[jhynesrockmtn]

I owned a 2004 996C4S for about 5 years. Actually sold it to a friend with about 105k in miles on it. If not well maintained, it will bite you in the arse. By this mileage the suspension should have been gone through, cooling system, water pump, coil packs, overflow tank, AOS, RMS. I had to have my trans rebuilt. $5k to the builder CMS, plus shipping and R&R. Mine was originally from the midwest and I had to do the exhaust myself. Cats are expensive. I went with high flow ones from SOUL when one bit the dust. I was lucky to find some good used mufflers. The exhaust can rust bad. They are great driving cars but need to be maintained like any Porsche, and the water cooled have the additional complexities of the cooling system, etc. Not to say don't do it, but one man's TLC is another mans $15k in deferred maintenance. This is not counting the fiddly bits like the cabin HVAC fan which like to out, the window regulators which are POS's, etc.