LeJerk

I’m looking at 991s, and found one that has all the options I want, but has about 75,000 miles on it. Should I be worried about stuff starting to break? How many miles is too many?

polobai

Depends on maintenance history and what’s already been replaced. Is it Cpo by chance?

LeJerk

It's a private party ad. I haven't contacted them yet so I don't know any history. I have the VIN, but you have to pay for CarFax right?

Joec500

well I am a 2nd owner at 88k miles (bought with 20k miles) and my car has been fantastic other than the weird reverse light stopped working on my manual car, which was covered under CPO. Other notable failures were failed clock spring (warranty), broken wire for active spoiler (replaced with a ducktail), a couple failed PCV (warranty), squeaky gas tank (found tech bulletin and fixed myself with some grease and $10 in foam from home depot). But that's really it (knock on wood). I have been on top of all my maintenance though and warm up the car before ripping on her.

She drives and looks new.

shammerman

@LeJerk - Carfax is $40 - hope you can invest that much in the research when considering a Porsche purchase….

Jack F

I would approach the car purchase from the financial side and say get the lowest mile and newest car you can.

Jack F

Good thing you were under warranty. Those repairs out of warranty would total over 20k.

arter

Maybe 200,000 miles

asellus

for a 991 I'd be concerned over 135k miles if there's no maintenance history.

spiderspider

400K

lawrence1

lol. I bet they see you coming into the dealer service drive from a mile away.

Keadog

I believe he's referring to the reverse light out on a MT car issue.

Gary JR

20k is too much for me. Can get a lot of car for a different make.

Penn4S

Sometimes waiting is the best decision. Getting into a Porsche 911 before ready financially is not a great idea especially if there is no warranty. Don’t know your resources so I’m not jumping to any conclusions. Just my opinion as once you do get it then you want to mod it too and the $’s just keep adding up and you don’t want any major maintenance hitting you in the face.
I’ve had several 911’s and my current has 42K miles. I’m not afraid of mileage on a properly maintained car but stuff does break.

james280

what's the asking price?