Interested in a Cayman... funny service gap??

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Looking '08 ish Caymans... tried both the S and 2.7 and strangely like the 2.7, because you feel that you lean on it more. In any case, I've found a specific car that I like - but looking at the service history - it's a little odd for a 2008 car. Service history is: 2012, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17. So it appears that from 08, the car waited four years for its first service! Seems very odd; except the mileage is so low... and was so low at the 2012 first service.

Best avoided???

Edit to add - basically, the car has 40k miles on it - not bad for ten years old... and the first service was done at 20k miles. But the intervals are supposed to be 20k OR every 2 years, as far as I know. So the first owner seems to have just ignored the 2 year rule and waited to hit 20k miles. To be fair, the miles have crept up in increments of about 2 or 3,000 miles each year and they've still serviced the car from that point, annually and so; if anything it's been over serviced - depsite missing the first four year stint. But four years; low miles or not - seems not good; to leave a car with no oil change or any other service goodies...

Edited by LDN on Monday 10th December 15:38

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Twinfan said:

It sounds like a simple misunderstanding of the service interval, unless you're looking at book stamps and one was not documented.

I think the OPC should be able to confirm if a service was done at 2 years if that's where the car is for sale. If it's a private sale or at an independent dealer you may need to an one nicely to check for you.

Good idea! I just called my local centre and they were kind enough to do a check. No record of any services.

In any case, they had no record. I don't think I could go for it with such a massive four year gap before its first service, at least on record; and despite the low miles.

Edited by LDN on Monday 10th December 16:29

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Freakuk said:

If it hasn't done 20K miles why change the oil? Is it going to degrade any further given the low miles?

Given the cost of an oil change by Porsche I can see the owners POV, changing oil for 3-4K use seems crazy to me.

Fair point and it was what I was thinking... but, four years is a long time for no service or checkup... and it doesn't look good on paper. But I don't disagree with you, that's for sure.

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Ahbefive said:

If the mileage was genuine and the rest of the car was the spec and condition I wanted then it wouldn't worry me too much personally.

I'd think this is more of a worry on a £100k+ GT3.

Fair point and noted

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Fair points and all taken on board!

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tozerman said:

LDN said:

Fair points and all taken on board!

Is this by any Chance the red one for sale at an independent dealer in Fife ?

No, it was a white one near Sheffield. I went today in fact, and took a closer look. Upon closer inspection the bumper and near side front wing looked to be a slight off white; that led me to believe it’s had a small bit of work doing; potentially from a corner bump. At a glance, stunning but... I couldn’t live with it. So dilemma over!