Understand the Porsche thing. Look at Ferrari. 400 percent increase in five years! (certain models)
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If only my dad bought a few Dino coupes when we used to joke about how cheap they were, and that they weren't a 'real' Ferrari...But, he has owned some incredible cars over the years...he told me he never made mistakes buying them (price wise), the mistakes he made were selling them (timing). He had a '56 speedster he sold in the '80s, a genuine early (can't remember the exact year) 911 'S' in red he sold maybe 13 years ago, and an incredibly original and clean '67 911 'L' he sold about ten years ago. Had he kept those three cars he probably paid less than $40K total for, he would be sitting on well over half a million in Porsches. The speedster had been crashed and paid for by insurance, so that was an understandable sale, and they weren't quarter-million dollar cars like they are now. When he sold the 911's there was just no indication the market would skyrocket like it did. The '67 was a British Green one that I got to drive for a day when he was working on my car...I think I was too young to appreciate it the driving experience, but it was definitely a cool car. That's still the only Porsche I've driven, despite riding in so many. If it was kept in similar condition it's a $100K car right now.
It's like all the guys on here that talk about their fond memories of the 750's when they were young, or other guys whose dads had a 750 when they were growing up. I don't have a lot of feelings for 750's, but old Porsches really tug at my heartstrings.
