Erroneous 914 online price guide info, why are all of the online price guides way too high? Options

[ky914porsche]

I'm a newbie 914 owner and think they're some of the best bang for the buck out there in pint-sized sporty car land. I also happen to like the styling quite a bit, although I realize the auto world is divided on that topic.

In researching my recent 914 purchase online, I was surprised by all of the erroneous price guide info out there on 914 values. I bought a condition 3 car at about 1/2 what about every price guide out there says the year/model is worth, and I saw quite a few advertised 914's advertised at that same general proportion of their "worth". When I look at other classified ads out there for these cars, very few are even advertised at anywhere close to what the price guides say they are "worth".

I find it interesting that the price guides seem to think 914's are a lot pricier than real world available car ads prove them to be. All of the price guides seem to be way overstated- NADA, Hagerty's, or about any others you can find online. Perhaps there are paid subscription collector car pricing guides that are more accurate than these flawed "freebie online valuation guides", but I don't subscribe to any so I don't know. Flawed online price guide example: http://www.hagerty.com/valuationtools/HVT/...eport?vc=954896

I just thought I'd mention this to see what others think about why this is the case.

[GeorgeRud]

When I had my -6 at the Parade, there were quite a few people that expressed interest, even though I wasn't interested in selling my car. Then, when the Reliable Transport driver dropped it off the other day, he had another person want the car if it was for sale at one of his other stops.

It seems that there is a large market for nice cars, and not that large of a supply. Hagerty shows an average of ~$35,000 for a -6, but they can go much higher (riding the early 911 coat tails?).