Black 993 Turbo @ Harbour Cars

spongebob squarepants said:

TBF that car 👆👆👆👆👆👆👆up there is for me a classic, I know people rave about the looks of 964 and 993 but for me anyway that's the sweet spot of all 911's, the shape and interior are just right. Shame I missed the 997 GTS bubble by a year or so.Good job were all different :thumbs:

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Zingari said:

It doesn't chum. All I'm saying is I like the 993 (and 964 obviously) but there is a price point I'd pay to own AND drive one.

Most of us on here got in well before that price point and we've done well knowing that if we actually use the cars, not afraid of whacking on some miles and stone chips, we aint going to lose and will always get the dough back, likely making some money on a future deal. I'm more than happy even just to get my money back, if we go back to the 'mean point, as I've technically written off the money I put into it and don't class it as an asset.

Trouble is at £160k for a very low mileage turbo you either have the money to buy it and not worry about making dough on it (even accepting you might lose some throuh depreciation) but you want that car so it matters not. Or you take a punt on an 'investment' where it's your 4th or 5th car and accept you won't drive it because you'd be shaking like a shitting dog very time you took it out in case something happened which in my book ruins the pleasure of the drive.

Personally if I had £160k to spend on a car and wanted to drive it, I'd be into something relatively new but accept doing so it'll doubtless depreciate and be prepared to admit it. :roll:

:hand: However I won't let depreciation be a deciding factor on what car I want to buy as I'm only here once and have no doubt I'm going to snuff it still with some loose dough in my pockets :nooo:

I'd like to meet the eventual buyer of this car, hopefully where they tell me they're going to drive it, not where I'm engaged in a deal to sell them that large marble plinth :grin:

I'm happy that owners of air-cooled are seeing the sale prices rising, we're all on a roll, but that just means a lot will drive them less. 993 owners on here thta I've met are a great bunch even when you get past the socks, sandals and driving gloves as worn out as a camel's knapsack :thumb:

I'll likely sell my car next year, not because I want to make a load of dough but my lifestyle will change and I want to replace it with something else but need the space it takes up in the garage. I still enjoy it but never saw myself owning it for life.

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tyinsky said:

The owner of that visual faux pas must be a huge Hasselhoff fan – somebody call 911!

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911TEL said:

nickjonesn4 said:

tyinsky said:

Can't belive some of those comments. You guys would rather have TWO 997 turbos in place of one, air cooled 993 Turbo?! Wrong on so many levels. 997Ts look gash. I wonder why they cost 2/3 times more...

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997 turbo is hideous to behold, those wheels... yuk

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This is hideous?

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911TEL said:

tyinsky said:

The owner of that visual faux pas must be a huge Hasselhoff fan – somebody call 911!

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The point is that the 997 Turbo is not in any way hideous my sanctimonious friend .....
The Turbo S is hardly a 'visual faux pas' ....... in any shape or form ....

How is it that some of you guys get personal towards owners cars in defense of your opinion ?

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