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Originally Posted by lemming
In the theme of this thread and more disclosure, I had been looking into a 1980s SC or G body 911 recently. But it’s just a lot to keep up with a car like that —although they are less cranky if driven a lot.
To your point.
I was also looking at 996s since they seem to be achievable now. But the post-purchase maintenance is an upsetting amount of money.
I’m keeping the mileage down on the cars as the quid pro quo with the dealer. Basically, keep them as valued trade-in’s that can command easy re-sale so that they can help me get allocation. It would not be super popular for me to show up in the T with 35,000 miles even though at this point it’s 6 years old.
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This is the slippery slope that I start down everytime I start thinking about 911s. I start out w/ the idea of an older one (like you said- maybe an 80s sC). But, yeah, based on my experience driving those cars I know that I wouldn't use it very often and the upkeep is a lot. Then I get into water cooled stuff and everyone says to avoid the 996 and 997.1. By the time you get to a 997.2 manual, you're at like 65k for a nice one. Unpopular view but I actually prefer the 991's exterior and interior. Also since it's a modern car and one I'd like to use as often as possible, I'd like modern conveniences like Carplay. Ok..now I'm at like 80k+ for a nice 991.2. At that point, I'd like a warranty. CPO ones are like 90k. Nice that they hold their value so well I guess...so maybe at that point I might as well just order a new one to get exactly what I want (except that I can't because that you can't currently spec a 911T w/ Bose).