Is buying a Boxster/Cayman with 60k+ on the clock a risk?

[Yidwann]

And if this is any help, I have just bought a 2006 Cayman S with 27k on the clock and a full OPC History from a specialist dealer for £16,750, admittedly I was right on it, and I could have missed it, but for your 20k budget, I would assume you could find a low miler with constant checking and a bit of patience, I have had mine for 12 days now, 800 miles in and I love it! A big thing for me looking was someone not following the ridiculously long service intervals in the book and sends it in every year for a service. Mine will be..... And you won't regret it!

[Bit of a Unit]

Seriously considering an early 986 for a bit of summer fun now a recent change in location puts decent country roads on my doorstep.

Having read with great interest the excellent contributions to this and other threads is the right conclusion to buy a cared for example and then put it under the care of Hartech for proper peace of mind?

[turboteeth]

Low miles isn't always great! I drove a few before I got mine - 56k miles at the time but felt much tighter than the others with less miles. Feels no different 10k miles and 18 months on - I'm sure it's crap compared to a brand new one but as I can't afford a £50k car I have no choice. Anyway I'd rather drive a baggy pork than a tight Golf

[PR36]

turboteeth said:

I'm sure it's crap compared to a brand new one

Im not so sure about that! I think if you are interested in driving and not so much in having the latest and greatest there isn't much in it, or lets say considering the cost differential a new Cayman isn't 4 times better than an old one, and certainly there is hardly any performance gain between gen 1 and 2 987 cars anyway. If the oft mentioned 'potential for failure' on the gen 1 doesnt overly worry you, you get a lot for your money.

[JackReacher]

How much would it cost at a specialist to get the bushes/suspension parts replaced on a 2.7 gen 1 Cayman with 60kish miles? Still trying to decide whether I go for the 2.7 or spend a bit more on the supposedly more robust 2.9 gen 2, which no doubt has similar suspension but would likely be lower miles.

[juansolo]

Relatively speaking I'd say a 2.7 is no more or less robust than a 2.9. Where the 2.7 has an IMS bearing, it is the uprated one. Early 2.9s had liners made out of smelly cheese. but it does have uprated track rod ends. Everything else is still up to Porsches awesomely variable quality standards.

Edited by juansolo on Wednesday 22 April 20:06