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YOUR RESEARCHI'm kind of sad my car just hit 40,000 miles.
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It was a 5 speed, and it ran amazingly well and looked nearly new.
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I brought my 928 and 996 in to temporarily fill the gaps until the PCA guys found two more cars.
Run auto museum really does make this fact painfully obvious
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Running an auto museum really does make this fact painfully obvious.
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My Boxster has been hit twice now by someone using a cell phone.
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It's still a great car, right? The mere fact that it's now in the 40,000 mile bracket doesn't necessarily mean that it's worth less, right?? I know this is such a silly thing to be sad about, and yet I can't help feeling a little sad that the odometer now starts with a "4."
I guess the good news is that now I can take it on long road trips without worry because the 50,000 mile mark is so far away!
There's a 996 Turbo (S I think) around with over 400K miles on it. The owner within the last few months removed the engine to address some leaks and at the same time to refresh the engine to address wear he believed it had experienced.
He found no measurable wear wherever he checked.
Thus in the case of your car's engine I'd say at 40K miles the engine is just about broken in.
(BTW, while not "big" miles, at least compared to the Turbo I mentioned above, my 03 Turbo has over 131K miles and runs just fine, too.)
my 996 had over 100K when I got it!
I kinda hear you - I was a bit sad when my E39 M3 hit 80K miles - I purchased it 3 years ago with under 50K. But it's the same car it was then - runs and drives exactly the same, and only has a few additional scratches on it which are hardly noticeable. Besides I bought both of these cars to drive! I wonder if the M5 will ever catch the 996 - I kinda doubt it as the 911 has 20K more miles and I seem to be driving them pretty equal miles.
These feelings are why I will never own a low mile car again. I had an 83SC with only 58k on it a few years back and never wanted to drive.
NEVER AGAIN.
At some point, mileage on a car becomes a badge of honor rather than an embarrassment. Back in 1998, I had a 1985 MBZ 190E with 248,000 miles on it. It was a 5 speed, and it ran amazingly well and looked nearly new. Then some moron rear-ended me while talking on a cell phone and totaled it. I'd still be driving that car if that had not occurred just to see how many miles I could have put on it.
I agree. Did you buy the car to just stare at it or to save it in pristine condition for the next owner? Personally, I love to drive mine, which is why I bought it.
Jeez, get out there and drive the thing - who are you saving it for..?
You won't be on your death bed, muttering to yourself: "
I should have driven my Porsche less
".
I feel the same way! Bought it 6 weeks ago to the day with 40,395 on the odo and I'm about one days driving from hitting 45k! It's a love hate thing, I hate seeing the odometer go up but I love driving it!
My Boxster has been hit twice now by someone using a cell phone. Fortunately both times the damage was onfined to the plastic bumper covers and one head light and one tail light assembly/housing.
As a car ages, gains miles, even a relatively minor accident can have the car done for. While my 2002 Boxster like you MBZ is still a very good car even with over 288K miles on it, it wouldn't take much of an accident to have the car declared a total loss.
Ya I can't imagine anything but a diesel truck or maybe a Lexus worth anything with close to 300k miles!
We have a mazda with almost 200k that essentially was totaled from a minor front end accident. Teenage drivers. Ugh. Would cost as much to repair it as the car is worth. I can get more parting it out. No collision on that one of course so the decision is strictly mine.
I ended up buying another one of the same exact models with half the mileage on it for $3k.
We had the kickoff of Porsche Month at the museum today with a Cars and Coffee. A couple of the cars that the local PCA chapter picked for the display didn't show up, so we had a big gaping hole in the display. I brought my 928 and 996 in to temporarily fill the gaps until the PCA guys found two more cars. My 996 was parked next to a 993 C2 also in black. I was talking to a couple of museum visitors, explaining to them that I'd be pleased to get $16k out of my car, but the 993 sitting next to it was worth close to $50k. No, the 993 isn't faster, doesn't drive better and isn't more comfortable. My car runs perfect and is my DD and looks great. But the 993 is still worth 3x as much.
The incredibly low value of our cars, especially well-maintained but high mileage ones like mine just boggles the mind. We will look back on these times in a few years and marvel at what a bargain these 996s truly are. Running an auto museum really does make this fact painfully obvious.
you're correct for narrow body 996 c2 and c4 but not c4s and turbo which OP owns - the c4s and turbo seem to hold their own in these tough 996 economic times...
I am at 49700 miles on my 996TT. Should I stop driving it then?
No freaking way!!!! I grin ear-to-ear every time I drive that car.... more smiles per miles.
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