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Originally Posted by Perfectlap
How much did you spend to get them up to date? And how many miles did you put on both after you purchased them?
If it was approaching 10K a year then congrats. But if its much less then that's another story. Buying a beaten down Porsche to run once a week for limited mileage is quiet different than buying a 'bargain' Porsche you intend to drive every day for typical daily driver mileage.
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Thing is, you could pay top dollar for a car with 50k less miles and a spotless service record. And it could chuck its IMS bearing the next week. Or the AOS could fail. Or the water pump. Or whatever.
If you know these cars, you can buy on condition and not worry too much about what it says on pieces of paper. Assess the car in front of you.
I bought a car with spotty history three years ago, but it was running fault free when I purchased it. I've put another 42k miles on it since buying it on 76k and the work I've done is pretty much in line with the work you'd need to do with any car bought at 13 years old and used daily thereafter. I don't think I would have spent less on maintenance had I have bought a similar car for more money with faultless paperwork and history etc.
No doubt I'm tempting fate and it will implode the next time I take it out. But then it's now got 118k miles on it and frankly plenty of garage queens haven't lasted as long...
Generally, I say two things. 1. Pricier examples aren't necessarily better. 2. Buy on condition, don't get hung up on bits of paper.