FWIW be careful what you wish for. Once you start driving a 911 you'll notice that virtually all the other dudes driving them are old enough to be your grandpa. Unless you are going to track the car, it's like putting a thoroughbred pedigree horse in a petting zoo.
so sad that the car isnt even fully loaded for 221k lolI was just looking on a finder and this came up as a data point for your trade-in curiosity, which is almost exactly what @Archimedes stated in post #3 of this thread:
2022 Turbo S $213k retail build for sale at $139k with 21k miles
if you open this build in the configurator, the retail price shows as $221,600, appreciating very nicely there.
This is why the point why the demand for these examples is low driving major depreciation.
This comment about B-pillar hard plastic comes up a lot on this board. What option(s) specifically cover that with leather? Anything other than base standard leather? Or one of those door trim options?
Your comment perfectly illustrates why the high end Taycan depreciate quicker than lower trims. If you are looking for the top trim and willing to drop $200K+ for it, you are probably not looking for a compromise unless you absolutely have no other choice.
Absolutely, dealers need to protect their business. They are also very good indicators of how quick your car will sell, if they don't want it, that means it will be hard to sell. I say they, since you typically want to shop the car around, not rely on one dealer's input. If they all want it and want to pay top dollar, that means they are fairly sure the car will sell quick. This means that the logical conclusion may be somewhat counter-intuitive, if dealer is willing to pay a lot of money, sell it yourself and make a quick profit, if dealer doesn't want the car, settle in for a long ride - remember that if they don't want your car, they are probably sitting on inventory already, so you will be competing with them. If the hassle is not worth the risk, shop the car around and sell it to the dealer offering the highest price even if lower than you hoped for. Of course you might get lucky and sell quick for a price you want, but you also might sit on it while it depreciates further (and you pay or lose interest on its value). You could also play the local lottery and win too, then perhaps you keep your car as your new mansion will have plenty of space in the garage
This topic comes up a lot because the plastic is next level bad and I mean cheap looking, a lot of it, and you see it all the time. That is the first thing I noticed on the loaners driving them for many days before making my purchase decisions. There is nothing wrong with nice looking plastic in the areas specifically called inner door sill and B-Pillar as it looks nice in our Cayenne and Macan, but Taycan is really bad, in my view, therefore my comment on a $200k+ build here someone unaware of this situation, will think I am going to have to look at this all the time.
Ok, thanks for posting that, I tracked that down in the configurator. Ok, I’ll have to think about that. It totals up as $3k option bundled with the illuminated door sills, while there’s also the $510 option for just race-Tex on the B-pillars. Bling like fancy door sills is invisible to me, I don’t notice it so I don’t get that much out of having it. I like the idea of silencing rattles, particularly if that’s often a problem.
