10 CHEAPEST Porsche Cars That Are BEST VALUE FOR MONEY! (INSANE DEPRECIATION) 

Nobody should care if a 996 is faster than a C43 or M140i...it's a lose-lose to try - everyone assumes any 911 is faster, so if you win nobody cares, but if you lose you look like a muppet. On the other hand, while those cars are nice enough (although the W205 C-Class interior is one of the worst in the history of cars), nobody cares that they exist if you're there in a 911! I'd just sit there, let them go and enjoy the fact everyone is still, rightly, far more interested in your car, even if it's the "worst" 911. I say all this as someone who isn't that bothered by 911s and is vaguely considering a Merc as a next car (having considered BMWs about 50x but never bought one). 3 years of Porsche daily(ish) driving and I got used to letting the inevitable chav in every Fiesta ST ruin their clutch trying to prove something. 1/10 times I gave them a little demonstration, but mostly I just let them chav it up. Now, I drive a 308 GTi and it's the other way around - on a weekly basis someone in a Golf R or S3 will try to race me. No idea why - they have autos so prove no skill and everyone assumes they're much faster...which they are, from 0-20mph. They look properly stupid when they fail to keep up with a (basically un-modded) 1.6L Peugeot off a roundabout though. Couple of times doing that made me really realise - if I'm in a car people think is better, I'm not getting into it, there's no way to look good 🤣 Long-winded way of basically just saying: who cares if your 911 is faster than those cars, plenty of BMWs and Mercs will smash you off the line and still your car is better!

@@ApothecaryTerryvery well put and I would not add much but only say to follow up your point. I have an old Porsche 993 RS tribute, 2 years ago I was south of France going nicely and then a new 435i sport of some sort wanted to race me. I just backed off and continued enjoying my journey, a few moments later further up the road I saw the clown had a nasty accident (luckily no injuries by the looks of it) with another. Imagine if I’d engaged trying to prove what point. They both looked at me as I cruised by minding my own🤷🏾‍♂️🙏🏿

Your rear engine awd Porsche launches better than a front engine rwd 🤷‍♂️

You'd be surprised. I daily drove a 981CS (as reviewed on this channel! Shameless JB plug...) for 3 years, did 20k miles and worked out that it cost me somewhere between 25-50% less net cost than if I'd have spent the same money on a diesel Golf (a new one, with no options). 3.4L but used to get high 40s MPG on a run, it cost £1k a year to repair and both servicing and tyres were £1k...but tyres lasted forever, servicing is 2 years/20k miles and the depreciation is negligible even now, which is where the Golf loses. For these mostly older cars, you'll get basically 0 depreciation and it won't fully offset the running costs vs a more normal car, but a 986 would be only about 10-20% more to own than a Fiesta ST for the same purchase price, for example. You could get unlucky with reliability - Porsches aren't great for that, except the 981 and Macan which are relatively solid, but they're not awful and you really can get a lot of generic VAG parts. They're also not hard to work on yourself, except mid-mounted engines...since they put parts in the wrong place so a lot of jobs are engine out. Overly detailed comment, long day, brain too fried to filter for conciseness, you get the idea 😄

Very important point from someone who had a 997.1 that suffered bore score in 2 cylinders so it’s far from a myth. Older cars 05 onwards being far more discovered and impacted in last 2 years interestingly.

Depends which one you buy - 3 years of Porsche daily(ish) driving (981CS) for me cost less than 3 years of hybrid Lexus ownership, since depreciation on any Porsche over about 5-6 years old (even now) offsets the running costs, which generally aren't as bad as you'd think... I do regular 5+ hour journeys and that 3.4L Porsche used to average high 40s MPG, I regularly got 47-48 on a run, although could never quite get 50 🤔 I can barely match that in my 1.6L Peugeot!

As your dream was mine I’ll just tell you this….As an x owner of probably the most dangerous car I’ve ever owned is this. It’s not as quick off the line as you’d think, going through tight width barriers is a nightmare, the oversteer if you get it wrong with the turbo kicking in is truly frightening! BUT….. 2nd gear has an indicated 96mph ( bout 88 mph ) So if ur ever do get one, you strap your passenger in and floor it on a good long straight and it feels like you’re now taking off in a light plane as it bumps down the tarmac and once you select 2nd it just goes n goes n goes without a change. That’s my bestest memory ever of the most beautiful car l ever owned ( except the beautiful 2 seater E-Type that is….another oversteeringly little shit, but more controllable than the 911

Over a carrera gt or 918? I do like the 959 but for me it's the carrera gt

My brother-in-law went out and bought a 924. If he’d consulted me, I’d have said to get a used 911 instead. Anemic Audi engine and terminal understeer made it in my opinion the worst Porsche ever. I test drove a used ‘86 944 turbo and was very happy with it. It had enough power to bring rear around, unlike the 924. ‘92 928 S4 was comfortable and on the track so much more balanced than my ‘87 911S. My favorite was the ‘90 C4 with an Albrex supercharger dyno’d at 450 hp. The turbos were rated at around 400 hp so I gave them a shock when they came to play. Don’t know about turbos today but I couldn’t stand the lag of the turbos back then. My love for Porsches began in high school. At 16, a new 911S started at $9000. Couldn’t wait to get one. Couldn’t afford it then. Grandma helped me get a used ‘70 914 1.7 in college and I gotta say I had many good memories with it. At 24 I could finally buy a 911. No, now they’re $18,000. Then $24,000 and by the time I could afford to buy a new Porsche in 1990, I paid just around $100,000 with that Albrex supercharger and other mods. 1991. That was my last Porsche. Kids, family, etc. 70 years old today and I still want a ‘73 RS… and a 959.

Haha I wonder why that one..! lol nah that was a lovely car, makes total sense to me, and prices are becoming even more interesting of late…..

@@CarsWithJB Porsche prices are dropping, but I feel like the 981 is still going pretty strong! There are only 3x 981CS on Autotrader for less than I paid for mine in 2020 and they're all equal/higher mileage. Whenever I look for a next car, my mind still tends to wander back to both the porker and the GS 😄 Won't have another of either, but that's mostly just because I need auto/carplay to take work calls while sat on the motorway 🤨

Had the engine from a vw transporter

But very very pretty