Porsche cars I should have bought (and kept)

[Bieldside]

OK

Bought my 9934s 14 years ago in preference to a 10,000 mile 993RS - now £250,000
Almost bought an 18000 mile 993 Turbo with the added power pack for £60,000 three years ago - now £200,000
Considered a one owner late model 928 GTS with 22,000 miles for £22500 - now £40,000
Discussed buying a 1989 Carrera in red with 18,000 miles for £27500 - now £45,000

But I still have my 9934s and a new 911 GT3 so can't really complain but crazy money for cars now. Crazy

Anyone else almost bought cars that are now mega money

[Mr Ping]

My old man when he bought his 996 C2 Cab actually wanted a 964 or 993 turbo in white. We talked him out of it and said "the old ones aren't going to be worth st in a couple of years as they are old hat, that plus who on earth would want a white car?"

Oops

[hondansx]

Not a Porsche, but was very close to getting a Dino in the '90s when they were cheap. Now £250k!

[fastgerman]

hondansx said:

Not a Porsche, but was very close to getting a Dino in the '90s when they were cheap. Now £250k!

£425k is the only one with a price on PH :-)

Could have bought a 60k mile 968 CS for £8k a few years back.

Could have bought a 2007 997 GT3 for £50k a year or 2 ago.

Stuff I wouldn't have bought but might if I had storage - 355 for £30k, F40 for £150k, 993 C2S for £22k, 930 Turbo for £20k, Honda NSX for £10k, Mercedes 280 SL Pagoda for £20k

Oh well ;-)

[GT3cs]

The blue 964 x88 3.6 that just sold for £150k+ . Could have had it off a mate for £30k several years ago but didn't like the colour .....

Edited as didn't see Porsche In title .

5000m 968 Clubsport for £12k , bought a cav 4x4 turbo instead. What was I thinking .

Edited by GT3cs on Monday 11th August 15:03

[Wozy68]

964RS with 22K miles on the clock for £23K. Talked myself out of it and 'saved' £7K on a standard C2.

911 5 speed 930 Turbo with minor rust .............. for 15K. Turned her down

1972-3 911E, original RHD with the oil filler on the drivers side, again 15K, 15 bloody thousand pounds. It was offered on a bloody plate, matching everything and I turned it down, nothing wrong other than blistered paint.

Loads of others, 1973 911S LHD for 10K in need of cosmetic work? Nope didnt buy that one either, I bought a motorbike instead, then promptly fell off it.

Oh well, this is me. Oh and I owned three of them over the years and the MK1, I sold for a song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgHlAdSpn7Y



EDIT. Didn't see Porsche in the title either

Edited by Wozy68 on Monday 11th August 15:57

[shoestring7]

Another one here; I had the chance to buy a black lhd 964RS with a fresh engine for £25k and decided to stick with my Maritime blue non-sunroof sports seated 968CS instead.

And then I sold the 968 and bought a brand new Cayman just as the economy tanked in 2008.

On the upside, I did buy a 1973 2.4T three years ago, just before the market went potty.

SS7

[Rgee]

Had a chance on the following;

2x 964RS at £23k and £19k but felt I couldn't live with LHD

993 Turbo one of the last with 430bhp factory upgrade at £46k. May have been a godsend as the same car was up for sale a couple of years later at about the same asking price but had new engine at £25k!!

BMW E30 M3 Evo 1 at about £5K

BMW E30 M3 Evo 3 at £15k.

Oh well, can't miss anything you've never had.

[David Hype]

A fellow Piston Header offered me his silver RHD 911GT (993GT2) for £150K as a throw-away statement when I was buying a second hand 993 RSR exhaust off him!

I also admit to not buying a Midnight Blue RHD 993RS for £60K and bought a 996GT3 for £10K less...

Hmmm...

[Cheib]

2.7 RS....made an enquiry to Autofarm in 2002. They had one on SOR but they said the owner wanted too much for it at £60k. They told me to be patient...

