Higher mileage 993's, How well are they doing???
09-14-2006, 10:44 PM
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Great to hear about these 100K milers - at 8500 or so miles a year I can drive 9 to 10 more trouble free years - then start looking for a 997 C4S, cab! That could be a great 72nd birthday gift, wouldn't it? Enjoying the 993 way too much right now!
Peter
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09-14-2006, 11:00 PM
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Hi
82,000miles(96 vram stock) it's still tight as a drum good all round only ever serviced it, replaced tyres, air con condensor, ballast resistors oh, and fitted bilsteins.........but apart from that I've never felt so confident with a ten year old car. oh yeah door check strap is totally shot so i go without it!!
82,000miles(96 vram stock) it's still tight as a drum good all round only ever serviced it, replaced tyres, air con condensor, ballast resistors oh, and fitted bilsteins.........but apart from that I've never felt so confident with a ten year old car. oh yeah door check strap is totally shot so i go without it!!
09-14-2006, 11:49 PM
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I have 108,000. I put about 2,000 on it in a year. My original plan was to turn it into a track car, but when I got it was just two nice. Most people think it is much newer and lower mileage than it is, just shows what good care can do. I have replaced Ox sensors, rebuilt the front brakes, replaced a few axle boots and fixed the "hanging" clutch. PO put a new clutch in at 50+k.
It is still a solid car and feels strong.
It is still a solid car and feels strong.
09-15-2006, 04:21 AM
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I have 95K and going strong (hope I am not tempting fate here!).....bought at 74K and have replaced clutch and DMF for RS clutch and LWF, SAI manifold (brass insert was blown out), but really apart from doing "I want mods", - PSS9s, Maxflows, TurboS ducts, Wheels etc this car has been a pleasure to own
09-15-2006, 09:20 AM
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Mine's a 1995 & done 159,000 - runs very strongly and uses much less oil than the handbook suggests. Had it about 18 months and have had to spend £3k getting it right.(New clutch/Steering Rack/CV Boots/Belts/Tyres etc)
I have OPC bills since new and they total a scary £14,900 for servicing and repairs.
If your proposed purchase has AirCon then make absolutely sure it works - mine cost the dealer at least £2,000 to put right under warranty soon after I bought it.
I have OPC bills since new and they total a scary £14,900 for servicing and repairs.
If your proposed purchase has AirCon then make absolutely sure it works - mine cost the dealer at least £2,000 to put right under warranty soon after I bought it.
09-15-2006, 10:28 AM
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Higher mileage
Originally Posted by CP
Roland,
What's more incredible is that the car resides in San Francisco, with it's notorious clutch and brake-eater hills.
CP
What's more incredible is that the car resides in San Francisco, with it's notorious clutch and brake-eater hills.
CP
I still can't believe it.
I just started a similar thread on the 993 turbo board. I suspect the 170,000 mile turbo that MSW has could be the highest running turbo out there.
Roland
09-15-2006, 10:32 AM
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Roland,
I have a 1992 Lexus SC300, 5 speed (I know, it's rare). My daughter drove it since 2001. It just turned 147k miles. We did the clutch at 125k miles. I think the brakes are still original. Some cars are amazing. But I know a lexus is no indication of what a Porsche can do, especially a 993tt.
CP
I have a 1992 Lexus SC300, 5 speed (I know, it's rare). My daughter drove it since 2001. It just turned 147k miles. We did the clutch at 125k miles. I think the brakes are still original. Some cars are amazing. But I know a lexus is no indication of what a Porsche can do, especially a 993tt.
CP
09-15-2006, 01:57 PM
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What's interesting is that many of the things - other than regular wear and tear items - that have needed repairing on higher mileage 993s (door check strap, steering rack, valve cover gaskets, fresh air servo, sai passages, rusting a-pillars etc...) also have needed repairing on lower mileage 993s. It seems that the things that affect these cars are either inherent little DNA issues, or simply age.
Mileage doesn't seem to factor into the breakdown of major mechanical components of these cars as much as one might expect.
Mileage doesn't seem to factor into the breakdown of major mechanical components of these cars as much as one might expect.
09-15-2006, 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Matt Davies
What's interesting is that many of the things - other than regular wear and tear items - that have needed repairing on higher mileage 993s (door check strap, steering rack, valve cover gaskets, fresh air servo, sai passages, rusting a-pillars etc...) also have needed repairing on lower mileage 993s. It seems that the things that affect these cars are either inherent little DNA issues, or simply age.
Mileage doesn't seem to factor into the breakdown of major mechanical components of these cars as much as one might expect.
Mileage doesn't seem to factor into the breakdown of major mechanical components of these cars as much as one might expect.
09-15-2006, 03:05 PM
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105, 000 and used as a daily driver until recently. Believed to be all original apart from the disk rotors which were changed under warranty at 77,000. Virtually oil tight (slight weep from one bolt on the cam chain covers). Goes like the proverbial and returns average of 27 miler per imperial gallon. Lovely noise...far better than the previous 996 even though I prefered the newer instrument binnacle.
Can't have everything I suppose but the 993 is almost it!
Have asked my executors to burn me then crush the car around my ashes.....
Can't have everything I suppose but the 993 is almost it!
Have asked my executors to burn me then crush the car around my ashes.....