Tom R.

here is the link to the ad for an 85 944 with 74k miles from www.cars.com

http://www.cars.com/search/used/cc/s...onal&src=&cid=

here is part of the carfax

CARFAX searched more than 2.16 billion records from more than 4,000 different public and private sources and found 6 record(s) for this 1985 PORSCHE 944 (WP0AA0948FN472059).

Date:
Mileage Reading:
Source:
General Comments:


06/18/1993 104,648 Auto Auction
Eastern Region
Vehicle sold


01/27/1998 New York
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Vestal, NY
Title issued


12/18/1998 New York
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Vestal, NY
Title issued


04/17/2002 New York
Motor Vehicle Dept.
Johnson City, NY
Title issued
New owner reported


04/23/2002 74,049 Inspection Co.
New York
Vehicle Inspected
Anti-theft device present
at the time of inspection
POTENTIAL ODOMETER ROLLBACK

i am tempted to call to find out the explanation

iloveporsches

If it's an early car that could be 174049, as there's only 5 digits. If it's a late car then maybe the odometer was replaced at some point.

j_overly

Good point on the early gauge.

It looks like it has changed a few hands.. the current owner has only had it a little more than a year? (titled April 2002)

Randy_J

Carfax often messes up Cdn cars that use METRIC because they are inconsistent in the conversions. But for MILES, I doubt that there is a screw up there. 8 years, 104K miles = 13K niles per year, and for a 944NA, that might not be unrealistic.

A lot of these cars were 1 car owner cars at the time they came out, and people piled on the miles.

The 968 Cab I just picked up racked up 75K Kls = 46,600 miles in the first 30 months the first owner had it - drove it from Calgary, to Florida, to LA - back and forth several times.

I'd be leery of that mileage. If you can pull the instrument cluster out (doubt the dealer will let you do that tho), you can check the date code on the cluster to see if it was a swap. But then it's so easy to roll back the odometer, even that will not help.

Suspect the rollback unless the rest of the car is representative of a 74K mile car 18 years @ 4100 miles a year of average is REALLY low. What about the maintenance history? Maybe a local Porsche dealer can pull a service record off the VIN for you. The first owner probably serviced the car at a dealer, and the mileage would have been recorded.

It's too easy to swap pedal rubber, capets, etc. to make a high miler look like a garage queen. Good luck!