[BlkGS]

Originally Posted by dgoldenz

Have to disagree, everyone still wants a GT3 which is why they're $30-50k over for a 3 year old used one with miles on it. They just increased the base price by $40k because they know people will pay it for that hard edged sports car.

They could easily put a NA engine in any of the base lineup but they don't because it forces people to go after a GT3 which keeps values up, and of course everyone wants something they can't get.

Prices have gone into the stratosphere though, with a loaded 911 T being upwards of $180k now when a few years ago a loaded 991.2 GTS was $160k and is now closer to $220k. You've got a whole lot of great options when you're getting into that kind of price range. Hopefully Porsche doesn't kill the golden goose by getting too greedy.

Yes people want GT3s. But they make a tiny amount of those compared to regular 911s. My point was more than people buying a new base Carrera, or even a 4S, want something that's less sports car and more status car.

I don't think Porsche will have any issues until there's a major stock market drop. Right now the people buying these cars are high on massive stock market gains, so they don't really care that it's an extra $50k, they just want one now. If the market has a major drop from something, and all that paper wealth gets hit, Porsche could be in for some hurt.

[Alfisti]

Porsche sell you turbo charged because of emissions, if it wasn't for that the entire line up bar the TURBO would be NA. AS sports car with a turbo charged engine loses much of it's point for existing in the first place.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by Pauly Wauly

Do you have the 928 on the road, M5Rick?
I remember you were working on it last year, or a couple of years ago.

Not quite, too busy with other things like moving soon. It needs more work removing an old faulty thatcham immobiliser to even start it, then fix the n/w dash lights and finally the reverse gear that doesn't engage. I overhauled the rear brakes with a kit, it had seized callipers.