911 is a status symbol for many people born in the 50's - 70's.
Range Rover and Cayenne seem to be that for folks born in the 80's and 90's.
A second hand 911 is still a great value and depending on the year can hold value extremely well. If it doesn't hold value its probably very reliable and doesn't leak(
). Either way you can't lose.
However if you want the no top experience, and you want a Porsche this is the car to have. Cutting the roof off of a Carrera is just a really odd way to go imo. The backseat is useless for most non-dwarfs, it ruins the iconic profile of the Carrera, it will never handle as well and puts the car in the luxury convertible category. Which is fine if that's what you're into along with all the other retired dentists.
p.s.
I always wondered why they bothered to make the Boxster a different car. From the front to the doors it was the same part numbers from the 99-01 Carrera. They could have simply called it the Carrera Roadster with the 3.6 Carrera engine and made 3.8 standard on all the regular Carreras so that it would still be quicker. The Carrera S could have gotten the GT1 engine from the Turbo and GT3.