why are all these people buying Porsches?

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by healthservices

There is no shame in it being a kit car. Especially if done right, real ones are never driven anyhow, and I'm sure he has more fun, besides even in kit form the nice ones bring more money than an everyday boxster

simple supply and demand. Not so much the merits of the car.

The market for replica cars is small and the number of replica cars that have been done well are likewise small. Meanwhile the market for used water-cooled Porsches has never been bigger but only a very small % of the used car buyers will take a chance on an out-of-warranty German sports car requiring specialized labor and over-priced parts. There simply are not enough buyers to absorb that much inventory so they don't command good used prices like the replicas and air-cooled originals, however very few P-cars are at the 356's classic status yet where market price now exceeds the sticker price, and by a lot.

But the good news for us is that you're much safer in a water-cooled Porsche, you've got much better handling, much better speed, fastest to race, and relative to all Porsches, these are the least expensive to run if you're not a DIY'er ...which has built-in costs of its own, namely your time, tools you must own, space you must have, etc. And water-cooled Porsches are cars you drive the wheels off not ones that sit in garage awaiting their next layer of wax or a sunny day.

[recycledsixtie]

Further to this original thread as I do not consider my Box a prima donna of the make unlike GT3's , Turbos, 993's etc. I have no hesitation in parking it anywhere, driving it anywhere except my butt gets sore over long distances.

As long as I don't get written off in an accident and the car does there is a great variety of P cars out there to chose from. Mostly garaged and babied. And they won't be that expensive either especially older Boxsters. What's not to love. G.