the D word in future. Its just that I am a tight git!
MTR
Our cars are all about enjoyment, and like you, I always have my spirits lifted by my strange little car.
I will try my best not to mention the D word in future. Its just that I am a tight git!
MTR
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