Vehicle Description
Perhaps this is not the paint-to-sample version you find elsewhere
in our inventory. But flashy loud colors are not for every
Porschephile. This is a good old black-over-black coupe, the
timeless mean looking, and stealthy-appearing classic color
combination entertained by every single marque for decades, for its
most stealthy clients. One of our best friends acquired this GT4
new from our local dealer. He added tasteful options enjoyed it for
5,000 miles in the three years since it arrived on his
doorstep.
That's conservative enjoyment. Almost pleasure denial! Hell, Cam
has 25k miles on his. Can you hear us laughing out loud at his
noble stoicism!?!?!
Let the debates begin! With Porsche announcing specifications for
the new GT4 earlier this week, and suggesting first deliveries are
coming next spring, everyone will be talking about how this affects
these first iteration versions. Honestly, we'll leave all the
banter to those who get caught up on the national blogs,
international forums, and opinionated discussions at Porsche
dealerships across the country. Sure, with slight design
modifications and 35 brake horsepower more, these new 4.0-liter
GT4s will most certainly be popular and �ber cool. And with that
comes a boastful (�ber) base price of nearly $100,000.00.
Hmm. Are they worth the extra bread at this moment? Hmm. Okay,
maybe so. But we assure you that sitting yourself behind the wheel
of any GT4 is a great place to be. And (candidly, just between us
kids, a GT4 in the garage is worth umpty-ump "cool points" you may
attract sitting on the waiting list for a new GT4.)
All we know is our experience from when the GT4 was first launched.
And that taught us to love this platform. Which, in our mind, is a
great mid-engine purposely built sports car that is a blast to
drive, and that has perfect usable power for the streets. All the
streets. Any of the streets. Pretty much every one of us in this
operation has spent a day or more driving one of these. It really,
simply, is a driver's "dream" car. And a driver's choice,
recognizing that it doesn't get much better for a hundred grand
purchase price.
Now, we recognize that black-on-black is not everyone's cup of
fantasy. We get that. But everything is fixable. See our
dissertation on Professor Earl Scheib, doctor of cheap repaint in
Chicago, America. And if you're of the mind set a black car is hard
to keep clean ... don't be lazy!
Ah, but those of you thinking a GT4 might be collectible one day
with no miles on the clock, well, honestly, shame on you! Really?
Truly? You believe this? Hope this?
They manufactured way too many. Could the gen 1 versions be worth
something one day? Doubt it. Perhaps only delivery-mile
examples-which is a discussion for AT LEAST 30 years down the road
(when fossil-fuel vehicles are no longer road legal)...(and most
likely never ever near-911 money).
Where were we in this discussion (and why aren't you arranging to
try out this car...)?
Confused by all these parentheses? So are we. Those of you who are
stuck in this mindset that a first generation Porsche of which they
manufactured more than, say, 12 or even 120, could be valuable,
well, you have decades to wait (even your kids will likely be
waiting decades).
So, umm, Good luck.
Earl Scheib, a Los Angeles, California, car paint and body shop
company that went nationwide - and then expanded to Germany and
England - with the advertising boast "We'll paint any car for
Twenty-nine, ninety five" has been gone a long time. But if you
really hate black-on-black, others will make this car whatever
color you wish you had ordered. That's up to you. Because if you
haven't already got one in your garage and if you miss out on this
car, you have missed out on what a Cayman GT4 is all about.