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Originally Posted by JST
I think it's always tricky to time "last manual" of anything, as the 911R showed,
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Yes. Look at me with the F80. Not to say I regret it, but it would have been a better move had the G80 been slushie-only.
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Originally Posted by JST
but I don't think you'll go wrong buying either a nice 981 or 987--and I think even buying a 4.0 GTS new won't be a *bad* move if you plan to keep it 10-20 years.
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That's my pickle. Given my use case, and ability to care for it, even a new one would probably wind up having a pretty reasonable ownership cost after several years. It's just tough to sink that much cash. Hypothetically, say it costs $5k a year, my wife would rather have a new $50k car be worth nothing in ten years than a $100k car be worth $50k. Obviously you have the opportunity cost of having sunk that extra $50k for a decade which could double that sum. But it's also a psychological barrier which I totally understand (and have myself).
I can accept new H6 Boxsters being $100k. I have trouble accepting 2015 GTS's costing $65-70k, for example. There is just no supply (of MT's). It's amazing.