Putting Miles on a Spyder - Page 3 - Boxster/Cayman - PistonHeads UK

Bought a 981 Spyder as couldn’t wait for a Boxster 718 GTS 4.0. It had 8000 mikes in it when I bought it and now on 9500. I haven’t seen one with more than 15000 miles. Am I mad thinking that I might put 50000 miles on it over the next 5 years? I want to use it but seems that no one else does. Will it be unsellable?

Yes you are mad. Put it in a sealed box, and hope that you may or may not lose or gain something transient called 'money'.

No, you are not mad to want to use and enjoy your car. And no it won't be unsaleable. However, it will be worth less than lower mileage cars. Cost per mile, in terms of depreciation, will reduce the more you use the car. Enjoy yourself and please post photos, I love the Spyder!

Depends on how you measure worth

This one now has 19k under its belt....love it !

Use it, I can’t afford one. There will come a time when you can’t have one, so use it while you can.

Use it, enjoy it. Fretting about how the miles you put on a car affects its value is rather missing the point of why you buy one.

I just put an example spyder into the magnitude finance calculator. If you do 6000 miles per annum the residual value after 5 years came out at £21.5k and if you did 10,000 miles per annum it drops to £19.5k. Therefore they are pricing the extra 20,000 miles at 10ppm, which seems pretty good to me. Drive it and enjoy the memories. Nb this wasn’t planned as a debate on the actual residual value, rather how they price the extra mileage, and I would guess at the moment they are erring on the side of caution.

Enjoy the car. It not an investment. Think of the fun memories and that engine noise!

Use it ! Enjoy it ! The only time my cars get a respray or alloy wheels refurbished is the month before being sold

Billy_Whizzzz said: Bought a 981 Spyder as couldn’t wait for a Boxster 718 GTS 4.0. It had 8000 mikes in it when I bought it and now on 9500. I haven’t seen one with more than 15000 miles. Am I mad thinking that I might put 50000 miles on it over the next 5 years? I want to use it but seems that no one else does. Will it be unsellable? Why are you worried about it being unsaleable , I dont undestand surely you have bought it to enjoy ? not worry about pointless stuff

Life can get in the way of driving these cars. My daughter was born just before i took delivery of my spyder in mar 16. She was a surprise so driving had to take a back seat. V Busy with work as well.so lack of time as well. Dont want to use the car in awful weather. So only 5500 miles in 5 years. I will take the car to the coast this weekend all being well. But it is frustrating. Wish i had the car earlier in my life.

Charlie_1 said: Billy_Whizzzz said: Bought a 981 Spyder as couldn’t wait for a Boxster 718 GTS 4.0. It had 8000 mikes in it when I bought it and now on 9500. I haven’t seen one with more than 15000 miles. Am I mad thinking that I might put 50000 miles on it over the next 5 years? I want to use it but seems that no one else does. Will it be unsellable? Why are you worried about it being unsaleable , I dont undestand surely you have bought it to enjoy ? njot worry about pointless stuff Enjoy it, put the mileage on it, maintain it on schedule. Regular cleaning and polishing helps too, as a nice example will always sell if and when you decide to do so.....!

anonymous said: [redacted] Unreal isn't it. However, there are plenty of pointless threads on pistonheads asking more or less the same thing so I guess I am the weird one for wanting to use a car that I have bought.

custardtart86 said: anonymous said: [redacted] Unreal isn't it. However, there are plenty of pointless threads on pistonheads asking more or less the same thing so I guess I am the weird one for wanting to use a car that I have bought. When Gov first restricted our movements using a motor vehicle, last year sometime, I SORNed four of our worthless cars but kept the 993 taxed. Used it to go to the supermarket, plus a few small tasks for the NHS/SJA. Amazingly it works in poor weather.

Unless you’re a multi car collector, I’d say use it. It’s a nice car, but it’s not a DB5. If it’s not driven you’ll still have to maintain it and you’ll miss out on all the fun!

Quite embarrassingly my 981 Spyder has only covered just over 2,100 miles...... I bought it at just under 3 years old with just 970 miles, the idea was to use it as a weekend / fun car. My issues are 2 car mad boys who sadly can’t both come out in it with me at the same time, other cars to use for daily duties etc, then Covid hit and all plans of road trips went on pause! So it’s now MOT’d and ready for some use this summer once we can all move around freely again. I have to say, mileage and the impact of them on its value are the last of my considerations! Roll on sunshine and freedom out of lockdown

Just imho ...... Bought my 987.2 Spyder in 2011 with 700 miles on the clock - 10 years later it's just clicked over 124,500 miles. I have loved every single one of them - when I die I will look back at it as the most fun car I have ever owned. It's my 24/7/365 daily ..... Residuals, polishing, cleaning, con-coursing, owners clubbing and all the usual ownership stuff holds no interest for me - these cars are built for driving. Drive it So much fun.

Well done this owner - khushy said: Just imho ...... Bought my 987.2 Spyder in 2011 with 700 miles on the clock - 10 years later it's just clicked over 124,500 miles. I have loved every single one of them - when I die I will look back at it as the most fun car I have ever owned. It's my 24/7/365 daily ..... Residuals, polishing, cleaning, con-coursing, owners clubbing and all the usual ownership stuff holds no interest for me - these cars are built for driving. Drive it So much fun.

Mine has 28k miles on it now. Between lockdowns last year put 3k miles on it touring around Europe with my daughter. Some of my best motoring memories. The more fun miles I put on it the better!

