I can afford a Stradale,

scycle2020......

I am referring to the last 18 months here in Canada. Bear in mind that for the most part these are also clients who bought their cars privately as opposed to someone buying at retail at a dealer and trading in at wholesale at a dealer.

We also have a tax credit here as well, which figures into the equation in some cases....say you buy privately and later on down the road trade it in at a dealer, you then receive the tax credit on the dealer transaction, whereas you do not privately, as there is no tax on private deals. That's a 7% plus in your favor....it's a lot of dough on a 996 TT trade-in.......around 8-10K.

 

The thing is though, wouldn't you need to have lots of $ "invested" with your local F-car salon over some time to be able to buy these desireable cars at or close to MSRP, when the "going is good?"

For instance, if you have no history, and bought a new F430 with "market adjustment/markup," I wonder how close to MSRP you will need to buy it at for the system to work.

But then again, once you are in the fold, it must be nice!
(cars under full warranty, only small expenditures for maintenance, no need to pay for tires, pads, etc...)

 

thanks for the info, i know you really know the canadian market well.. i was only refering to what i was seeing in our area...its my typical myopic view of world!!! i dont get out of the area much!!!

 

If you can get a new F-car early in the production, and don't want to keep it until the next model comes out, you can probably not lose a lot of money on the car. That means that you won't have an F-car for a year or two, and that's something that you'll need to deal with.

I'd rather pick up my cars at the end of the production run, have a current model for a year or so, suffer the depreciation (usually not a lot at that end) and have the car all the time. May do something different this time, think I've got the wife talked into my getting the 430 next year. Question is spider or coupe?

Art

 

I have a promotional video from late 1986 introducing the then-new G50 Carrera models. One of the many benefits of purchase that the speaker mentioned was that Porsche had "the lowest depreciation and highest risidual values of any car..." sold at the time. It's a shame to see the direction that they've taken in recent years as a company. It's all about corporate profits instead of everything they "believed" in then.

 

I bought my first car (a 1990 Volvo 760GLE) for $2,600 & I sold it for $4,500 after driving it for 6 months/10,000 miles!! I only spent about $300 on it for mechanical work & having it detailed.

** WAVES HAND **

 

now that is low depreciation!!!!!

 

I would suggest you put economics behind utility in your decision. I drove the GT2 and a Gallardo back to back on a track recently and would offer this:

For club racing the GT2 is a better bet--more durable, more active class and available info/support/parts/etc.

For fun around town --assuming no need for trunk, or for occasional track day --the Gallardo is more distinctive, also easy to drive and has the 4 wheel drive. It is far faster than my 360-- and feels quicker than the Stradale too.

I am a bit cramped in a Gallardo with a helmet on (north of 6') while porsche has plenty of room.

Both are great cars and pretty forgiving for a good, but far less than pro driver. For a serious track experience the GT3 Cup is a blast. Two other notes--I have a 996 turbo and felt a big difference in the GT2. Also I drove the Murcielago same day as the Gallardo and also went shotgun with a pro on another track. I cannot figure why anyone would buy it over the gallardo.

I drove a gallardo stick on road and F1 on track --with latter far better.

 

art isnt the waiting list over 2 years on the 430, with the spider even longer?