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Old Jan 26, 2010 | 04:23 PM
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Your thoughts on two cars I am considering

I found two 2008 GT Silver cars for consideration and I would love to get your thoughts. Both are similarly optioned (nothing too crazy - but includes bare necessity items such as Sports Chrono) and one owner cars.

Car #1
2008, 14k miles, CPO, Tiptronic, Sea Blue
Has painted rockers except front, red rear lights
Priced around $90k


Car #2
2008, 4k miles, CPO, 6 speed, natural gray leather
Has fully painted rocker package, including the front
Priced around $93k
NOTE: This is private car that a porsche dealer is going to CPO for fee

Which would you go for? I know it really comes down to whether you prefer Tip or manual but I wanted to your reaction as to the price of fairly low mile 2008. I would have thought prices would be in mid 80's by now but I guess the market is pretty strong on 997TT?!??

Thank you again for your input and look forward to joining you guys!
 

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Old Jan 26, 2010 | 04:34 PM
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6speed.......always

prices seem reasonable for 08s, and lower miles are almost always better.

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I'd go for Car #2 for sure. 10K fewer miles is certainly worth a couple of extra grand. I also like that it has a natural gray versus sea blue interior. #2 all the way...
 
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car #2
 
Old Jan 26, 2010 | 05:08 PM
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Thanks guys for the reply!! I am also leaning more towards #2.
 
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# 2 all the way
 
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#2....ftw
 
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Wow - I guess we have overwhelming majority...

Just out of curiosity, are you guys choosing #2 because it's manual?

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#2, not only because it is a manual but due to the milage. low miliage is not replaceable. will matter big time at resale time.
 
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Yes, #2 b/c it's a 6 speed AND the significantly lower miles. Tip is an abomination to begin with. Now with PDK out, it's also obsolete.
 
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For me its #2, even though I would not like the interior color.
 
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2 hands down
 
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If you’re going to spend 90 or 93, whichever it ends up being… it likely shouldn’t come down to price. You should be test-driving these vehicles and determine which best fits what you want.
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I recently purchased a 997tt after a four-month search. I looked all over the country and spent countless hours online searching through ads, forums, etc… In the end I found exactly what I wanted at the price I was comfortable with.
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You can drive yourself crazy worrying about what others would do… manual/auto, options, etc… it’s your $$$ so you should get what you want…
 
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