03-30-2010, 10:51 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Orange County, CA
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Wowza....
Sure would like to test drive it.....
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'08 987S, 6 Speed, Guards Red, Black Interior, 19" Chrome Wheels, Clear Bra, Painted Side Vents, Dension Ipod, Clear Side Markers, Cayman Sports Tip, Red Tail Lights
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03-30-2010, 12:42 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: northbrook, illinois
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Sorry to be ignorant, but most all the cars in that ad site are over $100,000.00 even a 2007 box is $109,000.00. is that u.s. d. or pounds?
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03-30-2010, 01:02 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: San Carlos, CA 94070
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Well, since the site is in Australia I'd take the wild guess that the currency would therefore be Australian Dollars (which btw. has pretty much an 1:1 exchange rate against the US $)
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I still wave at Boxsters, but they no longer wave back :-(
2002 Boxster S "Violet" (sold but not forgotten)
2009 Carrera 4S "Kelsey" (current ride)
2015 FIAT 500e "Nikki" my commuter car
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03-30-2010, 02:54 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: northbrook, illinois
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There has to be something crazy going on there cause if you look on the site a my97 box not even an "S" is $34,000.00-$29,000.00 along with others at the same prices and none of them are very special other than in good condition. I only bring this up that the "TURBO" may not be as expensive as you think. I love my porsches but that is way too much.
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03-30-2010, 05:36 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Orange County, CA
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Originally Posted by SStiebers
There has to be something crazy going on there cause if you look on the site a my97 box not even an "S" is $34,000.00-$29,000.00 along with others at the same prices and none of them are very special other than in good condition. I only bring this up that the "TURBO" may not be as expensive as you think. I love my porsches but that is way too much.
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Socialist Country.....
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'08 987S, 6 Speed, Guards Red, Black Interior, 19" Chrome Wheels, Clear Bra, Painted Side Vents, Dension Ipod, Clear Side Markers, Cayman Sports Tip, Red Tail Lights
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03-30-2010, 07:09 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Perth, Australia
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High Prices
Yes gentlemen, welcome to my world!
Australia heavily taxes what are deemed to be "luxury cars". As soon as the untaxed value for a new car is above about 50k USD it has a luxury tax added, which comes on before the GST (think 10% sales tax on any good or service) to mean we pay a huge premium with tax on tax. This tax does not apply to the second hand market, however it is inherently built into the price due to an arbitrage between new and second hand prices (I'm sure the economists on here follow me).
Just to put it into perspective, a brand new Boxster S goes for about 150K USD without options.
If I was in the US guys, I would be driving a used GT3. I paid 60k USD (including transfer fees of about 4,500) 2 years ago for a 2000 Boxster S. It was a bargain as the dealers were selling them for about 75k USD at the time. Now after GFC etc. it is worth about 40k USD, but still expensive by world standards.
If you find that shocking, here is one for you. In my city, with a population of about 1.4 million, the MEDIAN home price is roughly $480,000 USD! Good luck first homebuyers!
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03-30-2010, 07:19 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: northbrook, illinois
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Whoa! that explains it. Sucks to be you! lol.
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03-30-2010, 07:21 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Daytona Beach
Posts: 350
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It's odd to think of myself driving that car where the shifter is on the WRONG SIDE!
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