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Originally Posted by bcrdukes
Let me be the bad guy here.
As much as we are all advocating the Z06 as the anti-hero, how many of you would be okay with its depreciation and alleged build quality?
Admit it. Porsche is the answer.
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A glance on autotrader it seems C7 and C8 Z06's are maintaining their values nicely, or the owner is out to lunch. Build quality.. sure it's made by bob in kentucky, but it's no longer the fiberglass bumper and chevy cobalt parts bin special in the past. Plus cheap parts and oil changes!
My 991 with full leather was nice, but just like the bentley continental if you look closely you start seeing VW parts bin as well. Plus all german cars seem to develop a rattle early. I had a 2005 Lexus LS430 as a beater in Calgary and that was a great example of exceptional build quality even though it was old.
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Originally Posted by bcrdukes
I'm not shitting on Corvettes; I think they are great cars and have their pros and cons like any car out there. But let's be real. From a marketing perspective, Porsche, Ferrari, and what have you, have done a great job of creating this unobtanium and prestige that comes with ownership. A Corvette does not have the same zeal.
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Porsche followed the scarcity trend that rolex/hermes/ferrari uses where you either have to buy their undesirable product line (taycan,macan,cayenne) and/or have a spending history to be graciously honoured with an allocation. As a customer, I'm not shameless enough to beg and kow-tow to buy a product at full price or above MSRP . Same goes for the civic type-r. We need another worldwide recession to kick this marketing tactic to the curb.