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What is a RHD 964RS worth?

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SimonExtreme

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Oh no, not this again! And no, I am not selling.

However, a couple of weeks ago I received a phone call from a well known Sydney classic and sports car dealer asking if I was interested in selling my car as he had a buyer for a 964RS. So, we discussed the car (which he had seen) and then I asked the key question - how much? He asked what I would want and I replied that I really didn't know where to price it. His reply was "would $150,000" tempt me. Now, before you all rush to your calculators, that's £69,000 at today's rates!

Besides the fact that it is a lot of money, consider the fact that this dealer would, at a minimum, mark it up by 15%. This implies he could have sold it for $172,500, or just over £79k!

Now, a year ago $150k was worth about £62.5k while $172.5k was nearly £72k. Therefore, even allowing for the currency movement, this is one hell of a price. It left me wondering what the car would have been worth if I had stayed in the UK.


 
I don't know but Sean Lockyer has a 58,000 mile LEFT HAND DRIVE car up for £50,000


!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[:eek:]
 
Yes it is, and I'm actually now hoping that I will be able to collect it as agreed at the end of April and put at least another 3000 miles onto it.

But, I won't mess Andrew around ... he's been very fair so deserves the same in return.

P.S. If sold, we both want it to be in the UK ....
 
Credit Crunch aside (let's just look at Gold) the 964RS in ALL it's forms will appreciate further for the following reasons:

1. Porsche will never make anything like it again (Unlike Ferrari who are loyal to the lineage).

2. Fast, Frugal Fun was never so aptly named on a 911.

3. Best looking 911 ever, faithful to the 63 design.

4. Only about 2,200 ever made with the N-GT to appreciate beyond all known levels (yes mark my words yet again)....3.8 already at dizzy heights.

5. Such an honest little track car in the pure faith of Butzi and his dad and grandad.

6. Does what it says on the tin.

7. Built at a time the accountants were told to get f*****d, so NO cynical badging.

8. Endearing in every sense a 911 should be.

9. Pure and simple, Raw, demanding unforgiving and so rewarding like no other 911.

10. Because Carreraboy says...........

RHD Prices will hit £100,000 ...... when well I would say another five years, but the fastest appreciating cars will be the LHD particulalry Cup/N-GT....
 
Meanwhile back here on planet earth!....[:D]

You have to consider that as prices go up generic pricing is out of the window, each car will be valued on it's individual merits to determine it's worth[:)]

Des, I know you can't help Spinning whether it is on the keyboard or the track! But I thought you may have mentioned the fact that the Euro has strengthened against the £ by roughly 15% since this time last year.....this effectively makes the european cars more expensive for us to import, have prices adjusted to compensate?
 
Absolutely Clubsport, the LHD are effectively 15% more valuable as they are essentially Euro Based............... Technically a LHD is woth far more than a RHD as there is a greater Worldwide demand, we have in the UK a Macro RHD 964RS Market mainly for first time buyers who need a bit more of a comfort Zone while buying this untamed stallion of the "Leichtbau" Stable........

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ORIGINAL: carreraboy
10. Because Carreraboy says...........
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you sound like my 2yr old neighbour, although her name isnt carreraboy.. [:D]

Over time, condition and rarity starts to be the deciding factor with all classic cars; I'm guessing with the smaller build numbers (was it 70 or something total?) the tourings might become a more sought after model than the lightweights in the future and demand higher prices than the more "common" RS models..

Will be interesting to watch the market and see (albeit from the outside looking in, in my case [:(] )

Ben

PS.. Ive always viewed the 964RS as a bit of an outcast as it was not particularly well received at launch, being deemed too harsh for the road and suchlike..

Its been the domain of die-hard fans who have always used it as it was designed, however now the prices are shooting up, it would be a shame if owners started having second thoughts about using them on track or regularly on the road.. I hope it doesnt get to the point where you hardly ever see them, like the 2.7RS's..

PPS.. outcast is probably the wrong word; I guess I meant people dismissed them based on the opinions of others 15yrs ago, and are only just waking up to the abilities and value of these (physically) little cars..
 
ORIGINAL: carreraboy




RHD Prices will hit £100,000 ...... when well I would say another five years, but the fastest appreciating cars will be the LHD particulalry Cup/N-GT....
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The visit in Essen showed that the great Mintmeister is probably right.....cheapest 964 RS 75 k EUR, most expensive 130 k EUR

Rgds

Hacki

Anything new from good old Walter, Des?
 
When 'tourings' become the most sought after model then I'm giving mine away on principle. [:eek:]
 
Des, you can add about (another) 10% due to inflation which for years has been a negligible factor........
Also, if a new Cayman is nearly £50k, then a typical used 964 Carrera 2 is underpriced...........
George
944t
964rs
 
Well, having listened to what everybody has said, the deal got a little sweetener this morning - instead of money, would I take a 996 GT3RS for my 964RS. As it has always been my intention to get a later car with air conditioning and softer suspension, so much more suited to the roads and weather conditions over here, I have agreed to this deal and in a few hours, I will no longer be a 964RS owner.

The "journey" has been fun. I have met some real characters along the way and I am sure if I was still in the UK, it would be a different story. Howeverowning one of only 4 cars in the country has it's draw backs and I am not using the car as much as I would want. It certainly isn't a garage queen so it seems only right for it to move on to somebody who is going to use it regularly in the environment it belongs, the track. In the mean time, at least I will be cool, have somewhere for my much needed drinks and I will have a car much more suited to my needs.

So, thanks to everybody for a great few years and I will still look in and read, probably with envy, about one of Porsche's finest.
 
ORIGINAL: Hacki

ORIGINAL: carreraboy




RHD Prices will hit £100,000 ...... when well I would say another five years, but the fastest appreciating cars will be the LHD particulalry Cup/N-GT....
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The visit in Essen showed that the great Mintmeister is probably right.....cheapest 964 RS 75 k EUR, most expensive 130 k EUR

Rgds

Hacki

Anything new from good old Walter, Des?
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Walter was overheard at the Nordsclifeen recenty ... " Zee RS ich der Frau Mitdergrossenkuhagadigglebearingrumpebenen! "
 
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