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The 968 is listed at #5:

 

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/g30...ream-cars/

 

 

 

 

Where do we look?...there are so many!!

Not sure, just shows up for me - can you see this?:

 

http://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/g30...s/?slide=5

Got it thanks!!......Sorry 911 fans...the 968 is the most beautiful design ever by Porsche, especially in Cabriolet form.

Affordable yes, but for how long. Just found this Danish posting of 968's for sale in Germany. There are only two 968's registered in DK. One was up for sale recently asking 1.2 million DKR ( $167.000) I have no clue what it went for. Check this ad, prices are in euro's but you can figure it out. Flash, you should have brought them with you to Ireland....could have been your retirement play money.

http://www.ooyyo.com/tyskland/brugte-por...D6614F286/

lol - don't think i didn't think about that.  however, importing them is an expensive and difficult process.  when i looked at doing this, the math put me at or just below what i would net here in the states, so no advantage.

 

also, just because somebody is asking big numbers for a car, don't let yourself be fooled into thinking it had anything to do with its actual sales price.  

 

further, certain countries are hard on modifications.  for example, denmark allows NO modifications whatsoever to any car.  

I would be willing to let mine go for the bargain basement price of $165,000  :glare:

 

Jay

We have some pretty decent company on that list ; the Aston Martin DB7 and the Lotus Esprit. But how could they leave out the Acura NSX, unless that's not in the " affordable " category which I think was also part of the criteria ?

always loved the DB7

Yeah, what's not to love ..but if anyone thinks 968s present a challenge in terms of service and repair options ( unless your're capable of doing the work yourself ) , good luck with the DB7 !

They did specifically name the NSX as "Not Affordable" on one of the pages...that's the one that I would really love to have. Funny though, I have looked at, given consideration to, most if not all of those cars as a potential "toy".

 

Jay

if they made a version without that gawd-awful wing on the back, i would likely have bought one a long time ago.  i saw a targa version, and liked it, but i could not get past that bookshelf on the rear

Agreed, the targa would be on the "must have" list...I met a gentleman at the New Hope Auto Show a couple of years ago with an NSX, 6,000 miles on the clock. He would not sell it at any price.

 

Jay

Quote:but i could not get past that bookshelf on the rear

        but at least a lot more tolerable than the 968 turbo RS wing..  IMHO.   

lol - that one is on my list of "no way" items too.  so is the taco wing on the 911, and the "wash basin" on the 964.  i hate wings, and keep in mind i had a 70 daytona charger - lol

You wingless guys. So sad. I've got a wing on the new track car. Even going slowly on my first run for the first time in the new car thinking ok don't crash this one I had my best time. Next run same thing. Data broke down but I suspect the same on later runs. Now Flash you dont need to say my best must have sucked. Big wing =

wings are some of the least effective ways of creating downforce.  they just happen to be the easiest.  the rest takes real engineering.  the problem with wings is the added drag (no free lunch).  on a car like the 968, a wing that produces any real downforce, will cost you between 10 and 20mph top speed.

 

better results would be made in working with the airflow, rather than fighting it.  cleaning up the underbody in particular, working on air flowing through the car, rather than the car fighting it, and trimming the outer anomalies, would have a much better effect.  i've always done much better by other methods, and without incurring drag, than with wings.

 

but it's a whole lot easier to sell somebody a wing, and most shops don't have anybody qualified to do the math and testing on the other stuff.