911-997

I kind of agree with you however I checking if there are many people like me who don’t care about high mileage and lack of service history.

As I mentioned I don’t mind buying this car however I am not sure if I will have a heck of time selling the car in 2 years and lose too much on it

sjfehr

Demographics of Porsche ownership change as the cars get older and higher mileage. This is an enthusiast forum full of people that have literally debated whether it's OK to wash your own Porsche or leave it to the professionals, but come 5 years from now, 987.2 will be about 15 years old and nearly fully depreciated. There will be plenty of other buyers that don't care about the miles so long as it still looks good, and don't even think to ask about service.

If you wanted cheap miles, you would have bought a used Prius. You didn't, you're buying a Porsche because you want to drive a Porsche. High miles may hurt value a little for an older used Porsche, but I wouldn't expect to see much of a price difference between a 100,000 mile and a 150,000 mile Cayman for instance. Buy the car you like and enjoy driving it!

vbb

I have a 56k mile 987.2 Boxster for sale that is generating very little interest on here, and I have it priced at the low end of every other similar year and mile boxster I can find on the big sites like autotrader and cars.com. I've learned that here on rennlist, the buyer pool is different than the general public for sure. 56k is considered too high mileage for many, and the base boxster isn't enough performance. Now for me, having driven several different porsches and owned 3 others, I find this car to be an absolute blast to drive, but I'm thinking my eventual buyer will end up a "non Porsche guy or gal" looking to get into their first.

So, from a resale point of view, you may have some trouble unloading that car in the future. From an ownership point of view though, as long as it passes a PPI, I would go for it.

911-997

56k is considered high mileage?? Are you serious? I did not know the general public on rennlist look at 987 as a ferrari or lambo.. damn .. thanks for the feedback

vbb

I've lost the exact count, but I've bought and sold somewhere between 15-20 cars over the last 20 years. This is my 4th Porsche. No other cars have been as difficult to sell. I've not owned a true exotic though, so Ferrari and Lamborghini would be even tougher I'd assume. Porsche buyers are very, very particular. I'm one of those owners that leaves cars in better condition than I bought them, and welcome a PPI on anything I'm selling, but some buyers on here are not interested in buying anything other than low mileage former garage queens. And look, I get it...you can buy a 10 year old Porsche with 60k miles, or you can fairly easily find one with 30k miles for a few thousand more. All other things being equal, most people would go for the lower mileage version. The rarer or hard to get cars go quickly, but the more regular cars do not.

Basically do not buy a high mileage 987.2 if you're hoping to resell it in a couple years.

garfunkle

There are a lot of factors. I think a 987 with a manual will be easy to sell regardless of mines. There were 3 nationwide when I bought mine...

jpick1966

I am on the same search currently and finding an '09 with a manual is proving to be quite the challenge!

garfunkle

There are 7 987.2's right now.

This one is the best deal IMO:
https://www.cargurus.com/Cars/invent...ting=245256355

jpick1966

If I could talk myself into a Boxster over a Cayman this would be a great option!

garfunkle

You CAN get a hardtop for a Boxster but you cannot drop the top on a cayman.

Admittedly I think the cayman looks better but I love the top down experience. I believe people are or are not convertible people pretty definitively. I most definitely am

jpick1966

I am in a 2016 M235ix convertible currently and love it BUT, I can't do track days due to a lack of roll bar and I'm missing the third pedal that I somehow thought I could live without!

57staff

I can do track days in my Boxster. Usually have to keep the top up (and windows down). The Boxster has built-in roll over protection.

Libast

Only issue I have with my 95k 987.2 is the TPMS sensors are dying one by one.

Granted they are ~10 years old now

ekam

According to the dealer they are only supposed to last 5 years.

Libast

That's what Discount Tire told me too. So 10 years not bad at all then.