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Whichever you choose, you can check the health of the IMSB thru checking the oil filter for particles, etc.
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Whichever you choose, you can check the health of the IMSB thru checking the oil filter for particles, etc.
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I am looking at a very low mileage 2000 cab, 25,000 vs a 2004 with 55,000.
a tough balance in the buy the newest you can afford question. Am I better off buying the older one with exceptional mileage or buy newer and live with the average level miles. Price is slightly higher on the 2004. This would be my first and long anticipated Porsche
easy decision..... 2004 with 55,000 miles.
Read through this forum and you'll see that 25,000 miles is a red flag for many people... these cars do not like sitting. so if your question had been to buy a 2000 with 25,000 miles or a 2000 with 50,000 miles, many would say they would prefer the 50,000 miles (assuming both have equal maintainance history), since any issues would have already presented themselves.
Also 2000 cab has the plastic window, fewer horses and no cup holders!
Definitely go with the 2004 model. I have a MY00 Cab but I have driven a MY02 Cab back to back and you can clearly feel the low-end torque difference between the 2 cars, big difference... BTW 55K miles is nothing for these cars. Cheers,
I'll be the contrarian here. If you plan to drive only 3-4K miles per year, then the low mileage car might be the better buy in the long run.
In, say six years, the 2000 car would have less than 50K miles and might possibly be more appealing to the next owner than the 2004 car with 80K miles.
Also at 55K the 2004 might start to need more maintenance such as brakes, suspension components, etc than the 2000 car with it's lower miles.
Both will be several generations old by that time, and the difference in performance between the two even now is not significant compared to newer models, etc.
Whichever you choose, you can check the health of the IMSB thru checking the oil filter for particles, etc.
I understand the reasons many are calling for buying the newer one, and "buy the latest model you can afford" is sound advice. But low miles are an attractive quality in a used car that you will have to weigh.
Either way, enjoy a Porsche today!
No brainer- go with the '04. Not only are super low mile 911s a fool's errand as they HAVE to be driven, the '00 had issues with heads cracking. Poor casting techniques are eventually going to rear their ugly heads, put intended, no matter what the miles.
The '04 is better in many ways listed above. I would never buy a super low mile 911 unless I had money to burn... and that's after 28 years of various 911 ownership.
Enjoy whatever you choose!
Best,
TomF
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