Hello, we love in the same town ;-) if you can afford the newer car... Go for it. You'll eliminate IMS concerns and get a refreshed engine design.

 

Reprogram yourself back to patient or chances are you'll end up unhappy.

 

Price is too high on the 08. The 2012 is the better value.

 

There are a lot of nice 09's, 10's and 11's for sale nation wide....I find it difficult to imagine that you can't find that right 911.

 

Always buy the best car that you can afford.

In this case, the 997.2 wins, hands down, no contest. Age, warranty, and the price difference is too small.

One could also argue that the '08 wasn't driven enough.

 

As a reference point one of my co-workers in the bay area purchased a '10 C2S cab with 20K miles loaded with all the options for $72K just a few months back.

 

I love "loaded with all the options." What does that really mean with these cars? Did he have two-tone full leather interior? Deviating carpet? Carbon steering wheel? Adaptive sport seats? PDK or manual? Turbo wheels? PTS exterior? Was the car's MSRP $101K or $141K?

I'm not trying to be a dick, but I feel like we need to be more specific. Maybe the way to talk about prices is in percentages of the initial MSRP. As in: "...one of my co-workers in the bay area purchased a '10 C2S cab with 20K miles for 58% of it's initial MSRP just a few months back." That keeps everything more relative, so the OP can get a better handle on what a proper price point might be for his particular car's option set.

 

Well it is a relevant point... but I can only share his MSRP, $127K, since I don't have a complete break down of his options list on hand... and whatever I list would only be a subset of the options I can remember from sitting in the cab. So hopefully the MSRP helps the OP. BTW, even though the car was pristine(I know... define pristine - please use your imagination but paint and fit was excellent, service records available and all req'd service items maintained, and it looked babied) he still got the DME report and a PPI. DME had a few hits(43 I recall) in range 1. PPI passed with flying colors... Tony at Heyer who performed the PPI did not even want to charge my friend b/c the car was so "pristine". The car also had 1.5+ year of original warranty plus CPO. So to the OP good luck with the hunt and hopefully this helps to get you in the right ballpark re price/value for a Carrera S cab.

 

Get the 2012. $20K difference for a 4 year newer car is noting. Better yet, the 997.2 is much more advanced, technologically speaking, than the 997.1.

 

I just sold my 2007 Turbo for $79,500 with 12k miles on it. It was pristine, 1 owner with some electronics upgrades (BT and iPod)

Just something to keep in mind. You can get a nice Turbo for that money. And while my car was sold with no warranty, in the almost 7 years I owned it, it didn't have a single, not one problem that required warranty work.