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Wanted your opinion on mileage-- I'm nearing pulling the trigger on a .1 C2S or C4S (M/T), max budget around $55-60k in SoCal. I'm not looking for an absolute garage queen, but would like to pick up a clean, well-maintained car. It'll be my daily driver, and a car that I'd like to create a history with and put a lot of miles on.
How many miles is "too many" if there's such a thing? I was thinking of trying to stay <70k and target around 40-50k, but would love to hear your thoughts & experiences. Would ideally be a "forever" car for me.
Sounds good! Will likely target sub 50 then. Hope I can find a nice one within the budget.
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Ultimately it’ll be about color, options and how well maintained. There aren’t too many around. All things being equal I do think there’s a psychological drop off after 50k and 100k so if you plan on keeping it for years and putting miles on it then there’s no point to the low mileage premium.
I think it depends what you plan to do with the car. If you're going to keep it, I would have no problems with a higher mileage .2 if it has a solid mx history.
For me a higher mileage car was all I could afford when I got mine. Also drive that thing as much as possible because that's the whole point right?
I bought my 2005 base with 107,000 to daily drive. It had all of the service records and IMS done recently. I have 122k on it now and intend to keep going!
I personally would do a 997.2 C2 over a 997.1 C2S for the same money.
Yeah, looks like a solid price on that one-- sale pending! Unfortunately still have to sell my current car but that should happen next week... C2 997.2 is a great car for sure, the .2s though seem to have quite a price premium on them. I think I'd be happiest in the low $50k range so I have some play money for maintenance and mods.
I bought my 2005 base with 107,000 to daily drive. It had all of the service records and IMS done recently. I have 122k on it now and intend to keep going!
Great to hear, hope I keep mine going past 120k. Planning a drive up to Big Sur already.