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YOUR RESEARCHShould I get another car to keep the miles off?
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Run another 100k or 200k or 300k trouble free
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High miles is pretty bad for it's value, but at least yours has a chance to run another 100k or 200k or 300k trouble free.
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Nah, These cars are not collectable and it's doubtful they ever will be.
I would keep on keeping on and put some money aside for a 4.0L Raby engine upgrade.
I was going to be a smart *** and say I have 73000 and counting....but then I opened the thread and saw that.
IMO, once you pass the 100,000 mark - it really doesn't matter. Your car sees a big hit in value at that point....150k, 170k....what does it matter?
Instead of wasting money on a car - put your money in the piggy bank for any repairs - like an engine rebuild or something. You could put new life in that car for less than a new car.
Yes!
My 02 Boxster has over 243K miles on it and I got worried about the miles some months ago (well, 2 years ago this month) and bought an 03 Turbo to use to keep the miles under 300K on the Boxster.
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Macster.
Yes. Original clutch too.
BTW, I bought the Turbo with just 10K miles in June of '09 and the car now has over 66K miles. This car is on its original clutch and brakes too though the pads and rotors will need renewing soon.
Sincerely,
Macster.
I've learned long ago that even when I have multiple cars, I always end up driving the one I like driving the most! I do try to use mine for everything. Here it is outside a kart track (rush hour karting for the locals), used as a picnic table!
Yes driving the one you like most makes sense to me too. I almost always despise driving my Wrangler over the Porsche, but at least the Jeeps coolant tank will never fail! It's a 1987 with 145k miles with the original tank and it's close to the motor. Better plastic than Porsche sources apparently.
I can honestly say that my Porsches have been extremely reliable (more so than the two of the three Hondas bought into my family over the years). I've never been stranded in years of driving 996s to track events, even for time trials and driving back, not to mention bike races across the state, etc.. Actually now that I think about it, my 944 turbos were super reliable also, but one did lose a waterpump that I had to epoxy the housing to put back on track Sunday and the following drive home from Roebling Road GA to Raleigh NC.
Drive it. And then when you're done driving it, drive it some more.
Low miles and FEAR with these cars is not good for the engine, which is why the value has been plummeting.
High miles is pretty bad for it's value, but at least yours has a chance to run another 100k or 200k or 300k trouble free.
If you were at relatively low miles and wanted to keep it that way i'd also say yes - but at 150K why not keep driving, have fun and save the money for repairs.
If the engine blows you can then decide if it is worth to invest the $20K to replace - or spend a bit more and get another lower mileage 996/boxster etc. and start again...
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