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YOUR RESEARCHLow mileage 986 2.5 and multiple number plate changes. - Page 1 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK

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Check hasn’t come back

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The vehicle check hasn’t come back with anything bad and has full service history and apparently a few receipts but would this very low recent mileage and multiple number plate changes set alarm bells ringing with anyone or could this be typical Porsche ownership.
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Leading evidence: 'Check hasn’t come back' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, The most frequently discussed action is 'Check hasn’t come back' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.

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Set alarm bells ringing

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Suggestion · Original poster
The vehicle check hasn’t come back with anything bad and has full service history and apparently a few receipts but would this very low recent mileage and multiple number plate changes set alarm bells ringing with anyone or could this be typical Porsche ownership.
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Suggestion · Original poster
Didn’t even bother with test drive.
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Check hasn’t come back

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Suggestion · Original poster
The vehicle check hasn’t come back with anything bad and has full service history and apparently a few receipts but would this very low recent mileage and multiple number plate changes set alarm bells ringing with anyone or could this be typical Porsche ownership.
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Set alarm bells ringing

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Suggestion · Original poster
The vehicle check hasn’t come back with anything bad and has full service history and apparently a few receipts but would this very low recent mileage and multiple number plate changes set alarm bells ringing with anyone or could this be typical Porsche ownership.
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Low mileage 986 2.5 and multiple number plate changes. - Page 1 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK

Test drive

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Unsuccessful attempts: 1
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Suggestion · Original poster
Didn’t even bother with test drive.
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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Hello all, First time I’m looking at getting a 986 boxster and spotted 2.5 with a dealer at £7k with 58000miles. Done a full online vehicle check and appears since 2017 it’s only done about 1000miles and in its whole life it’s had 7 number plate changes. The vehicle check hasn’t come back with anything bad and has full service history and apparently a few receipts but would this very low recent mileage and multiple number plate changes set alarm bells ringing with anyone or could this be typical Porsche ownership. Haven’t viewed it yet. Thanks

POST 2Original post

Typical Porsche ownership TBH - people get their fun for a while, then move on. It wouldn't concern me if the service history adds up

POST 3 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

Visited the car today and think it’s been priced for its low mileage not its condition. Looked like paint corrosion near fuel filler cap front compartment damp carpet, windscreen edges poor condition and radio stack but of a mess. Didn’t even bother with test drive. Why do cars look so much better on the net than in the flesh?

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