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Hi folks,
I'm the (very happy) owner of a base 718 Boxster that I bought new. One year and 4,600 miles later, I still get a visceral thrill out of driving her. She's got a full ceramic coating and a full frontal PPF as well, so she looks as mint as the day she rolled out of the showroom.
Anyhow, the time has come to replace my daily driver — and the Boxster is definitely not going to be that car (I refuse to park a convertible out in the rain, or sometimes on city streets where convertibles are easy targets for slash-and-grab thieves.
While I'd love to add a new Cayman S to the stable, the budget won't allow me to drop $90K on a new 718CS. So I'm looking hard at 2014-2016 981 Cayman S's. Any help would be much appreciated. Specifically:
1) Assuming that I don't go the CPO route, what sort of prepurchase inspection should I be conducting? I'm looking at relatively low mileage cars (below 30K, no older than 2014), but I'm seeing some horror stories. Like, for example, a 14K 2014 car that has no record of the oil ever having been changed in 4 years. What would you suggest inspecting that's specific to Porsches? And, how does one do that rev-counter download thing where you can see if the car has been driven past redline, and if so, how often?
2) Would you recommend taking the candidate car to a dealership or an indy mechanic?
3) Is it just me, or do lots of the cars for sale online show no records of required maintenance? The CarFax "service records" often just list sale dates and the most recent service. When I look at a 25K mile car and see only one oil change in 4 years, that's an red flag. What am I missing?
Having never bought a used car before, I would appreciate any advice that anyone has to offer. I apologize if this is in the wrong forum since I'm not technically asking about a 718. But I'm asking on behalf of my 718. She needs a sister in the garage
I'm the (very happy) owner of a base 718 Boxster that I bought new. One year and 4,600 miles later, I still get a visceral thrill out of driving her. She's got a full ceramic coating and a full frontal PPF as well, so she looks as mint as the day she rolled out of the showroom.
Anyhow, the time has come to replace my daily driver — and the Boxster is definitely not going to be that car (I refuse to park a convertible out in the rain, or sometimes on city streets where convertibles are easy targets for slash-and-grab thieves.
While I'd love to add a new Cayman S to the stable, the budget won't allow me to drop $90K on a new 718CS. So I'm looking hard at 2014-2016 981 Cayman S's. Any help would be much appreciated. Specifically:
1) Assuming that I don't go the CPO route, what sort of prepurchase inspection should I be conducting? I'm looking at relatively low mileage cars (below 30K, no older than 2014), but I'm seeing some horror stories. Like, for example, a 14K 2014 car that has no record of the oil ever having been changed in 4 years. What would you suggest inspecting that's specific to Porsches? And, how does one do that rev-counter download thing where you can see if the car has been driven past redline, and if so, how often?
2) Would you recommend taking the candidate car to a dealership or an indy mechanic?
3) Is it just me, or do lots of the cars for sale online show no records of required maintenance? The CarFax "service records" often just list sale dates and the most recent service. When I look at a 25K mile car and see only one oil change in 4 years, that's an red flag. What am I missing?
Having never bought a used car before, I would appreciate any advice that anyone has to offer. I apologize if this is in the wrong forum since I'm not technically asking about a 718. But I'm asking on behalf of my 718. She needs a sister in the garage
