IS IT GATHERING DUST IN THE GARAGE?

It’s a question we’re asked surprisingly often.

My answer is usually quite simple: probably when you first start seriously thinking about selling it.

I’ve been handling Porsche for 35 years and I’ve seen this many times. Someone has a car they’ve owned and loved for years. They’ve travelled in it, polished it, taken it on holidays, gone to events and generally enjoyed having it in their life.

They’ve created memories.

Then something changes. Perhaps they’re using it less. Perhaps another car has taken its place. Maybe circumstances have changed, they need the space, or the money could be doing something more useful.

But they can’t quite bring themselves to sell. So they wait.

Maybe I’ll Use It Next Year…

That’s normally how it starts.

The Porsche goes into the garage after its last proper drive. Next summer comes around, but life is busy and it doesn’t quite make it out. The battery goes flat.

Another year passes. This time you try to start it, but it won’t go. Perhaps the brakes have started binding. The tyres are getting old. There’s a little dampness somewhere that wasn’t there before.

Eventually the car becomes difficult to get out of the garage at all. And sometimes, genuinely, years later we arrive with a winch.

There it is. A Porsche that somebody once loved, thick with dust, tyres soft, brakes stuck and surrounded by all the things that gradually accumulated around it.

We get it out. Then we start again. Service it. Repair it. Clean it. Polish it. Pamper it. And eventually that same Porsche goes to somebody new who can’t wait to drive it.

Cars Don’t Necessarily Like Being Left Alone

There’s sometimes a feeling that putting a Porsche away and not using it is preserving it. It isn’t always.

Cars generally benefit from being properly used and maintained. Fluids circulate. Seals work. Brakes move. The engine gets properly warm. The gearbox, steering, suspension and electrical systems all get exercised.

A carefully stored car can of course be perfectly fine, particularly if it’s being maintained correctly. But simply leaving one sitting in a garage for several years is something quite different.

Yes, your Porsche may increase in value while you’re waiting. It may not. Meanwhile, deterioration can quietly be happening and the car that eventually comes out of the garage may require considerably more work than the one that went in.

More importantly, you’ve lost those years when somebody could have been enjoying it.

The Memories Don’t Go With the Car

I think this is the bit people sometimes struggle with.

Selling the Porsche doesn’t sell the memories.

That trip across France remains. The drive with your son or daughter remains. The first time you collected it. The Sunday mornings. The holidays. The Porsche events. The roads you discovered.

They’re yours. Forever.

The car was the machine that helped you create them. And if you’ve reached the point where you aren’t creating any more, perhaps it’s time for somebody else to start.

It might also be time for your next chapter.

It Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Giving Up Porsche

Selling one car doesn’t mean the end.

You might simply fancy a change. Perhaps the 911 you’ve owned for 15 years could become a Boxster Spyder. Maybe your classic Porsche could become something modern with air conditioning, PDK and heated seats. Or perhaps you’ve spent years in modern Porsche and suddenly fancy something from the ’70s, ’80s or ’90s.

You might even want something without a Porsche badge on it. That’s allowed too!

Whatever the reason, talk to us. We love finding new homes for good Porsche, but we can also help source what comes next, Porsche or otherwise.

What Are We Looking For?

Pretty much any good Porsche will interest us. But right now there are some particular gaps we’d like to fill.

Boxster and Cayman are very much wanted.

We’re also looking for 997s, really lovely 996s, 993s and 964s.

And good Porsche from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s are always of interest.

Condition, history and provenance matter enormously to us, but don’t assume your car isn’t suitable simply because it isn’t perfect. Tell us what you’ve got.

What’s the Cost of Finding Out?

A phone call. That’s it.

At the very minimum, you’ll get some straightforward advice from people who deal with Porsche every day.

We can talk about the car, its condition and history, what the market is doing and the different ways you might sell it.

You might decide to keep it. That’s absolutely fine.

But if that thought of selling has already started creeping into your head, and every time you walk through the garage you see the Porsche sitting exactly where you left it six months ago, perhaps it’s worth making the call.

Ask for Andy, Beth or Andrew.

We’d be delighted to talk about your Porsche, and perhaps help you towards whatever comes next.

Because the memories you’ve already made aren’t going anywhere.

The question is: is it time to start making some new ones?