Mr Anderson wrote:zero7 wrote:Old 911s also fetch a fr penny - some time old technology is just the ticket, much prefer the LSD in the dc2 than the mre aggressive dc5, also prefer the character of the b18 over the more powerful but refined k20.
Horses for course but using age as a marker for valuing special cars like these is nonsensical, see first sentence.
Lol it's not a f*cking 911 though is it! That is nonsensical!
This isn't meant to nitpick at you personally, although I am quoting a point you've made.
His analogy of the 911 isn't that nonsensical really, if anything it is bang on. If you are going to compare prices of an older (DC2) Integra to a newer (DC5) varient and say that the older technology shouldn't fetch a premium over the newer, then the same should and can apply to an older shape 911 when compared to a newer shape version of the same car. The same could be said of E30 M3s and their E46 counterparts......but look at the prices of those. They're all backwards, the latter example partly being fuelled by genuine homologation credentials for touring car racing, initial rarity (where the Evo 1, 2 and Sport models are concerned) upon release and subsequent rarity from those examples having been stacked or rusted away............that, and like you've said, die hard fans with deep pockets. I'd rather have a newer varient than pay £40K over the odds to turn a few heads at a trackday or whatever, but then that's just me.
I agree with your point about that it being daft spending top dollar on an old car that should be technologically inferior to the newer version, but unfortunately it just doesn't work that way with used iconic performance cars, especially not with those that have the backing of every motoring journal. As soon as you get the likes of Octane or Evo magazine praising the life out of something, you can guarantee at some point those cars will bottom out on price and steadily climb up to something perceived as silly by the masses.