buying 1997 with 30k miles - 986 Forum - The Community for Porsche Boxster & Cayman Owners

blue2000s · 11-13-2009, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Adam

10.5K is a very reasonable price for a car with that low of mileage and it looks well kept. Have you driven it? Drive it around and see how it drives then if you like it consider taking it to a place to have a pre-paid inpection done. PPI's usually cost a couple hundred give or take, but it can be money well spent. You usually can't predict which cars will have engine failures and which ones won't, but the large majority never do. Buying any car comes along with it's risks of various failures and Porsches are not immune.

Pre-paid inspection...

Who paid for it and why did they pay before the inspection?

Adam · 11-13-2009, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by blue2000s

Pre-paid inspection...

Who paid for it and why did they pay before the inspection?

lol....meant to put pre-purchase inspection.

ART07154 · 11-14-2009, 06:47 AM

Thank you for all feedbacks,I have an appointment on Monday.I expect small minor issues it's 13 years old but I hope nothing major.

rdancd816 · 11-14-2009, 06:48 AM

I bought a '97 in November of 2005. A the time it had 9,700 miles on it. The isuues I had just after purchase could have been avoided if I had known about this forum. I DID have a PPI and the dealer missed a few things that I couldn't have caught without the knowledge I have today. The tires were originals and had to be replaced due to ther age. PPI didn't catch that and niether did I until I joined this forum. The convertibel top cables were also original and should have been replaced by the original owner. That also was not turned up by the PPI and they failed shortly after I bought the car. ($1500) The car has had a very slight RMS leak since I've owned it and had to be there when I bought it. No mention on the PPI. This has caused me no problems other than a quarter sized spot on the garage floor every couple weeks. I now have 30,000 miles on the car and have replaced the AOS, MAF, and one ignition switch. That's all I've done and feel for a car this age that's pretty good. THis car looks new and I love driving this car hard up in the mountains and all the great twisty's we have here. I might recommend that in addition to a PPI you look up your local Porsche club and have an experienced Boxster owner give the car a "once over". I would buy another Boxster in a heartbeat. Just be prepared to spend some bucks on a car this age. Good Luck!

JTP · 11-14-2009, 10:54 AM

No offense meant, but how does a mechanic doing a PPI miss something as obvious as worn tires? It's no wonder he missed the RMS and the other items.

I'm glad you enjoy your car though.

vath2001 · 11-14-2009, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by JTP

No offense meant, but how does a mechanic doing a PPI miss something as obvious as worn tires? It's no wonder he missed the RMS and the other items.

I'm glad you enjoy your car though.

Correction.. not worn... aged. Which could mean dry rot. I guess if the cars going to be a Garage Queen, dry rotted tire really don't matter.
But it sound like he is using his car... like their meant to be used.

JTP · 11-14-2009, 01:02 PM

True, but aged or worn it's something the mech should have listed as a fault to inform the buyer.

rdancd816 · 11-15-2009, 06:26 AM

The tires were not worn at all, they only had 9700 miles on them. They looked brand new. It was the age as was mentioned. This car was in a garage at the dealership for some time. I ran the numbers on the sidewall to determine their age and thus replaced them. I guess whomever did the PPI just missed it since the tires looked new and didn't bother to check the age.