I'm wondering if maybe it is just best to get a cayman GTS and call it a day. Would have everything I want and be a safer bet. Granted it will be like 7-8k more expensive but I could have a 6 year warranty possibly and ease of mind. Since my cayman gts build comes to about 95k. I can get around 6-8k off bring it down to 87-89k. A good 911 GTS would be around 80k, and have maybe at most 2-3 warranty, and not have everything I want (which requires more spending making the cost gap even narrower).

 

That certainly sounds reasonable to me if you are better than me at keeping a car for six years. You get the thrill of a all-new car and no worries about what happened before... along with the latest tech and wow factor. At six years, the off-the-lot depreciation becomes more spread out over a long time and makes it easier to digest. Since I tend to change every two years or so the new car approach doesn't work so well for me. (For the first time in a long time though, I find myself seriously considering keeping my current car for much longer since I like it so much!)

 

Lol. You hit the nail on the head for my problem. I went though a brand new shelby and zr1 in the span of 2 years. Had a 2013 shelby then sold it for a 2013 zr1. Now I sold the zr1 for a porsche. But honestly I have to keep the car. I'm buying a new condo, and because of the area, it's going to be expensive as hell. I will just stay there till I need to move into a house. So whatever car I get next, I wanted to hold it till I could afford a 130k car. Which in that case would be a brand new loaded C2s, slightly used GT3, or a used 991 turbo.

I am estimating it takes me about 4-6 years before I get to this point financially. I mean a cayman GTS is a great car. What is better than it for a DD for under 100k? I was thinking of leasing a 911 C2 but only if they can get the payment to under 1000. Plus that C2 would be almost bear. The one I optioned came to around 107k. That doesn't really bother me so much since I would only have it for 2 maybe 3 years tops. But I don't think they could get me into a lease for that cheap.

 

All of my 997 purchases have been used - I've been fortunate though in that all (2 - TT's and 1 - GTS) were in like new condition when purchased - less than 10,000 miles and 2+ years of warranty or CPO left. If you want a 911 don't settle for the Caymen (as good as it might be) or you'll be in the market again very shortly looking for the 911. Good luck.

 

The problem are the options that would be important to me, many don't have. That's why I looked into a GTS or turbo. They pretty much come standard with everything so it makes it easier, but still finding reliable ones is difficult. Plus in the case of a turbo only 2010 are below 100k, and they are barely below 100k. Plus they will either have 1 year warranty or no warranty.

 

Agree - the options are important. I was looking for a GTS coupe with manual transmission and 5 lug wheels - it took awhile (4 months) but I finally found it - searching can be a fun part of the process.

 

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