100k garage; what would you buy?

[wdc330i]

Originally Posted by robg

Speaking of 981s, this seems almost reasonable for a low miles CPO car:

https://finder.porsche.com/us/en-US/...reowned-1KRM5N



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Yep. A good one for sure. Noticed it earlier today. ZBB?

The only critical thing it’s missing, IMO, is a heated steering wheel. I find that very valuable in a convertible.

[FC]

I'd love to say GTI+Boxster. But whereas VW has a winner offering the GTI new for around 30k, that one can't get a reasonably good NA Boxster for 70k is sad. That is exactly what I would do in real life. Currently you need to go with a 6-7 yo to get one and then you don't really keep much change (or any at all if a 2015 GTS), which is insane.

[ZBB]

Originally Posted by wdc330i

Yep. A good one for sure. Noticed it earlier today. ZBB?

The only critical thing it’s missing, IMO, is a heated steering wheel. I find that very valuable in a convertible.

It’s nice, but I hate grey interiors…. If it had Natural Brown or another darker tan, I’d have to think about it…

[dan]

M2 plus Wrangler of some sort.

[JST]

Gave some thought to that LA 981. Shipping wouldn’t even be that bad. But idk man I just keep coming back to thinking that the 987 is one of those cars I’d regret selling almost immediately. Can’t help but think it would be an E46–>E90 situation.

[John V]

I worried a bit that I'd regret selling ours. Different strokes / folks but no regrets here. It's actually been really liberating.

[nate]

It's a tough question.

I've been happy with my S4, which is probably worth $25k at this point. Maybe a little more on a good day.

So, I think a Boxster would be a nice add on to get up to the $100k budget.

[Josh (PA)]

Originally Posted by JST

Gave some thought to that LA 981. Shipping wouldn’t even be that bad. But idk man I just keep coming back to thinking that the 987 is one of those cars I’d regret selling almost immediately. Can’t help but think it would be an E46–>E90 situation.

Even if it is a little better than the 987, would you get $30k of incremental enjoyment out of it?

[Nick M3]

Originally Posted by Josh (PA)

The idea of a v8 vantage is so tempting, I think they are stunningly pretty and look/feel much more 'special' than a 911. I talked myself out of it, because we wanted something that we could use regularly and not constantly worry about. In the end im glad we didn't go that route, but it still tugs at my heartstrings Everytime I see it

And convertibles in the mid Atlantic are perfect. You can comfortably drive top down from 40f to 95f which covers about 10 months of our year. Just crank up the heat and heated seats on chilly days, or the A/C and ventilates seats on the warm ones. The wind deflector on the 911 hels a lot of you don't want buffeting

The predominant feeling that I had when I drove a V8 Vantage was that I expected it to be a lot faster. It felt nice, but I'd rather drive a 911.

[JST]

Originally Posted by Josh (PA)

Even if it is a little better than the 987, would you get $30k of incremental enjoyment out of it?

Almost certainly not; the only reason to do it would be to get some additional utility while also figuring to keep it for years and years (beyond the time I'd otherwise keep the 987). But who knows when that would be?

I also generally still would like to upgrade to the 9A1 engine over the M96, but at the prices 987.2s and 981s are commanding that doesn't make any sense from a risk mitigation standpoint, either.

Anyway, it was a momentary thought and maybe if the car were the perfect spec I would have pursued it, but it isn't...so I didn't.