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Originally Posted by cibergypsy
yrralis, I think you are quite right in your assessment of my car. Now I regret specifying the car the way I did but it's too late for that. I think I'll keep it then for at least 2 more years and maybe then, once it's out of warranty, add a limited slip diff or sell it, if its value hasn't plummeted to the ground. My only regret now is that I also own a 1987 3.2 Carrera with 85k miles and it's in awesome condition with many upgrades, including an AC that needs to be turned down in Florida's Summers, and my son just asked me last night "daddy, why don't you sell the 3.2 and the 997 S and put the money together and get us a 997 Turbo?" I know I would have to come up with the difference in cash and I don't want to do that right now because of uncertain times, as I don't have any car payments at home at all!
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You see that forum member Paigow is pricing a car on this thread with the F77, wheels , springs in the upper 60's with less miles than your car . Even if I round up on your car to 70K --it's a big hit when it would drop about 12k more in the next two years . The only silver lining is that Turbo pricing on used cars has a few Turbo owners wondering how a 140K car is getting 110 K .
The wild card in all of this is no one knows whether or not the Gt1 engine in the Turbo will be replaced in 2010 for a wet sump 3.8 and there have been many posts on this subject .
So do you take the hit now and have the car you want OR do you wait and enjoy the one you have ? Economically speaking --I gave my opinion .
Emotionally speaking --a Porsche Turbo has no place in the same paragraph with saving money .
Only you can decide.