2006 base base 987 price

Originally Posted by porschegeorg

The car at Fred Baker sounds just about perfect for me. The 05 that he has
would invoice for a little over $39,000. The 06 invoices at $39,222. So these
2 cars are very comparable as far as price goes. The 05 has $1000 worth of
options that the 06 does not have. But I'm also taking a bigger depreciation on
the 05. I'm torn.

I just don't get this depreciation comment. They are giving you a deep-discount on the 2005...right. Doesn't that wipe-out the depreciation, or most of it?

Another thing about depreciation I just don't get is this example. Say you buy a 2006. And in 3 years it is worth X$ less. OK, so it is worth less in 3 years, that's deprciation...but you also got to drive and enjoy the car for 3 years! Nothing's free. And if customer "A" negotiates a better deals than another buyer, than customer A's car depreciates less. Right?

[porschegeorg]

The thing is, I'm coming to realize that I will probably want to sell the 987 in
3 years. I'm TERRIBLE when it comes to keeping cars...I always want something
new. Smart? No...I consider it a "car disease".

With that said, lets say I buy the 06 for 41k. In 3 years I think I can get 30k for
my prestine, low mileage (garaged from nov-april) 06 Boxster. But if I buy the
05, in three years, I'll have a car that's a whole year older (worth maybe 3k less)
even though I bought it new.

Plus I have the wife factor to weigh. God bless her that she puts up with me
through all of my porsche-talk. But I need to justify the numbers to her. It sounds
like this is gonna be a wash. Yeah, I could get an 06 cheap...but it might be very
hard to sell without any options. And I could get an 05 cheap, but it will be worth
less in 3 years than the 06. SOOO I guess it really doesnt matter.

sigh. I still cant believe I may be really close to getting a new Boxster!!!!! TOO
COOL!!!!

keep your ideas coming....

[porschegeorg]

The other thing that I've learned is that the left-over 2005 vehicles do not have
the full 4 year warranty. Porsche basically screws the dealers, making them start
the warranty prematurely. So I'm losing 6 months- 1 year in warranty on a
"new" 2005. These cars were never titled or even demo'd, yet their warranty
started before they were purchased.

That's why there are still dealers out there with NEW 2004 Boxsters. The dealers
cannot sell them (at least for a new car price). I was trying to deal on a new
2004 a month ago. I offered 35 and the dealer wanted 37. Neither of us
would budge. You'd think one of us would blink. I'm as stubborn as they are

[MikenOH]

if you're only going to keep it for 3 years, then the issue is mute, right? You'll probably still have some warranty on it to sign over to the new owner.

If you really need the full 4 years or more, the dealer should be able to come up with an extended warranty of some kind for the term you need. It may cost both of you something but you'll have the car and he'll have moved inventory.

regarding comparable pricing, even if the invoices are close, I'd suspect he'd be willing to take less margin on the car he's been sitting on vs. a slot that hasn't been filled yet. Not much margin on a base car compared to an S with lots of gingerbread on it. Hope you get the '05'.