Carlo_Carrera

This is tough call. I am leaning towards 993GT's position. If both cars have been well maintained with solid service records the X50 is very tempting. But all things being equal less milage is preferred.

"02996ttx50

exactly and they rarely are ( equal that is ). as i stated above, if you simply swapped the turbos in the half mileage? k16 car, for much the same initial outlay you'd have a far newer and less "driven" car.

i rarely disagree with rob as it's a fools game and i respect his opinions greatly. but i think he's got this one backwards. he knows how easy it would be to make that k16 car more desirable than the dbl miles '05 x50 with just a cpl mods.

this from a guy that once had a showroom condition ( well, mostly,..but i DID drive it lol ) x50 and i now LIVE in my k16/24 hybrid modded car at every chance i get w 130,000 miles and it is the "better" ( e.g. more mechanically sound ) car over my former "queen" that was babied at porsche dealerships exclusively ( what a waste of money THAT was ugh ).

just my .02 about my old '02 lol

Olemiss540

I would go for the lower mileage 04. You can buy all sorts of modifications, the only thing you cant do is turn back the odomoter.... Would have bought a 30K example if I had the $$$, as I don't plan on driving it very frequently, and I could see these following the 996gt3 appreciation curve very soon (to a lesser extent of course). But after researching, the X50 option package didn't really appeal to me anyways from the driver feel perspective so when I was in the market, they didn't have a much greater appeal.

"02996ttx50

apropos of nothing relevant, an unflashed k24'd x50 car lags like you're waiting for a bus.

"02996ttx50

dbl the miles for some x50/gt2 ic's and the laggy azz k24's and what else extra?

man this whole thing reads like a no brainer. didn't the guy state they were in "similar condition/price point", and only that the 04 car had half as many miles?! wtf is there to think about!?

( scratching head in bemused wonderment )

( not directed to you per se, ttsurgeon. just clicked on your post. sorry )

Receiver

Agreed.

Just for one more kick at this, if I told you that the 05x50 was $8,000 cheaper would your opinion change?

I probably need to make a call on this shortly and I really value all of your opinions

Olemiss540

$8,000 dollars??? That is a pretty big gap (25%?) and one that would make me go X50.

Receiver

That s why this is a dilemma

Th Dude

You can ask the folks here.
You can compare specs.
You can have a PPI done on both cars.
You can grill the owners and ask lots of questions.

ULTIMATELY, there is no substitute for driving and inspecting both cars, first hand.
That's the BEST way to know which is right for you. It's also the BEST way to minimize 2nd guessing your decision and/or having buyers remorse after the fact.
IMO, doing anything else is merely flipping a coin.

rmc1148

^Isn't that the truth. If condition excellent I would gladly pay the 8000 more for the lower mile example.

Dock

No.

I personally don't like the driving experience of k24s; way too much turbo lag for my tastes. You could take the $8k different and put it towards fixing the lag issue with the X50, but you'd still have a car with twice the mileage on it as the non-X50.

Berra

I have a 2003 X50 that's in factory condition, as mint as it gets and it's got pretty much all the extras. Car is at 22k miles now. Even though I could have bought other, non X50 Turbos way cheaper, I didn't.

But, what made me chose this X50 was the mileage and condition, not the X50 option itself. I bought it with 19k miles and every other Turbo on the market were much higher mileage and most of them weren't even close to this condition. I was lucky and hit, as I see it, jackpot with my car.

I'd go for the better car, that means condition and mileage.

Ps. I'm located in Europe, X50s aren't that common here, those that tend to show up are high mileage cars and not in perfect condition.

Receiver

Thanks guys for your advice. Driving both cars is a bit of an issue as one is 500 miles away and the other is 1000 miles away in the opposite direction.

Dock

So you still have the '03 X50?

cbracerx

These cars seem very price sensitive around mileage. X50 is neat but half the miles is a much better "investment" for future resale, assuming you plan to sell someday and you don't plan to drive for Uber.