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Old 03-23-2007, 10:29 AM   #1
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well there's allot of supply when it comes to Porsche in general. They've sold a heck of allot of cars and its not a product that has a mass appeal if you will. It definitely takes a certain type of buyer to take the plunge.

my advice is to keep an eye out for low mileage cars, even if means getting one that is maybe a year or two older than you can afford. They are everywhere, usually its a pampered sunday driver and the owner needs to upgrade to a new toy. Don't mean to be chauvisnist but I steer clear of cars owned by women or young drivers. There is either neglect or abuse...often not always.

Personally,if I hadn't lucked out with a car with only 10,000 just out warranty, I would have gone certified pre owned or gone with a car under an extended warranty with a company like warranty direct.

try the classifieds on the Porsche Club of AMerica website, this site's classifieds and Rennlist. very Low miles or a warranty...one or the other.
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Old 03-24-2007, 02:21 PM   #2
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my advice is to keep an eye out for low mileage cars, even if means getting one that is maybe a year or two older than you can afford. They are everywhere, usually its a pampered sunday driver and the owner needs to upgrade to a new toy. Don't mean to be chauvisnist but I steer clear of cars owned by women or young drivers. There is either neglect or abuse...often not always.
I'll take issue with the "low miles" idea. Garage queens may look to be in better shape...but when a car or any piece of machinery is left to sit and driven gingerly on the occasional good weather Sunday I guarantee you will have MANY more troubles mechanically than one driven at least fairly regularly. The fluids need to keep flowing to lubricate the necessary parts...and this doesn't mean turning it on and letting it idle for 20 minutes a week in the winter. The car needs to be RUN! In summary look for a car with average to slightly below average miles in great shape. Get receipts for all work done...and open an account for repairs you will encounter!
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I'll take issue with the "low miles" idea. Garage queens may look to be in better shape...but when a car or any piece of machinery is left to sit and driven gingerly on the occasional good weather Sunday I guarantee you will have MANY more troubles mechanically than one driven at least fairly regularly. The fluids need to keep flowing to lubricate the necessary parts...and this doesn't mean turning it on and letting it idle for 20 minutes a week in the winter. The car needs to be RUN! In summary look for a car with average to slightly below average miles in great shape. Get receipts for all work done...and open an account for repairs you will encounter!
Hi,

I believe that used to be true, but with Today's Cars, built to much higher tolerances, using better metallurgy, materials and modern electronics, it's become pretty much an old Wives Tale.

We have lots of Owners here with low-mileage cars and they don't report any greater incidence of problems than any others. There just doesn't seem to be any evidence to support this time-honored addage.

True, time will cause many parts to degrade, but that affects cars of all mileages. The overall maintenance costs can be higher for a low-mileage, seldom driven car because of this and their maintenance cost/mi. will be higher.

I say if the car looks good and PPIs fine, then the Odo reading should be of secondary to no concern...

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I can tell you that Porsche buyers on average, are looking for very low mile cars.

I have never seen any real problem with my low mile cars. The contrary however was NOT true.

It ain't a muscle, it does not get slack from sitting.
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