I have a opportunity to buy a 2017 Porsche 911 S cab. With 3000 original miles. Mint condition. My concern is the oil has never been changed. All input greatly appreciated.

 

How do you know for sure? However, while not desirable, I don’t think it’s a deal killer with that mileage. Just take care of it asap and then enjoy the car if it ticks off all the boxes.

 

If it's through a dealer I'd have them change the oil as a condition of the sale and enjoy the car. I personally don't think it's a huge deal.

 

Service is 10k mile/1 year, 20k mile/2 year, 30k mile/4 year, and 40k mile/4 year. If it were up to date on service all of these would have been performed at the correct time intervals, so it should have had multiple oil changes (every 10k mile/1 year), the spark plugs (30k mile/4year) and air filter (40k mile/4 year) major services as well. The spark plug and air filter services are not insignificant costs, if they haven’t been performed then the selling price should reflect that.

 

This. If it's never had an oil change, it's certainly due based on time alone (not mileage). Same with spark plugs (4 years) and air filter (4 years). Serpentine belt is due at 6 years so depending on the vehicle's in-service date, that could be due very soon. Just figure $2000-$4000 (depending on whether it's through a Porsche dealer or indy mechanic) worth of service that you should be ready to perform right away or have the seller perform for you. Either way, you're paying for it whether it's on your own or the sale price.

But a 3000 mile car in mint condition is nice to have if the price is right. If it were garage kept, even better.

 

Sounds like a great potential. What else is it equipped with? PDK, Sports Chronograph, PSE, Leather, fancy headlights? You didn't list the options or the price. PDK has the largest impact.
https://www.consumerreports.org/cars...lue-estimator/

 

As above, I'd work out a price for sale, then once that's penciled in, demand an oil change as part of it. That way they won't just roll the oil change service into the sale price.

 

With the mileage, obviously the car was babied. Who knows they may just take consistent little spins around town on random weekends. The car will bark at you with all kinds of lights if something is truly wrong. Just get the oil changed right away if they don't know when the last change was. If super ****, get it changed again 1k miles later to heat up and flush anything else out. Either way that's nothing to worry about, and not uncommon on this caliber of car. Would you walk away from one of Jay Leno's cars because it was low mileage? Good luck on your search!

 

Am I reading that right - 5 year old 991 with 3,000 miles???

 

I see that all the time in the luxury market
person is old with limited physical abilities. Drives car rarely
husband dies, widow does not drive , ultimately sell the car
etc

 

Oil, most definitely. But the spark plugs? They don't go bad. They're practically new. The air filter, if clean, is probably OK too. Just check it to make sure.

 

If you leave the spark plugs in for four more years they might not be so easy to remove. It’s my understanding that this is part of the rationale for changing @4 years or 40k.

 

Correct. It's a little shorter at 3/30k for the 991.2 engines, too. Something something harsher environment.

 

Ah yes...I have heard that as well. Good point!

 

I would think that car is worth a lot more than the consumer report link.