Which 987 2.7 should I buy : High mileage or low mileage?

[Loafers92]

evojam said:

Had my 987 2.7 for 8 years now and it's a car I don't plan to ever sell,have covered 1000's of miles on trips all over Europe and has been good as gold and 100% reliable,if your intending to buy one with 100k+ miles try and find one from an enthusiast who has kept 'on top' of the car as although they can take the miles well bills can quickly rack up if they've been poorly looked after.

I've owned and driven much faster cars but the little 2.7 is such a sweet engine,does 34-35mpg touring and according to my Boxster bible does 0-60 in 6.2 and will hit a 100mph in 14.5.The S ofcourse is faster at 5.5 with 100mph coming up in 12.3 respectively.Tbh the only time I've found my 2.7 lacking in grunt on the road is on the autobahn with acceleration well above 100mph,not sure even an S would satisfy that but for fast B road driving in the UK fully wrung out I've never found the 2.7 lacking.

I love hearing these owner perspectives, thanks for the input!

Happy to hear that the 2.7 is adequate enough for what I want, and to be honest I think it’d suit me just right. I hope they’ll be ok to run though, I do roughly 10/15k miles a year!

[Loafers92]

LennyM1984 said:

Just to echo the above, I too have a 2.7 and it is utterly fantastic. I use mine purely for b-roads and track days and despite having bought it on 95k 2 years ago, the only spend it has actually needed (above and beyond servicing) was £77 for a new coffin arm (although in fairness, I have opted to spend much more than that on a full suspension upgrade, new mounts, better tyres etc).

On a twisty b-road, there really are few cars which could touch it. The balance is incredible and the engine/gearing lends itself well to spirited driving.The only time it ever feels lacking is pure straight-line acceleration (as in, literally flooring it from say 30mph on a totally straight road) but to be honest I don't really think that is what this car is about and if you are buying one for straight line speed you're kind of missing the point - Even the S models don't feel particular quick in these days of turbocharger torque. On track it is equally fantastic and the 2.7 has no problem keeping up with and even passing far more powerful machines.

If it were me, I'd buy one with a higher mileage and use the money I had saved to refresh the suspension. A car with 50-60k miles would still benefit from having it done (age will kill many of the rubber parts) and yet you're paying a premium for the imaginary benefit of low miles. Resale may be harder and necessitate a lower price but to be honest we're talking about fairly cheap cars here and so the amount you'll "lose" (if any) come resale by choosing a higher mileage car is going to be low (1-2k at worst).

That’s..not bad? Imagined them to be worse than that to run, with radiators getting clogged up, etc.

How is it on consumables? I’d like to get one with the smaller 17 inch wheels. And has anyone ever noticed how hard it is to find one in a different color other than dark blue/black/silver/grey? I’d like one in blue or yellow but they’re tough to find!

[Loafers92]

Drekly said:

JayEmm review of the base 987 Cayman here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bfAZVea6nE


And some Aussie blokes reviewing similar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ov3GnpF-Cw

Get out of my head! I was watching both of those videos just some days ago. Really helpful reviews!

[Loafers92]

Out of curiosity - would a car that has been maintained by the owner with plenty of invoices for parts/detailed description of work be worth the same to you as a specialist maintained car? Or be as appealing?

[LennyM1984]

Loafers92 said:

That’s..not bad? Imagined them to be worse than that to run, with radiators getting clogged up, etc.

How is it on consumables? I’d like to get one with the smaller 17 inch wheels. And has anyone ever noticed how hard it is to find one in a different color other than dark blue/black/silver/grey? I’d like one in blue or yellow but they’re tough to find!

I ought to qualify my previous statement by saying that whilst I have only needed to spend 77 quid, a) I do the work myself and b) I have opted to replace every single suspension component and hence have probably preemptively fixed many issues that may have arisen during this time period. That said, it still owes me less than decent cars with similar mileage are currently going for

I do trackdays in mine and have quite an aggressive geo, nonetheless, I'd say that they were fairly reasonable on consumables.

You just need to find one that has been well maintained or has had most of the common problems addressed already and in this regard, high mileage cars make a lot of sense.

[F6C]

3.4. with a Paragon rebuild:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202106143...

In an ideal world would prefer Hartech rebuild. But probably worth a look.

[Drekly]

F6C said:

3.4. with a Paragon rebuild:

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202106143...

In an ideal world would prefer Hartech rebuild. But probably worth a look.

Thats a good buy in todays market, and 55 reg so cheaper tax. Presumably they would have done the clutch at the same time which would be another bonus.