High Mileage Boxster S

[Jake D]

I just don't understand what everyone on here who says to stay away from a high mileage Boxster is planning on doing with their cars. I mean unless you plan on not driving it, then all of our cars will eventually end up with "high" miles. And for some of us, we are approaching the point of where mileage and age will all get us one way or another. High mileage= more wear whereas low mileage=less use but probably more dry rot/ parts going bad from not being used.

I guess everyone here is going to jump ship when their car gets too many miles on it or they are just going to keep dumping money in it and ********************ing about how much it costs to repair.

FYI, a member on here ( I believe Jagermeister) has over 200K on his original engine and drives it daily. He did a write up not too long ago about going through and replacing a bunch of preventative maintenance parts that everyone else here has replaced, but his car seems to be extremely reliable. Guess the lesson here is all these cars are a gamble

[dghii]

I have a 2000S I purchased in July 0f 2008 with 76K miles. I am just about at
100K right now and the car is great. I made sure to change fluids and do the 90K maintenance to the car in the last year. Although I like the looks of the 987's, I am happy with my car and will continue to drive it for the forseeable future. The car is sqeak and rattle free and uses no oil.

The mileage doesn't scare me. When I bought my car ($15K) a few years back, I figured that worst case, the engine blows, I sell it as a roller and I'm out $11K (and very pissed!).

Same equation applies now except I figure my car is worth about $11K so every day, a catastophy costs me less!

I have had to do a few things to my car outside of routine maintenance,but with the help of the various forums, I've performed all the work myself. List includes; coolant tank, ignition switch, CV boots and rear wheel bearings.

BTW, as a data point, I saw an '01 S on the Atlanta CL site back in October with 154K miles for $7995. I actually called on the car but it had already been sold.

Addtional data point; I picked up a 'by owner', 2 owner 1998 base car with 117K miles this summer for $4800. The car was very dirty and behind on routine maintenance but was basically not bad at all. It needed a top and the power top would not work.

I drove the car for a month while bringing all the maintenance up to date and doing a few repairs. The car was a blast! I replaced the top and frame as an assembly, along with a new top relay, ignition switch and motor mount.
A coworker saw the car shortly after I had purchased it and told me that he'd buy it when I was done with my repairs. Sure enough, I sold him the car and he and his wife love it!

[Ghostrider 310]

Originally Posted by Jake D

I just don't understand what everyone on here who says to stay away from a high mileage Boxster is planning on doing with their cars. I mean unless you plan on not driving it, then all of our cars will eventually end up with "high" miles. And for some of us, we are approaching the point of where mileage and age will all get us one way or another. High mileage= more wear whereas low mileage=less use but probably more dry rot/ parts going bad from not being used.

I guess everyone here is going to jump ship when their car gets too many miles on it or they are just going to keep dumping money in it and ********************ing about how much it costs to repair.

FYI, a member on here ( I believe Jagermeister) has over 200K on his original engine and drives it daily. He did a write up not too long ago about going through and replacing a bunch of preventative maintenance parts that everyone else here has replaced, but his car seems to be extremely reliable. Guess the lesson here is all these cars are a gamble

Right, miles you got to put on it while you serviced the debt rather than buying it whipped. When you start with high mileage you are already in the repair zone before you make the first six payments.