If you had the money for the 916, would you buy it? Options

[Scott S]

If you had the cash to pick up the blue 916 that is for sale, would you do it? I know it is one of 12 and a prototype, but I personally like looking at a good GT (real or conversion) just as much.

I love 914's and I like things that are different, but compared to what else you could get for that kind of money, I am not sure if the 916 would even be in my top 10... or 20.

Sorry to be random, I just re-read the excellence article on the car over lunch..... it needs new carpet. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[bigkensteele]

I am not sure. I think that the 914 is finally (30 years too late) beginning to be appreciated in the Porsche community. As one of 11 or 12 or 16, depending on who you want to believe, it is one of the rarest Porsches ever produced. At $300k, it is not a bargain, but it may very well appreciate past that in the next 5 years.

I remember trying to get my dad to buy a Dino that was advertised in Hemmings for $11k. That was back in the '80s when the 308 was popular. I KNEW it would be a good investment, even though I was only 15. My dad drove a Pinto at the time, so we were not what you would call affluent, so he passed on the opportunity.

Long story short (if it is not too late for that), Pops probably made a hello of a lot more by socking away that 11k into his 401k than he would have had he bought the car, but you can't go out to the garage at night and drool over your 401k. You can't fire up the engine of your 401k and listen to it hum like only 10 other people on Earth can.

The kind of people who buy this kind of car don't buy it as an investment. They buy it because they want it and they can.