986forum is dead

[maytag]

I'm a little disheartened, reading this thread. I'm "casually" back in the market for a 986. I'm shocked at the market, though.
5 or 6 years ago when I bought my first 986, it was an '03 S, 6-spd. 120kish miles, iirc. Paid under $7k. The same car today is more than double that. And there just aren't many of them out there, as there once were. This leads me back here, naturally. But I see that the traffic is far less than it used to be.

I won't do the Facebook thing for car groups. That format lends itself far too easily to the trolls, and it's not great for searching. In a forum like this one, a guy can usually read the last several posts and find a consensus, or at least somebody correcting any wrong information. Not so on fb.

Anyway. I'm back. Kinda.
At least for a bit.

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[Starter986]

Originally Posted by maytag

I'm a little disheartened, reading this thread. I'm "casually" back in the market for a 986. I'm shocked at the market, though.
5 or 6 years ago when I bought my first 986, it was an '03 S, 6-spd. 120kish miles, iirc. Paid under $7k. The same car today is more than double that. And there just aren't many of them out there, as there once were. This leads me back here, naturally. But I see that the traffic is far less than it used to be.

I won't do the Facebook thing for car groups. That format lends itself far too easily to the trolls, and it's not great for searching. In a forum like this one, a guy can usually read the last several posts and find a consensus, or at least somebody correcting any wrong information. Not so on fb.

Anyway. I'm back. Kinda.
At least for a bit.

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Good morning.

[ike84]

I think everyone here has pretty good points. The forum will never get new blood if they can't post, or their first posts are met with criticism.

For me though I think the issue is what dghii said - the cars are played out. Options for stock customization are extremely limited, and there just aren't that many guys who are willing out even want to do serious tinkering. I can remember one of my first motivations to get involved with the forum was to learn "what else can this car do". I feel like there used to be a lot of that, not so much at all now though

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[robmints]

I was wondering what happened. There are more tinkerers than you think. It’s not the money in the 986 engine. It’s that it’s just iffy. We are not talking ground breaking design. The car is fantastic.

[madtown986]

Whenever I have tried to post to any thread, i am told it is waiting moderator approval and nothing posts. This may not post either.

[particlewave]

For me...

#1 Unappreciative noobs/one posters. They'd pop in, post a question/issue. Experienced owners like myself would go to great lengths to answer their questions and assist, but receive nothing in return. Not a "thanks". Not a "hey, that helps". Not even a reply in a lot of cases. Why waste my time? Without that, it's just us old members finding reasons to bicker.

#2 Pelican censorship. They soured it for me. Couldn't even share cool deals or basic links.

You hear that, Pelican? Go suck an egg, you money grubbing ***hats.
You pushed people like myself and Fred away...I doubt I'll be back much, if at all. Before last month, I hadn't checked the site in years.

RIP

[Nickanator8]

As a relative newcomer and not-yet-owner of a 986, I'm still very appreciative of what life seems to be left here. I have had some really excellent insight into a car I'm considering buying and those who have contributed have been both positive and realistic, with no negativity that I am able to detect.

As a lay-person who is still brand new around here, I think these cars are simply mismatched between their cost to buy vs their cost to own.

I'm currently shopping for a cheap boxster, like $12k is the top of my budget, and there are a handful of cars at and under that price point near me. But of the ones I've checked out, none of the owners look like they could handle the cost of taking a 20 year old Porsche to a mechanic, independent or otherwise. If they have done their own maintenance they haven't kept records so it's hard to believe that they have kept up with the necessary care and feeding.

Beyond that, buying a cheap sports car these days, 986 or otherwise, is becoming less and less justifiable these days. The price of premium fuel around me is $4.50 and unleaded can dip as low as $3.79. If I were just shopping for a fun drop-top a miata is going to be infinitely less expensive to live with.

I think pristine examples are becoming collectors items, and thus not really driven much, and rough examples are becoming parts cars for the remaining few who are brave enough to try to work on a 986 themselves.

Again, take everything here with a grain of salt, I'm new to the forum and still shopping for my own Boxster so my experience in the space is limited to say the least.