When you sell your 986 would you buy a 987?

[BoxsterBob - CA]

Personally, if I had your 986, I would never sell it. That TT look is fantastic. Since I don't, I will eventually sell my 986 base and buy a 987 (or 988) S!

[olouie]

When I sell its going to be for a 993. Those are just classic

[racer_d]

I wouldn't buy a 987 per se. I would prefer another 911 or another 914. Maybe a Cayman someday.

[yellowboxster01]

Originally Posted by BoxsterBob - CA

Personally, if I had your 986, I would never sell it. That TT look is fantastic. Since I don't, I will eventually sell my 986 base and buy a 987 (or 988) S!

thank you very much, I love my car also. Trading up will be 4-5 years down the road, when the price of a used cayman and 997 come down.

Originally Posted by SC986

If I traded (realistically, not like GT3 or TT) right now I would like a Cayman S.

You know my parents neighbor had a 986S and just traded up for a brand new 987S. He paid $65K off the lot. My dad bought an 01 996TT with 10K miles on it from Champion Porsche for $73K. 996's didn't retain their value very well and I've seen some early 996's with 60K miles go for $25K. 993's hold their value the best, my dad has a 95' Techart that he bought with 20K miles on it in 99 for $52K. When he bought his Turbo he kicked around the idea of selling it. Now it has 60K miles and he was offered $61K. He declined and decided to keep it, I had a little to do with that also. He figured since there was nothing wrong with it and it still gets the looks, why not keep it around.

[pteam]

The thing is you can get a a brand new base boxster on lease for $575 - $599 a month. I see these leases in autoweek offered all the time. You could probably get a brand new S for $800 a month or so lease. Thats cheap and with a lease who cares about depreciation. Then in 3 years get another new one

Also some companies offer leases on slightly used, maybe you could pickup an 05 S on a lease for $500-$600 a month.

[yellowboxster01]

leasing a car in my opinion makes absolutely no sense. so you pay a car payment every month for so many years but, never own the car. if you alter it in any way you have to return it to stock before giving it back. that's something i would never do.

[blueillusion97]

Originally Posted by yellowboxster01

leasing a car in my opinion makes absolutely no sense. so you pay a car payment every month for so many years but, never own the car. if you alter it in any way you have to return it to stock before giving it back. that's something i would never do.

Im with you on that one... i never liked the idea of lease for a personal vehicle. For business it depends

[fab]

diddo the same on leases....
I would buy a 911 cab.

[dmcutter]

When I was growing up the 911 was always my dream car. Now I prefer the 986 styling and the mid engine layout. Plus I got a killer deal on mine. I'm going to put a turbo in it and coil overs and keep it forever and always.