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max225 wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2017 5:33 pm
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I doubt it over the long haul. In say 30 years, cars as we know them today likely won't be sold new at all, maybe a few really high end, sports car things, but most will be self driving by that time, so modern, sporty, rare stuff will be worth a lot for the foreseeable future. Granted, maintaining a 911 for 30 years would be a lot of money, so it's still a bad "investment" , but it's maybe not a ton more to own than most other cars, like say Johnny's tractor or your G-Cam.
This is not how the cookie crumbles... We're at "PEAK CAR" at the moment. The future generations will give exactly 0 fucks about them as this type of transport is inefficient, dirty, slow, dangerous, expensive. 99.9% of all cars will go the way of the carriage. Sure some rich fucks still breed horses to the day and ride in carriages... But a 993 ain't no Duesenberg. Now this isn't 5-10 years from now... but 25-30 for sure. There is no investment in these things...
Next car is a 2-5 year duration :doe:
Figure I have this for another year. Then :plac: for something maybe JL or 4Runner or who cares what. Then :plac: for an electric something or another that hopefully drives itself and I'll keep the trucklet and run it into the dirt.
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Johnny_P wrote: Wed Dec 06, 2017 10:44 am
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:yeahok: on the bolded.

I like that third brake light. If it's not :waxer: I'd do it.
$170 ish. Kind of :waxer:
What’s the resale value to other flat brims if you decide to sell?
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Is that Turbo worth TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS more than a regular very good condition 996 C2?
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razr390 wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2017 6:03 pm
Johnny_P wrote: Wed Dec 06, 2017 10:44 am
$170 ish. Kind of :waxer:
What’s the resale value to other flat brims if you decide to sell?
Prob $0 since I have no posts on iwsti or nasioc so nobody would buy it from me. I'd have to sell on crangslist. I might be able to buy the chinese LED cluster preowned from a forumbreh doe.
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Johnny_P wrote:Is that Turbo worth TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS more than a regular very good condition 996 C2?
Depends on whether you blow up the regular car...
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max225 wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2017 4:41 pm Appreciating cars is :fullretard: type situation it makes no sense and is temporary.
I'd only need it to hold constant over 2-5 years.
$50 grand. Man. You can get some awesome metal for that though. Like an Evora. Or almost an R8 V8. Or an NSX. Or Skyline or GT-R, etc.
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troyguitar wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2017 6:12 pm
Johnny_P wrote:Is that Turbo worth TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS more than a regular very good condition 996 C2?
Depends on whether you blow up the regular car...
Very true. But I mean if you're that :crang: just get a new bearing installed and you're pretty much good for a few grand. Meh. The 996 gen cars have all sorts of engine bullshit problems. It probably IS worth the extra and I imagine you get most/all of that back on the resale esp if you keep the miles low. I do 5k/year, lawl.
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troyguitar wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2017 6:12 pm Depends on whether you blow up the regular car...
Very true. But I mean if you're that :crang: just get a new bearing installed and you're pretty much good for a few grand. Meh. The 996 gen cars have all sorts of engine bullshit problems. It probably IS worth the extra and I imagine you get most/all of that back on the resale esp if you keep the miles low. I do 5k/year, lawl.
Yeah for you it would definitely be worth it. I do 20k or more a year so depreciation is real no matter what I drive.
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So on snow and ice this thing understeers pretty drastically. It's stable as hell at speed but try and turn and it's plow town. Unless going slow. Suggestions? Should I turn off traction control or put it in track mode? I think it's fucking with the brakes to keep the rear planted.
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Johnny_P wrote:So on snow and ice this thing understeers pretty drastically. It's stable as hell at speed but try and turn and it's plow town. Unless going slow. Suggestions? Should I turn off traction control or put it in track mode? I think it's fucking with the brakes to keep the rear planted.
Turn off traction control bro. Then point and shoot.



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Calvinball wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2017 11:33 am
Johnny_P wrote:So on snow and ice this thing understeers pretty drastically. It's stable as hell at speed but try and turn and it's plow town. Unless going slow. Suggestions? Should I turn off traction control or put it in track mode? I think it's fucking with the brakes to keep the rear planted.
Turn off traction control bro. Then point and shoot.



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Calvinball wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2017 11:33 am Turn off traction control bro. Then point and shoot.



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Word will play around with that next snow storm.
The manual even says to turn it off in slippery conditions.


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Calvinball wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2017 11:44 am
Johnny_P wrote: Word will play around with that next snow storm.
The manual even says to turn it off in slippery conditions.


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Ahhh RTFM

I've turned it off in the rain before and noticed the car gets more neutral. Would have helped for sure last storm. In the GTI it was useless to turn that off because the car would cease forward movement if you did, and it would understeer regardless. I got that car to turn by popping the ebrake as I turned in but figured that's a bad idea with AWD. This is my first AWD car so gotta re-train myself in snow.
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Calvinball wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2017 11:44 am The manual even says to turn it off in slippery conditions.


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Ahhh RTFM

I've turned it off in the rain before and noticed the car gets more neutral. Would have helped for sure last storm. In the GTI it was useless to turn that off because the car would cease forward movement if you did, and it would understeer regardless. I got that car to turn by popping the ebrake as I turned in but figured that's a bad idea with AWD. This is my first AWD car so gotta re-train myself in snow.
My wrx was a hoot in the snow, I’m sure an STI is even more fun. But yeah, having the traction control on neuters the awd system.


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Calvinball wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2017 11:44 am
Johnny_P wrote: Word will play around with that next snow storm.
The manual even says to turn it off in slippery conditions.


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Who reads the manual?? :derp:
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Gberg2119 wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2017 12:30 pm
Calvinball wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2017 11:44 am

The manual even says to turn it off in slippery conditions.


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Who reads the manual?? :derp:
I've read parts of it looking for how to change settings and stuff. Never read about handling in adverse weather because "AWD can do anything duh"
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I remember some dude trying to get on a high horse on a forum with me on that. Saying I was a jackass thinking my driving capability exceeded Subaru’s engineering.

I posted a pic of the manual and weirdly that guy shut up.


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[user not found] wrote: Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:16 pm Yeah, traction control is for those who just aren’t capable of driving whatsoever.

If you want to truly control the car as a driver in adverse conditions, just turn it off.

I turn it off in the truck, too.
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[user not found] wrote:Yeah, traction control is for those who just aren’t capable of driving whatsoever.

If you want to truly control the car as a driver in adverse conditions, just turn it off.

I turn it off in the truck, too.
At my old house where it was mostly street parking, I remember one of my neighbors spending like 15 minutes trying to get his suv out of a spot until I told him to turn off the traction control if he could. Awd doesn’t help if the t/c is killing the power.


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Good thing you're running snow's that looks terrifying without em ;)
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max225 wrote: Tue Dec 26, 2017 7:19 pm Good thing you're running snow's that looks terrifying without em ;)
Its savage af out here
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dtraill27 wrote: Wed Dec 27, 2017 9:43 am Take off the diller frame and expired reg sticker
Yeah registration is all online now. Probably a good idea to rip that shit off my car.
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