Carlo_Carrera

T2 was written up in Hagerty.

https://www.hagerty.com/media/car-pr...out-seat-time/

Freddie Two Bs

What a great story. Something deeply satisfying about a great car, very well cared for, driven and enjoyed lot.

ipman

+1 thanks for alerting Carlo

2fcknfst

Great story, thanks for posting.

Makes me happy I still have my Type R.

rael

I wonder how long the carbon ceramic brakes and rotors last, considering he does all those track days as well?

2fcknfst

Factory says 300,000kms for gen 1s.

I have 85k on mine and there is less than 1mm of wear from new.

silver_bullet

I have 93k miles and still look near new

T2

Thanks Carlo for posting this for me! What an absolute joy this car has been.

Thanks to all for nearly 18 years of support in getting here also!

jpflip

T2 you are now a star in Europe France !!!!! https://www.largus.fr/actualite-auto...zxYV88EqoDKGo4

Turbodan

has to change tires every 3-4 months
that sucks...not cheap.

T2

Thanks for the heads up jpflip!!

Niels550

I’m new here because I intend buying a 996 turbo. I’ve followed this thread with jaw dropping disbelief. Over a million kilometres with only a clutch and transmission change plus a prophylactic engine rebuild which wasn’t really needed. Truly amazing and a credit to your surgical like maintenance. This sort of mileage is in Mack truck territory, and Mack trucks don’t do track days!

This begs the question is your experience an outlier? Or are there people out there with reliability horror stories despite carrying out all the requisite maintenance to high standards?

I ask because the car I’ll end up buying will most likely have in the region of having 50-80,000 miles on it. Starting with a clean PPI and then following your frequent maintenance schedule, I’m hoping to have such trouble free motoring. Fingers crossed!

s65e90

These cars are 20 years old now. Low miles still needs the same maintenance. There's lots of high mileage cars out there. Another black turbo had 550k on it before it was sold and then was still running. Forget about 100k miles, prob too many to count.

Niels550

Are you saying forget about 100K miles cars because the mileage is too high?

Or too many cars to count with 100+k miles on them - so mileage is the least concern when buying one?

Carlo_Carrera

He is saying that many many cars have passed the 100,000 mile mark with zero major problems. A well-maintained car is almost as desirable to someone who’s going to drive it often as a low mileage car.