Buying and selling your outdated automotive for one thing new is meant to be thrilling, however it turned out to be fairly totally different for Blake, a Porsche 911 proprietor from Canada. In response to an Instagram submit, Blake traded his air-cooled 964 Carrera for a brand-new Subaru WRX Sport-Tech CVT, a declare that sparked outrage within the feedback.

Every individual is entitled to their very own style and preferences however the web received fairly mad at Blake when he introduced the weird commerce. Some folks thought he was trolling, however a submit by Jason Hoang, an worker at Gemini Motors, added as much as the confusion.

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The rationale for the backslash is that the 2022 Subaru WRX is valued at a lower cost than most Porsche 964 fashions, regardless of the large age distinction. Extra particularly, the most costly trim of the Subaru in keeping with the official web site of Gemini Motors is $43,999 CAD which interprets to $34,011 USD. Even when somebody ticks the entire elective extras – as my colleague Steven Rivers did in a latest experiment – they’d find yourself with a $55,638 price ticket, representing a hefty improve over the $30,100 beginning value.

Nonetheless, the WRX’s value can’t match the worth of a Porsche 964 within the used automotive market which retains on rising lately. Effectively-preserved examples of the 964 technology often promote north of $75,000, and as much as an eye-watering $440,000 relying on the situation and the rarity of the spec. Blake’s Porsche was a daily Carrera however it could nonetheless fetch some fairly cash if it was auctioned on-line.

Searching by way of Blake’s Instagram profile, we seen that he purchased the Porsche 964 solely 5 weeks in the past, changing his Lotus Elise. This, and the aforementioned calculations make us imagine that the Subaru commerce was probably a joke – or a publicity stunt. He might need purchased a brand new WRX as steered by his Instagram bio, however the Porsche can be higher used for the drive to gather it and never for the commerce. We contacted Blake.Late on Instagram asking for extra details about the matter, and we are going to replace this story if he will get again to us.