Which Car Ver. No Depreciation Daily Driver, Because Money is Cheap!

[itsnotagsr]

In a similar thread a few years back I posted a link to a nice 996 series 2 on carsales, the poster didn’t buy it but another pfer did. They sold it 3 years later and made a profit including all expenses - rego, insurance, maintenance, tyres and fuel. That would also include interest in the current climate.

I've been following the 996 GT3 market. Seemed to bottom out at ~$110k and now advertised for $150-170k.

[perthdrivers.txt]

lol at $50k Chasers and $200k R34s

literally a whole markets' worth of cars that are objectively better than either of those at that money

[tremolo]

If classic car prices were set using objective measures I'd be driving a 250SWB instead of a Focus RS

[perthdrivers.txt]

fair point!

[JGTC]

I have a feeling the bulk of Aus sales are exporters are buying the local stock at slightly under the US/Japan prices and sending them abroad. I get the impression there are not that many people in Aus paying the same prices 34s are fetching in Japan (export), the US (import) and the UK (generally exporting to Europe). Just based on my assumptions following the sales since before they took off in price.

I'm sitting on an R34 GTR and the goal is to convert it into a Porsche GT3 or some sort that would be considered desirable to the market going forward (not depreciating). markets are crazy at the moment, R34 values slightly decoupled due to pending US import demand compared to the whole of the used car market being inflated at present.

whether that presents itself as a 997 or 991 im not sure at this stage and i definitely don't yet know enough about the Porsche market to move on it.

[clutch-monkey]

I've been following the 996 GT3 market. Seemed to bottom out at ~$110k and now advertised for $150-170k.

Sold my series 2 with leather and cf interior pack for 95k like an idiot.
funded the e9, 240z and 2002 though and I did profit on those at least

[itsnotagsr]

Sold my series 2 with leather and cf interior pack for 95k like an idiot.
funded the e9, 240z and 2002 though and I did profit on those at least

At least I can console myself that it was a series 2 :D

[fury]

Mitsubishi 3000GT / GTO?

I did see one of these nearby the other day and it gave me wood.. Getting parts though, probably not so. Even a R32/R33/R34 GTR many of the important parts are still available.

[Banzai]

Honda DC2 Integra Type R if you can find one.

[BreaksMyWallet]

^ or even a DC5, especially for a daily. Prices are already crazy, but it's impossible to build anything like it again, so i think they'll continue to rise. And maybe time will even be kind to the S2000 for similar reasons.

Also, I reckon the 147 GTA is undervalued at low 20s (let alone Redbook at 7-9k...), although perhaps that's Alfa repair fears scaring people off.

[paule11]

Jensen interceptor but prices have gone up a fair bit already

[IMOA]

I’m biased but there’s some quite clean S14a and S15 200’s on carsales atm. Fun, certainly daily drivable and as long as you don’t do something stupid should hold their value comfortably. Prices in the 30-40k range so not cheap but not completely silly either.

[PXL265]

The bubble has to burst in the S14's and S15's soon. I don't know how they have gone that stupid in value. And the spare parts have gone even stupider in price.

Are people actually paying asking prices at the moment???

If they are getting asking prices I have to seriously consider selling off my rolling shell with all the bits to make a race car.... I could go an buy a running car for that money.....

[The Panda]

The bubble has to burst in the S14's and S15's soon. I don't know how they have gone that stupid in value. And the spare parts have gone even stupider in price.

Are people actually paying asking prices at the moment???

If they are getting asking prices I have to seriously consider selling off my rolling shell with all the bits to make a race car.... I could go an buy a running car for that money.....

Yeah Silvia prices have gone a little wild. Not sure about s14s, but pretty sure you can still import an S15 in the 20s.

[Ribfeast]

I did see one of these nearby the other day and it gave me wood.. Getting parts though, probably not so. Even a R32/R33/R34 GTR many of the important parts are still available.

Are GTO/3000GT hard to get parts for? Are mitsi no longer making them? I'm sure they would be scarce at wreckers etc though.
Just seem like an ideal choice, plenty of engine displacement, turbo, AWD, comfy, rare, attractive to look at IMHO. More of a grand tourer but that would make it comfy as a daily too.

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/det...-6783777/?Cr=6

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/det...-6526545/?Cr=0