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Old 09-28-2018, 09:31 AM   #1
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It will be interesting to see what happens to 981 GT4 prices after the 982 (or is it 718?) GT4s with 4.0 liter flat sixes hit the streets. It sure seems to me like there are always lots of low mileage, US GT4s for sale on the PCA classifieds, eBay, Excellence Magazine classifieds
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Old 09-28-2018, 10:56 AM   #2
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It will be interesting to see what happens to 981 GT4 prices after the 982 (or is it 718?) GT4s with 4.0 liter flat sixes hit the streets. It sure seems to me like there are always lots of low mileage, US GT4s for sale on the PCA classifieds, eBay, Excellence Magazine classifieds
I am interested too, I noticed that the 2012 Cayman R used prices didn't really go down all that much when the GT4 came out - they seemed to stay around 55K. I was really hoping they would go down more, I love that car, I finally got a ride in one at Sebring and it was awesome
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With the insane amts of fuel and tires consumed by a Veyron, I'm not sure they're really meant to be driven. They're more of an engineering exercise than an weekend toy.

Here's one of those $350K 911 Rs:
https://www.cncexotics.com/used/Porsche/2016-Porsche-911-64047e750a0e0ae964abbd2a69d0d880.htm

It was mere months ago they were selling for $500K.
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With the insane amts of fuel and tires consumed by a Veyron, I'm not sure they're really meant to be driven. They're more of an engineering exercise than an weekend toy....
Well, I'd argue at the costs of tires (even at $40k a set) and fuel (at maybe 8mpg) as a percentage of purchase price is far cheaper than our 986's. Besides, if your spending $3.5 mil, what's $100k in annual operating costs? Lol.

I'm sorry that I don't buy into the concept of Audi manufacturing these purely as an engineering exercise, or else it would been a one-off (or at least very, very few, and certainly not different models). I suppose my point is that they are (or should be) a weekend toy for the hyper-wealthy, not just stored for eternity. Additionally I can understand (or did understand) why the original Veyron was purchased as an investment...but now with newer and more impressive models, I wonder how that investment has paid off (I'd assume there are far better investment alternatives).

Cars should be driven...not purchased, held and traded like a commodity.

(And yes, I know my quote of 8mpg is EPA...and I'd bet that flat out, the better term would be gallons per mile.).
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Maybe instead of saying 'not meant to be driven', I should have said they're impractical to drive. Yes, if you can afford a $1M car, you can afford the tires and fuel, but who wants to buy a set of tires every other w/e?
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