2002 C4S w/ 129K miles

You'll want pictures and a carfax, PPI, etc. but I don't have those yet. Just want to get some generic opinions on buying with this high of miles. Of course I could find out it's a salvage title or damaged once I look into it closer, however, the car is absolutely stunning. Leather looks so good it's almost unbelievable, better than my leather in my 3 years old Benz. INdy dealer is asking $19,900. If the car get a good bill of health engine wise and electric. I figured I'll offer $17,500 probably pay $18,000 and then be willing to do $5,000/$7,000 in fixes, shocks/struts, tires, IMS, RMS, and complete fluids, etc. Am I crazy or not. Wait till I post pictures of this car, it's very clean in and out.

in SoCal, that price sounds about right for the year/mileage/model

Since your total out of pocket is around $25k, I would suggest finding a car with around 60,000 or 70,000 miles for around $22k and put $3k into IMS, RMS, Water pump etc.

Interesting pricing. My car is a 2003 with 130k miles. Good luck

Seems kind of high overall. I'd be patient (very hard to do) and keep looking. -Eric

Jyoteen, what would someone have to offer you to pry you into a sale? By the way I'm going to see the car at in an hour. Will take photos and get what info. I can. Dealer was closed the day I saw it on the lot.

A car with over 100k in perfect shape may command $19.9K. With a Salvage title...$14K max IMHO.

I wouldn't be interested, for 19-20K I think you can get a higher miles clean title car. You will have no resale value.

+1 .. I'd spend the $25K on something with 1/2 the miles .... If I had the car already - I'd drive until it dies - but these are not Toyotas - things probably start to get expensive with age. The air cooled guys run for many more miles - but those were in the days before complex electronics - you see a couple of folks on the board here with 200K+ miles - and I'm hoping it is possible to get to that sort of mileage - but if I was buying used - I'd look for something different ...

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actually nothing really. My car has high enough miles that its value is just beyond a number at this point. Plus, I don't think I'd get into another Porsche unless it's a GT3 or a 3RS, so $20k won't really make a difference to me these days.

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I'm not so sure I agree. If the car is in great shape, has the original paint and a clean title (the OP didn't say it has a salvage title, he was just saying it could) I think it is definately priced well. If that car was driven 11K per year by the same orginal owner (again with no paint work), that car is a value. Putting a few $$$ into it as the OP mentioned would only make sense if the car is a keeper. i'd plunk down $16.5 cash and see what happens. (pending a clean PPI of course)

4 years ago I got my '99 C4 with 125k miles for $22.5k. It now has 156k miles and has been a fabulous car. It was well maintained and I've had to hardly do any maintenance in that time frame. Other than oil changes and tires (and a battery), I had to do brakes, a radiator fan and an wheel speed sensor. Cosmetically it's great inside and out.

Just a week ago, one of my friends purchased a 2003 C2 Cab with 101K on the odo for under $19K. He will probably put another $5K into it. The title is clean and so is CarFax. IMO he got himself a really good deal

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First time posting pics. Didn't mean to post those. Now it's not letting me upload more pics. Is it because I'm not a member or something?

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you have exceeded the "max" limit for non-paying members (paid members have a bigger allowance)

guess I'll join tomorrow. Thanks.

Hey folks..., We are talking about a C4S for 19K..... Really folks....Have look around and try to find a C4S at that price with that mileage and let me tell you you will probably never find it. They are expensive and don't forget we are not talking about a C4 or a basic C2...you will probably find one of these one at 19K but never a C4S unless you have a lot of money to fix all the problem. Where i'm living... C4S are really expensive Robert 2000 C4

It's the first time I've seen a C4S offered for sale in that price range, but then again, I haven't seen one offered for sale with that mileage either.

In Excellence this month - Smart Buy, a 996 C4S!

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I'm with you, Robert. I searched for awhile and I just bought an 02 C4S with 67K (40K on the engine) for $32500. The asking price was a tad higher but it was still reasonable. I have to do front pads and rotors, and change the tires (wrong size rears), but other than that the car got a clean PPI and it's immaculate. I think I got a pretty good deal. It always seems to be the case when someone asks for opinions on prices for cars that folks always suggest looking longer, harder, etc... for a better deal, almost as if those "deals" are always out there. I'd like to know where you can find a a C4S for $20-$30K. And as for Excellence, laughable. Their numbers are meaningless. When I was looking for an air cooled 911 I looked at one a guy had locally. I can't recall what he was asking but it was high for the car (I recall it needing work on the accel pedal, the hand choke, it had been resprayed, and a few other things). I told him I would keep it in mind and look around a bit, he had the ***** to call me a couple days later and tell me he was RAISING the asking price because he just read in Excellence that the car was worth more. I bought another car. He called me a month later and asked if I was still interested in the car at the original asking price. Excellences numbers make no sense, at least to me they don't.