Problems with New 991

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by Ckrikos

Time will tell. I'm hoping my mezger engine porsche appreciates like the 993's.

Part of me thinks they'll do better than many air-cooled cars.
Those pre-996 cars need expensive rebuilds, leak and can't be driven the way you'd drive a water-cooled dry sump.

In other words, keeping up a 993 will be costly and the car will have limited use when compared to the 996/997 GT's and Turbo that will be easier and less costly to maintain, , will provide more power but still with a manual trans. As a result the pool of people willing to invest in the upkeep may end up being bigger than the pool of 993 buyers. Specifically I'm thinking of the guys who will want to track/DE theirs while 993's will become rare birds at such events. And at the end of the day the water-cooled Mezgers were not produced in nearly the numbers that the street-engine 996/997/991 were. There's a certain sweet spot there for 996/997 GT3 and Turbo... kinda like the 964 being the first modern 911 but still with one foot in the old school of limited supply.

[Porsche9]

We will see. Hey even 944s are starting to see some appreciation and they made a ton of them. Our Boxsters are still depreciating and will do so for some time plus there are a lot of them. A lot of Boxsters will need to go to the crusher to get the numbers down and time has to pass before people want to have what they had in the past, a modern but still relatively simple sports car. People have forgotten how hugely successful the Boxster was on launch and that it essentially allowed Porsche to remain independent and go onto the powerhouse it is today.

On the 991 video I am sure there is more to the story but hopefully it comes to a good resolution. I doubt that JD Power would rank Porsche so highly if this situation was the norm.

[Timco]

Originally Posted by Porsche9

We will see. Hey even 944s are starting to see some appreciation and they made a ton of them. Our Boxsters are still depreciating and will do so for some time plus there are a lot of them. A lot of Boxsters will need to go to the crusher to get the numbers down and time has to pass before people want to have what they had in the past, a modern but still relatively simple sports car. People have forgotten how hugely successful the Boxster was on launch and that it essentially allowed Porsche to remain independent and go onto the powerhouse it is today.

On the 991 video I am sure there is more to the story but hopefully it comes to a good resolution. I doubt that JD Power would rank Porsche so highly if this situation was the norm.

Remain independent?