What's considered "low mileage" for a 964?
04-16-2018, 07:42 PM
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What's considered "low mileage" for a 964?
Mine's sitting right at 49,900 miles, and I'm feeling a bit of anxiety about crossing the 50K mark. Probably a self-inflicted wound, though.
04-16-2018, 08:19 PM
#4
Typically, with 80's and 90's air cooled Porsche's, collectors typically fall off in interest right around 70K miles (for an all original well maintained example). If your's is not your daily driver, then using it and putting a couple of thousand miles a year on it isn't going to degrade the collector value at this point.
04-16-2018, 08:46 PM
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Just drive and enjoy it!
Personally I think 100K is high mileage for a 964 but that is starting to change as these cars get older and fewer examples are available below this mileage. They’re meant to be driven and as long as you maintain it properly and don’t skimp most of the value will hold.
Personally I think 100K is high mileage for a 964 but that is starting to change as these cars get older and fewer examples are available below this mileage. They’re meant to be driven and as long as you maintain it properly and don’t skimp most of the value will hold.
04-16-2018, 08:48 PM
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04-17-2018, 01:58 AM
#7
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Just drive and enjoy it!
Personally I think 100K is high mileage for a 964 but that is starting to change as these cars get older and fewer examples are available below this mileage. They’re meant to be driven and as long as you maintain it properly and don’t skimp most of the value will hold.
Personally I think 100K is high mileage for a 964 but that is starting to change as these cars get older and fewer examples are available below this mileage. They’re meant to be driven and as long as you maintain it properly and don’t skimp most of the value will hold.
i guess to answer the question you are actually asking, it is subjective. For me, anything below 100k is low mileage and around 60-75k and below is when I think super low mileage.
But, if you're going to look at it in terms of low annual mileage over its life, say 10k annual miles, then over 27 years, my car should have closer to 270k miles, so should it be considered low mileage in that regard since it was driven on average significantly less than the average annual mileage? Perhaps so in that light, but I doubt most would consider a 964 with over 100k miles "low mileage" when the collector grade cars are all well under 50k, and as such probably set the bench mark for what can be considered truly low mileage.
Funny enough, the average annual mileage I've put on mine in almost four years of ownership is about equal to its average annual lifespan mileage. My car had 104k when I bought it, so I'm averaging around 5k miles annually.
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04-17-2018, 03:02 AM
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Anything under a 100k
04-17-2018, 03:48 AM
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04-20-2018, 11:05 AM
#14
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A few thoughts:
1. These cars are meant to be driven, both in terms of your enjoyment of ownership and the fact that mechanical devices perform best/most reliably when regularly exercised.
2. @49k miles the neurotic collectors will not be interested anyway as there are still cars out there with sub 10k miles. The high dollar, all original, polish and shine crowd buys those.
3. 49k vs. 50k or even 60k miles. Put on your "buyers" hat for a moment, if you were in the market for a 964 and were considering 2 different cars. Would you really value a 49k mile example any differently than a 55k or 60k example? No, not really. You would put mileage into the overall decision making matrix of history, maintenance, colors, options, price, location, etc. etc. All that to say they are comparable. In my mind 40-70k cars are in a similar bucket value wise.
Go take a long 3-day weekend drive and roll that sucker over 50k, NOW!
1. These cars are meant to be driven, both in terms of your enjoyment of ownership and the fact that mechanical devices perform best/most reliably when regularly exercised.
2. @49k miles the neurotic collectors will not be interested anyway as there are still cars out there with sub 10k miles. The high dollar, all original, polish and shine crowd buys those.
3. 49k vs. 50k or even 60k miles. Put on your "buyers" hat for a moment, if you were in the market for a 964 and were considering 2 different cars. Would you really value a 49k mile example any differently than a 55k or 60k example? No, not really. You would put mileage into the overall decision making matrix of history, maintenance, colors, options, price, location, etc. etc. All that to say they are comparable. In my mind 40-70k cars are in a similar bucket value wise.
Go take a long 3-day weekend drive and roll that sucker over 50k, NOW!
04-20-2018, 01:54 PM
#15
50k/mi is a great mileage for a driver. But isn't going to be a mileage that attracts a collector that has no intention of driving for a long time. I do understand the thought process. I bought mine with less than 70k/mi years ago and am realizing it may crest 80k/mi on my way to Luft. Its a better car now than it was then. But the mileage is "getting up there" in my book. MIne is a 94 C2. So not common, but there are a lot of other cars out there that a collector would want before they bought mine. Someone who knows the cars will care more about your maintenance history than the odometer at this point I think...