You really, really need to understand that a Tiptronic is going to be priced lower, sometimes much lower, than a Turbo with a manual transmission.

 

The thing has 80,000 miles and is a tiptronic - what do you expect?

 

 

Rubber rots, metal oxidzes and oil and fuel absorb moisture. These are some of the reasons why maintenance items are both mileage and time dependent. My turbo is at 96k miles...I daily drive it and the recent compression test still gave me 192-195psi across the six cylinders. I just spent a nice chunk of change replacing every hard to reach item on the engine and engine bay (rubber hoses, mounts, hard lines, gaskets, pumps, seals, actuators etc) since I was in there for the coolant pipe welding and sharkwerk outlet pipes. Aside from oil changes and plugs/coils I do not expect to need to touch the drive train for some time. The car has also received a suspension refresh and new brakes all around. I drive my car and that is what I am willing to do to keep on driving it. If I wanted an investment vehicle, then yeah...the sub 20k miles garage queen is the way to go. If you intend on driving it...do not be afraid of documented service history high mileage vehicles.

 

I think it really depends on how you drive them and for the extended periods of time. I have multiple fun cars and put about 2,000 miles per year on EACH. That is about 8,000 miles p/year combined, which is, plenty of driving in my opinion. I drive them all I would say about once a week. I think the biggest problem you will see is when cars don't get driven over extended periods of time. So you can drive one for 1,000 miles but if you let it sit for 2-3 months at a time...you get what I mean.
I have always favored higher miles car when purchasing because typically things have been sorted out and because you obviously get a better price. Since I don't put a whole lot of miles myself, usually, by the time I sell the car, the mileage has averaged out and is still fairly low.

 

I just bought mine 1 month ago. 2007 997tt 6 spd. It has the Suspension module upgrade, Sachs 2.5 clutch and AWE full exhaust for upgrades and is loaded with Sport Chrono, etc.... I paid 74k with 44,000 miles. Beautiful car, runs like a rabid beast. Black with tan interior.

I am selling my 997.2 Carrera 6 spd for what I bought it for 4 years ago. It has held steady. Dropped a little 2 years ago, but came back up.

 

here is a 6 speed you can LOW BALL.

3hrs since overrev 6.

Buy it...change out rods and pistons and build an animal!



https://bringatrailer.com/listing/20...-911-turbo-18/

• Location: Raleigh, North Carolina 27606
• Chassis: WP0AD29957S786415
• 81,200 Miles
• Twin-Turbo 3.6L Flat-Six
• 6-Speed Manual
• All-Wheel Drive
• Lapis Blue Metallic
• Tan Leather Interior
• Two Previous Owners
• Sport Chrono
• Lightweight Flywheel
• Aftermarket Clutch
• Service Records from New
• DME Report
• Clean Carfax
• Private Party or Dealer: Dealer
• Additional Charges From This Dealer: USD $0 Document Fee

 

Confused, is it running? The ad sounds like it was running fine.

 

Whew, that's going to have a rough time on BaT. I've never seen so many paranoid DME Chicken Littles in one place. Shame, it's a nice color combo.

 

The drama with overrev report is that a mis-shift occurred and the engine saw 7.5k plus in RPM and that it may have stretched the rod bolts to the point of IMMINENT failure. People are more willing to ignore the event when a lot of time has passed between the event time and total running hours, but this one is fresh!

Personally, I would buy and swap out rods and pistons as first order of business. Midas will pin the cams while in there.

 

Buy it, drive it like you stole it till she blows, do a rebuild, and still have a kick *** Turbo.

 

 

Yes. I would buy and tow straight to shop to change the rods and pistons. If it sells for a price that takes that "need" into account.

 

Someone got a deal, it went for under $50k. With those range 6s probably being a glitch, I bet that thing will run till 150k+ miles without any more hassle than a "clean" car.

 

Why risk it...at $46k...rods and pistons will run less than $10k and you are now BULLETPROOF.

If I had extra cash lying around I would of so jumped all over it.