Porsche 911 for net $10,000
Robby Hoffman traded up through used cars — starting with a $3,600 Toyota Corolla — and ended up in her dream 2001 Porsche 911 for a net out-of-pocket cost of $10,000.
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The Porsche Chain: Trading Up to a Dream Car Tied to Her Father
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Sean Hayes asks Robby what ordinary task she hates doing now that she's made it. Her answer surprises everyone: she loves pumping gas, because she's a car person who likes looking at what other people drive. What follows is one of the episode's most emotionally resonant segments. Robby explains that her car obsession traces back to her deadbeat father, who — instead of paying child support — scraped together $5,000 to buy himself a cheap Porsche 944 and sent a photo to her mother as if to say 'see what you're giving up.' Robby found him both a deadbeat and kind of cool. She then details her flipping strategy: $3,600 for a 1983 Toyota Corolla liftback (which became collectible post-COVID), sold for $6,000; that bought a Porsche Cayman for $13,000 (net $7,000 out of pocket), sold for $18,000; that paid most of a $28,000 2001 Porsche 911 996 (net $10,000). Every day in that car, she thinks of her father. It's not a relationship, she says, but it's not nothing either.
The Porsche Chain: From $3,600 Corolla to Dream 911
Robby Hoffman has never bought a depreciating car. She flipped a $3,600 Toyota Corolla into a $6,000 sale, used that for a Cayman, flipped it for $18,000, and bought her dream 2001 Porsche 911 for a net $10,000.
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