Congrats. You do realize the car from Annapolis has (had) a much higher MSRP and many more options? Either way P car is P car. Use in good health!

 

Looks amazing. Congrats! Enjoy in good health.

 

Michael, yes I know that. I plugged the numbers into my calculator and figured out the discount which was very good, which included no out of pocket.


I know it's a bit stripped down, but I really wanted to keep the payments down.


Thanks everyone.

 

so what's the final price? unless they got access to NSA's PRISM you can post it here man. help other enthusiasts here

 

He's probably paying $1130 a month for the 991 cabrio

 

Congrats! I got my car at Paul Miller too (built to spec). Used Norman Mandell over there. I also thought they were great.

 

What do you guys think is a fair price for this car?

http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...gIndex=3&Log=0

 

I'd give them 101k and maybe end at 103k. Nice car.

 

That's not bad. It doesn't have a sports exhaust which is a drawback. And the other one I am looking at is this 2012 C2S which has the exhaust but doesn't have PDK. Do you reckon this will be much less than the 13 C4S?

http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...Index=12&Log=0

 

congratulations, very nice car.


personal id never lease. too many downsides. only one upside.

 

I would prefer a C4S over a C2S, which should be less than the C4S. Don't worry about PSE you can go to Sharkwerks or Fabspeed to get the growl. But I personally would not look at a car without PSE, PDK, and paddles.

 

Stealth nice c4s well optioned here....


http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail...nal&listType=1

 

Personally, I would never buy again. My father purchased a Lexus LX, one of the big 4x4s. He paid I think around 65k for it. About 6 months into the purchase, he was rear ended. It was not bad at all. I think about 3k worth of damage. After 3 years, when he went to trade the car in, The Lexus dealer would not give him good value for the car because he could not CPO it. It took him 6 months to sell the car and he wound up selling it 10k below book with 22k miles. The car was in great condition, but had a car accident on the car fax.


This entire fiasco really turned me off to leasing. I figured paying about $100-$150/month to ensure against this scenario or against dramatic residual drop. The residual on my car is 82k after 2 years. I'm confident I can find a better equipped 12.5 991 with very low miles for less.

 

I do agree with your overall assessment. Less to worry about with a lease. Your residual is guaranteed. Purchasing is like self insuring - it's cheaper but only if you are comfortable bearing the risk on your own books. For me I'm fine with that risk because I have a couple of million in cash and liquid assets and a large enough paycheck that I do what optimizes expected return. I'd rather buy at 1.9% interest than lease at 4.8% interest. It's just a better deal and either way I won't have $100k tied up in a depreciating asset.

FYI If you're paying a premium of 150 a month as insurance against diminished value then you are assuming that 50% of your cars are involved in an accident which results in loss of VIN numbered body panels (not just bumper). I'm sure your risk isn't that high!

 

I can't figure out how to post the image of the spreadsheet so it appears in the post.