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Should be predictable - Porsches keep to their maintenance schedule with few surprises. But they'll be mountainous, too. Top insurance rate, colossal tyres, 15.8mpg even if you drive like an EC inspector (which naturally you won't)... The ceramic clutch and brakes should last well, though. Yes, it's probably an investment-grade machine. You could certainly sell your place in the queue if you already had one, at well over list. Some 1100 of the 1500 limited-edition run are sold, and that means order now for late-2005 delivery. Predicting a used value after that is more a matter of guessing where the world economy will be. Among the hypercars - SLR, Enzo, perhaps Zonda - it's about on the money. Don't measure it in terms of equipment, but in terms of the loving hand-construction and new materials. It's also seriously well-developed and thorough.
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