asking close to 400000$ that is freaking insame! even a 993 carrera4s saw one at 100000$ 40k miles well maintain !

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Porsche-911-TURBO/111652962624?_trksid=p2045573.c100033.m2042&_trkpa rms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc% 3D20141121090453%26meid%3Dd7eff499ddae443095492d37 422dc17d%26pid%3D100033%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D 111652962624

 

It has been that way for a while now.....

 

look promising for our 996tt reading this article !
but 22,062 (996tt) were built vs 5 978 (993tt)



Porsche 996 Turbo: Catch it while you can

Porsche 911 bargains are becoming harder to find, but what about the 996 Turbo? Prices start at £24K...


Porsche 911-land is a surreally strange world at the moment - a bit like Lewis Carroll's Wonderland, in fact. Depending on whether or not Alice has taken a nibble out of a particular model, its value can grow mushroom-like to monstrous proportions, or remain a unloved minnow.

They're not depreciating anymore!
Look at 993 Turbo prices. These have long since headed to Brobdingnag, with prices well above £100K now being asked. Yet the 996 Turbo remains in purgatory. But I think there are very good reasons why that's all about to change. You can already see the early signs of it happening. 996 Turbo prices bottomed out at an eye-wateringly low price of around £16K a couple of years ago, but they're now shifting - and shifting fast.
Here's why. The Turbo has been tarnished by the bristly brush of simply being a 996. After all, the water-cooled 996 engine has well-documented intermediary shaft issues, about which you'll find plenty of comment in the PH forums. But the 996 Turbo's Hans Mezger-designed engine uses the 993 crankcase - and therefore it suffers none of the regular 996's shaft woes.
So forget the curse of the fried-egg-face 996. Buyers are slowly cottoning on to the fact that the 996 Turbo is a highly desirable performance tool (fabulous 420hp engine, four-wheel drive and 0-62 in 4.2sec) that's also robust.


And not a single IMS/RMS issue to worry about
The 996 Turbo was a popular choice in its day (22,062 were built) so there's a broad choice of cars out there. Your entry point is no longer below £20K, but £24,000 still seems an absolute bargain for a 2002 Turbo Tiptronic. It may have highish miles at 92K but it has a full Porsche history. Tiptronic actually quite suits the Turbo, but often such cars are used in cities for short journeys, which isn't great news for reliability; the Turbo needs to be driven, preferably hard and often. There will always be a hardcore following for manual cars, and I'm tempted by this one at £29,925 with 71K miles on the clock and a full history.
The majority of Turbos for sale fall into the £30K-£40K bracket, where there's a rich seam of fabulous machinery up for grabs. Even at the top end, prices remain affordable. One with just 18K miles is up in the classifieds for £42,950.
My advice is to get in now, grab yourself a relatively low-mileage Turbo with crystal clear evidence of having been properly cared for, pay £30-£35K for it and have a ball. If you're also able to sit back and watch values head in the same direction as 993 Turbos, so much the better - it's surely only a matter of time.

Chris Rees

 

I say that 10 years from now, 996tt will be more rare, and price's change, I'm keeping mine for sure.

 

I'm certainly keeping mine! It's a fantastic car and I've dumped so much money and time into mods making it exactly what I want, trying to replace it would be impossible. Maybe it's because I am older now I don't feel the need to constantly be switching cars and if I am going to hold on to one, this is it.

 

hey they say, if you switch the car, make sure you go one step higher otherwise you going to miss your previous car, Had that happen- no more. lol I rather leave my car and put a cover on it, if i have to buy another car near future.