911 R - 2000 Miles

[Robbo66]

The Pretenders were right.

2000 miles and £75k drop...£35 a mile. Ornaments sadly.

[993rsr]

Robbo66 said:

The Pretenders were right.

2000 miles and £75k drop...£35 a mile. Ornaments sadly.

Saw that fking tragic state of affairs.

Adore the 650k mile 996 turbo on the other hand.

Edited by 993rsr on Friday 23 April 14:28

[Andyoz]

Not following...did that 911R on CC cost the previous owner £375k?

[Robbo66]

Andyoz said:

Not following...did that 911R on CC cost the previous owner £375k?

One sold for £375, the other with 2000 miles more for £300. Simpy not driveable.

[Andyoz]

OK, found it

[webstercivet]

£300k is still an incredible return versus the new price of £136,901. I don't think you'd be a mug for doing some miles (even if only 2k) and getting some enjoyment, while getting a 20% per year return on investment over the 4.5 years from new. I suppose the calculation is different if you bought used at £300k.

[Taffy66]

Robbo66 said:

Andyoz said:

Not following...did that 911R on CC cost the previous owner £375k?

One sold for £375, the other with 2000 miles more for £300. Simpy not driveable.

Seems fair to me. One R for collectors and the other for drivers. Same goes for Carrera GTs currently for sale. DL Swindon have one with only 6k miles up for a whopping £850K
Personally would always buy an average mile high end car for less money than a mothballed ultra low miler for a stupid premium.

[Robbo66]

webstercivet said:

£300k is still an incredible return versus the new price of £136,901. I don't think you'd be a mug for doing some miles (even if only 2k) and getting some enjoyment, while getting a 20% per year return on investment over the 4.5 years from new. I suppose the calculation is different if you bought used at £300k.

The market has reflected the true value here. Drive them and it will muller the value at a stratospheric rate, whether you bought it for, list or not. Still ripping through £35 a mile.

The other issue is the Touring, which is actually the better engine, bar SMFW.

You drive an R to 5000 miles and you'd be lucky to get Touring money as it suddenly loses the Jay Leno collector appeal.

[AndrewGP]

I think the fact this situation exists at all is pretty depressing. The 911R were built to be driven and provide driving enjoyment, not sit idle in a collection somewhere.