Singh911 said: Mine has 28k miles on it now. Between lockdowns last year put 3k miles on it touring around Europe with my daughter. Some of my best motoring memories. The more fun miles I put on it the better! Nice.

OP: If you didn't plan on driving it, why did you buy a car? This is an appalling disease that the Porsche World seems to have caught from Ferraris where people are too scared to driver their cars. I have seen a GT3 RS being described as "a bit leggy" at 6,000 miles. It's bonkers. We need to get back to realising that in general cars depreciate, they are not investments, unless by accident or you actually do plan on never driving the thing and are not interested in cars.

Cars are for driving and adding mileage, a sad ‘Ferarriesque’ affliction this obsession. My worthless 980 the trip was 2100 miles covered in a week;

Singh911 said: Mine has 28k miles on it now. Between lockdowns last year put 3k miles on it touring around Europe with my daughter. Some of my best motoring memories. The more fun miles I put on it the better! Is that a camera / gopro mount or similar behind the seat backs sticking up? Lovely motor and shot there. Congrats.

God this thread saddens me. How did we get to this... Edited by Andyoz on Tuesday 13th April 15:27

Andyoz said: God this thread saddens me. How did we get to this... Edited by Andyoz on Tuesday 13th April 15:27 I don’t understand. The OP asked a reasonable question, and most respondents have validated the benefits of using and enjoying the car. I find that quite reassuring

I've got a 981 GT4 which has covered 22,000 miles in 5 years, only did about 2,100 miles in it last year due to lockdown and it's currently on a SORN as I have something else to use as well, however, come 1st May it's being taxed and I'll use it as often as I can. I plan to keep it long term so not worried about the mileage. OP use the Spyder and enjoy it, that's what i'm going to do with my GT4.

I expect to do 10k miles a year, why would you buy a car to leave it in the garage?

Will any of us be on our death beds thinking... "I wish i'd driven my Porsche less?"

If you can afford to run several cars and preserve the mileage on them all, good luck to you. I can’t. I have one car, a car that I bought to drive and enjoy. Sorry but the endless contrast stitching and limited mileage posts go against everything that is about enjoying a driver’s car. Drive it. Simples.

lastexile69 said: Is that a camera / gopro mount or similar behind the seat backs sticking up? Lovely motor and shot there. Congrats. Cheers. On the boot GoPro mount yes. Between the seats it's the wind deflector.

Koln-RS said: Andyoz said: God this thread saddens me. How did we get to this... Edited by Andyoz on Tuesday 13th April 15:27 I don’t understand. The OP asked a reasonable question, and most respondents have validated the benefits of using and enjoying the car. I find that quite reassuring I was referring to the original question.

Andyoz said: Koln-RS said: Andyoz said: God this thread saddens me. How did we get to this... Edited by Andyoz on Tuesday 13th April 15:27 I don’t understand. The OP asked a reasonable question, and most respondents have validated the benefits of using and enjoying the car. I find that quite reassuring Still seems a reasonable question: effectively: These cars seem to have few miles on them, and am I missing something If I use (a relatively low volume car) for its intended purpose. Isn’t that what sub-forums are for? To get the benefit of other people’s knowledge? Which has, in this instance, been generally very useful. I was referring to the original question.

I would have thought buying a car that you couldn’t afford to put mileage on would just be incredibly frustrating.

Andy OH said: I've got a 981 GT4 which has covered 22,000 miles in 5 years, only did about 2,100 miles in it last year due to lockdown and it's currently on a SORN as I have something else to use as well, however, come 1st May it's being taxed and I'll use it as often as I can. I plan to keep it long term so not worried about the mileage. OP use the Spyder and enjoy it, that's what i'm going to do with my GT4. My partner daily's our GT4...even though she could take a nice comfy A4. Mind you my Elise S1 doesn't see as much use as its a bugger to get out of with the roof on so sunny day use only...still did 2000miles in it last year.

Singh911 said: Mine has 28k miles on it now. Between lockdowns last year put 3k miles on it touring around Europe with my daughter. Some of my best motoring memories. The more fun miles I put on it the better! Top job Singh911, obviously it’s the red ones that get driven, mines now on 29k and I drive it whenever I can..... so many amazing adventures over the last 5 1/2 years. If you can get over the point where you are worrying about values / mileage, the driving is so much more enjoyable and all you’ll be checking is the weather forecast :-). Which is exactly what I now do, fortunately the next 10 days look perfect, so guess which car I will be commuting in !

Tempted to get a 987 spyder. Will be used as a daily, how much faff is the roof say compared to an S1 Elise

lj04 said: Tempted to get a 987 spyder. Will be used as a daily, how much faff is the roof say compared to an S1 Elise The roof can be deployed and taken off (each process) less than one minute with practice Dead easy

frayz said: Will any of us be on our death beds thinking... "I wish i'd driven my Porsche less?" ^^^ What he said... Plus: You only live once! You're a long time dead! Can't take it with you! And: Not driving your car to keep it's value is like not shagging your missus to keep her tight for the next bloke! Enjoy it while you can...

frayz said: Will any of us be on our death beds thinking... "I wish i'd driven my Porsche less?" Or for that matter - "I'm so glad I specced it, preserved it, drove a few dozen miles and ensured I ordered the correct deviated stitching for the second owner."

I always try to buy a few years old after someone else has spent all the extra money on good spec - then just enjoy driving it

swanseaboydan said: I always try to buy a few years old after someone else has spent all the extra money on good spec - then just enjoy driving it I bought mine in 2011, it was a year old with 700 miles on it and cost me £44k - the previous owner spent £65k new Thanks Mr Previous owner