Depreciates the least: Ferrari F430 or Porsche 911 Turbo?
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You're welcome to disagree, and while I've never owned a 430, I know loads of people who do and ultimately not one of them has ended up happy with their decision.
Don't get me wrong, a 430 is one of the sexieset cars on this planet, and for exclusivity and measuring contests, it's the car to have - From my stance I couldn't really enjoy driving one hard - simply too costly - I guess when I say "not as fun to drive" that's subjective for sure, but I feel much better about flogging the **** out of a turbo Pcar than I do any Ferrari, and maybe that perception is not fair, but everyone I know with a Ferrari parks it in the garage and takes it out to dinner or coffee and cars - they don't drive and enjoy them.
and these are not guys that have issues with losing the money, it's that when compared to even a mildly tuned 99x, GT-R or their UGR lambo they aren't fast cars.
I want to reiterate I am a huge fan of Ferraris, they are gorgeous cars, they sound amazing, they play all the right strings on my heart, but for *ME* the cost of riding one hard and putting it away wet is too high.
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Don't get me wrong, a 430 is one of the sexieset cars on this planet, and for exclusivity and measuring contests, it's the car to have - From my stance I couldn't really enjoy driving one hard - simply too costly - I guess when I say "not as fun to drive" that's subjective for sure, but I feel much better about flogging the **** out of a turbo Pcar than I do any Ferrari, and maybe that perception is not fair, but everyone I know with a Ferrari parks it in the garage and takes it out to dinner or coffee and cars - they don't drive and enjoy them.
and these are not guys that have issues with losing the money, it's that when compared to even a mildly tuned 99x, GT-R or their UGR lambo they aren't fast cars.
I want to reiterate I am a huge fan of Ferraris, they are gorgeous cars, they sound amazing, they play all the right strings on my heart, but for *ME* the cost of riding one hard and putting it away wet is too high.
-Z
The 430's are close to have bottomed in pricing the last year or so. If you can afford it - get it. By the way, picking up a '12 turbo S, still love the Porche's!
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Much appreciate everyone's feedback. Particularly those who've tasted both.
Love the idea of having both the Porsche 911 Turbo & an F430 in my stable. But if that's the case, I'll be in the market for an f1 f430 with higher than 10k miles to keep things financially do-able.
Otherwise, my goal is to trade in my '09 CPO porsche 911 Turbo & get into a mint low mileage F430. But since only 226 of the '09 porsche 911 Turbos were built in '09 with the 6 speed manual transmission mated with the last year of the legendary GT1 Mezger engine, I probably should just hang on to it. And just get my foot into an affordable f430 f1.
Here's another option for me to consider regarding the subject of F430 appreciation in value: the '08-'09 Scuderia or an '05-'09 F430 gated 6 speed manual? It's crazy how these are selling for so much more nowadays. I realize the price point is $50k - $90k higher than an f1 F430 with decent miles.
The more I research the F430 platform, I'm realizing the value in Scud's & 6 speed gated manuals. So I'm willing to let go the '09 CPO Porsche 911 Turbo & do everything possible to get into one of the F430 unicorns (Scud or 6speed gated F430).
Love the idea of having both the Porsche 911 Turbo & an F430 in my stable. But if that's the case, I'll be in the market for an f1 f430 with higher than 10k miles to keep things financially do-able.
Otherwise, my goal is to trade in my '09 CPO porsche 911 Turbo & get into a mint low mileage F430. But since only 226 of the '09 porsche 911 Turbos were built in '09 with the 6 speed manual transmission mated with the last year of the legendary GT1 Mezger engine, I probably should just hang on to it. And just get my foot into an affordable f430 f1.
Here's another option for me to consider regarding the subject of F430 appreciation in value: the '08-'09 Scuderia or an '05-'09 F430 gated 6 speed manual? It's crazy how these are selling for so much more nowadays. I realize the price point is $50k - $90k higher than an f1 F430 with decent miles.
The more I research the F430 platform, I'm realizing the value in Scud's & 6 speed gated manuals. So I'm willing to let go the '09 CPO Porsche 911 Turbo & do everything possible to get into one of the F430 unicorns (Scud or 6speed gated F430).
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