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Old 05-19-2007, 05:56 PM   #12
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Smile a few ideas based on my research and experience

I just wanted to add that timing is everything when considering buying a preowned Porsche...Porsche's value decreases exponentially in the first few years, but seem to level off over time...consider my car: I bought my 2001 Boxster, base model with 41000 miles on it for $26,000 and the asking price was $30K. It had one major flaw (to me) which was a crinkled plastic window (indentations) but I figured I would eventually get a new top anyway...plus it was still under Porsche warranty, so when I bought it they did about $2800 worth of work for free... Also, Porsche's depreciation does tend to level off after the first 3 years...my car is still worth $20,000 at least, in it's good condition.
But getting back to the point, it's always best to buy a car on the last day of the month and one hour before closing...at this time, dealers are falling all over themselves to make the sale to increase their sales volume for the month...so if ever one is in the market for a Porsche, that is the time to buy. One other thing I noticed is that it's best to buy a slightly used Porsche from another dealer who have no great fondness for a car that is not their own, so they don't have a problem unloading it at a good price (unlike Porsche, who are clearly biased, in my opinion, because it is their car after all)

Last edited by teacher; 05-19-2007 at 06:00 PM. Reason: typo
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