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Frankly, only time will tell - if you have a couple of relatively repair free years with this car because it has been well-maintained, then you got a bargain.
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Which, in the end, the low mileage car costs you twice as much to buy, then costs you again in replacing aged-out parts.
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Then, they end up putting another $10k into it replacing some parts that broke due to age and then replacing a whole bunch of WYAIT parts "because they might break at some point in the future".
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Frankly, only time will tell - if you have a couple of relatively repair free years with this car because it has been well-maintained, then you got a bargain.
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Then, they end up putting another $10k into it replacing some parts that broke due to age and then replacing a whole bunch of WYAIT parts "because they might break at some point in the future".
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Ok, maybe this is a shameless post to flaunt my new purchase, but I'm rather excited!
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Just picked up a 2002 Carrera C2 for just under $20k. I think I got a decent deal, but I'm open to having everyone tell me otherwise.
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It has 100k miles (everyone freaks out whenever I tell them that), but has a new clutch, RMS, and IMS dual row retrofit. Pretty confident that it'll keep eating up tarmac for years to come.
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My first car was a 1989 MR2, supercharged, so I'm no stranger to having the weight in the back.
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Next was a stint in an STI, where I learned how to tune ECU's, the virtues of boost, and AWD...
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followed by a miata that started life as an automatic, but ended up becoming a track car with ITBs...
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and a turbo miata after that.
Opened up craigslist, and all it took was 24 hours from, "hey maybe I should get a 996..." to test driving, and immediately realizing this is the type of car I've been wanting. All of the fun/thrills/tossability of the MR2/Miata, with the power of an STI, but it's refined, and "practical" (coming from two seaters... yeah, I think it's pretty practical!)
Look forward to soaking up all the knowledge here... and I am legitimately hooked! Can't wait to dig into this platform and learn the car!
Congrats, it's always a cool feeling walking into the garage and saying "who's Porsche is that, oh yeah that's mine".
Enjoy it man, you made a great choice. If you're happy then you got a great deal.
Congrats, Love that MR2. I used to have both that gen MR2 and my fair share of Subaru's too.
You'll find that some members here actually went in the opposite direction by having a 996 and then getting a Miata.
Welcome doc, err, sour, err monkey, err dsm, damn we gotta work on a nickname for your nickname.
Beautiful car. I wouldn't worry about what you paid for it - especially if you got it for under $20k. You certainly didn't overpay. There are so many factors to consider with a 13 year old Porsche when it comes to what is an appropriate price. You've just got to make your best judgment and go with it. Frankly, only time will tell - if you have a couple of relatively repair free years with this car because it has been well-maintained, then you got a bargain.
As for mileage being just a tick over 100k, well, that means you're only going to get another 80k or so out of it before you have to start worrying about whether the engine is going to let go. So, assuming you put 10k miles per year on it, you've only got until late 2023 before you need to start worrying.
Two questions: What's the silver bumper in front of the Porsche attached to? And what's your evaluation of the LG front loading washer/dryer combo? (our washer/dryer is getting long in the tooth so I have an appliance purchase coming up)
Congrats! I've had mine for a year, and it continues to put a smile on my face everytime I drive it. Even though my Audi S8 is just as fast or faster, it just doesn't do the same thing for me as the 996 with the Fister exhaust!
"It has 100k miles (everyone freaks out whenever I tell them that), but has a new clutch, RMS, and IMS dual row retrofit. Pretty confident that it'll keep eating up tarmac for years to come"
Congrats and welcome..if it made it this far then I would not be too worried. If they are going to die it would have happened by now. Nice color
The way I look at it, if you paid $20K more for a newer/lower-mileage one it will depreciate that much for certain, and you will then be left with an older, high-mileage car. OTOH if heaven forbid you had to put $20K into a new engine on this one, you'd be the same cash-wise but have a car with a brand-new upgraded engine good for 200K. No way you can lose on this car.
Congrats. With that high mileage you will certainly be needing the toolbox in your pic stocked with all the Porsche specialty tools.
WTF? So he will have a $40,000 car with 100,000 miles on it? So again, wtf?
^ I think he is comparing it to the conventional "wisdom" of paying twice as much for a low-mileage car. And then realizing that time can be as hard on parts as mileage is (sometimes worse for garage queens). Which, in the end, the low mileage car costs you twice as much to buy, then costs you again in replacing aged-out parts.
You see it time and again on here - somebody pays a premium for a low-mileage car versus a 100k mile car (maybe not double, but close). Then, they end up putting another $10k into it replacing some parts that broke due to age and then replacing a whole bunch of WYAIT parts "because they might break at some point in the future". (Oops, silly me, no need to explain that to you, KK, I know you're familiar with that concept)
Anyhow, with the 100k mile car, you just drive the damn thing til something breaks. Then you fix the part that breaks. It is amazing how well cars will hold up if you just drive them. My '99 C4 aero had 148k when I sold it, my S430 daily has over 190k miles, my son's E53 X5 4.4 has over 190k miles and my wife's Saab 9-7x has 165k+ miles on it. They all run great. I lose no sleep over the miles I put on them. I don't bother with preemptive transmission fluid changes or swapping out the radiator coolant every spring or shampooing the trunk carpet every 3 months. We just drive them.
Of course, with the Turbo, now that's a different story.
Thanks for the welcome everyone!
Yeah, I'm looking forward to driving the wheels off on this thing. I'm confident that if I keep up with regular basic maintenance, and replace things as they make noises/break, the car will deliver many smiles per miles.
A car not driven is a meal not eaten!
What I was saying is if the engine in my car were to fail tomorrow, I would lose about $20K if I were to sell the car as a roller and replace it with the same car with the same miles with a working engine which I have no way of predicting how long will last. For the same $20K I could put in an upgraded, "bulletproofed" reman engine with the likelihood of lasting 200K miles. Paper losses don't keep me up at night
"Anyhow, with the 100k mile car, you just drive the damn thing til something breaks. Then you fix the part that breaks."
Agreed! I bought my '02 2 1/2 years ago for about the same price and with almost exactly the same miles. I'm now at 149,800, and it runs like a top. Yes, I've put some $$$ into it, but nothing I didn't expect. I LOVE this car!!!
Oh, and I still have my '91 Miata SE after 15 years, and I'm keeping it. Don't drive it much, but when I do I remember how good a car it is. Different animal from the 996, of course, but still a keeper.
Enjoy! Looks great!
Same here new 4 me 911 - 99' - 105K mileage and after reading the issues decided WTH just enjoy and fix
Issues as they come - just love the sound and steering -really what a great value for a supercar cheers and enjoy
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