A bloke who is now a colleague actually did buy one around that time for £50k and sold it a few years later for £80k.

Given his reaction every time he sees RS prices I think I know what's worse....

[Slippydiff]

David Hype said:

A fellow Piston Header offered me his silver RHD 911GT (993GT2) for £150K as a throw-away statement when I was buying a second hand 993 RSR exhaust off him!

I also admit to not buying a Midnight Blue RHD 993RS for £60K and bought a 996GT3 for £10K less...

993 GT2 back in 2003-4 for £65k.

Edited by Slippydiff on Tuesday 21st October 19:00

[GT Two]

Slippydiff said:

993 GT2 back in 2003-4 for £65k.

However I have owned (and sold) all these except for the Ferrari yellow 964 RS :

964 RS Midnight Blue Bought for £23.5k ......
964 RS Guards Red
993 RS Guards Red Bought for £34.5K ......
Mk1 996 GT3 Zanzibar
964 RS Rubystone
996 GT2 Midnight Blue
Gen 1997 GT3 Meteor Grey
Mk1 996 GT3 Zanzibar (I bought it back ! !)
996 GT2 Basalt Black 996 GT3 RS White with Red 16k miles Bought for £58k .......
Gen 1 997 GT3 Slate Grey
964 RS Ferrari Yellow (still owned)
Mk1 996 GT3 Black Manthey K400

Slippy was this your 993RS?

[red997]

sold my guards red 996 gt3 cs last january (2013) still regretting it from the day it departed
and thats irrespective of it growing in value

[red997]

sold my guards red 996 gt3 cs last january (2013) still regretting it from the day it departed
and thats irrespective of it growing in value

Edited by red997 on Tuesday 12th August 07:12

[red997]

sold my guards red 996 gt3 cs last january (2013) still regretting it from the day it departed
and thats irrespective of it growing in value

Edited by red997 on Tuesday 12th August 07:12

[red997]

sold my guards red 996 gt3 cs last january (2013) still regretting it from the day it departed
and thats irrespective of it growing in value

Edited by red997 on Tuesday 12th August 07:13

[david hockney]

Slightly off topic but in 1972 my dad saw a 3.8 series 1 E type for sale in the local
newspaper and bought it for £700- and still has it...luckily.

[jackal]

Almost bought a 35k mile Artic 993 Turbo for £43,000, now worth £110,000
Almost bought a <20k mile 360CS for £90k, now worth £170,000

Don't regret it though, had many many thousands of miles in the 2 cars i've got instead including 5 roadtrips on some of the best routes on the globe. Many great memories and experiences and both cars I got instead are, for my tastes, vastly superior to drive to the two above and they aint never gonna leave my side. The extra money that I didnt spend on the CS (over my GT3) bought me another house as well which has appreciated by a fair bit more than the CS has so quids in. Cars are for driving, end of.

Edited by jackal on Tuesday 12th August 12:41

[Sandy59]

I was in the local OPC at 10am on the day when they were taking deposits for the 4.0 RS - opened at 9am for deposits then closed 2 hours later at 11am.
Was asked to get my money out, thought about it for a few minutes, then decided I was happy enough with my std GT3.
They never managed to get a single deposit before the cut off time.
I console myself with the thought I probably wouldn't have got one anyway as I was never on the letter of intent list.

[marky911]

red997 said:

sold my guards red 996 gt3 cs last january (2013) still regretting it from the day it departed
and thats irrespective of it growing in value

Edited by red997 on Tuesday 12th August 07:12

I'm about to join you!

Deposit taken on my gorgeous 996 Mk1 CS in guards red. Probably getting collected this weekend.
Fed up is an understatement, but that's life.

Cars sold :

964 C2 manual coupe - £12k
964 Turbo - £25k

Money or profit was never the reason I got into cars and it just starts to get on my tits after a while. It's always there in the background. I'm getting something high miles and well maintained next and just driving the bloody thing.