wkastrinakis

Looking to purchase a 2015 911S Cabriolet with 45k miles. CPO with 2 year warranty. Dealer has replaced tires, front brake pads and done 40 k mile service.
How concerned should I be with high miles?

Lucky991

Is 45k considered high mileage?
Sounds like proper maintenance has been done.

981KMAN

Old thread, yet 45K miles is in no way considered High Mileage. With proper maintenance, I expect 200K miles plus....

I have 76K on my 9A1 engine and it runs like new!!

Drive Safe

Lucky991

I hope that’s not high mileage, this is my daily

I saw a 991 turbo on here with 200k miles...different motor I know and no maintenance requirements to get there were discussed. Based on some of the posts I see around here I worry sometimes that these Porsche motors may need a rebuild around the 150k miles mark or earlier but I truly have no idea. I just tell myself a rebuild is probably less expensive than a new car and buckle myself up for the long run because at 992 prices doubt I’ll be getting a new 911 in this lifetime.

bakerphoto

And just to provide a little more confidence to those considering +mileage 911's. I bought my '18 911 GTS with 50k miles. It was a local car with two previous owners. The second owner bought it as a CPO with 40k miles. It was in great shape and had always been serviced at the same local dealer. All of that along with a PPI and I had no reservations. I've put 7k miles on it in the last year with zero issues and couldn't be happier. I do have the 60k service coming up and that's $3500 or so but so worth every penny. Amazing cars!

PhilSea

45K high mileage? Really? LOL! 8-10K a year when the car is well maintained with CPO is no problem.

Gripster

Bought mine with 51k two years ago. These aren't high miles for these cars. CPO is good, but I would recommend getting a PPI if you can. Some dealers are a bit funny about that and while folks on the forum would tell you to walk on a deal without a PPI, I tend to relax about that with CPO. That said, there are CPO horror stories, so see if they will let you get the car up on a lift in the dealer service bay and have a tech walk you around the vehicle before taking delivery.

If you can't get a service history on the car, then just do all the fluids just in case. If you know a local indy specialist, get them to look over the car as well. It will be money will spent if they find anything, and if find nothing, then you will sleep easier too.

porsche14426

I'm wanting to keep my 991.1 for years to come and do the typical DIY maintenance projects but hesitate when considering resale value. Keeping in line with high mileage 911's, how do people feel about purchasing a Porsche that was serviced predominantly by the owner?

Would you be satisfied if a pre-purchase service is performed by a reputable private Porsche shop?

mikescayenne

I cant believe people consider 45k high mileage. These arent Ferrari's. A dealer here in illinois had a 997.1 with 196k miles on it. The seats were beat up but EVERYTHING still worked, and i was going there to look at a 2013 C2S with 106k miles on it, that was pristine as well. I passed on it cuz it was September of 2022 and he was still asking outrageous Spring of 2022 prices for it ( prices ended up coming down about a month later). I ended up purchasing a 2013 C2 Cab with 97k miles on it. It literally drives like 991.2 cars ive driven with 15k miles on them. People take really good care of these cars. I wanted a car with around 75k miles on it because thats around the time that everything is sorted while also being the sweet spot for depreciation. I settled for this car with 97k miles on it because it had the most detailed carfax report ive ever seen all the way up to the 97k mile mark he had it till. He was listing the car for sale and he still took the car to the dealer a month earlier to have the engine air filters and battery replaced. He would even do the tires at the dealer and pay the bloated price for the factory Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric tires. But i was lucky i found that car private party.

Anyways to answer your questions i couldnt believe after purchasing that car how many 911 owners i met that do everything themselves on their 911 and have a home garage with a lift (i live in chicagoland suburbs so we have space lol, just high property taxes lol) so yes i would absolutely purchase a car from someone who maintained it themselves. Everyone i met that maintained their 911 themselves did it to make sure that all the best parts and fluids were going in the car. Literally better than what the dealer would do. A lot of smart people buy these cars its nothing like the Ferrari crowd or other brands that dont maintain their cars properly and purchase just to show off (cough cough maserati, lol)

This was my first 911 and i already had a Cayenne. I have a base Cayenne Platinum edition and i love that truck so much i decided im only buying porsches from now on. My plan is to keep the cayenne forever as my winter truck and keep getting better 911's. I had no idea when purchasing the Cayenne that its as reliable as a Lexus. I came from BMW and Mercedes world where these cars would break all the time, and i had heard the same thing about Porsche and that they were even more expensive to run. I found out later that its mainly the Turbo, and older cars. Just my 2 cents.

porsche14426

Thanks for sharing your prospective. I'm most satisfied with maintenance and small repairs when I do it myself. I would feel better about taking it to the dealer if I had the opportunity to meet the mechanic performing the work and getting a better idea of his/her experience and depth of knowledge regarding my Porsche. You wouldn't have surgery without first meeting the surgeon so why have we accepted the process as it is at the Porsche dealer?

Good luck with your journey in a 911. I've enjoyed mine.

981KMAN

I have 3 Porsches and do all my own normal maintenance items (Oil, Spark Plugs, Brakes, Gear Oil, PDK Oil, Belts, etc). I keep detailed records with the parts receipts. The Dealer handles things I do not want to do, like Struts (shocks), water pumps, etc...

I would have no issues purchasing a "Higher Mileage" ( > 80K miles) Porsche as long as all the service records were there. I've always been told when looking at a used car; "Look at the seller just as close as you look at the car" . No records.... No sale.

IXLR8

But both of my Porsche 911s were bought used; one with 42,500 miles and the other with 98 miles. The latter at 98 miles wasn't a concern.

What gets me when buying a vehicle "used" are the owners that work on their own cars that really have no idea what they are doing (stripped this and stripped that) and also those that have no respect for their engines where they rev the **** out of a cold engine the minute they start it.

Some original owners of a Porsche 911 have 300,000 miles where the engine has never been openned up. There must be a reason. Two of my friends have 997s, one with 110,000 miles (no problems)and another who bought a low mileage CPO'd vehicle where Porsche had to install a factory new engine, thanks to the previous owner lending it to his abusive son.

The best thing to do is get a VERY THOROUGH inspection which cannot be done in an hour or two or you are playing Russian Roulette.

sunnyc123abc

I bought my 911.1 CS4 with 76k miles with Porsche CPO and everything feels new, even the suspension.

choots

This is an encouraging thread. I’m looking for my first 911. I have a 95 mile round trip commute and want to drive the 911 most of the week. I don’t want a car at this point that I drive a couple of hours on the weekend. Thank you to those that have replied.

mulligan

As has been stated already - proper maintenance goes a long way.

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