Value of engine upgrade?

[BYprodriver]

Originally Posted by BYprodriver

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That was part of my thinking before putting all the money in my engine. My Box can be hit & totaled anytime, but I still own it & can transfer the engine to another Boxster S. Even if it is stolen they usually are found soon.

Insurance company will be happy to give me less money & let me keep what is left of MY car.

[BIGJake111]

Originally Posted by BYprodriver

Insurance company will be happy to give me less money & let me keep what is left of MY car.

When I considered buying back my totaled 986 they had over valued it. I think the buyback took 6k out of the settlement, and you can find a perfectly good 2.5 for that without a salvage title and door off the hinge.

They struggle to give you anything to replace your old car but if you ask to buy back your old car they say it's worth majority of what they say a new one is.

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by BYprodriver

Insurance company will be happy to give me less money & let me keep what is left of MY car.

and you can buy an IMS roller and do the engine swap.

It's like the old days of coach builders before unibody cars.

I see Porsches now like speculative stocks that quickly lose all of their hyped up value until all that is left is the part that actually works.

Which is why I will always buy used, repairs are less of certainty than the merciless depreciation of mass production.