914 Value Options

[RonnieJ]

I was reading Excellence magazine the other day with the 914 value chart and they value our cars at from 12K to 18K. Why do we sale our cars so cheap and place such low value on them when Excellence themselves think our cars are worth more. The value and price of these cars would rise to the level they should be if everyone stuck to their guns and when selling a 914. When I insured mine it was for an agreed value which I put at 12K, I had to provide pictures and when I submitted evrything the insurance company had no problem with the value I put on the car. I think just as much of my Porsche 914 as a 911 owner and I believe that is how most of us feel. Apologies for the long rant but I see guys on here asking what they should ask for their cars when they sale them and all I here is 4K to 6K and ocasionally I see someone asking what the true value should be.

[Madswede]

For what it's worth, I'm one of those that does not find the 914 styling to be aesthetically beautiful, if one considers simply the visual aspect of the car. When one considers the engineering and performance capabilities of the 914, it becomes not just beautiful, but iconoclastic. I think that has a lot to do with its varying value, along with what others have said in here already.

I doubt that I will ever see a monetary return on the investment I plan to put into the car, but that's not my goal. My goal is to drive the scheisse out of her and have enough fun to justify the expense of dropping in a /6 and repainting and doing the interior ... yes, I have some aesthetic dreams for her, but bottom line is she's going to be that really cute (but not a knockout model) girl next door that you love to be with all the time, and that gets you into trouble ... and you still love her.

Heh, why is it all car analogies inevitably involve women? (That's rhetorical by the way)

- Nelson